Anonymous
06/25/2016 11:19
Subject: FIL merely rinses off his utensils and dishes and puts them back
Anonymous wrote:Interest fact (to me, anyway): Rinsing is actually significantly more important to sanitation than using soap. This has been fairly extensively studied in developing countries. Relatedly, rinsing your hands without soap in water known to be contaminated is still more sanitary than not washing your hands at all after using the restroom.
(I'm not saying you shouldn't ALSO use soap; just that I think people tend to assume its the more important of the two in sanitation).
I was just about to post this. I'm a fanatic about washing things, but it is true that soap only adds a small percentage of additional cleanliness.
Anonymous
06/25/2016 08:57
Subject: FIL merely rinses off his utensils and dishes and puts them back
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That's what I've done when guests try to unload my dishwasher without washing their hands.
I never specifically wash my hands before unloading my dishwasher. Am I the only one?
No I never do either. And I'm a clean person with a clean house.
I'm with you guys. You're going to touch the glass and silver wear when you put it on the table anyway.
Uh, no, I wash my hands before eating and/or before preparing food, so my hands are clean when I set the table. People unloading my dishwasher without washing their hands grosses me out, too. (NP here)
Anonymous
06/25/2016 08:38
Subject: FIL merely rinses off his utensils and dishes and puts them back
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My MIL does this too, it's disgusting. They don't even have dish or hand soap in their kitchen! Last time we visited I brought my own.
Ick! I can unfortunately relate! My mom rinses water glasses and utensils with cold water and says it's fine because "we're all family." And FIL wipes his face on our dish towels. I haven't been able to change their behavior, so I just keep a close eye on things and wind up going through behind them! At least it's only a few times a year!
Tell them to leave dishes in the sink or load them in the dishwasher. End of story. This stuff is disgusting.
Anonymous
06/24/2016 16:46
Subject: Re:FIL merely rinses off his utensils and dishes and puts them back
Anonymous wrote:Reminds me of my MIL who was grossed out by us mixing a potato salad with an olive oil dressing with our (washed immediately before beginning cooking) hands, and wouldn't eat it, but who had zero problem with handling raw chicken and then handling everything else in her kitchen without washing her hands in between.
I don't think people realize how often salads are mixed like this. I was at Harris Teeter once and saw a worker mixing coleslaw in a huge white tub. They had gloves on but had their entire arm up to the elbow in the tub.
Anonymous
06/24/2016 16:30
Subject: FIL merely rinses off his utensils and dishes and puts them back
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That's what I've done when guests try to unload my dishwasher without washing their hands.
I never specifically wash my hands before unloading my dishwasher. Am I the only one?
No I never do either. And I'm a clean person with a clean house.
Lack of visible debris does not equal CLEAN. Wash your hands, or else you are getting disgusting germs on clean dishes. What's the point of washing them?
Why are you groping your clean dishes? Most of the time, I don't even touch any part of the dish that will have food/my lips on it. Glasses are grabbed by the side, my plate have large edges that don't have food set on them, silverware is grabbed by the handle, etc.
Um, you know germs don't just stay in one place, right?
Anonymous
06/24/2016 15:45
Subject: FIL merely rinses off his utensils and dishes and puts them back
Anonymous wrote:My mother does this. I asked her to leave the dishes for me to wash. There's no need for a federal case, you know.
I've tried that. My mom's got a mind of her own. Refuses to listen. But I know she's got good intentions!
Anonymous
06/24/2016 13:15
Subject: FIL merely rinses off his utensils and dishes and puts them back
My mother does this. I asked her to leave the dishes for me to wash. There's no need for a federal case, you know.
Anonymous
06/24/2016 13:01
Subject: FIL merely rinses off his utensils and dishes and puts them back
Anonymous wrote:My MIL does this too, it's disgusting. They don't even have dish or hand soap in their kitchen! Last time we visited I brought my own.
