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Aibu to no longer sort cutlery?

203 replies

FaithHopeAndSkulduggery · 01/10/2018 21:19

I just put forks, knives & teaspoons all together. I no longer can be arsed to sort them. I put the spatulas etc in a jar by the cooker.

Aibu?

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tillytrotter1 · 02/10/2018 14:54

No, not really, I'm here for the amusement value of trivia!

amicissimma · 02/10/2018 14:56

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Keeptrudging · 02/10/2018 15:06

@Fiffyshadesofgreymatter That's horrific. Had you previously angered her in some way? That seems like a lot of effort to go to. I'm shuddering for you Flowers.

Charlie97 · 02/10/2018 15:09

NO

Fiffyshadesofgreymatter · 02/10/2018 15:18

@Keeptrudging

Nope, she just thought it would be very funny. She was quite upset that she didn't get to see my face but I think she enjoyed chuckling to herself about it whilst waiting for my txt!

Keeptrudging · 02/10/2018 15:19

Absolutely evil (but genius) Grin

Nanny0gg · 02/10/2018 15:57

Aibu to no longer sort cutlery?

Very.

That is all.

MrsTommyBanks · 02/10/2018 16:06

It wasn't until later that I realised she had changed them from A-Z into Z-A. It must have taken her ages!

That's evil genius right there.

NotSuchASmugMarriedNow1 · 02/10/2018 16:11

Yep. I've started doing this. I just grab the cutlery tray from the dishwasher, open the cutlery drawer, and tip the cutlery into the drawer.

No-one in this house even remotely cares so I'm not sure why I sorted the cutlery for 30 years previously.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 02/10/2018 16:27

I feel physically ill at the thought of not sorting cutlery.

Poppyinagreenfield · 02/10/2018 16:53

The secret of life. Don’t sweat the small stuff.

I once witnessed the most massive fall out over the incorrect placement of a desert knife in a drawer.

DarlingNikita · 02/10/2018 16:56

I'm not a tidy person well that's an understatement but this has BLOWN MY MIND.

It pisses me off enough when I go to get a full-size dinner fork and what comes to hand is a silly cake-sized fork. What if I picked up a knife instead?

Angel75 · 02/10/2018 17:40

Mine goes straight in a big grey jug thing, no sorting. I have got a cutlery divider thing in a draw but its full of lots of other shit!

highheelsandbobblehats · 02/10/2018 17:40

Unsorted socks and cutlery.

Savages.

ConcreteUnderpants · 02/10/2018 18:18

Just about recovered from this suggested anarchy. No, no, no!

Keeptrudging I wholeheartedly admire your dedication and insistence on them facing the same way, but you've got the order wrong.

From left to right: Forks/knives/spoons
It's knives/forks/spoons. Any other order would cause self-combustion

Nanny0gg · 02/10/2018 18:33

It's the order in which you hold them.

Forks/Knives/Spoons

highheelsandbobblehats · 02/10/2018 18:36

Concrete I'm with you. Knives, forks, spoons (then tea spoons). The order that you say them. You don't SAY forks and knives, you say knives and forks. Why do people insist on then putting them away incorrectly? Boils my piss.

Changedforpost · 02/10/2018 18:37

I think I just vomited In my mouth.
I can't even....

Your an outlaw !! This would literally keep me awake at night and I'm not even a madly organised person

SchadenfreudePersonified · 02/10/2018 18:44

It's knives/forks/spoons. Any other order would cause self-combustion

This ^

What sort of pervert would place them as Forks/Knives/Spoons?

Well, NannyOgg, obviously, but apart from her?

SchadenfreudePersonified · 02/10/2018 18:44

*as, the nation's cutlery etc, not and

Nanny0gg · 02/10/2018 18:46

Why would you put the cutlery away in a different order to the way you lay it?

Crossing hands and faffing would then be involved.

borntobequiet · 02/10/2018 18:47

Oh dear. It’s this sort of shoddy housekeeping that is ruining the country.

ConcreteUnderpants · 02/10/2018 18:49

YY highheels.
The separate smaller bit for teaspoons.
(and also annoying toddler cutlery)

It's law.

(May be a tad precious after hearing about the death of Rainbow's Geoffrey)

IdentifyasTired · 02/10/2018 18:51

My parent's cutlery is like this. It drives me BONKERS. For the sheer amount of time I've spent fishing around for a cake fork, YABVU!

OhWhyNotGinAndTonicPlease · 02/10/2018 19:06

We've been camping through a major renovation for the last 4 months. The only bit I'm enjoying is stacking all the cutlery and utensils fistfuls at a time into an open canister by the kettle. It has simplified my life so much I think I'll continue when the kitchen is finally fitted (except we've got smart cutlery drawers, so I'll have to find another use for them).