Hygiene AIBU?

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Cleaning up the kitchen tonight and dropped a tiny spot of banana on the floor. Had the dish sponge in my hand so bent and wiped it up. Sponge went straight into the sink with very hot water and washing up liquid. DH is appalled by my hygiene practices!! I don’t make a habit of wiping the floor unless with a mop but I steam cleaned the floor this morning so... AIBU?

Why would you vomit in kitchen sink if you have bathroom downstairs

What's going's to happen if dish cloths, tea towels and knickers are washed together?! Strangely everything I put in the washing machine comes out clean. Who knew?!

I can't get over this thread.
Surely dirty dish cloths and dirty knickers are one and the same. Dirty things that get clean in the washing machine???

IMO I think that's gross but as a PP said, if he doesn't like it then maybe he should chip in

I'd happily vomit in the kitchen sink and have done many times. I'd vomit wherever I could if I needed to. Absolutely fine.

youcannotbreakme because I couldn't make the bathroom in time so it's either the kitchen sink or the carpet. I had awful pregnancy sickness at the time

So there's a mumsnet faction against sponges now as well as the long established and ridiculous hatred of loo brushes

Wow, just wow.

How do you wash stuff? Wipe down surfaces?

OP I see no issue at all with what you did. I'd do it without a moments thought and I honestly can't remember the last time anyone in my house was ill.

I love a MN hygiene thread.

Wouldn't have bothered me OP.

Washing machines are for cleaning so it doesn't matter what goes in with what. I chuck cleaning cloths and facecloths in it daily and everything else gets added on top when I'm doing a wash.

And of course I wash my hands in the kitchen sink after a nap if it's the nearest sink. Why on earth not? Water and soap are washing the germs down the plughole.

my bathroom is down stairs too. @okpedro
i didnt mean during cooking as id presume hands were already been washed.
Have none of you ever had a workman say fix your washing machine and they might have to mop up water and the first thing they go for is your dishcloth , and then look to wash their hands in your sink ? ?? . Doesnt this make you boak ?

I am feeling sick at the thought of dish cloths and tea towels going in the washing machine alongside knickers etc

If that makes you feel sick I suggest you see a medical professional.

Me neither knobzombie it's batshit
I wonder how some people manage to get out the door in the mornings

I've vomited in my sink many times over the last 8 years

That sounds like a vicious cycle. The more often you do unhygienic things like vomit in the kitchen sink, the more often you get ill and need somewhere to vomit.

I think I've only vomited once in the last 8 years. I remember it because it was a couple of years ago and I was so surprised that I couldn't remember the last time I had vomited before that.

That sounds like a vicious cycle. The more often you do unhygienic things like vomit in the kitchen sink, the more often you get ill and need somewhere to vomit

Oh I love this!
I'm picturing pieces of my own vomit lingering in the sink for weeks on end waiting to jump back in my mouth and make me sick again

I was pregnant 3 times during those 8 years with bad morning sickness fran nothing to do with hygiene or vomiting bugs

Tbh I don't even think vomiting in the sink is comparable to wiping your cutlery and dishes with a sponge you've previously used to wipe the floor. The latter is much more gross.

knobzombie thankfully I've never been attacked by the vomit from my sink!

Washing knickers and tea towels together will transfer bacteria from undies to the tea towel which you then smear all over your ktchen and utensils.

Just gross

Washing knickers and tea towels together will transfer bacteria from undies to the tea towel which you then smear all over your ktchen and utensils

But you're washing them to KILL the bacteria, duh. They both come out bacteria-free. Otherwise what's the point of washing them??

But you're washing them to KILL the bacteria, duh. They both come out bacteria-free. Otherwise what's the point of washing them??
I'm with you!

ehh unless your washing them 60 -90 degrees and using bleach then the bacteria stays . Google it

Madness.
I didn't realise I was walking around with bits of rotten food in my knickers
And I may as well be wiping my dirty plates on my arse for all the good my washing machine does. Bloody piece of crap, I'd better throw it out.
Barmy nonsense isn't it OkPedro?

@knobzombie you made me laugh there

Omg. The mist hilarious thread ever!!!

LaurieMarlow "So there's a mumsnet faction against sponges now as well as the long established and ridiculous hatred of loo brushes. Wow, just wow. How do you wash stuff? Wipe down surfaces?"

I use cotton cloths which are put in washing up bowl with hot water and bleach every night.

I guess sponges can be bleached but I just don't trust them horrid, synthetic things that don't really wipe up that well.

Also loo brushes are totally yuck. Yuck just yuck. Loo brushes with crumbs of poo on them, just sat there in their poo drippy water basket holder. I wouldn't want to touch the handle. Imagine all the minging bacteria festering on that.

If someone's stained our porcelain, a quick small squirt of bleach on the offending mark does the trick