My MIL won't wash her hands in the bathroom.
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Anonymous
You can't stop germs from spreading. Deal with it. You can stunt proliferation, but PPs are correct: You can never get away from fecal matter. Try not to dwell on it 
I agree that MIL could be more agreeable, because her hostess is batshit crazy and deserves some empathy. |
Anonymous
| You cannot wash your hands over my dishes, sponge, scrubber, etc with ass-hands. No way! |
Anonymous
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From the science section of New York Magazine:
“We, as a society, are literally bathed in feces. Wherever a man touches, there are feces and fecal organisms present. Even to focus on toilets is to sort of miss the point: One study compared surfaces in the bathrooms and kitchens of 15 homes and found that the toilet was among the least bacteria-laden places tested, likely because people tend to more vigorously and regularly clean their toilets. Fecal bacteria can be found in many of the places you don't expect, but not so much in the places you do." The piece goes on to list in detail where fecal matter and organisms are found. http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/05/not-just-beards-the-whole-worlds-poop-covered.html |
Anonymous
That sponge is already far dirtier than the inside of any toilet. |
Anonymous
If this is your logic, then answer the question: WHY WASH YOUR HANDS AT ALL? |
Anonymous
Not if you wash it after every use, wring it dry, and put it on a clean plate/holder, as you should |
Anonymous
If you have a sponge and a scrubber, you are nasty. Those things are disgusting. |
Anonymous
Nope, it's still filthy. Some people sterilize in the microwave. But as soon as it cools down and gets wet again, it's a germy mess, just like the rest of the entire world. |
Anonymous
JFC. Just use a Clorox wipe on the door knob and move on. |
Anonymous
No kidding. Not to mention...have you thought about the bathroom faucet? You wipe, touch handle to turn water on, therefore contaminating the handle, wash your hands and tehn touch the contaminated handle to turn the water off. Then you touch the bathroom door handle, your baby, food, sink faucet, etc. No better than what MIL did. You can't get away from germs and it's ok. |
Anonymous
Wrong! |
Anonymous
Oh, so we don't have to wash our hands now, and no one will get sick from it? Thanks, Internet Guy. I'll definitely listen to YOU instead of, oh, I don't know, the CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/index.html |
Anonymous
NOT ONE OF YOU SEEMS CAPABLE OF ANSWERING THIS QUESTION. IF GERMS ARE EVERYWHERE, AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT, WHY WASH YOUR HANDS AT ALL? You'd better not EVER complain if you go to a restaurant and see an employee not wash his or her hands in the bathroom. |
Anonymous
No one said there is nothing you can do about it. Just that this is and a big deal and there are far worse things. Like that nasty sponge. |
Anonymous
Oh, chill. It's not my logic. It's the way of the world. We wash our hands to cut down on germs on our hands. Humans tend to stick their hands into their faces, so minimizing bugs on hands somewhat helps the immune system and reduces the chances of eating something really nasty. But I assure you that washing poop hands in your kitchen sink does not create any more hazard than there already is. The difference it makes is negligible. Literally. Do a science experiment with your kids. Don't touch a door knob for a week, then swipe it and see what grows. Reading that a washed and dried sponge is clean made me laugh. Who are you, people?  (At least microwave the damn sponge, if you want it cleaner!)
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