What do other people do the 'wrong' way

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Following on from another thread my DH informed me the other night that I load the cutlery wrong in our dishwasher. It has a cutlery tray at the top and he says it's easier to put the knives on the far away side because they are easier to turn than the forks .......

I also have to refold half my washing if DM or MIL (kindly) fold it for me because they won't fit in nice piles with those already in the drawers

winsinbin, I am with you on opened but not sealed food packets

People who swill coffee and tea cups under a luke warm tap and think they are washed

This is why I don’t like having drinks in other people’s houses. Cups need hot water to kill diseases from the previous drinker’s mouth. You could catch anything from a cup that’s only been rinsed with lukewarm water.

Oh yes people leaving the tap running gives me anxiety,especially in American films where they always put the tap on full throttle just to splash a bit of water on their face, then they look up slowly into the mirror for a long thoughtful gaze,and all I'm thinking is 'alright you can turn the fucking tap off now!'
Also no one hangs the washing out properly on the line apart from me.I have a system but no one can be arsed to listen to me when I try to explain it

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I do a tonne of laundry and don't sort it until the kids start complaining, then I tell them to sort the load(s). But that is the right way to do it

I never cut scones in half.I butter the top instead, so it doesn't crumble.

American films where they always put the tap on full throttle just to splash a bit of water on their face, then they look up slowly into the mirror for a long thoughtful gaze,and all I'm thinking is 'alright you can turn the fucking tap off now!'

My dad doesn't break KitKats up before eating. Just bites into them still joined up.

My kids do that with kit kats. Although with the gluten free kit kat pretenders DS2 eats it’s probably a sensible precaution.

OMG, @vampirethriller, your dad is Freaking. Me. Out!!

Washing their hands. I constantly see people dispense the soap into their hands first, rub it all over then rinse. That’s totally barmy! Soap needs water to work. You wet your hands first, dispense the soap into said wet hands, work into a lather then rinse.

I have no set way of cutting things, folding things, washing things, putting things away, eat things, or anything like that. Neither does my DP and we both just don't really care how general house stuff is done.

Makes for a very tranquil household

Another wrong handed knife and forker here. DD seems to be copying my weirdness.

Socially no one really notices.

@Xiaoxiong your instinct is spot on. Dusting definitely dislodges dust which then needs hoovering. If your hoover is throwing dust into the air then it needs fixing/replacing!

vampirethriller I came on to say kitkats. Dh eats them the same way as your dad. Drives me mad. Then the dc started doing it too. Heathens. I soon pointed out the error of their ways.

My husband eats non spoon foods with a spoon.

Spoon foods = dessert items, soup, cereal
Non spoon foods = anything else (like fucking lasagne!)

DH eats cereal with a teaspoon. I have explained that teaspoons are for making tea and puddings (so as to prolong the pleasure) but cereal is a functional meal and therefore normal spoon should be used.

I take great delight in turning the toilet roll to face the 'right' way whilst at the ILs. Have no idea if it's MIL or FIL who turns it back each time but it makes me giggle each time we stay there. It has never been mentioned

People who get out a manual calculator to do a calculation when they have an Excel window open. Or people who pick up the mouse to click things instead of using keyboard shortcuts.

Happens every day. Drives me mad. I work in Finance in an IT department - people should know this stuff!

If DH does the ironing, he puts shirts (his and mine) on a hanger without doing up the top button. This means that inevitably they fall off the hanger in the wardrobe before they are worn and end up in a crumpled heap if not spotted and re-hung immediately. Why not just do up one button to keep them on the hanger!!!

He also stirs tea/coffee so vigorously that the spoon hitting the mug makes a lot of noise and tea/coffee escapes over the edge of the mug. And he stirs for ages. Apparently this is necessary for a properly mixed drink but since neither of us use sugar or sweetener I honestly can't see why.

Everyone in my house uses teaspoons to eat most things involving spoons. We just don’t like using big spoons. I use the dessert spoons for stirring stuff mostly. 😆

Pringles have a right way up!

I'm another person who has knife and fork in wrong hand don't know how you are suppose to wear your watch, but i wear mine on my left arm with the face on the inside of my arm

According to my mother I don't iron properly, cause I'm left handed. She finds it very strange. If I take out an iron when she's around, she's whipping it out of my hand 😂😂

Oh I feel more included, I too read a bunch of books. I don't even know why. But I generally have a comedy, a thriller, a biography and a top seller. Or something like.
I don't use bookmarks unless reading on a train (nup no idea why) I just pick up whatever I am in the mood for.
I only eat with a fork, I bother with knives if it's steak but I usually hack at food with my fork, worked well for the last 30+years.

My husband does all the housework wrong. I mean he does it perfectly adequately by a normal person’s standards but unfortunately if I’m not micro managing everything then it’s obviously done wrong. I’m horrible but I’m aware I’m horrible and do all the housework myself (by choice) because I just cannot stand it. To be fair to him, he deals with the garbage perfectly. Everything else he knows to leave well alone.