Disgusting things discovered on MN

[Pricklypear12]

During my time on MN I have read about some disgusting/unhygienic things that people do on a regular basis.

Examples are:
Letting dogs lick human plates
Washing dog bowls in dishwasher with regular dishes
Sharing bath water (seen this one today!)
Sucking snot out of a baby's nose (I somewhat get it but really think I could never)

What are some vile things you've read about on MN that are seemingly normal to those that post about them?

My dishwasher runs at 70°c, I feel pretty confident that it's ok for the cat and dog bowls to go in there alongside our human stuff. Although the other day I saw someone had put all their horse grooming equipment in the dishwasher (to get rid of the grease), I shuddered a little. Fur in the filter.

A bidet would be good, much more hygienic!
Beds changed weekly!

I love the scent/ feeling of fresh bedding so I do change it weekly, more or less. But I didn't when there were 6 of us at home, and I don't think it's unhygienic. Unless it was wet of course, but as per previous post, didn't always bother in the middle of the night.

What's wrong with peeing in the shower? It gets washed down the plug hole with soapy water. I do a lot of hiking so often pee behind bushes too (mini packs of wet wipes are handy here but they get sealed up and put in a bin, not flushed down the loo).

I'm clearly a slattern in MN terms:

Pee in shower
Dog licks plates and pots
Rarely wash dog bowl (yuk) but when we do it goes in the dishwasher
Sheets changed once a week, duvet covers & towels every 2 weeks
Wear 2 shirts 2 days running
Dog gets on bed for a morning cuddle
Share bath with DH regularly
Eat food after sell by date

Still alive, thanks very much

Oh, and I have never, ever cleaned a loo brush.

I'm intrigued as to whether previous generations smelled...or whether if everyone did, nobody noticed?
Although my Ddad who grew up in the 1940s said there was a smelly boy in his class. Ddad reported weekly (or less) baths, school uniform lasted all week, and jumpers or pullover were rarely washed.

I grew up in the 1980s/90s we had baths more than once a week but not every day,(I think we did share water) we didnt have shower. School uniforms and clothes were washed more regularly.

Now we would shower daily apart from DS who tries to avoid DC have clean shirts every day but trousers fleeces and skirts are washed slightly less often.

@Soubriquet

How are people supposed to wash pet bowls then?

No for dishwasher
No for hand washing after you’ve washed all human stuff
No for separate bowl and sponge

Are we supposed to throw the bowl away after every use?

I suppose you could put in a larger bowl, pour boiling water over it and then add bleach, for example. Or just assume that your dog doesn't have MRSA or something particularly nasty, or resistant to normal washing.

Ok here it goes: 'what are you wearing today?' thread where people in photos have messy dirty homes, really creased clothes (why would you show a created outfit?), awfully fitted and dull coloured clothes. It seriously baffles me

@Cottoncandyisland

We always shared bath water growing up, my dad would run the bath and have it first, then my mum, then me and my sister together

He is an electrician and was always covered in dust

In retrospect, it was very unhygienic...but none of us were ever unwell and we didn't have much money so running three baths was out of the question. We didn't have a shower either and couldn't afford to install one.

It was only when I got to about 22 that I realised this isn't that normal

Why wouldn't the kids have the bath first, and dad last, given that he would be the filthiest?

So he'd have a bath covered in dust then his wife and kids had to wash in it.

Omg I just googled dragon butter!!!

Yes...Don’t google dragon butter 🤮🤢

@fizbosshoes

I'm intrigued as to whether previous generations smelled...or whether if everyone did, nobody noticed? Although my Ddad who grew up in the 1940s said there was a smelly boy in his class. Ddad reported weekly (or less) baths, school uniform lasted all week, and jumpers or pullover were rarely washed.

I grew up in the 1980s/90s we had baths more than once a week but not every day,(I think we did share water) we didnt have shower. School uniforms and clothes were washed more regularly.

Now we would shower daily apart from DS who tries to avoid DC have clean shirts every day but trousers fleeces and skirts are washed slightly less often.

Most children really don't smell much if they don't wash for a few days - or a week even. So no, I don't think everyone smelled when it was normal for kids to have a bath once a week.

It's only once you hit puberty that you really start smelling, isn't it.

Also, I wonder if, because adults had more active jobs, outside or at least not at a desk - or in an environment that had strong smells anyway - that they could get away with not washing so much?

Because, being in a sterile office means you notice smells much more, doesn't it?

@oggie679

Omg I just googled dragon butter!!!

Tell us what it is then, I've never heard of it and am not going to google. Tell us in code if prefer.

It's only once you hit puberty that you really start smelling, isn't it.
Definitely! 4 kids and the older 2 both started smelling when they hit 11, was a shock!

Ok here it goes: 'what are you wearing today?' thread where people in photos have messy dirty homes, really creased clothes (why would you show a created outfit?), awfully fitted and dull coloured clothes. It seriously baffles me
Maybe they dont realise? I got a land on mn when I saw a few threads about messy houses, I looked at them and to me they were visitor clean

@stayathomer

It's only once you hit puberty that you really start smelling, isn't it. Definitely! 4 kids and the older 2 both started smelling when they hit 11, was a shock!

I've known kids with BO from the age of about nine and they were not pre-pubescent.

Ah right, I just guessed given it was bang on with my two!

Some Animal owners seem to have very lax hygiene standards. Tbh I decline all invitations to eat at homes with pets as I suspected some of these unhygienic practices were going on.

I decline all invitations to eat at homes with pets as I suspected some of these unhygienic practices were going on.

What a joyless life some people lead.

Omg, Some of the judgemental comments here against people who quite rightly choose to be hygienic, clean etc. Can you imagine if restaurants allowed your filthy habits into there environment and allowed dogs to lick off their plates or even sit in the kitchen whilst good was being prepared. You wouldn't use leisure facilities either would you if they weren't cleaned several times a day. If everyone behaved as the ones who chose to have dirty homes -illness caused by the ecoli bacteria (found in poo) would be rife. The accusation that clean people are not fun, problematic at all is absolutely appalling. I hate going to dirty homes or being in dirty premises because of the high risk of ecoli being present particularly in the kitchen where pets are allowed on the worktops. The worst offender is those horrid dirty kitchen sponges that people use to even clean there shoes with teaming with ecoli - being dirty is not ok , its down right irresponsible to your kids

High risk of e.coli.

And yet none of the posters have been ill. Weird that.

I decline all invitations to eat at homes with pets as I suspected some of these unhygienic practices were going on.

I can't tell if this is a serious comment or not

How many deadly ecoli outbreaks are associated with domestic settings again? Remind me.