I know I am. Stupid little 'jobs'

[WinkyisbackontheButterBeer]

I've just gone to make a cup of tea and realised that it means opening a new 4 pinter of milk.
I was unreasonably pissed off at this.

The cap hurts my hand and I hate pulling of the stupid, silver seal then having to throw it away.

I have no idea why this upsets me so much but it made me realise that I although I will do it. I am stupidly annoyed every time I have to and if that if I can find a way to get dh to do it, without actually telling him about my unreasonable dislike of the task, I will.

It made me wonder... is anyone else pissed off by anything as ridiculously small and insignificant, or am I alone in my unreasonableness?

Humbug to your list of Tupperware -related horrors, may I add

4. Using tupperware - why is it that no matter how much tupperware you possess, there is never a tub the right size for what you want to store - they are all a) too big, or b) too small, or c) slightly too long to fit into the designated space in the fridge, or d) slightly too wide to fit into the designated space in the fridge, or e) somehow, impossibly, all of the above

Leftovers. I hate throwing food away, so wasteful. So I put it in tupperware and put in the fridge and then throw it out at a later date..... aargh!

Not just me then, Fleur

I feel less guilty if food has grown hair or turned a strange and indefinable shade of blue . . .

I had the exact same thought when I made my coffee earlier. New milk gotta open the bloody seal!!

Doing the laundry endlessly is the most soul destroying thing ever!!

I am with you 100 % on skirting boards. It was my chore as a child and I have definitely been traumatized by it!

New one today...

Cleaning out the arms of the dishwasher. It's like a game trying to get the detritus out. Why aren't they designed so that you can completely open them out and clean properly?! And with our current dishwasher it seems it has to be done with alarming regularity!

I pester my kids to rinse their plates and put them in the washing up bowl, then I play fucking hell when I have to take them all out, so I can wash the washing up bowl and then the dishes.
I know, I've made a rod for my own back.

And...(sweet Jesus) READY BREK!!! It's the time of year where the kids want it. Hot cereal, what a lovely thought. They leave the box on the side, with the inner bag open. When I close it up, it wafts me in the face with a blast of dry particles of oats that flutter down and cover all horizontal surfaces. Fucking hate the stuff, except when I'm eating it. Which I do with NO MESS whatsoever.

WHAT?!

I didn't even know that job existed LittleWingSoul - and now you mention it on a public forum, without a warning label, and disturb my peace of mind?

Plus it sets like concrete . . .

Emptying the hoover.
Cleaning out yogurt and crumbs from kids lunchboxes.
Cleaning the microwave (always hurts the back of my hand)
Standing on chairs and changing fiddly light bulbs.
To name but a few!!

(Sorry - the concrete comment was for Taz)

I find it easier to get the lid off a new milk bottle if I put some kitchen paper round the neck - in fact I undo them all when I get them home from the shop (if I remember) so they're all done with no further struggling and swearing. The foil is another matter - I hate this, especially if the damn thing tears so then it's a 'stabbing' job.

I love gardening but hate mowing the lawn and trimming the edges, oh those edges. I'd get rid of it altogether if I could.

Emptying the dehumidifier - wobbling into the bathroom with 12 litres of water to pour it away and trying not to spill any.

This really made me laugh!! I especially like the description of "freezer Tetris" ...why do we keep all that crap in the freezer???
I was actually thinking of how tedious sorting recycling is .....and yes I know that it is important!!...wash and squash all my water bottles etc etc etc....and do you know what??? They don't even take any of the the flipping glass!!! Mine is all lurking in my yard awaiting a trip to Tesco!!!
Grrrrrr!!!!

First world problems ....

Anything involving coat-hangers. God I loathe them. Tangly fuckers.

SchadenfreudePersonified oh yes! Bits of rice, sweetcorn, fruit pips, seeds etc. get stuck in the holes in the arms and you'll know when this happens because your load will be coated in a fine film of dirt when the cycle finishes! It's like pinball chasing the bits up and down the arms with water until they fall through the middle hole!

Doing up shoelaces. Why am I not allowed to wear my slippers absolutely everywhere? I long for the day I am old enough to wear Velcro shoes...

Having to dry the bottoms of mugs coming out of the dishwasher., they collect a little pool of water!!

Removing the hair from the plug hole, even though it is mostly mine (eurgh)

Emptying the vacuum cleaner

Pairing up socks after they've been washed/dried - I started paying my DS (8) 10p per pair of socks he paired up, to top up his money box. I swear we have a sock monster who eats most socks though

In fact, most household chores are enough to tip me over the edge

Putting the hoover away. I just leave Henry out, don't care who breaks their necks. I've hoovered and I can't face putting it away.

Putting salt in the dishwasher. changing the duvet cover. Using the vacuum cleaner. Making coffee other than instant.

The reason I go to work is so I can justify having a cleaner. (We could not survive without my salary either).

intomyarms do you rinse the potatoes before you cook them? Soak in water as you peel, drain, run water over them a couple of times and all the starch will be gone.