“Most people crave it enough that we don’t care about the sliminess, wet patches, or sticking things in our mouths that we know have been in less-than-clean places.”
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We all have our little cleanliness rules to keep us hygienic; some of us just have wayyyyyy less than others. Many of us, however, are completely oblivious to what “hygiene rules” we’re actually breaking. Reddit user Wonderful-Economy762 asked the internet, “What is extremely unhygienic but everyone seems to do it anyway?” Let’s just say this will make you second-guess who you shake hands with…
1. “Cellphones! Some of you reading this are sitting on a toilet taking a shit at this very moment. Stop it. If you’re not cleaning your cellphones on the regular, then buy a box of alcohol wipes and start. Okay, I’ll get off my soap box now.”
Person sitting on a toilet, looking at a smartphone.
2. “Letting your dog sleep in your bed. Apparently, this is very American. I guess many other countries don’t let pets in their bed.”
A French Bulldog peeks out from under a blanket next to an analog alarm clock
3. “I just know more people than we think don’t wipe properly. I just know it. Sometimes I see someone clean a dish or wipe a bench, and I think no way you’re wiping your butt all the way.”
Person carrying a large stack of toilet paper rolls in a hallway
“After switching to a bidet, I now know how much cleaner a butt can be vs. just toilet paper, so I feel this way with every person who doesn’t have a bidet.”
4. “Not closing the toilet lid when flushing.”
Hand reaching to flush a toilet with rolls of toilet paper stacked on top
5. “Wearing shoes in the house. Do you know what you’ve been walking through all day? Paulie from The Sopranos had it right about hygiene and shoelaces.”
Paulie telling the other mobsters that he hates touching shoelaces and that "even if the lace is dry, and even if you don't touch the body of the shoe, bacteria and viruses migrate from the sole up"
6. “Sitting their purse or phone down on a public bathroom floor. I see it all the time, and it makes me crazy. 😵💫”
A bag is hanging from a hook directly above the toilet paper holder in a bathroom stall
7. “Leaving wet towels on the bed or floor.”
White towel crumpled on a tiled floor in a bathroom
8. “The number of times I’ve been in a public or office washroom and someone comes out of the stall, runs their hands through their hair or touches their face or mouth, and THEN washes their hands. 😳”
Woman touching her hair in front of a bathroom mirror
“Or doesn’t wash their hands at all…”
“The key is, after you wash your hands, use a paper towel to turn the handle to open the door. I can only imagine the number of people who touch that door who didn’t wash their hands.”
9. “Elevator buttons and door handles.”
“I work in a high-rise, and every time I touch the button, I think of the hundreds of other people that touched it that day. It’s definitely not clean.”
“I always use the tip of my car key to press elevator buttons.”
10. “Licking fingers to provide more ‘traction’ to turn pages.”
A person holds a book, licking their finger to turn a page
11. “Floss picks in public. They never seem to find a trash can. Plus, you’re sticking the gunk from between your teeth into your other teeth. Do that in the bathroom, wash your hands, and maybe use regular floss.”
Person flossing their teeth with a floss pick
12. “Sticking their fingers into bowling balls and then eating pizza and wings without washing their hands in between, and being okay with knowing lots of other people have done the same thing. Not to mention touching those rental shoes…”
John Turturro holding a bowling ball while licking it in The Big Lebowski
“And then putting them back in the ball holes after eating said wings when you know all you did was wipe that shit off with a flimsy napkin.”
13. “After COVID, I’m completely freaked out that people still blow out candles on a cake and then hand out slobber cake to everyone.”
Child blowing out a birthday candle
14. “Long, fake fingernails. Gross and extremely unhygienic. No way are they clean underneath. There’s a reason people who work in hospitals aren’t allowed to have long nails.”
Hands with long, pointed, multicolored nails and decorative rings
15. “Not changing bras all week.”
Person putting on a bra
16. “Not washing their water bottle/tumbler on a regular basis.”
Water bottle and cleaning brush in a kitchen sink
“It blows my mind that people do this.”
“I have a huge metal thermos I use for coffee, it can get stained easily as I drink black, and if I forget it in my car, it can dry out. Pop an Efferdent tablet or two in there, fill with hot water, and leave sealed for an hour. Come back and dump it; nothing is left. A little rinse for the residual, and I’m back to business. If you wanted, you could submerge a lid in a Tupperware with it and get the same effect.”
17. “That big wave pool at the water park full of bodies scares me.”
People swimming in a large wave pool
18. “Sleeping on a hotel mattress with hotel sheets and a hotel pillow. We all do it, but… 🤢”
Person in a modern hotel room sitting on the bed, photographing the view through a large window, with a suitcase and rolled towel nearby
Last but not least:
19. “Sex.”
Two people's feet intertwined, peeking out from under a blanket on a bed
“Getting sweaty AND swapping body fluids with another person. Sometimes, even a stranger whose STI status we have no idea about. Obviously, it’s insanely fun when done right, and most people crave it enough that we don’t care about the sliminess, wet patches, or sticking things in our mouths that we know have been in less-than-clean places. But if you think about it…the last word you could use for sex would be hygienic.”
What do you think? Are these people a little too germaphobic, or are many of us just not germaphobic enough? Let us know in the comments.