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Water. Filtered water.

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Time4Tee · 06/08/2017 10:49

Except nobody ever fills the jug. How does anyone think that cold filtered water magically appears. Surely the logic is if you pour a glass of water, you fill up the filter jug? Not just keep fucking using it until it runs out then put the empty water filter jug back into the fucking fridge?
Why am I the only stupid fucker who fills it up?

Oh and while we're at it thunder cunt, can anyone tell me why nobody just gets plates etc out of the fucking dishwasher when they're eating rather than using new clean plates in the fucking cupboard. Hey why not put everything away while you're in there? No? Don't want to?

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araiwa · 06/08/2017 10:50

Wew

YellowLawn · 06/08/2017 10:53

that's why I have a 7l filter dispenser. fill it up once a day...

mrszebrastripe · 06/08/2017 10:57

Nothing to add - but I feel your pain!

DandelionAndBedrock · 06/08/2017 10:59

At my parents' house the filter will be full but on the counter next to the fridge (so warm ish).
At my sister's house it will be in the fridge but empty (so just a cold jug).
. DP has heard me rant so many times he doesn't dare let ours run low .

PumpkinSpiceEverything · 06/08/2017 11:05

Note on the wall. I've had to do it everywhere but eventually it works and you can take it down. "If the filter goes below the 1L line, fill it back up", "The green bottle brush is for BABY BOTTLES ONLY", "No wet towels in the dirty laundry basket" etc etc

Then no one can say they "forgot" and eventually it becomes habit without you needing to commit murder.

kel1234 · 06/08/2017 11:05

I think it's a bit pointless to refill the jug each time it's used. We use it, then when it's empty we refill it. We have 2, 1 in the fridge and 1 on the side.

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Time4Tee · 06/08/2017 11:11

They walk amongst us..

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Time4Tee · 06/08/2017 11:14

How can I have cold water if the person who uses it all puts the empty jug back in. I then have to wait for my tepid water drink to filter through.
Are you one of them kel?

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BabsGanoush · 06/08/2017 11:22

My teens took a liking to bottled water so I invested in a water filter. They keep it topped up and in the fridge because they are the only ones who use it.

We only have a small fridge so got this one because theres no handle to take up valuable space...

Sgtmajormummy · 06/08/2017 11:24

I was seriously considering getting the under-counter Brita system (at a 70% closing down sale) but then realised we would still need to fill whatever jug was in the fridge so the problem wouldn't go away.
Our water is very hard and you don't feel refreshed if you drink it from the tap so they soon learned. We have one glass jug of filtered water and the Brita jug (full) in the fridge at all times.

My bugbear is: "why leave dirty dishes ON the dishwasher when it takes three more seconds to put them IN the dishwasher??"

Gowgirl · 06/08/2017 11:25

If theres stuff on the stairs...
Take it up when you pass!!!!

Its not rocket science FFS

chipscheeseandcurrysauce · 06/08/2017 11:26

This happens in my household too!!

DandelionAndBedrock · 06/08/2017 11:29

A quick fix that I have sometimes used is to chuck a few ice cubes into the main body of the jug, whilst letting the cold tap run. Fill the jug up - the ice cubes will melt but it gives you a quick start for the initial glass. If I am thirsty I can't be faffing with a glass full of ice!

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Time4Tee · 06/08/2017 11:43

Walking past things that need to go downstairs. Take it with you.
Leaving a bag of peelings in the sink for a day when you've bollocking bollocked me for leaving the emptied out lunchbox that you left mouldering in a school bag. Oh yes. The hypocrisy is strong with this one.

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MiaowTheCat · 06/08/2017 11:54

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eurochick · 06/08/2017 11:56

If you fill it up before it's empty you are going to end up with old stagnant water in there. It's better to refill it when it's empty.

lidoshuffle · 06/08/2017 12:15

And people who leave a millimetre of milk in the bottle rather than properly empty it and wash it out...

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Time4Tee · 06/08/2017 12:52

Yes eurochick. But the point is no bugger fills it when it's empty. Nobody. Just plonk it back empty in the fridge. That's sensible. Have an empty jug in the fridge. For super idiot here to fill up.
Yes dh peeled potatoes in the sink once and left it. I was so sick of doing the shitty jobs I just left them there. And there they stayed for a week. Until I threw them out.

I also get left dirty underwear in the sink if dc has an accident. He'll do half the job then leave the clean up to me. You do not in my eyes sort out half the situation and just leave the crap for your wife to clean up because you can't be arsed. They sat there all day. Shitty pants left.
I'd never do that to someone. Lazy lazy fucker

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Unicorniformal1ty · 06/08/2017 13:33

You'll drive yourself mad wondering why people don't have the consideration you do. Just carry on and plan to leave when everybody in the house is an adult, like I am

Whiterabbitears · 06/08/2017 13:37

What about never properly finishing off shower gels and shampoo? I am the only one to use the last dregs in the bottles, everyone else has to use the fresh ones straight away so we end up with lots of very nearly empty shower gels, shampoo, washing up liquid bottles.......arrgghhhh!!!

Gowgirl · 06/08/2017 19:46

I just buggered off to read my book all afternoon and left them to it, dh even managed to bathe them and get them to bed on his own!!!

MujosMama · 06/08/2017 21:05

Oh my god @Whiterabbitears same in my house. Especially frustrating when the new shampoo is EXACTLY the same variety as the one that isn't finished so there is no novelty value! OP unfortunately through bitter experience I know that you won't achieve anything by trying to hold out until someone else does it, it's like it invisible to everyone but you, you'll just drive yourself mad. I have had some success with asking nicely, then threatening violence when that gets inevitably ignored one battle at a time! My DP will now take washing up and down stairs if it's sitting there, but we are working on not leaving damp towels on the bed/floor/baby's crib

Whiterabbitears · 06/08/2017 21:13

I know! Its like the old shampoo suddenly isn't good enough anymore, I might just not buy anymore until its definitely run out.

MujosMama · 06/08/2017 21:15

I tend to hide new stocks of things with the cleaning stuff i.e. Where no one ever looks and then only put it out when the old one is definitely empty, otherwise I end up wanting to squirt shampoo into my DPs face

AnnieOH1 · 06/08/2017 21:20

This is why we bought a proper office style water cooler. 15 litre hopper, we can move it where we want to (as opposed to plumbed in) and don't lose space in the fridge.

I'm pretty certain my family believe small beneficent fairies do the myriad small chores like washing the sink out, changing the toilet paper roll, emptying the tiny bins in the vanities/side of toilet, replacing the kitchen paper. It's never the big stuff like the dishwasher or dryer that's a problem, it is all the little things like empty bottles. Tiny tasks that would take all of 5 seconds to complete. Grrr.

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