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Taking bin bag out of pedal bin before it has been filled so much that it’s a PITA to get out.
It's called Binaroo in our house, rubbish gets stuffed in until someone cracks and empties it.....normally me
I've a pair of fully grown adult guests in our house. Circumstances have forced them to live with us temporarily.
They resemble this thread. 😔
Shutting the car boot door by using the handle rather than touching the paintwork whilst wearing jewellery and scratching the damn thing!!!!
Using the correct pressure washer attachment when cleaning their car and instead using the masonry attachment
I've clearly being doing it all wrong over 46 years of marriage. From the start I did the "man" jobs like cleaning the windows and the car , cutting the grass and all the DIY and hoovering , cleaning the bathroom while cooking ironing etc was my wife's area of expertise and it's been this ever since. As for dishwashing that's also me !
She is an energy saving ninja though , I'm A star but she excels and is obsessed with turning lights off to the point that the other day I was doing something in the garage while she was in the lounge , I came in to get something by the time I got back out to the garage it was pitch black ! 🙄How did she know?
All of the above and
1: Flattening boxes, cartons and cans before putting in the recycle bin
2: putting fuel, oil, washer fluid or brake fluids in cars
3: use of petrol powered tools without unnecessary trips to A&E
4: applying electro-mechanical sympathy to any task
Closing cupboard doors rather than releasing them six inches early. My partner's up at sparrowfart making breakfast, I'm still in bed trying to sleep, all I can hear is the percussion solo from downstairs. She's trained the grandchild to do it now too, bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-bang.
3: use of petrol powered tools without unnecessary trips to A&E
Nice to see that WCA's wife has joined the forum.
all good here, cos I moan like hell at them all :-)) I am Mrs Dishwife to the rest of the Ferrit's 🙂 I dont care our house is tidy, everyone walks in is seriously impressed. I love cleaning and tidying
The cupboard doors! we were on holiday with the in-laws family and they just banged everything, until I sorted them out that is 😉
with the in-laws family and they just banged everything, until I sorted them out that is
Hey!Hey!
Sorry, I'll get my coat.
All of the above. My pet hate at the moment is washing up though. I love to cook but am seldom allowed to so I fill and start the dishwasher to run overnight. I wake at 6.30, sort a cup of tea etc and during that time empty the dishwasher and tidy it all away. Give Mrs A a farewell kiss, hoping that she's awake enough to acknowledge. I'm always out the house before she's up and about. I get home late afternoon/ evening. All her breakfast and lunch stuff (wfh) is spread around the house. None of it in the kitchen, none of it in the 'home office'. I gather and collect what I can find, load it into the washer and so the cycle continues...
But I really hate ironing, so she's forgiven. Perhaps.
Closing cupboard doors rather than releasing them six inches early.
Yup, who knew someone could make the closing of a microwave door...
...sound more like Jean Claude Van Damme Karate kicking someone through a brick wall?
That was always my mum. Getting out of the car, she'd perforate my eardrums. I'm not driving a 1973 Austin Allegro.
Most of the above plus;
Emptying the mop bucket especially after clearing up a dog wee (weak bladdered Galgo since you asked).
Ever finishing any task including putting the tools away.
Flattening boxes, cartons and cans before putting in the recycle bin
But actually there is whole lot of kudos to be earned, on bin-eve, from climbing up the fence to stand in and compress the recycling binnage so that you can accommodate the full kitchen binnette of pinot grigio bottles.
My wife and I have this as an unspoken agreement. She throws things in there from across the kitchen and I’ve stopped moaning about re-organising on the proviso that she unloads it in the morning whilst I walk the dog and she looks after the squirt.
She still can’t take a shirt off and unbutton it, take leggings off and remove socks/knickers seperately or turn clothes the right way out before putting in the wash basket but I’m working on it.
I’m the only person in the house who will catch spiders.
