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@hope1275: I always believe in dealing with the ROOT of the problem rather than putting a band-aid on it.
The root of the problem is the person creating the sticky situation in the first place. The band-aid would be the washing of your hands after touching something already sticky.
I HATE when counters, floors, etc are sticky. It just is gross.
ETA: I don't know how to vote in your poll. I want to say, the person creating the stickiness should take measures to make sure they no longer create stickiness. But I'm not sure which way I'm supposed to vote for that.
Hahaha - YES. Please wash the sticky hands FIRST. Then nothing will be sticky!
Yeah that sounds gross. If he's not washing before and after handling food.. well, he needs a basic hygiene class.
Wash the sticky before touching everything!! What if it were juice from raw chicken? Then your problem is much larger then sticky handles and counter tops.
D'oh, I voted wrong. I think the person who is creating the stickiness should clean up after him/herself. Not only is it GROSS, but imagine the potential germs that are growing on everything because of the food juice.
That's just gross! Our old roommate did that and we had to take shifts cleaning up after her. That's no way to live.
sticky stuff usually means there is sugar in it. Sugar around the kitchen= ants and other pests. Sounds like he is just being really lazy. It would drive me absolutely insane if I were you.
Ummm does this even need to be a question? Haha my man would have his ass handed to him if my house was sticky because he couldn't stop being a five year old and wash his hands! At first I thought you might have been talking about a child spreading all this stickiness! lol. Talk about attracting bugs and mice. Thank goodness it's getting to be winter or you'd also have a kitchen full of ants.
I think mister sticky hands needs to learn some proper kitchen ettiqute....we are after all not in kindergarten class eating sugar paste from the art projects...right? haha.
Oh, I could never handle that. Besides welcoming any pests that may be looking for a treat, he's also providing a breeding ground for any bacteria in the food he prepared. Not a good situation for everyone's health. I can't believe he thinks that's normal... I bet his mother would tell you that's not normal. I think everyone pretty much agrees that he should clean his stickiness, but your poll question is a little confusing.
Living together means you have to make accommodations for how others want to live. Someone living alone could have everything be sticky, but if there are other parties involved the question is not "is it wrong to have a sticky kitchen?" but "can we all live harmoniously with a sticky kitchen, and if not, is it too much to ask to take measures to avoid it?" I hope you are able to talk about your shared expectations for living together and can find a way to make it work. I wouldn't want sticky everything either! The best way to get rid of the stickiness problem is to make sure the person handling sticky things washes their hands and the countertops afterward. Maybe you can institute a daily kitchen-cleaning schedule (wipe down surfaces, etc.) to combat this?
I deffinately think that Mr. Sticky should wash his hands. Honeslty how hard is it to wash your hands.
Bottom line is you need to maintain a sanitary environment in the kitchen since that is where you prepare food. I know it's a pain while cooking to contantly wash up before grabbing something else, but you have to do it or else everything gets.. sticky.
What you can do as a compromise is make it easy for him to wash up more often by making sure there is decent pump soap by the sink and a clean tea towel at all times and paper towels to dry off. Luckily I don't have to deal with this since my DH is the other extreme, ADHD OCD super clean/neat, but this is how I approach other issues where he needs to adjust his habits, I make it easy for him and fun if possible. Also, once he experiences what a clean kitchen is like I doubt he will ever go back to being mr. sticky man.
I agree, set him up for success. Make sure there are plenty of clorox wipes (super easy to get sticky stuff up), paper towels, soap etc. Make sure there are plenty of easy to fine tupperware and zip lock backs to store sticky foods in properly.
Eeek I would go bananas and be completely grossed out as well. i def agree that he needs to wash his hands after handling stuff so they are not sticky. First thing that popped into my head was germs. I thought of touching raw chicken then veggies them the fridge handles (ahhhhh my head was spinning lol)
I think setting the sticky hand bandit up for success is a fantastic idea. Make is easy and convenient for them to rid themselves of stickiness.
I'm really confused why the poll is 50/50 on this. My only guess is that people are misinterpreting the poll options. Of course the person who's making the kitchen sticky should start washing his or her hands in order to stop making everything sticky. I've never lived anywhere where that was a problem, and I've shared homes with lots of roommates and shared dorm kitchens with dozens of hallmates. As others have said, it's unsanitary and is going to get you some critter visitors eventually, whether it be ants or roaches or something else.
@LittlestBirds: Haha! I'm confused as well. I just came back to see how people are voting, and the votes don't line up with the posts! Maybe the sticky-handed culprit is trying to make him/herself look better?
LOL @littlestbirds- "I'm really confused why the poll is 50/50 on this." ME TOO!
