Woman mistakes cheese for soap, washes hands with it for days. Cue the facepalm

Cheese goes well with lots of things, but not so much with your handwashing routine.

Some of you may have heard the phrase ‘cheese goes with everything’. Yes, cheese does sound delicious on some pasta as well as pizza; and it even goes well with red wine and crackers. But the one thing that cheese doesn’t go well with is your handwashing routine.

Reddit user, Miley from Vancouver, shared a picture of herself holding a mysterious looking yellow bar on the subreddit ‘funny’ with the caption “just realized my soap wasn’t working because it’s literally a block of cheese”. Since the post has more than 7,600 upvotes and about 220 comments.

In the thread, Miley explained that she was housesitting and a little intoxicated which is what led to her miscalculations about the orange looking block. She found the suspicious substance on the counter and given its hard texture assumed that it was hand soap. It was apparently the lack of foam that led to the discovery some days later that she was, in fact, washing her hands with mature cheddar.

With novel coronavirus spreading around the globe and people getting further motivated to wash their hands more regularly; this Reddit user couldn’t help but get punny about the whole situation. They said, “It’s important to follow the CDC hand washing instructions: Step 1 - Get a good cheddary lather going”.

While some users were shocked that such an instance had happened others weren’t surprised at all. In fact, one Reddit user shared information about a subreddit where people guess the difference between artisanal cheese and soaps.

This one Reddit user probably summarised the whole situation well when saying, “It ain’t easy being cheesy”! What are your thoughts on this cheesy situation?