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And the worst household chore award goes to...

135 replies

bunnyhophappy · 25/03/2023 22:22

Well anything house work could be deemed worthy of a place in this category, but I really hate putting the washing away🙄🙄🙄🙄 it makes me so irrationality angry!

OP posts:
Philandbill · 26/03/2023 07:36

Getting hairs out of the bath and shower drains. I can manage most things but that makes me want to retch.

Wfhwannabe · 26/03/2023 07:46

Clearing the hair out of the drain 🤮

nzborn · 26/03/2023 08:02

Ironing, I'd rather clean toilets

Enko · 26/03/2023 08:27

Doing the dishes I hate it. I always have. I miss my dishwasher so much (not room in Kitchen)
Dh doesn't care so doesn't get it.

piedbeauty · 26/03/2023 08:31

Hoovering

MrsSkylerWhite · 26/03/2023 08:32

Ironing. Just don’t do it now. Liberating!

IHateLegDay · 26/03/2023 08:32

I detest putting laundry away. It takes such a long time 😩

MuggleMe · 26/03/2023 08:34

I don't hate putting washing away, I fold Marie kondo style and everyone's goes in their own little basket, so it skips easily into the right space in their drawer. Washing up on the other hand...

MuggleMe · 26/03/2023 08:35

*slips

Sherrystrull · 26/03/2023 08:37

The worst job is emptying the dishwasher.

Deathraystare · 26/03/2023 08:45

Oh Everything.! I am extremely lazy. I exhaust myself making the bed and have to nap afterwards. I hate washing up, vacuuming. I don't mind laundry. I live in a housing authority and we are lucky enough to have our communal aras (hall, loo, bathroom and kitchen cleaned for us once a week. I do use a spray for the shower doors after each shower. I manage that!!

TheLathums · 26/03/2023 08:48

Baldieheid · 25/03/2023 22:56

Vacuuming the stairs. Flat floors - fine but stairs drive me mad. Even a lift off shark doesn't make it less miserable. I get OH to do it...

I agree completely. Worst job by a mile.

thenewaveragebear1983 · 26/03/2023 08:49

Cleaning the bathrooms. Ours are really old so they never look clean and shiny even when they are done. Our toilets are grim.

windows- totally agree re: the streaks. Every day the sun shines through and reminds me what a crap job I did.

seasonal awards go to: weeding the drive (summer) and scraping the car (winter)

generally I like cleaning and I love having a clean tidy house but the monotony of purchasing, preparing, and shovelling food into one end of my children and then cleaning, clearing up and washing the results of it at the other end, constantly on a loop for the last 20 years is just too much sometimes. Youngest ds is 7 so by the time all are adults I’ll have been doing this shit for 31 years 🤦‍♀️

Purplecatshopaholic · 26/03/2023 09:21

Ironing. So I just don’t wear anything that requires it - sorted. Can’t bear hoovering either so my cleaner and my OH do that!

Unhappyleprechaun · 26/03/2023 09:29

I hate getting the wet washing out of the machine and hanging it on the airer. 9yo does it for me now 😊

Spanielsarepainless · 26/03/2023 09:31

I hate getting the aired clothes from the airing cupboard and putting them away.

MrsJBaptiste · 26/03/2023 09:31

COOKING!

Meal planning, shopping, cooking... bloody hate every minute of it 🤬

squashyhat · 26/03/2023 09:38

Meal planning. It's only DH and I but we shop weekly and are often to be found staring at a blank list trying not to write down chilli AGAIN.

And clearing up the unidentifiable remains of whichever representative of local wildlife the cat has decided are inedible.

kwetu · 26/03/2023 09:40

For me peri-menopausal it's the intimate relations I can't stand, I'd rather be cleaning the loo!

Keepthetowel · 26/03/2023 09:43

I quite like ironing, but I only do my own and occasional DC stuff if it’s smart clothes. I hate vacuuming, I’d get a robovac but as I have an cat I don’t fancy it rubbing cat vomit round the house

TuesdayJulyNever · 26/03/2023 09:48

The. Whole. Bloody. Lot.

Ivalueloyaltyaboveallelse · 26/03/2023 09:50

Cleaning the Venetian blinds and inside windows. I hate it, so boring and awkward to clean. Oh and cleaning the skirting boards it’s never ending.

Happysalley · 26/03/2023 09:53

I'm a cleaner so skid marks, clogged drains, and other gunk doesn't phase me. Even other peoples.

What I hate is tidying. Picking shit up from a place its not supposed to be and transporting it to its rightful place. I have 2 small dc so the majority of my time is spent doing this. I'm tempted to superglue all their belongings to the shelves so they can look but not touch.

Happysalley · 26/03/2023 09:57

Also, please be very careful of those gel oven cleaners such as the one @ScottBakula mentioned. They're great but can cause serious skin damage so you need to fully cover every inch of your hands and arms.

Autienotnautie · 26/03/2023 10:04

Washing away
Filling dishwasher/pots
Hoovering
Cleaning bathrooms
Dusting
Windows
Bins