Why do none of my in-laws wash their hands

[mintandcoral]

Need a rant to be honest. Actually sick of their lack of hygiene.

They’ve only arrived today and it’s making my skin crawl. I’ve gone to bed for an early night and I’ve just heard my fil going to the toilet, not flush or wash his hands. A few minutes later, mil comes up. She flushes at least but also, very definitely, does not wash her hands! The toilet is a small toilet along our upstairs landing (separate from a bathroom) and you can hear the tap being turned on very clearly.

We had chicken wraps for dinner, all putting their fingers in the sodding salad. Fil currently has a cold.

Debating whether to say something to my husband but there’s a huge backstory whereby he feels like I’m constantly criticising them, so probably best to keep my mouth shut. I might just passive aggressively repeatedly remind the kids to wash their hands tomorrow.

I think they already think I’m uptight/stuck up.

I think you sound seriously anally retentive. I do wash my hands but have never in my life policed whether guests in my home do so nor have I ever worried for a moment about it.

That’s really really gross.

Grim

I can’t believe how many people don’t wash their hands.

I would get either antibacterial wipes or spray, and clean all door handles, surfaces and anything thing else they touch it’s so disgusting.

Her in laws have form for poor hygiene so the change in the normal sound patterns when they use the toilet is probably very noticeable to the OP

Hahahaha C'mon! we've all done that!

I don’t think most people deliberately observe whether guests wash their hands after the toilet but most would have some concern if they happened to notice for eg that someone exited the loo immediately after flushing.
Especially if that person is then going to help with food prep or is going to be enjoying eating food with others.

Some people can't constantly wash their hands. I can't due to my skin. I have to decide when its most important such as before preparing food or after doing a no2. I do carry my skin creams round in my bag but it still wont hack it if I wash my hands too much they will bleed.
And before you say 'well that's only you and its rare' its not rare st all. There are loads of skin conditions this applies to and some like eczema are really common.

Ew ew ew

I am a physician.

Every year for the past 3 years physicians scored the least likely to wash their hands in the hospital I work in. Let thank sink in.

People are gross no matter who they are.

Whaaattt??? Your boob?! 🙀

But why?

I actually post a note above the toilet that says “Wash your hands then use the paper towels on counter to dry”, It makes me sick to see people walking around spreading e.Coli or norovirus. 🤮. Ugh….

Yes good idea - they should all go and live on The Isle of Shight

Or in Shitby.

It's possible they don't trust your germ-encrusted taps, so they wash their hands with anti-bacterial wipes once they return to their room.

Yes, why is it? I don't wash my hands after a pee in my own home, and I am rarely ever ill. What do you think is going to happen?

Washing hands with soap and water saves lives. Imagine surgeons not scrubbing in.

All you "I don't wash my hands but I'm not a filthy fucker" you absolutely are, fucking gross.mingers

Washing hands with soap and water is first level prevention of disease spread. Some idiot saying "all the people in my house have been in my body at some time ..." Have they not washed since?

Soap and water is BASIC hygiene that's rolled out from first to third world countries. And so many here ignoring it because they think they're above it. If anyone learned anything in lockdown it should've been hand washing.

If you don't wash your hands after the loo, why wash them before cooking? There's no point. You already left shit over everything you touched so if you wash your hands to cook and touch what you touched after not washing them you just picked that shit up again.

No-one needs toilet germs though. If never washing your hands after pooing or weeing helped build resistance to germs, why are people in countries with no access to toilets and proper sanitation dying of preventable diseases?

Poor or no hand washing after using the toilet significantly increases the risk of contracting and spreading serious infections.

I’ve noticed this not washing hands can go with some abnormally high and fixed self opinion, whereby the non washer feels they are fine so everything they want to do (including not washing hands) is fine.
this won’t change sorry. Hope they are kind and nice in other ways.

No reason to call me an idiot

I can't get over the people on this thread who don't see this as an issue. It is disgusting not to wash your hands after using the loo.

This.

ln addition not only does washing hands after each loo visit guarantee good toilet hygiene, it ensures regular hand washing. Have so many people forgotten the pandamic?

Someone will probably have flushed your toilet using the hand that they have just used to wipe their bum after a poo and when you flush after a wee, you could pick up some poo germs that you would transfer to the rest of the house as you didn't wash your hands.

You're right. I should've said a dirty non-washer making an idiotic comment. Apologies.