I have much to say about the calcic water. My landlady & family had no qualms boiling and drinking water from a kettle full of white deposits floating around. I was the only one trying to clean up the kettle. It was a losing battle tho.

The fairy! Hhhahaaha. I’ve lived with Irish flatmates before. They washed “normal” but they weren’t the cleanest… left lots of food waste in the sink…

Saw it in the UK as well. Worse — teenagers propping their dirty shoes on fabric bus seats.

I was flabbergasted at the way dishes were washed in my UK landlady’s home. First you make a huge sink of soapy water. Then you wash the dishes and all with the soapy water. THEN YOU PLACE THEM AROUND THE SINK TO DRY. When the bubbles disappear the utensil is assumed clean. There was no rinsing with clean water. There was no placemat to dry items. There was no drying rack. They left the mug face down on a wet soapy kitchen sink top to dry and then used it for drinking. Is that normal in the UK?