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AIBU to think this is grim?

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HJ40 · 23/10/2023 18:23

DH gets a Graze box in the post every month (random collection of snacks in box which fits through the letterbox).

There's no obvious home for it in the kitchen cupboards so he puts it on top of a stack of dinner plates.

I think this is grim because it's been through the postal system, handled at the sorting office, handled by the postman and lands of our floor just inside the door right where everyone treads in their shoes when they come into the house.

He sees no issue in then putting food onto the plate the box has been on. I disagree. AIBU?

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FrancisFriedFish · 23/10/2023 19:48

Good grief, do people really fret about stuff like this? If you buy a pre-wrapped sandwich in a cafe, what do you do if the assistant puts it on the plate? Would you just eat it out of the wrapper? Do you ever eat out ? I just wonder how you manage to cope outside your house, are you in a permanent state of anxiety ?

Gwlondon · 23/10/2023 19:51

YANBU
its like a parcel on your plates.

Flavabobble · 23/10/2023 19:52

Two things:

  1. You stack your plates? Doesn't everyone have racks that you can slot plates into or is that just me?
*I always rinse any plates and cups before use anyway as they've been sat in an old dusty cupboard. It's not really that much effort. And I think it's kinda grim not to give plates a quick wash before use anyway*

wtf?? Maybe give the cupboard itself a clean now and then - that's just barmy.

OhDoSitDownAndShutUp · 23/10/2023 19:53

How do you get through life every day, with germs everywhere you go?

happylittlesloth · 23/10/2023 19:54

Flavabobble · 23/10/2023 19:52

Two things:

  1. You stack your plates? Doesn't everyone have racks that you can slot plates into or is that just me?
*I always rinse any plates and cups before use anyway as they've been sat in an old dusty cupboard. It's not really that much effort. And I think it's kinda grim not to give plates a quick wash before use anyway*

wtf?? Maybe give the cupboard itself a clean now and then - that's just barmy.

What? A rack? No they get stacked.

OP - just make sure he always has the manky box plate

happylittlesloth · 23/10/2023 19:55

Georgyporky · 23/10/2023 19:30

The lack of basic hygiene knowledge on this thread is incredible. Where are the MNers who are OCD about it ?

You can't be "OCD" about it. You can have OCD and happen to find it distressing.

CopernicusCalled · 23/10/2023 19:56

Grim re germs, no. I wouldn't be bothered.

Annoying re getting a plate out, yes. That would drive me mad.

Lookingatthesunset · 23/10/2023 19:56

Get him a box and find him somewhere else to keep it.

mrmagpie · 23/10/2023 19:57

MarmitePizza · 23/10/2023 18:28

I really can’t believe people think about things like this. I totally wouldn’t give a shit - it would never cross my mind.

Me neither. OP isn't wrong but it's something I literally wouldn't even think or care about.

TheChosenTwo · 23/10/2023 19:58

Wouldn’t be worried about germs, would be mightily fucked off with them being on top
of the plates every time I got some out.
There must be somewhere else the boxes can go!

mrmagpie · 23/10/2023 20:01

Flavabobble · 23/10/2023 19:52

Two things:

  1. You stack your plates? Doesn't everyone have racks that you can slot plates into or is that just me?
*I always rinse any plates and cups before use anyway as they've been sat in an old dusty cupboard. It's not really that much effort. And I think it's kinda grim not to give plates a quick wash before use anyway*

wtf?? Maybe give the cupboard itself a clean now and then - that's just barmy.

A rack? Inside your cupboards? I literally have never seen such a thing, so you can hardly think it's the norm?

AgnesX · 23/10/2023 20:03

Thought all the items came prepackaged within the boxes.
Not overly concerned about that just the cost, what a waste of money really.

Itwasamemo1 · 23/10/2023 20:05

MarmitePizza · 23/10/2023 18:28

I really can’t believe people think about things like this. I totally wouldn’t give a shit - it would never cross my mind.

