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To think these domestic things make sense and I’m not being lazy?

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dellay · 13/08/2024 19:04

There are various things that I do at home that just make sense to me and I can’t understand on a domestic level why anyone would put themselves out further? This has come up in a conversation with friends who found it hilarious and ridiculous that I do this. I can see the funny side (sort of!) but surely others do this too?

Carrots… I just snap the ends off by hand and put them in the pan rather than chopping with a knife. Why use a knife when you can snap it off?! Same for other veg where it works.

The dishwasher… why empty and put in cupboards? With the exception of mugs, I never ever empty the dishwasher as I just take what is needed then when it’s dirty put it back ready for the next wash?

Clothes… hang them on the two clothes airers and never put them away. I don’t have loads of clothes so that probably helps but literally why put them away?! They are in the spare room perfectly accessible once dry.

There’s other things but this is the general idea. I just don’t get why you would make more work for yourself? Surely others do the same?!

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Singleandproud · 13/08/2024 19:16

Don't your carrots take ages to cook, do you not slice them at all? And don't you lose several cm of carrot by snapping?

I do use kitchen scissors to cut a lot of things which is (for me) quicker than a knife. I also cut frozen pizzas up before I cook them.

Lemia · 13/08/2024 19:16

Are you putting dirty cups back in the dishwasher which has clean things in it? If so then that is quite weird and gross.

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 13/08/2024 19:15

If the dishwasher is never emptied, do you never clean the filter and wipe the grubby bits?

Trebol · 13/08/2024 19:14

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JLT24 · 13/08/2024 19:14

I don’t get the dishwasher one. I don’t use the same dishes every day so would end up with a mixture of dirty and clean dishes or rewashing dishes that haven’t been used or a big pile of dirty dishes in the kitchen waiting for all the clean dishes in the dishwasher to be used? We empty the dishwasher every morning so that it can be stacked throughout the day keeping the kitchen looking tidy at all times and smells away.

RhiWrites · 13/08/2024 19:14

I don’t like clothes just laying about in racks. I prefer to out them away but I do have a lot of clothes. Drying racks aren’t gorgeous to look at but I do sometimes leave ‘worn once’ clothes on hooks I put up for the purpose.

i don’t understand the dishwasher thing at all. Put dirty things next to clean things and the clean things get dirty. How do you know when to run it? When everything is dirty?

Spyro48 · 13/08/2024 19:13

Is this a reverse about your partner by any chance?

If a genuine question, I don't cook carrots whole, don't mix dirty and clean plates etc and do way too much washing for the airer to wait for us to wear all of the clothes on it. Do you have a wardrobe? Does it just have rarely worn clothes?

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 13/08/2024 19:13

I don't think it's lazy, exactly - just different choices. I like to see all my nice plates and bowls in the cupboard and clothes hung up shoved in the wardrobe.

S1lverCandle · 13/08/2024 19:11

How bendy are your carrots that you can snap the ends off with your bare hands? 🤣
They need eating long before they get to that stage.

cornydude · 13/08/2024 19:10

Weird and lazy.

You're not having mixed clean and dirty things in the dishwasher are you?

Dartmoorcheffy · 13/08/2024 19:09

Ummm, weird and lazy

So you put dirty pots back in with the clean??

Seriously, it takes a second to slice the top off a carrot.

The clothes thing again, pure laziness.

BestZebbie · 13/08/2024 19:09

I'd not like dirty and clean crockery in together in case the dirty contaminated the clean, but I see your point on the carrots.

Most of this sort of thing is a combination of convention (what you are taught/see as a child is the "right" way), appearance (drying racks and snapped carrots aren't as tidy-looking as a wardrobe and cut slices) and scalability (if five people are living in a three-bedroom house, you don't have anywhere to keep everyone's clothes out on racks, you have to process things back into storage on an ongoing basis).

Flammekuche · 13/08/2024 19:08

Isn’t it just easier to chop? Especially the end with the green? And doesn’t never emptying the dishwasher mean you have a dishwasher full of stuff, some of which is clean and some not?

Greytulips · 13/08/2024 19:07

Veg thing is wearied.
is your dishwasher mixed dirty/clean? That wouldn’t work with a larger family.
Clothes - can’t get worked up about that.

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