figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
One glass for the day. One mug per drink for the day, so usually a tea mug and a coffee mug. All go in the dishwasher at the end of the day.
Having a cuppa - new mug, give the old one a wash or just use it
- Thread starter ebikeerwidnes
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- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Ditto.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Getting interesting!
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
When working in an old folks home 30 odd years ago I saw an old bloke with dementia having a number 2 in one of the home's mugs.
All the mugs were the same light blue hard plastic, so you couldn't tell them apart. The home's boss expected all staff members to use the mugs as well as the residents to "promote a sense of we're all one big family"! 
After seeing that particular incident I refused to drink out of any of those mugs. 
The boss said i was being fussy as the chances of getting that mug were about 40 to 1 and besides, they are washed in the home's dishwasher at something like 100 degrees Celsius water, she added. I still refused to use one as the thought of drinking out of a mug that might've had a 💩 in it was too disgusting to contemplate!! 🧐
All the mugs were the same light blue hard plastic, so you couldn't tell them apart. The home's boss expected all staff members to use the mugs as well as the residents to "promote a sense of we're all one big family"! After seeing that particular incident I refused to drink out of any of those mugs. The boss said i was being fussy as the chances of getting that mug were about 40 to 1 and besides, they are washed in the home's dishwasher at something like 100 degrees Celsius water, she added. I still refused to use one as the thought of drinking out of a mug that might've had a 💩 in it was too disgusting to contemplate!! 🧐
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Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Answer to question - pour out any dregs, give it a quick swill and re-use.
Slightly off topic - for removing accumulated tea stains: VWP Cleaner/Steriliser is the boss. I do my wife's tea mug about every month or so. Comes up shiny clean. Doesn't last long.
Slightly off topic - for removing accumulated tea stains: VWP Cleaner/Steriliser is the boss. I do my wife's tea mug about every month or so. Comes up shiny clean. Doesn't last long.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
In 1998, a real craftsman laid some Portuguese limestone flooring in our kitchen. He did a fantastic job using pound coins as temporary spacers between adjacent stones. He was a prodigious tea drinker and brought his own mug which had clearly not been washed for many, many months, judging by the heavy dark tannin staining. One evening after he had left for the day, I gave it a thorough clean, leaving it like new.
The next morning he was utterly appalled by what I had done. It was really embarrassing.
The next morning he was utterly appalled by what I had done. It was really embarrassing.
lazybloke
Today i follow the flying spaghetti monster
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
I use Milton sterilising tablets (or similar) to make plastic washing-up bowls sparkle, and to remove possibility of 'biological films' from inside bidons and other similar drinks containers (especially when the kids leave their water bottles in school bags for days on end).
But mugs just go in the dishwasher, so are always shiny clean.
Huh. Why don't I put flasks in the dishwasher too?
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Do they still put album collectable cards in PG Tips Drago? 🤔