Has he never been to another clean household???? That is no way to live! What can he possibly do where he gets everything so sticky without washing his hands? If he's being such a baby can you get him to stop whatever it is? What about baby wipes or hand wipes if he doesn't like soap & water?
Thanks everyone! Sorry the poll was confusing. I had edited it to make more sense, but before then it was about 50/50.
Anyway, YES, it drives me crazy!!! He mocks me when I refuse to dig through the refrigerator for anything because I hate the fact that my hand will come out sticky from something or other.
It's from pineapple, watermelon, and chicken, mostly. So yes, BIG issues with germs from the chicken "juice". We also had to have the house sprayed for ants this summer! I've had my house for years and have never had a problem with ants before. I'm getting near the end of my rope on this issue. I've made things as easy as possible for him. There's a paper towel dispenser on the counter and sponges in their holding cups as well as dishwashing detergent at the sink, too. But he insists that I'm just being oversensitive and that I need to deal with it.
I've been telling him for a while now that we should take a poll, and I almost posted my question on Facebook before thinking it would be better here, where it's much more anonymous. :)
So really, all I need are your opinions to prove to him that I'm not being overly sensitive about the disgustingness of everything being sticky. Please keep them coming!
PS, he's a wonderful husband otherwise :)
@hope1275: I'd say do another poll. Because based on how you changed the question... I answered wrong.
@KatNYC2011: The person with the sticky hands should wash them. Their would be no problem if they just washed their hands. I hate when my hands get sticky.
@Vegan: I agree. that is my opinion too. I just voted before she changed the poll and answers so my vote fell into the wrong category.
Everybody should wash their hands. Why wouldnt someone that works with food wash their hands after they are done working with the food? Also, depending on the stickiness germs will thrive on everything in your kitchen then those germs will stick right to you. I hope you can clean that stickness up. I had someone stay at my house that cooked with a lot of grease now my whole kitchen is greasy and it wont come off. Anyone know how to get grease off of walls, stoves, windows, cabinets, floors?
NEW POLL! Check it out here, and if you voted wrong, please vote again there so I can show C an accurate poll result. :)
Anyway, he does wash his hands and the dishes/utensils he used after he's done cooking. The problem is he doesn't do it for everything in between, nor does she clean up the countertop afterward. So if he's cutting chicken and has to go into the refrigerator to get an ingredient he doesn't wash his hands before opening the fridge, grabbing whatever he needs, using it and putting it back. Yuck. :(
I'm just trying to show him that it's not normal (and that it's bad) to do that and that I'm not being oversensitive when I complain about the stickiness. So thank you to everyone who has voted and/or responded so far, and please keep the comments and the voting coming!
Ok... kind of regretting starting a new thread so I could redo the poll. The people there just don't understand me like you all do. :) For some reason something about the other poll makes people think I'm the sticky one! Or at least contributing to the stickiness.
Oh well, what can you do?
So if he's cutting chicken and has to go into the refrigerator to get an ingredient he doesn't wash his hands before opening the fridge, grabbing whatever he needs, using it and putting it back. Yuck. :(
Oh man, that is gross and dangerous. I hope you can convince him to be cleaner in the kitchen for both your health.
If he's not washing his hands/the counter/the cutting board and he's handling RAW CHICKEN, then he needs to either STOP COOKING, or start WASHING HIS HANDS. It's not just "the sticky" -- it's a health hazard, like other people are saying. I mean, I'm not a germaphobe or anything (I eat raw cookie dough, and I like my steak rare, etc. etc.), but he obviously doesn't understand that cross-contamination from raw chicken is bad, or that "sticky" is the perfect medium for growing mould, bacteria, and pests like ants/fruit flies.
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Imagine that everything in your home related to food is sticky. Countertops, cabinets, the handles of the refrigerator, oven and dishwasher, the faucet and faucet handle, the door to the pantry, everything inside the refrigerator, containers and bags containing food, and even the floor. Basically, there's not really anything that isn't sticky, and it's all because the person who deals with the sticky foods (or the foods that may spill) doesn't wash their hands before touching anything else, doesn't clean up after working with the food, and doesn't take measures to make sure that fluids from foods don't leak all over the place.
This leads to this inevitable exchange: "I can't stand that everything I touch is sticky!" "So wash your hands!" "No, you should wash your hands before you touch anything else" "Just suck it up".
So... what to do? C doesn't believe me that normal people don't live this way, so I'm coming to you. Should the person creating the stickiness clean up and wash their hands before touching anything else, or should the person complaining about the stickiness clean up and wash their hands after touching everything? Which one of us is right?