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?

@XChrome If you knew the facts on how full of bacteria (some of it dangerous) hotel rooms are, you would think otherwise.

I really wouldn't. I'm not that bothered about germs. I never clean anything in a hotel room.

Me too! I live in Spain and because it’s so hot, there is always bottles of cold dilute squash in the fridge! ☺️

I don't! Nor does my chef son

My home is clean and tidy, I like to think, but some of this is OTT. Apart from anything else, dilute squash left in a bottle of that sort will be loaded with microplastics.

My mum and stepson do. I told my mum not to be so silly when she tried to get me to put the tv volume on an even number

I have a neighbour like this. I find it really amusing. He once dashed out in his pants

I'm not keen on anyone drying their hands on tea towels. I end up chucking them in the wash as soon as they get damp. I end up washing about 6 tea towels a day

That is good kitchen hygiene. I use kitchen roll to dry hands while cooking

My downstairs neighbour lures squirrels into their flat.

Anyone who has ever done, or lived with someone who has done, a food hygiene course will know that you aren't supposed to dry your hands on a tea towel that's used for clean dishes. That's pretty grim in my opinion.

Thanks for that 😐

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44401330.amp

I don't use kitchen towels to dry my hands when cooking. I usually just wipe them on my clothes. Take that all you germ scaredy cats

There was a post on here a while back about people washing their moon cups in the flush of the toilet. Personally thought that was disgusting to the point I think about it quiet alot. There were so many people agreeing that they do it too. So we can't have a toothbrush NEAR a toilet but we can wash a mooncup inside a toilet and put it back inside us.

People don't piss in hotel kettles, they boil their knickers in them to clean them HTH

Do you do it on the steps of your mansion? 😆

Sounds more sane than most of the other stuff on this thread.

My toothbrush is very NEAR my loo and I couldn't care less. I am rarely ever sick, and when I am it is because of something I have caught from a person, not a toothbrush. Mooncups weren't around in my day, if they were I probably would have washed it in the flush. If you really do think about this quite a lot you have a problem.

Honestly, MN is a whole other world.

My MIL is like this too, lives in a flat and instead of a bin has a bag on her counter top, I don't understand this

This whole thread makes me think that half of Mumsnet need a statistics course or some risk management training. Just because something could happen doesn’t mean to say it will happen - does no one do probability at school any more??

Yes there are germs in hotel rooms (like everywhere else) but the probability of catching anything is very low.

Why is that, @PrimitivePerson? I’m genuinely curious 😊

I’m not gonna lie.. I have a hand towel and a tea towel in my kitchen! I’m not broadly germ phobic (I’ve never cleaned a hotel room ) but I guess it’s something I was raised with and find drying hands on a tea towel kinda odd..

I used to know someone who didn't have one of those cutlery organisers in their cutlery drawer - everything was just thrown in.

I thought that was weird just because they're cheap to buy and much easier to find what you want quickly instead of rooting around in a drawer trying to find a teaspoon.

We never use tea towels. Dishes are left to air dry if they are not done in the dishwasher and we use kitchen towel to dry our hands while cooking.

I have a human tea towel and a cat tea towel that is specifically used for drying cat dishes. Not sure if that's weird or not, but I don't like the idea of drying my hands or dishes on the cat dish tea towel and it freaks me out if I catch guests using it!