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Choclabratwatowner88 · 18/09/2025 22:41

do you really despise.
for me it’s peeling potatoes, no idea why just always hated it, usually my mum does it but I forgot to remind her before she went to work and had to do it myself. Just irritates the hell outta me 🤪

not a fan of bringing in washin off the line or u loading the dishwasher 🫠

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IReallyLikeYorkshire · 18/09/2025 22:49

Mowing the lawn

AWafferthinmint · 18/09/2025 22:58

Cleaning my teeth. It’s so boring!

WrigglyDonCat · 18/09/2025 22:58

Cleaning the bathroom - don't know why as I like cleaning. And it's not because it's a bathroom (I like cleaning bathrooms generally) - it's my current bathroom specifically.

Why peel the spuds though?

Haven't peeled one since I left home 33 years ago.

Boiled, roast, baked, homemade chips, even mash - skins on...

Florally · 18/09/2025 23:00

Surely it’s ironing. There’s nothing worse.

And unpacking. I’m lucky my kids like doing it 😂

Enko · 18/09/2025 23:01

Duing the dishes Ive always hated it.

@Florally I like ironing i find it relaxing

KelsCommemorativeSausage · 18/09/2025 23:01

Putting the shopping away and putting clean washing away. Detest.

VenusClapTrap · 18/09/2025 23:02

Emptying the food waste bin. Yack.

Choclabratwatowner88 · 18/09/2025 23:08

WrigglyDonCat · 18/09/2025 22:58

Cleaning the bathroom - don't know why as I like cleaning. And it's not because it's a bathroom (I like cleaning bathrooms generally) - it's my current bathroom specifically.

Why peel the spuds though?

Haven't peeled one since I left home 33 years ago.

Boiled, roast, baked, homemade chips, even mash - skins on...

I don’t even eat mash, but when you have an autistic kid that notices everything I can’t get away with it, otherwise I’d probably not even peel them 😂

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shellyleppard · 18/09/2025 23:10

Definitely the washing up....its never end

GetaitdownyouLove · 18/09/2025 23:11

Cleaning the insides of the windows, especially the upvc.

Cleaning skirting boards

Whenthetimeisright · 18/09/2025 23:16

AWafferthinmint · 18/09/2025 22:58

Cleaning my teeth. It’s so boring!

Oh isn't it just!

It's always been a pain but the hygienist has got me using 3 different coloured interdental brush things on my teeth because of the different sized gaps so it's just mental torture now. But I daren't not do it!
Better not to think about how much time over our life span we are stood there with a tooth brush in hand.

250mlmax · 18/09/2025 23:30

Putting the cutlery back away in the drawer after it’s finished in the dishwasher. So fucking boring.

Redheadedstepchild · 18/09/2025 23:31

Not exactly a mundane task but I really despise anything admin related. I live in the bureaucracy capital of the world, aka France and I find it really draining to have to keep every single last scrap of paper ever given to you since birth or preferably three generations before that and be able to produce it at a moment's notice for a bewildering array of government offices, all of which contradict each other.

I was one of those people who could hardly be counted upon to have a biro and a rough book about me at school although I seem to have survived since.

I can't take to any kind of paper, envelopes, forms, slippery plastic wallets with documents in, folders, ring binders, the dreaded fluorescent marker pen.

Maybe we can cut a deal here. I'll do anybody's ironing or stair hoovering if they could organise the sideboard of chaos which may or may not contain all my horrible paper stuff.

BoredZelda · 18/09/2025 23:31

Emptying the dishwasher.

Also agree with teeth cleaning. Showering too. I love getting out of the shower and feeling all fresh, but having to do the bit before that? Bleurgh.

Redheadedstepchild · 18/09/2025 23:41

Also defrosting the fridge/freezer.

Maverick66 · 18/09/2025 23:41

Cleaning the shower ...God I hate it.

ElixirOfLife · 18/09/2025 23:47

Making kids packed lunches. So dull. So fucking repetitive.

Getting car MOT’d. Pain in the arse task.

cauliflowerry · 18/09/2025 23:50

Anything that involves admin ,passwords etc would love to go back to speaking to real people!

cauliflowerry · 18/09/2025 23:53

Maverick66 · 18/09/2025 23:41

Cleaning the shower ...God I hate it.

I never clean the shower,what does that involve? I give the screen a quick wipe with my towel when I am dry.

Bootskates · 18/09/2025 23:53

Definitely putting the clean washing away!

I don't mind it once I've started but the idea of it makes me want to burn the whole pile and walk around in a bin bag

Redheadedstepchild · 18/09/2025 23:56

cauliflowerry · 18/09/2025 23:50

Anything that involves admin ,passwords etc would love to go back to speaking to real people!

Exactly! Even now the sideboard of paper chaos might be written off to experience, I've got to start all over again digitally. How many dead pets can a person have for passwords?

Redheadedstepchild · 18/09/2025 23:57

Redheadedstepchild · 18/09/2025 23:56

Exactly! Even now the sideboard of paper chaos might be written off to experience, I've got to start all over again digitally. How many dead pets can a person have for passwords?

*pet animals.

Sunny866 · 19/09/2025 00:03

Hanging the washing out. Feels like the basket is never ending!

CharlieKirkRIP · 19/09/2025 00:12

Poo picking after the horses have been turned out. My sister and I do it together which makes it better but it’s still annoying.

maudelovesharold · 19/09/2025 00:22

Another here who hates emptying the dishwasher…but I love loading it! I also hate making sandwiches, but like doing rolls. Rolls feel so much easier. It defies logic!

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