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To think there is nothing more disgusting than...

111 replies

Usingthisone · 30/10/2022 15:35

...putting your hand in a sink of old, cold, greasy washing up water to pull the plug out. Shudder.

Closely followed by having to pull the plug out of someone else's, old, cold bath water.

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Unforgettablefire · 30/10/2022 17:31

PurpleWisteria1 · 30/10/2022 17:11

Actually the only thing I can think of worse is going out in the garden in the dark to lock up the shed or get something from the line, having bare feet and stepping on a slug.
The texture and memory doesn’t leave you for quite a while

Yes. And what is it with that sticky slime it's so hard to get off! 🤢

PhilInt · 30/10/2022 17:33

KitchiHuritAngeni · 30/10/2022 16:06

3 days ago I woke up and found blood on my face, washed it to see where it had come from, couldn't find any cuts or anything.

Went back through to my room to find a massive, squashed spider on my pillow. I had clearly rolled over and squashed it in the night WITH MY FACE.

I would rather bathe in a greasy cold sink of yuck than go through that again 🤢🤣

I am sorry this happened to you as it sounds horrid, but it made me laugh out loud. What a way to wake up!

Unforgettablefire · 30/10/2022 17:33

lurchermummy · 30/10/2022 17:18

Stepping in cold cat sick with bare feet.

Biting into a juicy apricot to find it full of maggots.

The memories...and I don't know how many times I stood in mouse intestines or other little organs.

NormaTheWife · 30/10/2022 17:35

The middle bit in the sink where we soak the cat litter scoops 🎃

SoupDragon · 30/10/2022 17:35

PurpleWisteria1 · 30/10/2022 17:11

Actually the only thing I can think of worse is going out in the garden in the dark to lock up the shed or get something from the line, having bare feet and stepping on a slug.
The texture and memory doesn’t leave you for quite a while

The way they sort of burst between your toes...

dizzydizzydizzy · 30/10/2022 17:36

I work at a swimming pool. A few weeks ago I had to clean up a turd that had been spread all over the shower.

A few days after that, I had to pick up 2 large turds that were left on the seat in a cubicle.

Oh and I regularly have to catch and dispose of live cockroaches.

Do I win?

Puppypads · 30/10/2022 17:37

This is why I have rubber gloves!
However our puppy isn't 100% toilet trained so I have frequently started my day by standing barefoot in dog wee. That's pretty grim.

AlwaysLatte · 30/10/2022 17:38

I don't like that either! Our builders decided in their wisdom to put these streamlined plugs in our basins that tilt so you put your hand in to push one side of it. But I preferred the old chains.

justthecat · 30/10/2022 17:39

I had this, this morning with dh soaking cat bowls over night and not wringing out the dish cloth. But standing on a dead mouse at the end of my bed was worse and praise be id just put socks on 🫣

SantaExpress · 30/10/2022 17:41

DS coming in to our room in the night, saying he felt poorly… half-asleep I threw back the duvet for him to get in - and he threw up all over me🤮 35 years ago, but the memories don’t fade!
Came home ‘tipsy’ one night, kicked off my sandals and tottered into the kitchen barefoot (to say hello to the DDog) Ddog had done a (very rare) 💩 on the floor…and I stepped straight into it!

PurpleWisteria1 · 30/10/2022 17:42

ErrolTheDragon · 30/10/2022 17:30

A bit worse, I think, is treading on a slug which has invaded your kitchen. I mean, you should be vaguely prepared for trouble if you go outside barefoot at night, but you don't expect it in the house.
Made worse yet if you pick the damn thing off your foot with your fingers while balanced on one leg - the sliminess doesn't wash off easily.

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Gosh yes you wouldn’t be expecting it at all inside 😬😬

TroysMammy · 30/10/2022 17:44

I totally agree OP. In work people leave their mugs in cold, icky water expecting someone else to wash them. I honestly don't know why they can't :-

  1. leave their mugs on the side if they can't be arsed to wash them
  2. wash their bloody mug instead of getting out a clean one
  3. wash the mugs that no-one else can be arsed to wash.

No problem with bath plug as we don't use the bath.

antelopevalley · 30/10/2022 17:45

The worst thing is cleaning up an incontinent teenager's diarrhoea. Washing up bowl water is nothing.

JosephFrancis · 30/10/2022 17:47

Unblocking a toilet by hand because everything else has failed is my worst one

Jaybird43 · 30/10/2022 17:54

@Toomanysleepycats my MiL went to china and this man in front was hoiking phlegm in the street and she said “oh that is disgusting” so he bit into his food and spat it into her face. Absolutely vile!!

Flyinggeesei234 · 30/10/2022 18:05

Aquamarine1029 · 30/10/2022 16:18

I don't understand why you'd leave dirty water in the sink to begin with. Gross.

And so it starts.

Every MN thread.

Scepticalwotsits · 30/10/2022 18:06

Why would the water be cold. When washing up water is still hot warm when I’m finished

ScarierThanBoo · 30/10/2022 18:12

Removing a booger from your toddler's face with a hanky, only to find it dried on your sleeve hours later.

Aquamarine1029 · 30/10/2022 18:13

Scepticalwotsits · 30/10/2022 18:06

Why would the water be cold. When washing up water is still hot warm when I’m finished

Because it's left overnight.

JennyForeigner · 30/10/2022 18:15

KitchiHuritAngeni · 30/10/2022 16:06

3 days ago I woke up and found blood on my face, washed it to see where it had come from, couldn't find any cuts or anything.

Went back through to my room to find a massive, squashed spider on my pillow. I had clearly rolled over and squashed it in the night WITH MY FACE.

I would rather bathe in a greasy cold sink of yuck than go through that again 🤢🤣

Thank you for making sure I will never ever sleep again 😱

CustardySergeant · 30/10/2022 18:26

SpookyPanda · 30/10/2022 16:13

Not from a coffee shop there's traces of poo in the ice

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What? 😮

JennyJenny8675309 · 30/10/2022 18:29

Toomanysleepycats · 30/10/2022 16:09

My most disgusting thing is seeing people (actually I’ve ever only seen men do it) ‘hoiking’ (spitting out a gob of phlegm) in the street.

It was very common among men when I lived in the Middle East a while ago. I believe it was common in this country too in the days when tuberculosis was endemic (eg that’s the reason for spittoons). The country where I was living had a lot of overseas workers where tuberculosis was often rife, so I guess that accounted for it.

But if I see someone in the uk do it these days, it just makes me shudder.

I agree with this. It makes me feel utter contempt, disgust and every other vile descriptive word I can think of.

HeBeaverandSheBeaver · 30/10/2022 18:38

YES. Dh always leaves the dish sponge floating in manky greasy bitty water. It's bloody gross!!!