Brushing teeth in kitchen sink...

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Or I could use the kitchen sink as a bidet.

 

That may be harder then you think, unless you are really tall or well you know..

 

I'll manage.

By the way, I've noticed that a number of my housemates must have some sort of contact dermatitis for telephones. I always have to rush out either half naked or with my pants around my ankles (OK, slight exaggeration, but you get the idea) to answer the damn thing, when they are sitting right next to it with a vacant expression on their face.

 

How old are they? It seems that many teens and early twenties types don't understand what a ringing phone means anymore. If it doesn't involve displayed text on their 'mobile devices,' they ignore it.

 

I think this issue comes down to a matter of respect for your roommates. If for whatever reason, be is scientific, or merely cosmetic, someone is seriously nauseated by the use of a kitchen sink for toothbrushing, it doesn't kill a person to confine it to the bathroom sink. Roommate politics have to involve some give and take and consideration for the other people in residence.

For me, before I use the kitchen sink for ANYTHING, I rinse it out with hot water, then fill it with hot water and then squirt in a little dish soap. I figure that'll kill most of the bacteria in there. If I'm gonna prep a chicken or other raw meat, I then drain the sink, and wipe it down with a clean cloth after rinsing it with more hot water to ensure that no soap gets on the meat. Any bacteria that survives that is probably gonna be killed in the cooking process. Any bacteria left over from toothbrushing or any toothpaste or such will also be dealt with by this procedure.

And I do this even in the absence of a roommate who brushes in the sink.

 

What's wrong with using the kitchen sink to brush your teeth? You could ask them to clean the sink after use, so you aren't bothered by leftover toothpaste and saliva. Spitting isn't considered dispespectful in China; a friend of mine almost got into trouble for spitting on the street. If you're sharing the kitchen with them, get used to much more objectionable stuff. Like finding chicken claws or a pig's ear on a plate in the fridge, heheh.

 

We have extra-large double, stainless steel sinks in our kitchen. We had them put in when we had the granite countertops installed. One side has a garbage disposer, which is the "dirty" side of the sink; the other is the "clean side," where we wash food (like produce) and wash baby bottles, etc. Atm, I have some house plants sitting in the dirty side of the sink that needed some water. I don't think tooth paste would bother them much though