I've just watched my mum wipe the bin lid then her work surfaces with the same cloth.

[YoScienceBitch]

I mean come on.

Even me, the queen of slack and low standards thinks that's just too gross.

Her argument is that she cleans the bin lid everyday. (She doesn't)

AIBU to want buy her colour coordinated cloths for the kitchen 😂

[saoirse31]

Tbh op I think ur putting bathroom bin contents in the kitchen bin where it sits for a few days is actually gross and rank.

[user1481835432]

Very common practice in the NHS, hospitals in general and other institutions. Cleaning but in the wrong order and with the same materials. It's what slips through the net that causes the damage. Like wild fire. Bring back Matron, preferably in the form of Hattie Jacques!

[user1481835432]

And never, ever wash your Turkey. Splish, splash......vomit....

[YoScienceBitch]

Saoirse

Where the fuck do you want me to put it? I'm not wasting an entire black bag just to put a tiny amount of waste from the bathroom bin straight into the outside bin.

[BackforGood]

Have to agree with mrsmatt
Also agree with saiorse - I cant see how op can be grossed out by a cloth wiping a bin then a surface, but think it's a good idea to empty a bathroom bin into the kitchen bin and have that sit there for a few days.
Total lack of consistency

[saoirse31]

You really don't like people disagreeing with you, do you op? Why don't you go for a walk and chill out....you could also contemplate the necessary use or not of black bags.

[TaraCarter]

Yer what? How can transferring one small bag of bathroom waste to a larger bag of kitchen waste be the same thing as transferring materials from the lid of a bin to a food preparation area?

What next, using the same scourer on the inside as the toilet as the washing up?

[YoScienceBitch]

Sorry I'm just not a total idiot. I'm not dumping the bathroom bin all over the surfaces am I? It gets tied up in its little bin bag and then put in the kitchen bin. Totally not the same as wiping a filthy bin lid all over the surfaces that you prepare food on.

[Toddlerteaplease]

My cleaner cleans my bun lid and puts it on the draining board, on top of anything drying to dry. Drives me nuts!

[Ragwort]

I refuse to have a kitchen bin. All rubbish goes straight outside back door into my wheelie bins. So every time you have a tea bag, carrot peel or a tissue to get rid of you have to open the door and go out to the wheelie bin .

Mumsnet is bonkers.

[daisychain01]

A former cleaner used to empty out her Hoover contents into our largish kitchen bin.

Yup, great thanks, that's 2 weeks' worth of other people's shite you've just donated to us. Cheaaaaaaarrs!

(Quick, where's the Zoflora Fresh Linen flavour)

[daisychain01]

To be fair, Ragwort picking up your point to a PP, lots of the stuff you mentioned like peelings, teabags, non-noseblown kitchen roll goes in our countertop composting bin, so not so bonkers

[mowgelijeffs]

Mrsmatt! Why is it a satire that I keep my stuff clean and refer to my child as something other then DS..

[mowgelijeffs]

Mrsmatt, I never ever ever want to come to yours for a cup of coffee, you sound rude and filth to me.

[Flingmoo]

Yeah Ragwort all of the things you mention are composted...

Most stuff other than food waste is recyclable.

[spidey66]

Wouldn't bother me but I'm a domestic slattern with the constituition of an ox.

[Flingmoo]

Yeah if it's only the lid it's probably got fewer germs on it than the counter top!

Also, if she wiped it down then, she probably does it every time she cleans the counters, which actually means it'll be kept really clean anyway. I do this and use antibac spray.

I can't think why the lid of a bin would be more gross than a kitchen counter TBH!

[Wandastartup]

My mil blew her nose ( with a horrible cold) on a tissue then wiped the bin lid with it as there was a mark. Apparently it was OK as she had folded it over. WTF...

[Sunbeam18]

Mowgel, whaaaat? When did MrsMatt invite you for coffee? Think I missed that...

[missm0use]

Yanbu! My MIL does this in our house when she "helps with cleaning"! I've given up trying to explain how disgusting this is to her and now just bin the cloth and rewash all the surfaces with Detol. I don't wait till she leaves the room or try to hide my disgust!

I'm sure that would probably get me added to the DIL moaning thread

[chipscheesentomatosauce]

I though zoflora was a cooking oil spray

[MontePulciana]

Food waste doesn't go in our big bin. We've got one of those council food bins. Our bin is full of plastic wrappers and none recyclable packaging. Nappies go in a mini bag and outside. Our bin is much less offensive than the counters.

[BusterGonad]

This thread is amazing. Just so you all know when I change my kitchen bin bag I chuck all the other 'mini' bins rubbish in there too. So we are talking bathrooms, bedrooms and front room bin. I too cannot be bothered to go to the outdoor bin for just a silly handful of rubbish. Or shock horror I just tip it into the main kitchen bin!

[cece]

As a result of this thread I put my bin lid in the dishwasher yesterday

[Basicbrown]

Yuk that's disgusting cece . You could start a whole new thread....!