Really weird stuff people do that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

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Someone I know puts hotel TV remotes in plastic bags before using them, because she once heard a standup comedian talking about men wanking on them while watching porn.

WTAF?

What weird things do people you know do that make absolutely no sense at all? Anything as odd as that?

Or in new York and named Monica Geller?

Oh dear lord.. OK don't eat the remote control.. we get it you don't understand why someone doesn't want to touch a dirty remote.. I don't understand why you're in a very nice hotel but on mumsnet. Go and enjoy not eating your remote in your very nice hotel like you said life is too short..

I seem to be so very un-wierd in my habits; it's quite funny really how I'm often seen as the 'wierdy-person' just for being me. After time most realize how 'normal' I am.

Nope, can't say I'm over vigilant when staying in hotels, although common sense does determine that I'd chuck out any 'water' in the kettle and rinse it out before boiling some water for a brew.

It was quite tasty actually. 😂

Your mum has sense.

I don't, my scrambled eggs are just eggs. Why add milk?

Plus.. They were told to by the Government 😅

My mum used to spray her shopping in bleach during covid.

Switching electrical goods off is far more sensible than the absurd worrying about germs on everything.

No they don't

Agreed.

It makes them creamier and more bulky. You just add a little bit.

I knew someone that quarantined their mail, not opening it for a week.

Fires happen at any time of day but are significantly more dangerous at night because you’re in the house and asleep so potentially unaware of the fire until much later.

Silly me, thinking that when somebody questions the validity of a source and writes multiple posts to me on the subject, it's because she actually cares about the subject. All my fault of course. How very unreasonable of me.
Have a good day.

In my experience that's because the toddler would have wiped it into their eye in 0.8 seconds flat

I always wash meat, fruit and vegetables before using. I was taught that this was basic hygiene in Home Economics lessons!

I always say please and thank you to Alexa!

When the robots rise, she'll remember I was always polite 😉

I’ll admit I haven’t read the full thread so I haven’t seen all the permutations the remote control argument has taken…

But I have to wonder… why just the remote?? If the people who’ve stayed in the room are so gross, you need to worry about everything cos they’ve touched it all! Door handles, light switches, coat hangers, chairs - the lot. Why focus on one thing?

I’m a recovered OCD sufferer (diagnosed, major life issue not just ‘I like my pens lined up’) so I know about irrational germ fears. You have to just accept the world is germy. There’s no mileage at all in inventing arbitrary rules about certain ‘dirty’ things. It’s just pointless.

Hell will freeze over the day I have an Alexa in my house.

I wipe hotel remotes, switches and handles and don't walk barefoot on hotel carpets, just gross.

Washing raw chicken is quite dangerous from a food safety perspective.

I think having a car window sticker is weird, esp those ones of cartoon characters of your family. Why does anyone driving behind you give a toss, hate them

I never do unless vegetables have obvious earth. The MN obsession with dirt and germs is bizarre.

Thank you, that's a really sensible and rational approach. I obviously meant this as a lightheaded thread and I think some people have taken it somewhat too seriously.

You're right, germs are everywhere, and most of the time won't do you any damage. Just be sensible and you'll be fine.

I always wash fruit and vegetables, and I’m in no way a germ phobe. Unwashed salads are one of the biggest sources of e.coli outbreaks in this country.

Also if there’s any chance of washing off chemicals used in farming I’ll take it.

It's a whole other world. 😅