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We all have habits we know aren't exactly clean but some are downright shocking when you stop and think about them. So, what’s one of the most unhygienic things people keep doing anyway?
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#1
Not washing hands after using the bathroom, particularly a public one.
Final score:
21points
Alexia 3 months ago
One of the reasons I went no contact with my narcissist brother was his personal hygiene (or lack of). He never washed hands after coming in from outside or after using the bathroom. I told him this and the result was that he "washed" his hand very quickly and superficially. I found traces of black dirt on the towel 🙄
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#2
Sneezing without covering. Sure, a sneeze can really sneak up on you, but you can almost always get the crook of your elbow up to your face in time. Ewww, you say, sneeze goo all over my sleeve or bare skin. Well, at least it's NOT all over the air other people have to breathe. Your bare skin you can then wipe off and sanitize, and your sleeve you can wash later. But you are not privileged to just blow your sneezes any darn where you want.
Final score:
14points
Glen Ellyn 3 months ago
If I can't get to a tissue before a sneeze, I pull on my shirt neckline and cover my mouth to contain the sneeze. If there's any spray, no one will see it on me.
#3
Men that pee, and then just give it a shake, and tuck it back in. My husband does this, and it's like cleaning up after a potty training toddler.I don't know, for the life of me why parents aren't teaching their sons to dab it with a bit of tp. It only takes a second.
Final score:
9points
B 3 months ago
Middle aged male here. I've sat down to pee for the past 3 decades. Why? Well I always thought my stream was going straight down into the bowl (the side, right next to the water, so no splashing) but one day a ray of sunshine through the window highlighted just how much 'invisible' spray was decorating the rim, the floor, my shoes, even the walls. Sat down every since then, and we ask all our guests to do it too - none of them have ever complained, some even said they do it in their homes. No idea why all men can't do this.
#4
Double-dipping your chips.
Final score:
8points
MalayDragon 3 months ago
"You just double dipped your chip, You don't double dip. That's like putting your whole mouth in the Dip"
#5
Paying for your McDonalds with cash, then eating right away without washing your hands. You don't know where that money has been and what germs it has picked up.
Final score:
6points
#6
Almost everything you do. After you hear about how much bacteria and germs are on EVERYTHING you touch you you first go through the ultra-clean phase followed by the inevitable acceptance that everything you touch is filthy and it's basically unavoidable. Maintain good hygiene standards, you'll be fine.
But definitely going to have agree with the salad-tossing post. I know that bacteria is on everything, that's not the problem here.
Final score:
4points
#7
Not washing hands before eating and touching their faces.
Licking their fingers to flip a page. (I see this mainly with older people and this habit may be dying out.)
Dropping food on the floor then eating it.
Walking through the house with outdoor shoes on.
Not washing sheets often enough.
Brushing their hair in the lunch room. Clipping nails in the lunch room.
Not bathing often enough then covering up their stench with deodorants and chemical sprays.
Picking butts off the ground and reusing the tobacco.
Picking their ears, noses, scratching the sleep out of their eyes without washing their hands.
Final score:
4points
Seadog 3 months ago
Stench - this one. I worked with a guy that I honestly believe anly took a bath once a week. We worked for AutoZone and he'd buy those car airfreshner sprays that are supposed to smell like name brand colognes and use those for cologne. And if this isn't bad enough, his wife was even dirtier than he was....way dirtier.
#8
Walking in the ocean or a pond with an open cut.
Final score:
4points
#9
Others have mentioned not washing hands. I'll go a step further. Biting your nails. Whether you chew on it, or spit it out, there's a ton of c**p under them that is gross. On a side note, picking your nose. Sometimes a tissue just won't do, but jeez don't eat it.
Final score:
4points
#11
Tossing Salad.
Final score:
3points
The Other Guest 3 months ago
Either this is a euphamism (sp?) for something else, or this person is unfamiliar with salad tongs.
#12
Physical intimacy.
Final score:
3points
Lyone Fein 3 months ago
So true. People should wash themselves before and after being intimate with others. If you care about your own health and the health of your partner.
#13
Letting dogs on the bed without washing their paws after they walked through who knows what all day.
Final score:
3points
BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago
lol, my dog sleeps under the covers with me. That's why I have a mattress protector, and I wash the linens every week at least.
#14
Touching their own phones without having it cleaned. I forget to, but your fingers have a lot of bacteria. Imagine what colonies are living on it now if you have not wiped it down.
Final score:
3points
#15
the "5 second rule" for food dropped on the ground
Final score:
3points
#16
Dog "kisses". Don't let you dog lick your face ffs.
