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

@blueshoes
Not at all
I think it comes from practice having often been feeding a baby or helping young children whilst they eat
The only thing I eat sat on the sofa is ice-cream (with a tea spoon obvs)

My groceries are packed like this: heavy items (e.g. bottle of wine, bottle of bleach) are distributed in each bag then bags are packed with similar stuff - all fridge stuff, all freezer stuff, veg rack stuff. eggs usually on top with something soft like newspaper or bog roll packet protecting them.

DP does not stir things correctly when cooking, he just keeps poking stuff & never leaves things to brown, like mince.

Neither does he peg washing out or pair/roll socks correctly.

My DM doesn't cook meat correctly either- all meat is cooked forever, dried out and partially cremated, she then complains that the meat is tough/dry/inedible & not buying from there again. Meat thermometers are pointless apparently & weighing then looking up timings is a ridiculous thing to do.

I may have been accused of not washing up or replacing the bin bag in a satisfactory manner & not turning the radio off in the car so it turns on when you start the engine - which I dispute!

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

Yep, generally in our house we do
Although I use just a fork even when I eat at the table. Other members of the household are more civilised and deploy a knife too. I just CBA.

DH puts the milk and sugar in the mug before the water when making us a cup of tea. Absolute animal 😡

Also in reply with the dunking biscuits into tea, I do dunk but have to lick all the crumbs off first cos I hate floaters 🙈🙈🙈

Ooh bumble so a final "hoover dust" could indeed be a thing...perhaps my ways are indeed more slatternly than I thought still not going to dust twice tho

The conveyor belt method is tripping me up at Lidl with the packing back into the trolley thing though. How should I arrange things on the conveyor belt? Heavy stuff first or second? If first, it all ends up on the bottom of the trolley when I get to the packing shelf and I have to unpack the light stuff yet again along the packing shelf, bag the heavy stuff, then fill in light stuff on top...it's such a pain!

People who when beating eggs with a fork who do it like stirring tea rather than in an up, over and down vertical circular sweep with tines horizontal.

People who supposedly deep clean sinks and kitchen surfaces by simply spraying and wiping desultorily. I expect a good scrub and lather to remove scum and mould from all crooks and crannies.

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

Heavy things (tins, washing powder) go closest to the checkout person to stop them getting injured.

Things go through in the order of bags, so tins first because the tins bag is filled first.

I agree light and delicate last ie eggs and puddings.

My carer uses a knife and fork in the wrong hand, I notice because he sort of holds meat or potatoes with the knife and then drags it away with the fork instead of actually cutting. If he is cutting a cake or a slice of bread suddenly he can cut with his right hand.

I don't always wear slippers when pottering in my pyjamas - I prefer to wear trainers, in case I need to nip out into the garden.

Wow. I think I'm doing everything wrong!

Yes to having a fiction, classic, non fiction, kindle and 'out and about' book on the go at all times.

I only like to use my kindle at home, which is weird and possibly not the point.

I do not wash up properly (confirmed by anyone I've ever lived with). I use scalding hot water and do the proper order (glasses first, then work from cleanest plates to dirtiest pans) and yet somehow I don't get things clean. My parents don't complain when I do it at theirs, but then they are in their eighties with cataracts and macular degeneration. First thing I made DH do when I moved in with him was to plumb in the dishwasher that he had but never used as he didn't see the point when he was single.

However, I am a whizz at laundry and getting things spotless, bright and non-dingy while not fading black and dark items. I created an excel spreadsheet for DH to use the right combination of detergent/machine program and convinced him not to overload the machine. Prior to me, he put so much in the drum that stuff barely got wet and his shirts all had hard/crisp underarms from deodarent, even when 'clean'

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

I loathe myself for doing this or resorting to a spoon (arthritis in hands which means I have stiffness etc. which can last for several hours in the morning and then returns in the evening). Next thing I know, I'll need an insulated, warm plate or Tippee bowl except that I sometimes need a bowl I can roll with the palm of my hand to manoeuvre the food onto the spoon.

My husband insists on making squash by putting the water in first and then the squash. I've never met anyone else who does this, even his family make it the right way, by putting the squash in first and then the water. It drives me up the wall.

I'm not sure if it's a regional thing but everyone i've ever seen in this area (N Wales/Cheshire), who irons does it by folding the item in half or even quarters (duvet cover, sheet) or in the case of a hoodie or top simply put it flat on the ironing board and iron that way. I always open the top so the ironing board goes between the front and back and each side gets ironed. I'm originally from the SE, not sure if that matters.

I have only ever been able to drive up here, but i've noticed that when people are driving and are turning right, and there is another car coming the opposite way also turning right, they cross in front of each other. I've always thought this was really dangerous as you never know what's behind it, some idiot may try to keep going.

When i've been back to see family in the SE I notice that they cross behind the other car, which makes much more sense to me. Obviously I drive up here so do what everyone else does, but this way just doesn't make sense to me. Excuse my woeful drawings!

oops I put the windscreens on the wrong ends of the car in the 'wrong' drawing

We don't even have a cutlery organiser in our cutlery drawer, we just bung it all in! 🙈

I am the only one who can load the dishwasher.
DH loads like his mother.....2 plates, a fork and a cup and they declare the bloody thing full....
I can fully load it and the bloody dishes come out clean.

Yay to those of you who like to have several books on the go at once. I have found a kindle to be life-enhancing for this. At any point I can flick to the menu and switch to whatever book I am in the mood for - love it.

At this point I also have to confess to having two kindles...

@Bumblebee39 agree with your order - and the importance of that order - of things entirely and got quite a little anxious/annoyed when the new cleaner I'd organised for my elderly mum STARTED by hoovering!

But I don't think you need a final dust for hoover dust unless there's something wrong with your hoover - it really shouldn't be putting dust back into the air!

Hushabyelullaby Excellent diagram and you are doing it right, as I was taught anyway.

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

Left arm is correct, but the face should be upwards, so that you can adjust (and wind in days of Yore) your watch whilst wearing it.

Putting the loo roll on upside down so paper comes from the bottom.
Pegging out washing so the peg marks show.
Ironing pants. Who irons pants?
Ditto socks.

I live in a second floor flat. Once a week,the caretaker comes round to sweep and mop the stairs and hallway /landing floors. Without fail,he always starts sweeping at the bottom of the stairs. Am I wrong in thinking that if you are sweeping a flight of stairs,you start at the top,for obvious reasons?

Jamiefraserskilt I know someone who irons socks AND pants! She thinks that I am slovenly because I don't iron anything

I've been told I eat roast dinners the wrong way.

I can't stand my food touching so I load up my plate with a gap between each item and then eat it in order instead of a bit of everything on m in fork (the thought makes me want to be sick)

I eat in order of worst first, normally the meat, then roast potatoes, then veg, then finally the Yorkshire pud. I think everyone else is wrong haha

The way the fridge and cupboards are arranged. I think my way makes sense. Not keen if anyone else unloads tbe groceries. Give it a bit of a reshuffle afterwards