This😂

Itwasamemo1 · 23/10/2023 20:08

MatthewsMumFromTikTok · 23/10/2023 19:33

I don't know why but this has proper cheered me up!!! 😁

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Me too …laughed so loudly the dog has scurried out of the sitting room 😂

StarlightLime · 23/10/2023 20:12

Gidrich · 23/10/2023 18:54

I think of you are going to worry about this you might as well start disinfecting all your shopping- the cereal packets/butter/milk carton etc that you buy in the supermarket will also be ‘dirty’.

But you don't store them on top of the plate you'll eat them off 😵‍💫

LuluBlakey1 · 23/10/2023 20:13

HJ40 · 23/10/2023 18:23

DH gets a Graze box in the post every month (random collection of snacks in box which fits through the letterbox).

There's no obvious home for it in the kitchen cupboards so he puts it on top of a stack of dinner plates.

I think this is grim because it's been through the postal system, handled at the sorting office, handled by the postman and lands of our floor just inside the door right where everyone treads in their shoes when they come into the house.

He sees no issue in then putting food onto the plate the box has been on. I disagree. AIBU?

I take it any food in your house is disinfected as it comes through the door, before it goes into cupboards, fridge, freezer. Otherwise think of the times it has been touched in supermarkets- as it was taken out of storage, put on shelves, taken off shelves, rummaged through by someone looking for the best one, sneezed and coughed on, touched by people who've been to the loo and not washed their hands, or touched their nose or mouth, scanned by the check-out person or picked by the member of staff who does your online shopping.

Mumsnet is absolutely barmy!

givemeasunnyday · 23/10/2023 20:15

pictoosh · 23/10/2023 19:34

I hate the word 'grim' now, thanks to MN. It's always used to describe something daft that people are judgemental about...like only washing your towels once a week; something totally inconsequential and stupid.
"Ugh grim."
Please fuck off.

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I agree wholeheartedly.

Sothisiit · 23/10/2023 20:18

I'm intrigued, do you think that the tins and packets of food you buy in the supermarket are also grim. They will have been handled similarly before you bring them home. When you touch them it's likely you'll soon be touching some crockery too.
I think you're being a bit OTT personally.

Pipistrellus · 23/10/2023 20:21

Georgyporky · 23/10/2023 19:27

I agree with OP. Ex-DH once put a parcel that landed on the doormat on top of a chopping board. I put his shoes on top of it, the penny dropped & he didn't do it again

One of my cats sits on my chopping board, I do tend to put an object there so he can't if he jumps up, but he has sat there many times and no one has died yet.

AnotherVice · 23/10/2023 20:21

How many times has his doing this made him, or anybody, ill? I think that's your answer.

momtoboys · 23/10/2023 20:21

MarmitePizza · 23/10/2023 18:28

I really can’t believe people think about things like this. I totally wouldn’t give a shit - it would never cross my mind.

I'm with Marmite! 😂

Inastatus · 23/10/2023 20:25

Sunmoonstars33 · 23/10/2023 18:56

I think YABU. Sometimes this happens in our kitchen cupboard as there's 5 of us.. random stuff gets put in there etc
I always rinse any plates and cups before use anyway as they've been sat in an old dusty cupboard. It's not really that much effort. And I think it's kinda grim not to give plates a quick wash before use anyway

@Sunmoonstars33 - don’t you use your plates and cups daily (especially with 5 of you). How dusty do they get?

femfemlicious · 23/10/2023 20:26

It would bother me a lot and I'm not particularly a germaphobe

Ginmonkeyagain · 23/10/2023 20:30

You people are all mad. It would piss me off as we have separate cupboards for food and for crockery, but apart from that I wouldn't be bothered.

No one got sick because some packaged food was placed on a plate.

TheHawkisHowling · 23/10/2023 20:31

I wouldn't be able to summon a shit over this. I doubt I'd have even noticed it in order to form an opinion.

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