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?

@MidnightMeltdown

I used to use paper towel to dry the cats dishes

Amazon are an absolutely vile company, and I refuse to buy anything from them. I also have absolutely no need for an Alexa, and there's no way I'm having something in my house that snoops on every word I say, in order to sell me crap I don't need.

Many years ago after we had moved I found out my ex husband had done a number two and hidden it in the attic of our old house. I thought it was absolutely vile but he found it hilarious.

I don't know about pee, but my friend is an air hostess and she told me she works with several girls who use the hotel kettle to wash/boil clean their knickers when they do overnights. 😐

DM puts her used teabags in the kitchen sink. This drives me absolutely insane, especially when she does it at my house and I'm constantly having to fish soggy teabags out of the sink. WHY can't she put them straight into the bin like everyone else?!

We all know nobody’s getting sick from touching a remote control or walking on hotel carpet (except in some weird one-in a-million freak situation). It’s all just personal preference.

Everyone should just do what they’re comfortable with. What I object to is the remote-in-a-plastic-bag people thinking they’re being sensible or better by doing this.

As I mentioned, I had a real, misery-making germ phobia earlier in life. I can tell you, if I thought that carpet was dirty, there would be no walking on it at all, with or without shoes/socks. Because the dirty shoes are going to go back into your home or car, so you’ve got to wash those somehow. I couldn’t see any other way to be.

That was obviously bonkers and unworkable. I had to re-draw my comfort boundaries because it was getting out of hand.

What I am saying is, if you can cope with cleaning a whole hotel room before you set foot in it, go for it. But don’t pretend it’s just good sense - it’s just your personal comfort level. It has no link to real levels of risk.

Really? Has no one ever got sick after being on holiday? I think it’s reasonably common actually.

Way more likely to catch something at the airport or on the plane. We got Covid through being in a checkin queue and the bloke behind coughing over us.

Really? Has no one ever got sick after being on holiday? I think it’s reasonably common actually.

@Newsenmum Not from a tv remote control! 😂

Germs don't survive that long outside the body and they are only really likely to make you sick if you're touching something, say 10 minutes after someone else.

People frequently get sick on holidays, I’m sure. But it’ll be from mixing with loads of new people, eating unfamiliar food, exposure to different bugs etc. Not from a hotel carpet.

I do this! I must have 60 tea towels lol 😂

I'm another peeler of mushrooms. It's quite satisfying:)

<<raises hand>>
Another mushroom peeler here too.

Me? I’ve used double cream before now as well 🤣

People are going to spread disease, of course.

If you want to avoid this, I guess you’d self-isolate. But if you are going to go on holiday, stay in a hotel etc, you just have to accept that people are there and they will touch things.

There are obvious, basic points of hygiene that most of us would agree on (wash hands before eating, after toilet, give someone having a sneezing fit a wide berth), and these generally suffice. But it is odd to randomly pick one thing (eg remote control) and put it in a sandwich bag! The people who touched that also presumably touched the lift buttons- are you out there dettol- ing those? Yes, I can see wanting to wash your hands more frequently when you’re away from home, but treating the hotel carpet as if it’s too toxic for your feet seems a bit much.

Ugh that’s vile. I rinse mine in the sink, which some people probably thinkmis disgusting, but toilet flush water - no thanks! The amount of crud under the toilet rim is just asking for a UTI

Flu and cold viruses survive on hard surfaces for 24 to 48 hours, some say longer - up to 3 days.

My friend eats KFC with a knife and fork so lots of chicken is wasted

this was at home so easy access to a wash hands after

she does eat burgers with her hands but not KFC

I don't believe that.

You (general you) don't boil knickers in a normal wash (although given the levels of mind boggling bonkersness on here no doubt some do)

Any sane, normal person would either have enough clean knickers or wash them in the bathroom sink.

I usually dry the cat bowls with kitchen roll or else air dry! I do have a separate sponge for cat dishes and human dishes, and pet bowls don’t get put in the dishwasher (even though logically I know they won’t contaminate anything else lol..)

Are you me? Amazon is vile. I don't buy anything from them.

I used to work with someone who wouldn't have a kitchen bin. Said they were disgusting. Instead she had a carrier bag hanging on the door handle for waste which she'd take to the wheely bin before bed.

Are you not just washing dishes in dirty water then?

I don't like a kitchen bin in the kitchen personally, so it's kept in the utility room. Which is right next to the kitchen and neither have doors so that doesn't make sense really. (Except inside my own head).

I have a couple of friends who despite having quite large houses and utility rooms keep their cat litter trays in the kitchen. That makes me feel really sick tbh. Once we are over for lunch and the cat had done a stinky poo in it's spot next to the oven and it really turned my stomach. I guess it's just habit though, because objectively I can't see how it makes sense to keep it in the kitchen and not somewhere else.

I live alone, so it's two dishes max. And there's nothing left on the plates by the time they hit the water, so no. Plus they get a rinse in cold water before they go onto the rack to air dry (yes! I also air dry my dishes - it's a wonder I haven't already got typhoid and cholera!)