Final score:
2points
KatSaidWhat 3 months ago
I am absolutely letting dogs lick my face. I have for 50 years, why stop now? (RHETORICAL)
#17
I have seen people in the candy near the ice cream machine just take a handful of candy. I have seen them use the buffet without gloves after many people have touched the same serving utensil
Final score:
2points
#18
Owning dogs! Sure, they're cute and sweet, but they're honestly disgusting when you think about it. They rub their a**l glands all over the floor, they drool bacteria everywhere, their oily fur sheds all over the place, their paws are never cleaned despite them walking in all kinds of mud and muck all day, they roll in and even eat poop and grime when they get the chance, yet people still let them get on the couch or bed.
Final score:
1point
#19
Buffets and potlucks. You never know who was the last person to touch the spoon or fork, and if they have washed their hands. Potlucks, you don't know how clean their home/kitchen is.
Final score:
1point
#20
Not removing your shoes when entering a house. You've been outside and stepped on all sorts of nasty germs - mud, urine, animal poop, other bacteria, etc.
It's also respectful for other's cultural practices as well.
Final score:
1point
BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago
I have my outside flip-flops and my inside flip-flops for a reason. I don't like to walk around barefoot in my home anymore because of lego pieces.
#21
Letting kids sit in the shopping cart with their gross shoes and snot. A shopping card is for food, not your lazy child.
Final score:
-2points
What do you think ?
UKGrandad 3 months ago
Why are so many people obsessed with bacteria? A typical human body contains approximately 30 trillion (30,000,000,000,000) human cells and 39 trillion bacteria cells. We are all more bacteria than human. The more sterile and 'germ-free' we make our homes the more vulnerable we are to infections once we step outside of them. By all means keep clean but obsessing over bacteria is bad for both physical and mental health.
Lyone Fein 3 months ago
This bacteria inside our bodies have evolved to be there; and our bodies have evolved to incorporate them. They live their entire lives inside our bodies. These are not the same strains as those outside of us, nor are bacteria the only pathogens out there. Viruses, yeasts, molds, and yes, bacteria…….as well as car exhaust, toxic metals from industrial pollution, allergens, carcinogens, etc. The reality is that human urbanization and technological development have moved quickly in the last 250 years , and evolution has not kept up. Evolution doesn’t move that quickly. Our bodies are simply not currently equipped to defend themselves from the effects of living in close proximity to so many other people , or from the waste products of “progress “.
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geezeronthehill 3 months ago
If we never challenge our immune systems, they will grow flabby and weak. Go out and roll in the dirt. The strong will survive.
BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago
Nobody mentioned the one thing that is guaranteed to make you sick 9 months out of the year. Having children. They are like little petri dishes. I think when my oldest started in daycare I was sick for 18 months straight. Eventually your immune system starts to learn the full range of horrors those little creatures share with each other, but it takes a few years.
Kristy Raymond 3 months ago
Truer words were never spoken. When I started dating my husband he worked in a children's hospital. I thought I was tough. I was WRONG.
Load More Replies... UKGrandad 3 months ago
Why are so many people obsessed with bacteria? A typical human body contains approximately 30 trillion (30,000,000,000,000) human cells and 39 trillion bacteria cells. We are all more bacteria than human. The more sterile and 'germ-free' we make our homes the more vulnerable we are to infections once we step outside of them. By all means keep clean but obsessing over bacteria is bad for both physical and mental health.
Lyone Fein 3 months ago
This bacteria inside our bodies have evolved to be there; and our bodies have evolved to incorporate them. They live their entire lives inside our bodies. These are not the same strains as those outside of us, nor are bacteria the only pathogens out there. Viruses, yeasts, molds, and yes, bacteria…….as well as car exhaust, toxic metals from industrial pollution, allergens, carcinogens, etc. The reality is that human urbanization and technological development have moved quickly in the last 250 years , and evolution has not kept up. Evolution doesn’t move that quickly. Our bodies are simply not currently equipped to defend themselves from the effects of living in close proximity to so many other people , or from the waste products of “progress “.
Load More Replies... geezeronthehill 3 months ago
If we never challenge our immune systems, they will grow flabby and weak. Go out and roll in the dirt. The strong will survive.
BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago
Nobody mentioned the one thing that is guaranteed to make you sick 9 months out of the year. Having children. They are like little petri dishes. I think when my oldest started in daycare I was sick for 18 months straight. Eventually your immune system starts to learn the full range of horrors those little creatures share with each other, but it takes a few years.
Kristy Raymond 3 months ago
Truer words were never spoken. When I started dating my husband he worked in a children's hospital. I thought I was tough. I was WRONG.
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