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I have a friend at work who uses the same coffee cup every day and only washes it every few months.

When I queried it he said that because the water is boiling it kills any bacteria so it's fine.

Is it fine? I mean I'm not the most hygienic person but to only wash your cup every few months is kinda iffy.
 
InternetSwag said:
I have a friend at work who uses the same coffee cup every day and only washes it every few months.

When I queried it he said that because the water is boiling it kills any bacteria so it's fine.

Is it fine? I mean I'm not the most hygienic person but to only wash your cup every few months is kinda iffy.
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It's not the most hygenic, I had a friend do the same, they are still alive :-). Theory kind of works.
What he didn't know is I washed his cup a few times for him.
 
InternetSwag said:
I have a friend at work who uses the same coffee cup every day and only washes it every few months.

When I queried it he said that because the water is boiling it kills any bacteria so it's fine.

Is it fine? I mean I'm not the most hygienic person but to only wash your cup every few months is kinda iffy.
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The boiling water doesn't touch the entire rim of the cup, the place that he puts his mouth.... I doubt he will get sick but still... :sick:
 
InternetSwag said:
I have a friend at work who uses the same coffee cup every day and only washes it every few months.

When I queried it he said that because the water is boiling it kills any bacteria so it's fine.

Is it fine? I mean I'm not the most hygienic person but to only wash your cup every few months is kinda iffy.
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That's why we don't have to jab for every new germ showing it's pointy head. We're used to them.
 
InternetSwag said:
I have a friend at work who uses the same coffee cup every day and only washes it every few months.
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Depends whether he uses milk and sugar?

I have a mug I reuse for black coffee and frankly I think it's probably safer than the soap residue on a freshly washed cup. Nothing in black coffee really to go bad.

If anything it's probably got a bit of an antimicrobial effect. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10942910701675928

Wouldn't do it if there was milk involved though. (Above article notwithstanding.)
 
My coffee leaves a very dark stain and if frothed even that is quite a heavy residual, rinse mine at least every cup and it gets fully washed daily. Once or twice maybe ( but I'd still give it a quick rinse first ). Less often than that, nah.
 
InternetSwag said:
I have a friend at work who uses the same coffee cup every day and only washes it every few months.

When I queried it he said that because the water is boiling it kills any bacteria so it's fine.

Is it fine? I mean I'm not the most hygienic person but to only wash your cup every few months is kinda iffy.
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Well, it's like everything. There's degrees.

If he has a prion like mad cow disease on there, boiling it for 27 years wont kill it.

If he has covid particles on there, rinse with boiling water will kill that ****er no problem.
 
No, bacteria leave behind toxic compounds even after they are killed, some have heat resistant outer layers that require a longer time to kill, and also as the others have mentioned, what about the outer rim?
 
InternetSwag said:
I have a friend at work who uses the same coffee cup every day and only washes it every few months.

When I queried it he said that because the water is boiling it kills any bacteria so it's fine.

Is it fine? I mean I'm not the most hygienic person but to only wash your cup every few months is kinda iffy.
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By the way, if this guy is the only person to use this mug, get over yourself and don't be a Karen. Leave him the **** alone.
 
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