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

[PrimitivePerson]

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?

What's gross about walking barefoot on hotel carpets?

Genuine question. I have no idea why that's a problem.

This is weird. I could not look at a red towel if I knew.

It is a parallel universe of germs and bacteria that I am been missing because I am missing that uv light which exposes them.

I just think I go camping, probably ate some poo somewhere and I lived to tell the tale. What does not kill you makes you stronger! And life's too short to worry about wanky remotes.

I have hated scambled eggs all my life - until I made my own which were delicious. Why - because I DIDN'T add milk. Everyone else seems to, and it ruins them for me.

My ex and I went to stay in a caravan for a week. I drove down for the six hour journey getting there about 6pm looking forward to a nice relaxing evening after putting the clothes away etc..

It was then decided (not by me!) that every single utensil (10+ of each not including all of the serving spoons 😕), every pot, plate, side, sideboard, door handle, the entire kitchen and bathroom had to be cleaned 😕

The place was already absolutely spotless! I was being watched though so couldn't skimp! 😁😕 I suggested maybe not doing every plate, pot and utensil etc was ok given there was only two of us and we could just use the ones we did clean... but that got short shrift 🤣

I think we eventually got to bed after midnight. It could have waited until the morning even if it was a bit bad! But it was lovely already!

Good tip I'll be using plastic bags on them too

Me too!
I've never forgiven MN for making me think twice before dumping my bag on my bed 🤨

Surely op's robust immune system is because of her approach to germs

Yeah, I stay in bothies in remote parts of Scotland, which are pretty grubby places with no running water and no toilets. Some people here wouldn't cope with that at all.

I've lived to tell the tale.

I always take anti-bac wipes with me whenever I go on a flight to clean the tray table, the remote, around the window etc. Someone - who was going to be sat beside me - asked to be moved when she saw me doing this. Win win!

I never quite understand the ‘not walking barefoot’ bit. So you’d walk in your socks? That are touching your shoes or going in your bag? Why are the soles of your feet so much more special/vulnerable?

It all touches each other, ultimately.

Like I said, I’ve been on a long journey with germ obsession, and unless it’s actual food safety or basic body hygiene, it’s all just a way of increasing anxiety. It makes zero difference if it’s your shoes or your bare feet on the hotel carpet - you’re probably not going to lick either.

I think some people that are germophobes want everyone else to be germophobes as well.

I am the proud owner of a DH who every single morning takes a clean cloth, folds it and places it underneath the spout of our espresso machine to catch any post-coffee making drips. I have explained repeatedly that he is preventing the drip tray from fulfilling its life’s purpose and irritating the fuck out of me, but to no avail.

My MOL pulls out the washing machine and dishwasher grom under the kitchen counter to unplug them each night, pushes them back, then does the same in reverse each morning.

Sorry, but you are wrong. I do wash my hands at appropriate times, but rarely after I have been outside and I wouldn't even think of putting a hotel remote control into a plastic bag (I've never heard of anyone doing that before reading it on MN today!) because I wouldn't even think about "catching" something off it, and I wouldn't wash my hands simply because I had touched it. I do lay on my bed sometimes with my shoes on - so what? I am rarely ill, and go to the doctor every 10 or so years. The obsession with germs on MN is ridiculous.

Drinking squash at all - pre made or 'fresh' (what an oxymoron that is) is gross - vile stuff.

I've heard it all now. You have a problem.

Incidentally I only know one person who has caught MRSA - my DF. Where did he catch it from you ask - a hospital.

Is that OCD my sweet? My brother has similar repetitive traits x

OMG!! I do the exact same thing for that exact reason lol 😂 and if my husband or dd gets a bit ratty with her I tell them they will be first when it comes to life!! I also apologise for their rudeness…. I’m hoping that it remembers and she takes it easy on me 😅 my husband is sleeping but I can’t wait to show him this lol

Are we related? Me and my DM are the only mushroom peelers I have ever met!

@Gettoachiro I think I know why he’s an ex!

My DP turns the oven on to maximum because she thinks it heats up more quickly.

You dirty blighter Primative. The remote control in hotels is well known to be filthy. Give it a wipe with an antibacterial wipe before you use it always. You being unconcerned about germs is a bit weird.

I used to be a mushroom peeler, and still do if a wash doesn’t get all the dirt off.

I think that these are the same people that find it necessary to put the hotel room's TV remote control in a bag or to disinfect it before using it, because they have no intention of washing their hands any time soon

Why would someone who doesn’t wash their hands after the toilet or before eating be bothered by remote control germs?

I wash my hands but I don’t bag up remotes.