What do other people do the 'wrong' way

[Mabumssare]

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

My wife is forbidden from loading the dishwasher. What a shambles. Of course the cutlery goes it handle-down, otherwise you spend half your time working out what's what. Heads up means you can grab all the forks etc in one go. Sharp knives go downwards though, obviously.

I pity anyone who has a cutlery tray btw. They're rubbish compared to the basket.

And as for pegging out...My 5yo could do better.

DH has a degree in chemistry. The way he stirs tea drives me mad - I stir gently and in a circular motion; he treats it like an experiment and "agitates" it. Basically clattering the teaspoon on the sides of the mug.

People that put cream on their scones before the jam.Just wrong!

DH puts bowls in the dishwasher rack the opposite way round to me. The way I do it means they slot in nicely and you can fit quite a few in a row. He prefers them to wedge them in all higgeldy piggeldy and so you can only fit half as many in. But he won't be told.
The very rare times he's hung washing out he doesn't shake the clothing out first, he just pegs each thing all bunched up so it doesn't dry and are creased.
He hangs toilet roll back to front
He's right handed but when he's used the kettle he puts it back facing the wrong way with the handle on the left.

DP turns the climate control/heating in any car we're in OFF completely for 90% of any journey given a chance.

I've thought of another....

my OH can't hang the washing out because he doesn't hang it properly and he doesn't use matching pegs on an item of clothing. I can't having washing hanging out the wring way round or half over the line with odd coloured pegs....and if you need to use more than two pegs (for a duvet cover, etc, they all have to be the same colour!)

pink. Little hand towels are tricky but they get folded into half then rolled!

This is quite unenforceable as DH won’t comply and the kids take great glee in NOT doing it. Little wombats!

Anyway I have made new mates today all for the book fold, huzzah!

I make sandwiches wrong.

I put the bread together and then cut it vertically down the middle.

I had no idea it was weird. It made sense to me because it made two equal and symmetrical sandwiches, but apparently they're much harder to hold and eat.

I just thought of another thing that my DHs family do that give me rage. They leave rubbish next to the sink. WTAF. Just sitting next to the bloody sink. All of them.

People load the conveyor in the supermarket wrong ALL THE TIME!

Logic dictates heavy, non-cold things go first. Then cold things. Then light or breakable/squishable things last.

My husband is banned from loading now as his devil-may-care attititude leads to eggs under Diet Coke, and flour next to frozen onions.

Madness, I tell you.

Travelling to a beautiful Spanish mountain village for holiday and demanding coco pops for breakfast.

Wetting dirty hands under the tap and then wiping the wet dirt on the towel.

Reading the comments about cutlery in wrong hands reminds me of reading a Bill Bryson book. He said he felt at home in the UK as he's left handed and we are the "right way round" for him as opposed to the US.
I'm left handed and I think the standard UK cutlery way round is left handed!

@Xiaoxiong

You work downwards
(First you tidy everything and put it in the right place)
Then you start by dusting the tops of things
Then clean and dust mid levels, then the lower ones
Then you hoover, then you mop

Then if your being really fastidious you would give everything a light dust again due to the "hoover dust" but I never get that far
I think it's an achievement when I can mop, tbh

My stepdad leaves tea bags in my sink. It drives me mad and I don’t understand why he does it. I end up having to scoop out cold, soggy tea bags.

@brieislife thank you! At least I'm not the only one

Also I never mix food and non food items, so the tin foil, washing up liquid, etc. All go in a different bag

Then unpacking is- freezer first, then fridge, cupboards, non food items

Knit. I am dyspraxic and my aunt taught me to knit and I copied her but obviously backwards (needles pointing in).

The whole family thought it was hilarious. Sadly I was the worst knitter ever and everything had holes in it

BeanTownNancy manual calculator = fingers to me!

@TheCowboy

I put half down half up all in the right sections (except for sharp knives all facing down)
It seems to get them cleaner, otherwise two fork or spoon heads might stick together

@Crustaceans
I hate this more than I can say
I used to have a friend who insisted on making her own cuppa and then left the tea bags in the sink
I can't abide tea bag plates (or whatever they're called) either. If you are composting them they go in the compost caddy otherwise throw them in the damned bin

@Bumblebee39

I like your thinking.

@Flooffloof

I also use a book mark only on the train (sometimes an old train ticket or the receipt ticket you get when you pay with a card).
It's because you get interrupted mid flow by other passengers/announcements etc. Whereas at home I can read to the "natural break" and finishing at said break means I can pick up where I left off as I remember the "break"
At worst I reread a paragraph

I also use my fork for everything but steak

I had no idea it was weird. It made sense to me because it made two equal and symmetrical sandwiches, but apparently they're much harder to hold and eat

Unless the slices are squares!

Also the top crust is nicer than the bottom crust, so cutting horizontally makes it easier to save the best for last!

brieislife: Logic dictates heavy, non-cold things go first. Then cold things. Then light or breakable/squishable things last.

Is that per bag or per conveyor belt?

If I put all the heavy stuff first in the first bag, that bag will be under-utilised in terms of volume as I will have to stop packing once the weight limit is reached. Hence, I do mixed packing per bag, as in once the weight limit is reached, I put light squash things on top to fill up the volume.

I imagine people who only use forks sit in front of their TVs eating off their laps.

The downfall with the conveyor belt though is the heavy stuff is at the bottom of the trollley so the last out and on to the belt