As a result we have lots of spiders because I haven’t got the heart to put them outside after they’ve come in from the cold…I just open and shut the back door and chuck the spider under a bit of furniture away from everyone else 😂
I put them outside "far away from the door so they don't get back in" IE round the corner and next to the nice vent that leads into the nice basement and onward to the cost flat.
Other than that and a weird insisttance that knotting the food in bag and LEAVING it the caddy is acceptable it's all good here.
I now realise that I am not alone. Group hug anyone?
My top 3...
1. Stacking the dishwasher. Ours looks like it's been filled from a wheelbarrow
2. Putting mugs / cups away without making it look like ceramic Jenga
3. Replenishing everyday essentials, i.e. milk, coffee, etc. Am I the only one with a pass for the supermarket?
I agree with the "it's not even funny any more" statement!
My huge biggies are all the obvious ones..
Stacking the dishwasher - NO ... It's not a challenge to fit EVERY item of crockery in the house into it... Ffs. I literally empty it every morning, huffing over my breath "that'll need cleaning again"..
Putting recycling stuff NOT in the waste bin - my OH's kids must literally want this planet to burn... They simply can't recycle.
Putting rubbish/recycling from a full "house bin" into the outside bin - they just pile it up next to the bin
Vacuuming - my OH even gets stressed out when I vacuum. She even gets stressed out when I turn on the robot vacuum.. WHEN WE'RE NOT AT HOME. She says "the house doesn't need cleaning".… No shit Sherlock, that's cos I keep on top of it all the time.
I'm genuinely getting fed up now, so I'm protesting. I'm not going to vacuum, or empty the recycling.
I've actually told my kids "expect the house to get filthy".
I've gone mad.
DrP
Stirring tins of paint with a suitable implement NOT ONE OF MY BEST SCREWDIVERS.
Giving mechanical/electrical sympathy to anything.
Winding extension leads/hose reels while applying tension to the incoming cable/hose so that it doesn’t wind on all loose and then get jammed when you try and undo it….. every time someone else uses these things I am faced with this.
There needs to be a point for each annoyance listed, and I think i might win.
Very conscious tbat it is men on here moaning - i bet there's an identical thread in tne womens chat!
Very much so. I drive my missus crackers by just being me.
Ahem.
just what the doctor ordered another first world middle class issues masquerading as a humble brag thread
How would someone, when faced with a task that they don’t want to do, get someone else to do it for them?
Doing that job repeatedly “badly” even after they’ve been “ shown how to do it properly “ would seem an easy way
I'm glad it's not just me with the dishwasher thing then.
@jamesoz Loving the racoon on meth analogy. I'm going to use that one in my house.
Shutting the car boot door by using the handle rather than touching the paintwork whilst wearing jewellery and scratching the damn thing!!!!
An ex of mine used to be the key holder for her employer, based in a large, sprawling complex of Victorian buildings, exterior door keys are not to be left on site overnight.
Picked her up from work one night after she'd locked up and she grabbed the door handle with the same hand that was holding about a kilo of keys.
Actually chipped through to the metal in a couple of places. Wouldn't have been so bad, but i'd only had the car a month.
That was always my mum. Getting out of the car, she’d perforate my eardrums.
My ex is driving round in a prototype at the moment, fitted with self closing doors. Just have to gently push them to the first click, the car does the rest. It's probably the most reliable bit of the whole car.
She still slams them.
I load the dishwasher, and as she has agreed that she can’t load it properly, my wife unloads it. I can live with that 😆
This here too, even the (grown-up) kids are crap at it too, and also at their own houses - there are obviously ONLY two types of folk in the world.
Oh here we go....
Yes the dishwasher but you folks dont know how lucky you are. the OH just stacks it on the top of the sink. I once tried to take a stand of not shifting it and even when we ran out of bowls / glasses she didnt put the dishwasher on / washup. Just used different stuff. Cereal from a casserole dish anyone?
