To talk to the dishwasher

[iamtalkingtothemop]

Am I the only one??

Catch myself apologising to the dishwasher if I open it mid cycle abs yesterday I asked the hoover to wait when the doorbell went.

This is pretty unreasonable I think.

Time to make some new friends

I've been telling my dishwasher what a good girl she's been throughout lockdown and how she deserves a nice holiday. Definitely need to get out of this house!

I have been known to apologise to the printer when, after moaning at it for not printing, I discover that it's out of paper.

Doesn't almost everything have a name and its own quirks? We have backstories about pretty much every appliance and they all have a drama arc.

This thread reminds me of the MN classic where the poster, who'd been having a rough day, was queueing at the checkout, and the bag split and a potato rolled under the counter. She shouted out something to the effect of "Fuck off then, you cunt spud". Inspired.

I talk to appliances. For example I tell my work phone, when I leave it on charge in the evening, to have a nice rest and when I'm going to see it next. I don't think there's anything wrong with this as long as you're aware that you are in fact choosing to talk to inanimate objects which almost certainly don't hear you - but if you expect them to reply it's a bit worrying. And if you actually hear a reply you're in serious trouble.

oh 'sigh', my bra, all my bras tbh, just do the fuck up, my arms are aching now so just get on the right hooks and stop messing me the fuck about.

(yes, I know I could do them up at the front and twizle them round and then put my boobs in but I always felt like an idiot doing that at the swimming pool when everyone else seemed to be able to do a quick flick back fastening , so I'v trained myself to do the same)

Ah, now I do bras up before I put them on, then pull them over my head like a sweater.

I get very cross with the microwave and the oven when they are beeping and I am doing something else. "Yes, I heard you. I KNOW."

I talk to everything! And I mean everything!!

But Annie, it's ok, I don't expect them to reply!

Most of them just smile back 🤪

@LadyHedgehog

I get very cross with the microwave and the oven when they are beeping and I am doing something else. "Yes, I heard you. I KNOW."

“For god’s sake, I heard you the first time!”

I talk to everything. I congratulated the trees on their new growth yesterday.

Oh yes, they probably do appreciate it But if they don't, it doesn't matter.

Learning about personification and anthropomorphism at school, and realising you live your whole life that way...

I tell my dishwasher it love it 😀

Not quite the same,.but. I always thank the ticket barriers in car parks when they let me in or out!

It’s like remote controls

Why is it they don’t work, but a quick tap to the booty and they work fine?

I bet they just like being spanked

@Beachhutgirl

I have been known to apologise to the printer when, after moaning at it for not printing, I discover that it's out of paper.

This thread is amazing and has cheered me right up

@TracyBeakerSoYeah Alas no.... he has a multitude of other kitchen 'friends' !!

I don't think I speak to appliances but I do wish the news readers good night every evening

I talk to my Eufy , sometimes thanking him for cleaning up but more often telling him to go vac somewhere else other than the bit of floor I am stood on and STOP mounting my feet you randy little sod .

My poor old washer is going senile , he beeps 'I have finished ' while still washing

I spoke severely to my google clock (may have included a couple of 4 letter words) and I heard it draw itself up to its full height before saying snootily “I shall not respond to that”.