Should he have washed his hands?

[Spanglebangle]

DH was pottering in the garden, nothing heavy just pulling a few weeds and dead heading a few flowers. He came in and started to unload the dishwasher, I said "shouldn't you wash your hands?" He looked at me like I was crazy.

His hand weren't visibly dirty but surely they needed washing. Personally I was my hands every time I unload the dishwasher. If I'm going to touch all the things we eat off and eat with I want clean hands.

AIBU?

I agree with you @Spanglebangle and I always wash my hands after being in the garden. As has been said, you get all kinds of crap out there that will be detrimental to humans. It really is very unhygienic, and as a pp said, it shows a complete lack of common sense.

Some people (on mumsnet) put mooncups, toilet brushes, and dog bows and cat bowls in the dishwasher, so it's hardly surprising that 15% of people voting in the poll are saying YABU! 😬 Terrifying to think that people like this walk amongst us!

Some people's idea of hygiene is ridiculous. 17yo DSS used the dish sponge to wipe bird poo off the kitchen window (it was apparently knocking him sick) and then put it back by the sink to wash the dishes with again 😳😳😳😳 and he literally couldn't understand my problem, because he rinsed it!!!!

I used to work on a farm and at breaktime there was nowhere to wash your hands if you were down the field so you'd just eat with mucky hands. I think you'll survive.

@WishingHopingThinkingPraying

What exactly do you think was on his hands?

You really don't know about wildlife?

Trying to drain excess water out of a windowsill Venus flytrap earlier I accidentally dropped the entire thing into the kitchen sink. After scraping it up as neat as I could back into the pot I washed my hands because I didn't want soil all under my fingernails. Surely anything dirt wise you just wash hands? I just hope it lives

@getyourfreakon

Trying to drain excess water out of a windowsill Venus flytrap earlier I accidentally dropped the entire thing into the kitchen sink. After scraping it up as neat as I could back into the pot I washed my hands because I didn't want soil all under my fingernails. Surely anything dirt wise you just wash hands? I just hope it lives

Man those things are stroppy af when you disturb the roots. Even repotting them is a lengthy delicate process. Good luck though.

Cleanliness is next to godliness and I don't even believe in that fairy tale. I also don't understand how you are still married. Heinous behaviour. Chop his hands off with a blunt spoon the next time he goes anywhere near freshly cleaned dishes with those grubby mits.

(Ooo, this one has me quite worked up).

Yes, you should wash your hands when coming in from the garden to the kitchen. This is normal. If you don't you are a dirty bertie. The fact that quite a lot of people are unhygienic isn't news though!

I strongly suspect he will be fine.

I'm never eating in anyone else's house ever again. Some of you are filthy buggers.

YANBU. When I was a kid (70s/80s) I think the idea of washing your hands before eating or handing food was much more ingrained. I guess it was a hangover from the old fear of infectious diseases, I thought covid would have brought it back, but maybe not....

@Womendohavevaginasnick

I'm never eating in anyone else's house ever again. Some of you are filthy buggers.

I stopped doing that when I found out there are people out there who let the dogs wash the dishes and then put them back in the cupboard.

Some people are gross in their habits.

Rats can pass on an illness that stops your blood clotting and people will faff around in their gardens and then not wash their hands.

Just no. It's properly minging and stupid.

I would wash my hands (I wash mine far too often) but DH probably wouldn't. I couldn't get too worked up about it though having watched toddler DD messing in the garden then shoving her fingers in her mouth etc etc. I know I definitely did that as a child too and never got ill.

Nope, sorry. I don't wash my hands other than directly after the loo and it's probably not a full on, up to the elbows with loads of soap wash either. And in 35 years of adult life I think I've had an upset stomach about twice. I'm fairly laissez faire with my kids too (other than after the toilet) and between them, in a decade they've had one course of antibiotics and one vomiting bug. So much OTT 'eugh, gross germs' on here. Its just life.

I'm more shocked at how many people wouldn't wash their hands after being in the garden! Yuck!

YANBU.

I probably wouldn't have thought to wash my hands just because I'd been pottering outside.

My parents were here all last week and getting the DC to wash their hands before every meal. They looked a bit confused but went along with it. I never remember to do it or to ask them to. I would do so if I'd been handling raw meat or been to the loo or had spilt something sticky on them or something.

I really ought to wash them everytime I put my lenses in as well but I rarely remember. Probably wouldn't go straight from weeding to lens removal though.

@gamerchick please tell me you're kidding with the dog washing the plate then putting it back in the cupboard?

Please tell me this is not true 🤮.

Hand washing is a constant bone of contention with me & DH. Even after a pee he can't understand it, says he didn't put his hand in the stream or anything. What about wee steam and droplets? Sweaty pants and germs on the flush?
Ok people might not get ill from it but do you really want to consume wee particles?

I always wash mine because they feel dried out having been in the garden.

I’m shocked people don’t!!

Yuk

@Womendohavevaginasnick

I'm never eating in anyone else's house ever again. Some of you are filthy buggers.

I have had people get annoyed when I turn down food but I have seen them be gross/unhygienic prior to preparing - it is very hard to eat at other people's houses as statistically some of them do not wash their hands after goingt o the toilet!

Absolutely! It's basic hygiene, which lots of people in the UK aren't great with.

The sort of things you can catch from the garden include salmonella and campylobacter from slug slime and bird poo; toxoplasmosis from traces of cat poo; toxocariasis (round worm) from animal poo (cats, foxes etc.)

Everyone should be taught when growing up to wash their hands when washing up, unloading a dishwasher or preparing food.

That's gross! There's a reason pregnant women are not supposed to garden, lots of back garden soil has toxoplasmosis spores (not sure of term) as can live in the soil for years.

@Wanttocry

I wash my hands before putting kettle on

Even if you’d just been inside your house? Why?

Surely you handle outside things inside? like your mobile phone (covered in microbes from the supermarket or work), your purse/wallet, letters/the post etc. Or maybe you pat your pets and get their germs all over your hands.

Rats can pass on an illness that stops your blood clotting
Which could come in really useful if you happened to get covid too

Wash hands after gardening: yes.
Wash hands before putting kettle on: seems a tiny bit excessive .(translations from Polite are available)

@Crinkle77

I used to work on a farm and at breaktime there was nowhere to wash your hands if you were down the field so you'd just eat with mucky hands. I think you'll survive.

You wouldn't want to though, would you, if you were right next to a sink and soap