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?

People do weird shit all the time!
like
living in cities
eating bananas
wearing court shoes
going on any kind of holiday with evening‘entertainment’
but that’s just IMO, we’re all different and so is our definition of weird.

Can someone please help me out with this ..

re people turning off all switches such as microwave, tv and so on..

how do you feel about the fridge/freezer that’s switched on? Am I missing something.

My grand mother during a thunder storm would close all the curtains, put all cutlery away, cover the mirror with towels and sit in the middle of the room. Not at the same time but my mother always peeled mushrooms. I’ve no idea why

As Michael McIntyre says we trust the fridge

I don't turn things off from a safety point of view so am unbothered by the fridge being left on. I do it because the oven and microwave switches have little red lights that are very visible if you go into the kitchen at night and, for some reason, I feel it's 'tidier' with them off! Weird, I know. Besides, I can just peep in and see those lights are off and know that I haven't inadvertently left a ring on or the oven or grill on.

@PuggyPuggyPuggy I'm not in the U.K. and here it would be bad manners to sit a mile away from the only other person and we don't think anyone we don't know is going to accost us in broad daylight

We have always done this, its just way easier and means the kids/pets/anything else can't accidentally turn it on.

Oh yes, I'm a mushroom peeler too! Gets rid of all the soiley bits without having to get them all soggy when cleaning in water. Far better!

That's an orthodox jewish requirement to ensure they don't eat blood.

My late MIL would turn off the gas and electricity if she was going shopping, she refused to have a fridge when she saw a programme about CFCs, think that's right. She also turned off all the sockets before going to bed, when we came downstairs on Christmas morning I thought the fridge light had gone but no, the whole thing was off at the wall, the girls had gooey chocolate ice cream with breakfast, we didn't keep much in the little freezer box as we lived abroad and were just over for Christmas.

But it really isn’t the done thing in the UK. There is absolutely no reason to park next to someone when there’s loads of free spaces or sit next to someone when there’s lots of free seats. It makes me uncomfortable - maybe because I’ve had so many experiences of being followed or accosted as have most women. There just is no need to do it!

Yep I take a bag for the remote as it’s usually really dirty and I don’t want to wash my hands every time I pick it up. I have eczema on my hand and washing constantly makes them sore. I got infected skin due to germs getting to the open sore parts of my hands. So I do take a few precautions.

Don’t you have to reset the clock on the oven and microwave every morning???

we do it too... a bin is just an middle man extra container that gets dirty that you then have to pull the bag out of anyway, plus I don't want to faff with a bin lid every time I want to throw something out.

Obviously people put a bag in the bin right? so the bin itself is completely unnecessary.

We also have no logical space for a bin.

Putting keypad tones on (or not switching them off) on your phone.
My aunt comes over and is on her phone 16 hours a day and it's bip bip bip bippity bipbip

Gosh, that sort of behaviour really boils my piss!

Maybe that's why they're almost millionaires, not wasting money! I'm on my own now, I probably have a very significant amount of money but I still use a cheap air fryer rather than putting the over or grill on, I buy some stuff from Aldi/Lidl and if I'm going out for the day I will sometimes take a sandwich I've made!

I must admit the main reason I use a washing up bowl in the sink is that was how I was raised. But it's useful when I'm cooking. I fill up the bowl with hot soapy water for washing up on the go then take it out of the sink so I can still drain pasta etc.

i dont think men wank on the remote, its more they have dirty hands post wank

that's not weird, it's cheffy! The classic French way to make an omelette involves straining the eggs first for extra silky smooth texture.

I’m Asian, so all of our remote controls are plastic wrapped, I put hotel/airbnb ones in an ikea bag. I used to clean hotel rooms, I always thoroughly wash the cups, glasses and spoons before we use them.

@redalex261 what do you mean by scrambled egg mix? Are you putting the whisked eggs through a sieve? I can't even picture what you're trying to sieve out? Isn't it all runny anyway?

I just think out of sight, out of mind. As long as stuff looks clean, I don’t think about it.

Totally agree. Putting an ugly plastic bowl in an otherwise pretty sink is akin to putting an off-cut of carpet on top of laid carpet to 'keep the carpet clean'.

Just take a bit of care! 😆

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