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Minor jobs you're putting off doing for no reason.

65 replies

LadyFidgetAndHerHandbag · 01/06/2021 22:07

My espresso machine needs descaling and the steam wand needs a proper clean. I haven't done this because the descaling liquid is at the back of the bottom cupboard and I can't bend down so need my husband to get it out for me.
Have I asked him to do that? No. I have no excuse for not asking him and I'm pissing myself off with it all.

Please tell me your own minor jobs that haven't been done.

OP posts:
Undersnatch · 01/06/2021 22:09

Everything! Fucking hate minor jobs Grin

SkodaKodiaq · 01/06/2021 22:09

Hoovering stairs!

SkodaKodiaq · 01/06/2021 22:10

Making boring life-admin phone calls

SkodaKodiaq · 01/06/2021 22:10

Sorting kitchen cupboards out

The list is endless, as you can probably tell! Grin

FangsForTheMemory · 01/06/2021 22:10

Planting a plant outside. I'm rubbish with plants and at the moment it's doing nicely in a pot.

honeygirlz · 01/06/2021 22:11

Taking winter clothes up to attic
Getting the hedge trimmer wire fixed so i can trim my solitary bush
Taking the old shower glass screen to the tip

CeeceeBloomingdale · 01/06/2021 22:11

Changing lightbulbs

Blueberry40 · 01/06/2021 22:13

I could literally be here all night listing minor jobs I’ve put off for too long! Usually they don’t get dealt with until they become major jobs Grin

LadyFidgetAndHerHandbag · 01/06/2021 22:13

@Undersnatch

Everything! Fucking hate minor jobs Grin
Yes! Why are they so small but take up so much of your time and mental energy?
OP posts:
LadyFidgetAndHerHandbag · 01/06/2021 22:16

@honeygirlz

Taking winter clothes up to attic Getting the hedge trimmer wire fixed so i can trim my solitary bush Taking the old shower glass screen to the tip
I am trying very hard to be a sensible adult and not make a joke about your bush.
OP posts:
pinkstripeycat · 01/06/2021 22:24

Putting photos in albums and staining the garden fence

Justmuddlingalong · 01/06/2021 22:29

Moving 2019's holiday to 2022. It's booked with Tui and I'm putting off starting to deal with it because I know once I've started, I'll wish I hadn't bothered my arse .

greenalltheway · 01/06/2021 22:30

Removing two small cobwebs. Pisses me off every time I walk past them.

karalime · 01/06/2021 22:30

Putting the door handle back on the living room door. I had my doors stripped and it took me 6 months before I put 3 handles back on, but I’ve lost one of the bits so need to go and buy another one for the living room.

SimonJT · 01/06/2021 22:30

Putting clothes away, I have a cleaner, if she comes and sees something on a close horse from a load she has done she shouts at me, so I make sure I do it before she comes now.

BluebellsGreenbells · 01/06/2021 22:32

Sorting out the airing cupboard

Removing the large cobweb on the bedroom wall

Taking the Christmas games hoard upstairs

MakkaPakkas · 01/06/2021 22:34

I don't think there are any minor jobs that I've not put off. Any that involve stamps and posting things will never happen

Ijustknowitstimetogo · 01/06/2021 22:35

@Undersnatch

Everything! Fucking hate minor jobs Grin
Yep I agree. Loads of things. I haven’t done them because I just don’t really want to.
peanut919 · 01/06/2021 22:35

Removing two small cobwebs. Pisses me off every time I walk past them.

Just go do it, right now. It will take you approximately 30 seconds!

greenalltheway · 01/06/2021 22:36

@peanut919 I feel attacked! Grin

SBAM · 01/06/2021 22:38

You’ve just prompted me to order my medication. It’s on repeat, I can order it via the gps website, it’s an e-prescription that goes straight to the pharmacy which is literally round the corner.... yet it’s been on my mental to do list for a few days. Typing this post probably took longer!

Spermysextowel · 01/06/2021 22:38

I should do what I’ve long been threatening to do, which is take all the Warhammer stuff that’s cluttering up my son’s room, the landing & mostly my room to the dump. He hasn’t touched it since he was about 13 & he’s 22 now. I just think about how much it cost (a lot was for birthdays & Christmas) so I should try to Gumtree it or something but I just keep tripping over boxes of it instead.

RandomMess · 01/06/2021 22:41

@Spermysextowel Ebay to find out it's value although if it's plastic and badly painted it may not be worth much Sad

clary · 01/06/2021 22:44

@Spermysextowel

I should do what I’ve long been threatening to do, which is take all the Warhammer stuff that’s cluttering up my son’s room, the landing & mostly my room to the dump. He hasn’t touched it since he was about 13 & he’s 22 now. I just think about how much it cost (a lot was for birthdays & Christmas) so I should try to Gumtree it or something but I just keep tripping over boxes of it instead.
Oh please at least put it on FB marketplace for a nominal fee. You don't even have to take loads of pix, just say xxx boxes of warhammer figures, surely someone will want it for a fiver. Then it saves you a trip and is better for the enviornment.

Anyway OP so so so many! top of the list is a for DD needs to fill in and booking my bike in for a repair. That one is even free as I have a government voucher!

Wynston · 01/06/2021 22:46

@Spermysextowel I think you should check out prices on ebay some is worth a pretty penny.

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