'I make people wear rain ponchos in my home - I don't know where they've been'
Disinfecting and cleaning surfaces is likely important to every homeowner. No one wants to become unwell from catching germs, so keeping our homes as germ-free as possible is essential. But one man has taken banishing germs to the extreme and asks guests to wear a plastic poncho when visiting.
When entering a friend or family member's house, we're accustomed to leaving out shoes at the door, but this pristine man goes one step further - and requires guests to either change their clothes or wear a plastic raincoat over their clothes. Although it's a step too far according to his friends.
The 20-year-old described himself as "neat and tidy" but resorted to asking other opinions online after his friend refused to comply with his rules and left. He shared his situation on Reddit and wrote: "I recently moved out into my own place and something that I started thinking about was how many germs from outside we track into our houses. I always change out of my clothes as soon as I get home but whenever I have guests, they don't. And I have no idea where they've been or what their clothes have been exposed to.
"About a month ago, I bought a bunch those clear disposable raincoats and I started telling people who I invited over that they could bring a change of fresh clothes to change into or wear one of the coats before they sit on my furniture. I also offer to wash the clothes that they change out of if they want to."
Even though he's been told it's "excessive", he doesn't see the problem with it, and his girlfriend doesn't have an issue with it either. It was only when he moved out of his family home at 20 that he started to think about the germs people can bring in from being outside. So he decided to do something about it.
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He further detailed: "I invited a friend over yesterday, I told them about the clothes thing before they came, and when they got here they were surprised that I actually enforced it and said 'You've got to be f****ng with me' and I told them no, I'm serious and then they left. They haven't been answering my messages either. I was talking to my mom about it and she said it was pretty excessive and unreasonable to expect everybody to do. I disagree but I'm kind of double guessing myself. Am I in the wrong here?"
Many people have agreed with his mum that it is extreme, as one Reddit user wrote: "You're in the wrong and need therapy. I don't say that disparagingly at all – I sincerely think you would benefit from professional help," as another added: "Yes there are germs out there, but the likelihood of them doing harm to you is near zero, this type of thing gets worse over time, so get help now."
Although others agreed with him, as a fellow cleaning fan shared: "This is normal, outside clothes are dirty and should be removed inside the house. It's akin to wearing outside shoes indoors," and another wished they could enforce the same rules: "I wish I could enforce this at my house. Outside clothes are gross!"
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