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Lasziest thing you've done or heard of?

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whitemirrorshelf · 13/04/2023 19:37

Me… I used to bin plates I couldn’t be bothered to clean. At one point I was buying new crockery almost weekly. I didn’t get paper one as I always told myself I would wash the next set.. then didnt.

I had a housemate at uni who paid to stream movies that he had upstairs in dvd form.

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TokyoSushi · 13/04/2023 22:46

I crush things like crisps on the floor so that I can hoover them rather than pick them up.

@TokyoSushi 😂😂😂

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whitemirrorshelf · 13/04/2023 23:00

Upwiththelark76 · 13/04/2023 22:48

After the 12th night my dad takes the full Christmas tree complete with decorations and lights up to the spare room and keeps it as is for the year and brings it down a week before christmas.

@Upwiththelark76 so funny!!!

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BensonStabler · 13/04/2023 23:00

He also used to pay me and my siblings to do all his chores, make him cults of tea and go to the shops and ice cream van for him, daily!

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Tealknittedjumpers · 13/04/2023 23:02

I might get flamed for this but I'm a single mum and dd always asks me for breakfast before I've even managed to get my eyes open. She's suspected autism and can't wait for me to fully wake up and will jump on my head and cause pain. The other night I bought half a loaf of wrapped slice bread up to the room, left it on the floor and told her if she couldn't wait the five or ten minutes I needed to wake up properly for breakfast in the morning, she could help herself to a slice of bread whilst I woke myself up. It didn't work, so I'm thinking of leaving out some leftover Easter chocolate for her to 'spot' when she wakes up.

I've also done things like buy new sets of underwear for a holiday rather than do laundry before I go.

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DrHousecuredme · 13/04/2023 23:02

In my early 20's I once left a jacket on the washing line because i couldn't be bothered to bring it in. The logic of it baffles me now 😵‍💫

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ChickenBurgers · 13/04/2023 23:02

i regularly continue watching programs I don’t actually want to watch because I cba to find the remote.

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24KaratCucumber · 13/04/2023 23:03

I think the laziest things I do are my Idle Ass washing Up methods..

Fill 1litre jug with with water, couple drops washing liquid, nuke i in microwave till hot, use that water and a sponge to wash just the plates I need.

When I've been using a frying pan on the hotplate, turn hot plate off, fill frying pan with water a little washing liquid, put it on the hotplate. The residue heat in the hot plate heats the water in the frying pan and then you can just wipe it clean, dry it, put it away.

Washing cutlery, just put them upside down in a mug to drain off and air dry and leave them there instead of putting in drawer.

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wanttokickoffbutcant · 13/04/2023 23:05

I ordered a delivery from the Co-Op which is literally a minute from my house because I couldn't be bothered to get dressed.

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Megapint · 13/04/2023 23:06

If I only have a few cups & glasses that need to be washed. Instead of unloading the dishwasher fully i just take a few things out so I can fit what I need to in and then just run the cycle again

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ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 13/04/2023 23:07

Upwiththelark76 · 13/04/2023 22:48

After the 12th night my dad takes the full Christmas tree complete with decorations and lights up to the spare room and keeps it as is for the year and brings it down a week before christmas.

Love that!

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Tealknittedjumpers · 13/04/2023 23:07

When I worked in a bar, if it was the end of the night and I couldn't find space on the shelves for random pint glasses, instead of allowing myself to be forced by the managers, to rearrange them all and create a space, I'd casually walk out the back and chuck them in the glass crusher.

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TooOldForThisNonsense · 13/04/2023 23:10

I’ve put the dishwasher on again when I can’t be arsed emptying it. Not done it for years though.

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Tealknittedjumpers · 13/04/2023 23:11

PureBlackVoid · 13/04/2023 22:42

I’ve watched TV by zooming in on my phone camera, because my glasses were just out of reach.

Thats hilarious

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wineshouldonlybered · 13/04/2023 23:11

Seeleyboo · 13/04/2023 22:46

When I go on holiday I take clothes for 4 of us that are showing wear or too small etc and bin them. Come home with no washing.

Bloody genius

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MrsRinaDecker · 13/04/2023 23:11

Ready made mashed potatoes (I cook many other things from scratch, but hate having to make mash!)

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clpsmum · 13/04/2023 23:15

@BensonStabler exactly when I found out I pointed that out to him but too late by them lol

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Kanaloa · 13/04/2023 23:15

Seeleyboo · 13/04/2023 22:46

When I go on holiday I take clothes for 4 of us that are showing wear or too small etc and bin them. Come home with no washing.

Doesn’t that mean you’re really scruffy and uncomfortable on every holiday though? I think I’d rather do the laundry!

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Longsight2019 · 13/04/2023 23:15

A friend bought a duplicate jumper rather than wash the original, as he simply wanted to wear it on the Saturday night and didn’t want to do the washing. He also had three copies of the same album as he kept misplacing it.

The same able bodied male paid a handyman to build a very basic wardrobe and shoe rack when he moved in to an apartment. Because he couldn’t be bothered.

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TooOldForThisNonsense · 13/04/2023 23:16

BensonStabler · 13/04/2023 22:58

My brother in his late Teens in the 90’s was working in a factory warehouse, he used to built a fort with pallets and go to sleep in the middle of it for most of his shift! 😜

He slept so much and avoided hard work like his life depended on it. He slept through builders and joiners putting in new windows and doors with workmen drilling and banging mere feet from his head, they couldn’t believe he slept through it!

We called him half man - half mattress! And dedicated the lazy song that came out to him. He smiled in agreement with pride whenever we played that song lol.

Fort 🤣🤣

Half man half mattress 🤣🤣🤣

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NameChangeFor2023 · 13/04/2023 23:16

ameliasmok · 13/04/2023 22:11

I CBA to switch my light off. I would text my flatmate that I needed to talk to her. She would come to my room. I would bring up something like ' do you mind if I have a friend round at the weekend?' she would be chill and tell me I don't need permission and then leave. But I would ask her to switch the light off on the way out. All because I couldn't be bothered to get out of bed, walk 2 meters and switch it off myself.

I used to do this. But wouldn't make up a story often, it was usually just "can you turn my light off, please?" Big smile.

Sometimes they refused to come. Then I would make up an important reason for them to join.

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girlswillbegirls · 13/04/2023 23:17

ColonelRhubarbBikini · 13/04/2023 22:31

I buy pre peeled potatos. I know they cost more and I don’t care. Potato peeling is my most hated task of all time. I’d rather clean a hundred toilets.

🤣🤣🤣

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IamSuperTired · 13/04/2023 23:17

I drive my son to his sport training every day, which is fine because usually its an hour away. But every Saturday he trains round the corner from our house - about a 5 minute walk. I also drive him to Saturday training because I can't be bothered to walk (please don't shoot me!)

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LocalHobo · 13/04/2023 23:17

I got back from holiday on January 31st and still haven't unpacked my case. I've survived 11 weeks so now it just seems an unnecessary effort.

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Sortyourlifeout · 13/04/2023 23:17

Seeleyboo · 13/04/2023 22:46

When I go on holiday I take clothes for 4 of us that are showing wear or too small etc and bin them. Come home with no washing.

Yeah, I've been known to do this 🤣

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macaroonsandgin · 13/04/2023 23:18

clpsmum · 13/04/2023 22:35

My son told his classmates he was allergic to tinfoil so they would unwrap his sandwiches for him every day. He was 7! I dread to think what he will be up to when he's fully grown!

This is next level 👏

I have been known to rewash a load of washing if it has dried crinkly because I cba to iron it 😬 I have no good excuse for this

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