Is this bin behaviour unhygienic?

[Binbuddy]

The food bins were collected this morning. Due to the time of year they get maggots and stink.

The bin men come round and take our smaller food bins over to a larger bin and empty the bags into it before they deposit this in their truck. They often fish out the green food bags with their gloved hands (these green bags are often covered in maggots).

They then put out smaller food bins back for us to take. I always clean mine after this as it’s so filthy and I hate the smell (not to mention the germs on it!)

My Neighbour has just delivered all our food bins back to us and then got straight in her car and driven off. She didn’t wear gloves and touched all the filthy bins.

I am shocked. Who knows what germs she could have picked up and are now all over her steering wheel etc.

AIBU to think this is really unhygienic?

YABU: it’s fine
YANBU: yes it’s unhygienic, she should have washed her hands.

What an odd thing to make a post about. I wouldn’t give a second thought to what someone else does in this situation.

That's a nice neighbour. She did you a favour. Her hands, her business.

We never get maggots, either. Any scraps of meat or fish, or e.g. the remains of a chicken after it’s been boiled up for stock, go in a bag in the freezer until the night before the bin men come.

I read somewhere that bluebottles can smell anything dead - so any meat or fish - from a mile away.

I am shocked. Who knows what germs she could have picked up and are now all over her steering wheel etc.

Who cares. Her hands, her car.

Totally missing the point too, but I've seen Bin People gather (or collect) the bins together in a small group (or gathering, or collection) whilst waiting for the Bin Vehicle to reach them, and then they empty the Bins (into the Bin Vehicle) and uncollect the Bins back to the wrong house.

Round here we get bags for ordinary rubbish. If any food goes in them, even a sniff, then the seagulls come and tear them open.

Seagulls around here get a real grump on when it's bin day. We've been given seagull sacks to put the bags in, they can't get through those. Bin day is uneventful now, as they don't bother trying.

They take it out on the postman instead.

@Workcleansleeprepeat I've never had maggots either. I forgot to put the food bin out (it's outside but furgón to put it out out) last time so it's had three weeks in there, but it's sealed. The food was rotten but no maggots. The food caddy inside is sealed too - no flies get in there.

Ahh thanks everyone, that makes sense. My bin is always quickly closed and we don't seem to have many flies around, I guess that is the trick, keep flies away and keep bin lid closed!

I assume she only touched the handles rather than delved right in to the maggots. I probably don't always wash my hands immediately on carrying the large food bin back from the end of the road to the garage. Only if it felt obviously mucky. I would wash my hands before cooking, eating. When I take the small food bin to empty into the large food bin in the garage then that's a bit messier and I often wash the bin out so that would involve washing hands.

I'm moderately relaxed about hygiene I think. We're never ill.

We've also never had maggots!

YABU to give even the tiniest of shits about whether your neighbour touches the handle of a bin. Seriously, you really need to get a life.

Brilliant. Especially love the “uncollect the bins”!

The OP is expressing an opinion and seeing if others have the same level of cleanliness as she does. If you don't like peoples opinions why come on a forum!

Personally I would always wash my hands after touching a bin.

Blecch. Do they still have those free newspapers at stations? If so, grab an armful and wrap your food waste before binning it.

Hand gel?

That's what we usually do if we have to move the bins before the car

I could be bothered to be bothered. I do have a relaxed approach to such things though.