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1. Stacking the dishwasher.
Putting the things where they belong in the cupboards.
Closing the cupboard doors.
2. Putting lids back on jars correctly, e.g. mayo, jam etc. Half hanging off is not good enough
Stacking the dishwasher
Saw the thread title and came here to say that.
Do they actually stand on the other side of the kitchen with a blindfold on? It’s the only logical explanation for the performance of otherwise intelligent humans…
2. Loading the dishwasher properly as a stack prevents water getting into the bowls and leaves welded on crumble 😉
That and opening the living room curtains in the morning rather than turning on all the lights 🙄
Reloading the park tool toilet roll holder. It’s like an intellectual sorting hat now & I deliberately leave it near roll end when we have guests. It’s a frikkin qr into a bladed fork ffs, but no that’s seemingly totally beyond the capabilities of absolutely everyone else.
clean up the dog mess
Take out any form of rubbish
Use a bloody hoover
Clean the windows
Clean the sofa of dog hair
Clean any of the cars
Clean anything to a standard where anyone would stand next to it and think "why yes, that has been cleaned"
Incidentally the only explanation of the dishwasher loading in my house is that my other half is playing hoopla with the crockery from a distance of thirty yards.
I trained my wife in dishwasher stacking. She’s progressed through “acceptable” to “accomplished”. She even tuts dismissively when she uncovers the supposedly helpful stacking her parents execute. I’m very happy.
Empty the dishwasher, empty the bins and walking the dog
1. Stacking the dishwasher
Yep, like it's been packed by David Blunkett as part of a Funhouse challenge.
Turning lights off when not in the room.
Turning the telly off when going out.
Locking the back door.
Loading the dishwasher.
Emptying the dishwasher.
Hoovering.
Coming on here and whinging about the rest of my family.
fixing all the bikes
cleaning the roofs and gutters
using a chainsaw
… and removing the toilet roll core from the bathroom.
Emptying the trap in the shower when "cleaning the bathroom".
Putting the top back on the squash bottles properly before laying them horizontally in the bottle rack.
Clean a cheese grater on the inside as well as outside.
I’m the only person in the house that doesn’t think that all devices magically charge themselves by some form of osmosis, pulling electricity out of the very air itself
THERE’S USB SOCKETS ALL OVER THE HOUSE FFS!!
JUST PLUG IT IN AFTER YOU'VE USED IT FOR HOURS UNTIL ITS DOWN TO 2% CHARGE!!
1. Stacking the dishwasher
2. Emptying the dishwasher
3. Washing the pots and pans
4. Anything DIY related
5. Anything related to fixing the car or bikes
6. Putting spiders / wasps / insects out of the house
I'm sure there's a lot more. My wife earns more than me though so I try not to complain too much.
On the dishwasher thing, Ive genuinely met people who think it fills up with water to the top and thats why correctly loading does not matter 🤯
Push a drawer shut.
Not nearly shut.
Shut.
I'm sitting on the trap in the en suite looking at the only two drawers in the room. Can you guess if they are, or are not, pushed shut?
Washing the car
Hoovering the inside of the car
Cleaning bikes
Mowing the grass
Recharging dead batteries
Apparently it is my job to get cat turds off the lawn.
Mustn't have been at the meeting where they agreed that one.
We have a rule in the house...
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 😆
If I could get her to take her hair out of the shower trap I'd be content.
Two types of dishwasher loaders:
1: Swedish Architect
2: Raccoon on meth.
Our house it's 3 to 1 in favour of the Raccoon. Either that or it's being loaded from orbit.
Car washing/cleaning. Again two tribes. One who believes regular attention mitigates the need to purchase multiple hazmat suit, the other curating biological life on every internal or external service. Again, party of one here.
And if the internet breaks...somehow I become the customer complaints proxy for our crap ISP.
Taking something from one floor of the house to the other in a single trip rather than leaving it to fester on the stairs for several days.
Apparently I load the dishwasher like a racoon on Meth. However the stuff comes out clean and dry and it’s done then put away.
As to the whinge list:-
Anything laundry related, rather than switching the machine on then leaving the clothes inside to rot.
Even putting the basket back upstairs seems a struggle.
Making a bed
Pissing IN the bowl (OK the wife's not that bad at it)
Washing up
Removing even the most basic item from the freezer, unpackaging it, turning the oven on and placing said item inside
Buying a mother ****ing pint of titty ****ing ****ing milk
I can identify with an alarming number of these issues.
Empty the dishwasher, empty the bins and
walkingempty the dog
Closing latches on doors, washers etc. using the handle rather than just slamming them shut, and then complaining a year later when there's play in the hinge, or latch won't engage during more continued slamming because said door is now sagging and missaligned.
And generally having zero mechanical sympathy for anythiing and wondering why it gets broken.
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 😂
current one - "doing the washing"
Sorting the whites from the colours* and putting a load into the machine with detergent and softener does not constitute 'doing the washing' - it's not even half if the bit that gets left to me is emptying the machine, hanging out the bits for drying, putting the smalls into the tumbler, and then collecting it all up including pairing and folding.
In fact to make a point, I started typing this reply, then timed myself to "do the washing". Under 2 minutes.
* racist sounding washing, couldn't phrase it differently
Dishwasher - yep
Putting things back in the fridge from the same place they were taken from, yes thats why we have 3 opened blocks of mouldy cheddar.
Checking the dark washing for white socks, my white socks (on the rare occassions that i’m not the one who does tbe washing)
emptying the washing up bowl when the washing up was done 3 days ago (current record)
Sorting the whites from the colours* and putting a load into the machine with detergent and softener does not constitute ‘doing the washing’
It's kind of a household analogy to "get the front wheel over and everything else will just follow".
I don't want to contribute any further as there's a chance I'll fill the forum up to capacity.
Using my nice* kitchen knives on anything other than the nice end grain (x2) chopping boards bought specifically for chopping... the clue is in the name... NOT the eathernware plates or the kitchen work surface.
*they are not that expensive but I'd like them to retain a decent edge for more than 2 weeks....
Taking bin bag out of pedal bin before it has been filled so much that it's a PITA to get out.
Taking food recycling bag out of mini caddy before it has been filled so much it will enevitably split or leak when removed.
Putting tea bag in bin rather than on edge of sink. 🤷♂️
Taking empty shampoo or shower gel containers from bathroom to recycling bin....and related washing out plastic containers before putting them in recycling bin.
Putting tea bag in bin rather than on edge of sink. 🤷♂️
You need an intermediate receptacle such as a saucer or ramekin to allow cooling and hence avoid the steamy bin lid phenomenon
Cutting the grass/hedges.
TBF I hate other shit like making beds and doing washing, but I DO do it. No ****er else has ever cut the grass or hedges since we moved in 10+ years ago. Then they complain when I want things to make the jobs easier.
I ended up putting sensors in the bathrooms as I was fed up of constantly switching the lights off. I can relate to virtually all of the above. I live with teenagers, everything is my job. This evening it transpired that I should have reminded them of their homework that I wasn’t informed of in the first place. I can’t wait until they move into their own place and discover that the laundry and dishes fairy are no more real than the tooth one…
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'