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<p>If you&#39;re a germaphobe, you might be right to be one nowadays. Still, people get super annoyed with individuals who are careful about health and germs. Why is that? Is it ever okay to judge someone for being cautious when it comes to illness? When this man brings his own dipping bowl to a work party and gets judged for it, he takes to the popular <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/vdze4z/aita_for_bringing_my_own_dipping_bowl_to_my/">Reddit forum</a> to ask:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://AITA for bringing my own dipping bowl to my coworkers party? Asshole My coworker invited me to his NBA finals viewing party few days ago. He kept hyping up his wife's world famous bean dip. The thing is that I don't trust people washing their hands. The thought of people's unwashed hands touching the dip, even if it's just a half second scrape, makes me sick to my stomach. Germ from their private parts could be on the dip. You never know. At parties, I bring my own bowl so I can put food in, especially dips before anyone gets their grubby hands on it. Nobody really cared. It's a small bowl, around 5 ounces. So I went towards the bean dip with my bowl and started spooning the dip onto my bowl. My coworker saw me was like, &quot;yoooo what the fuck are you doing?&quot;. I explained the whole thing how I people sometimes don't wash their hands and their germs get on their food. He got very offended as if I am blaming him for not washing his hands. I told him I trust you, it's the other people. He got even madder saying everyone here washes their hands. But I don't know them as much as he does. After a few minutes he let it go and I was able to enjoy my bean dip. I thought everything was cool. But today in the office, I find out he was shit talking me through other coworker. Apparently he was still made. But I think what I did was reasonable. Reddit am I the asshole?">chipdipthrowaway123</a> writes:</p><h2>&quot;AITA for bringing my own dipping bowl to my coworkers party?&quot;</h2><p> </p><p>My coworker invited me to his NBA finals viewing party few days ago. He kept hyping up his wife&#39;s world famous bean dip. The thing is that I don&#39;t trust people washing their hands.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Well, a lot of people DON&#39;T wash their hands.</h2><p> </p><blockquote> <p>The thought of people&#39;s unwashed hands touching the dip, even if it&#39;s just a half second scrape, makes me sick to my stomach. Germ from their private parts could be on the dip. You never know.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><h2>Fair point about the private parts.</h2><p> </p><blockquote> <p>At parties, I bring my own bowl so I can put food in, especially dips before anyone gets their grubby hands on it. Nobody really cared. It&#39;s a small bowl, around 5 ounces.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><h2>Okay, a little weird but I get it.</h2><p> </p><blockquote> <p>So I went towards the bean dip with my bowl and started spooning the dip onto my bowl. My coworker saw me was like, &quot;yoooo what the f*** are you doing?&quot;. I explained the whole thing how I people sometimes don&#39;t wash their hands and their germs get on their food. He got very offended as if I am blaming him for not washing his hands.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><h2>I don&#39;t understand why this coworker freaked out. Why does it matter?</h2><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I told him I trust you, it&#39;s the other people. He got even madder saying everyone here washes their hands. But I don&#39;t know them as much as he does. After a few minutes he let it go and I was able to enjoy my bean dip.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><h2>Okay, can we just let this man enjoy his dip please?</h2><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I thought everything was cool. But today in the office, I find out he was sh** talking me through other coworker. Apparently he was still made. But I think what I did was reasonable. Reddit AITA?</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><h2>Hard to say. Reddit was SUPER split on this issue. Let&#39;s take a look.</h2><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/EmpressJainaSolo/">Empressjainasolo</a> writes:</p><p> </p><blockquote> <p>YTA for how you framed it. Hosts usually also provide plates and bowls. No one thinks twice if someone takes a plate and scoops some dip. Was that not the case here?</p> </blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/orangegrapes2021/">orangegrapes2021</a> writes:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>NTA at all. You sound like a germaphobe, which isn&#39;t bad in itself, but maybe next time you could frame your behavior around your own issues with germs instead of insulting your friends by basically insinuating they are dirty.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/queencuntpunt/">queencutput </a>writes:</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote> <p>You just bring a bowl for yourself??? And expect to grab a portion of all the food before everyone else &quot;gets their grubby hands on it&quot;? YTA.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Mary_P914/">maryp19</a> writes:</p><blockquote> <p>NTA. I&#39;m a germophobe to the point that I won&#39;t even shake hands without immediately washing my own hands afterwards. You probably could have worded your reasoning better, but I get it. Potlucks/parties are the bane of my existence for that reason.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><h2>There you have it folks! The jury. is. out. Is this guy the AH? Or was his coworker being way too judgemental? What do YOU think?</h2><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Man asks if he's wrong to bring his own bowl to party in case guests don't wash hands.

If you&#39;re a germaphobe, you might be right to be one nowadays. Still, people get super annoyed with individuals who are careful about health and germs. Why is that? Is it ever okay to judge someone for being cautious when it comes to illness? When this man brings his own dipping bowl to a work party and gets judged for it, he takes to the popular Reddit forum to ask: chipdipthrowaway123 writes:&quot;AITA for bringing my own dipping bowl to my coworkers party?&quot; My coworker invited me to his NBA finals viewing party few days ago. He kept hyping up his wife&#39;s world famous bean dip. The thing is that I don&#39;t trust people washing their hands.Well, a lot of people DON&#39;T wash their hands.  The thought of people&#39;s unwashed hands touching the dip, even if it&#39;s just a half second scrape, makes me sick to my stomach. Germ from their private parts could be on the dip. You never know.  Fair point about the private parts.  At parties, I bring my own bowl so I can put food in, especially dips before anyone gets their grubby hands on it. Nobody really cared. It&#39;s a small bowl, around 5 ounces.  Okay, a little weird but I get it.  So I went towards the bean dip with my bowl and started spooning the dip onto my bowl. My coworker saw me was like, &quot;yoooo what the f*** are you doing?&quot;. I explained the whole thing how I people sometimes don&#39;t wash their hands and their germs get on their food. He got very offended as if I am blaming him for not washing his hands.  I don&#39;t understand why this coworker freaked out. Why does it matter?   I told him I trust you, it&#39;s the other people. He got even madder saying everyone here washes their hands. But I don&#39;t know them as much as he does. After a few minutes he let it go and I was able to enjoy my bean dip.  Okay, can we just let this man enjoy his dip please?  I thought everything was cool. But today in the office, I find out he was sh** talking me through other coworker. Apparently he was still made. But I think what I did was reasonable. Reddit AITA?  Hard to say. Reddit was SUPER split on this issue. Let&#39;s take a look. Empressjainasolo writes:  YTA for how you framed it. Hosts usually also provide plates and bowls. No one thinks twice if someone takes a plate and scoops some dip. Was that not the case here?   orangegrapes2021 writes:  NTA at all. You sound like a germaphobe, which isn&#39;t bad in itself, but maybe next time you could frame your behavior around your own issues with germs instead of insulting your friends by basically insinuating they are dirty.   queencutput writes:   You just bring a bowl for yourself??? And expect to grab a portion of all the food before everyone else &quot;gets their grubby hands on it&quot;? YTA.  maryp19 writes: NTA. I&#39;m a germophobe to the point that I won&#39;t even shake hands without immediately washing my own hands afterwards. You probably could have worded your reasoning better, but I get it. Potlucks/parties are the bane of my existence for that reason.   There you have it folks! The jury. is. out. Is this guy the AH? Or was his coworker being way too judgemental? What do YOU think?

If you&#39;re a germaphobe, you might be right to be one nowadays. Still, people get super annoyed with individuals who are careful about health and germs. Why is that? Is it ever okay to judge someone for being cautious when it comes to...