But separating colours from whites for the washing. Again i get told off for doing too much washing but the daughter will run out of school clothes otherwise. Anyway regularly putting pink and purple pants and socks in with white shirts. It just winds me up. Ive asked again and again if we can just put them in the colours but they must go in with the whites for some reason. Ive even got a fancy washing bin so when you take your clothes off you put the darks in one side but noooo these things always go in the whites.
Got back from a week away with work recently. No food in (she does the food shopping) no washing, no cleaning done for a week.....
TBH, i'll add a lot of this to my list of unforeseen bonuses of divorce, for both partners.
Very much so. I drive my missus crackers by just being me.
The disappointment each morning when she realises I have not died peacefully in my sleep is palpable.
Putting keys back on the key rack, not just on the first flat surface that catches the eye after coming back into the house.
Finding the keys that have somehow been 'lost'
Putting tea bag in bin rather than on edge of sink. 🤷♂️<br /><br />
This requires forward planning… My guess is person stirs teabag in cup, lifts cup and moves over to bin/sink area. Realises that hands are now full, one hand on mug, one hand on spoon, so can’t open cupboard under sink with bin or lift lid of bin, scoops out teabag and tips onto edge of sink. This is all compounded by the fact that they have also failed to squeeze teabag against side of cup to prevent dripping, possibly because milk is already in and again lack of forethought didn’t allow any room for milk so liquid is up to the brim leaving no available surface for squeezing against…
God it’s complicated when you think about it!!! 😂😂😂
Yeah I can relate to most of those. For me though it’s more of a fundamental issue of just finishing the task at hand. Don’t put the dishes near the dishwasher, put them in it. Don’t put the recycling NEAR the back door just go outside to the bin. If you’re going to do the laundry (about twice a year) don’t leave the clothes in the machine for days hang the up when it’s done.
My biggest one however is when you’re cleaning glasses the outside needs to be cleaned too!!!
Taken from the OED:
Farage n The vile liquor found at the bottom of a kitchen bin. Usually the result of the careless disposal of a still warm tea bag. Let it cool in a suitable receptacle then compost it you mingers!
@Cougar - Closing cupboard doors rather than releasing them six inches early. My partner’s up at sparrowfart making breakfast, I’m still in bed trying to sleep, all I can hear is the percussion solo from downstairs. She’s trained the grandchild to do it now too, bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-bang.
Soft-close clip-on cabinet hinges
I’m the only ****er who can use a central heating thermostat. Everyone else will ramp it up to 30degrees to heat the house up quicker.
I'm also the only one in the house who knows how to operate the thermostat, but that's by design 😁
All the trv's are 'stuck' in one position too, there's a shame.
Our house has a place for everything and everything has a place. E.g sellotape is in the greeting cards and paper wrap drawer with pens and parcel scissors.
Mr B just wants everything to be left out in plain view, where he can see it. Now instead of scrabbling around looking for items, he just asks me where it lives (and has lived for the last 23 years) :o)
I'm mostly going to list the things than my daughters (now in their 20s) are seemingly incapable of doing. They have moved away to go to uni, it is a heavenly place when they are not at home with us. But after a few days of having them at home.. omg!
Bringing the used glasses from their rooms and putting the in the dish washer would be a start.
Clean whatever's left on the plate before stacking it in the dishwasher.
Being quiet as they move around the house, not sounding like a heard of elephants & not slamming of the all the doors in the house including cupboard doors. The only door that doesn't get shut is the fridge door, I can come home from work and there will be a puddle of water by the fridge because it's been cooling the kitchen down all day.
Put the their washing in the washing basket (but sorting out their underwear for themselves).
All the other stuff I'd quite happily do if they could get the above right.
Don't get me wrong, It's nice to see them and also nice to see them go 🙂
Its the fridge that does my head in.
The wife looks at me like I'm completely mental when I suggest similar stuff should be on the same shelf. Fruit and veg, dairy and meat don't all below together in cross-contamination fridge jenga.
Tell you what - it’s a good job we’re all perfect and everyone else isn’t . 😉