Ick! I can unfortunately relate! My mom rinses water glasses and utensils with cold water and says it's fine because "we're all family." And FIL wipes his face on our dish towels. I haven't been able to change their behavior, so I just keep a close eye on things and wind up going through behind them! At least it's only a few times a year!
Anonymous
06/22/2016 15:46
Subject: FIL merely rinses off his utensils and dishes and puts them back
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That's what I've done when guests try to unload my dishwasher without washing their hands.
I never specifically wash my hands before unloading my dishwasher. Am I the only one?
No I never do either. And I'm a clean person with a clean house.
Lack of visible debris does not equal CLEAN. Wash your hands, or else you are getting disgusting germs on clean dishes. What's the point of washing them?
Why are you groping your clean dishes? Most of the time, I don't even touch any part of the dish that will have food/my lips on it. Glasses are grabbed by the side, my plate have large edges that don't have food set on them, silverware is grabbed by the handle, etc.
Anonymous
06/22/2016 15:34
Subject: FIL merely rinses off his utensils and dishes and puts them back
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That's what I've done when guests try to unload my dishwasher without washing their hands.
I never specifically wash my hands before unloading my dishwasher. Am I the only one?
No I never do either. And I'm a clean person with a clean house.
Lack of visible debris does not equal CLEAN. Wash your hands, or else you are getting disgusting germs on clean dishes. What's the point of washing them?
What? How filthy do you think my hands are? I wash my hands after using the restroom and before preparing food. That's as good as you're going to get. Besides, germs are helpful in building immunity. Households that don't use dishwashers at all have lower rates of allergies.
And all of you idiots using antibacterial soap are ruining things for the rest of us. Antibiotics are already less effective, folks. Some germs are good for us.
But I still wash my dishes with soap. FIL needs to follow house rules.
Anonymous
06/22/2016 15:28
Subject: FIL merely rinses off his utensils and dishes and puts them back
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That's what I've done when guests try to unload my dishwasher without washing their hands.
I never specifically wash my hands before unloading my dishwasher. Am I the only one?
No I never do either. And I'm a clean person with a clean house.
Lack of visible debris does not equal CLEAN. Wash your hands, or else you are getting disgusting germs on clean dishes. What's the point of washing them?
What? How filthy do you think my hands are? I wash my hands after using the restroom and before preparing food. That's as good as you're going to get. Besides, germs are helpful in building immunity. Households that don't use dishwashers at all have lower rates of allergies.
Anonymous
06/22/2016 15:28
Subject: FIL merely rinses off his utensils and dishes and puts them back
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That's what I've done when guests try to unload my dishwasher without washing their hands.
I never specifically wash my hands before unloading my dishwasher. Am I the only one?
No I never do either. And I'm a clean person with a clean house.
I'm with you guys. You're going to touch the glass and silver wear when you put it on the table anyway.
+1 I wash my hands after I use the bathroom or after I garden. That's pretty much it.
Anonymous
06/22/2016 15:27
Subject: FIL merely rinses off his utensils and dishes and puts them back
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That's what I've done when guests try to unload my dishwasher without washing their hands.
I never specifically wash my hands before unloading my dishwasher. Am I the only one?
No I never do either. And I'm a clean person with a clean house.
Lack of visible debris does not equal CLEAN. Wash your hands, or else you are getting disgusting germs on clean dishes. What's the point of washing them?
Anonymous
06/22/2016 15:24
Subject: FIL merely rinses off his utensils and dishes and puts them back
My MIL does this too, it's disgusting. They don't even have dish or hand soap in their kitchen! Last time we visited I brought my own.
Anonymous
06/22/2016 15:12
Subject: FIL merely rinses off his utensils and dishes and puts them back
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That's what I've done when guests try to unload my dishwasher without washing their hands.
I never specifically wash my hands before unloading my dishwasher. Am I the only one?
No I never do either. And I'm a clean person with a clean house.
I'm with you guys. You're going to touch the glass and silver wear when you put it on the table anyway.