To think these domestic things make sense and I’m not being lazy?

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There are various things that I do at home that just make sense to me and I can’t understand on a domestic level why anyone would put themselves out further? This has come up in a conversation with friends who found it hilarious and ridiculous that I do this. I can see the funny side (sort of!) but surely others do this too?

Carrots… I just snap the ends off by hand and put them in the pan rather than chopping with a knife. Why use a knife when you can snap it off?! Same for other veg where it works.

The dishwasher… why empty and put in cupboards? With the exception of mugs, I never ever empty the dishwasher as I just take what is needed then when it’s dirty put it back ready for the next wash?

Clothes… hang them on the two clothes airers and never put them away. I don’t have loads of clothes so that probably helps but literally why put them away?! They are in the spare room perfectly accessible once dry.

There’s other things but this is the general idea. I just don’t get why you would make more work for yourself? Surely others do the same?!

I've been trying to decide if the comment replies on this thread are a joke and this one made me laugh out loud. You would feel "very uncomfortable" around someone having washing hanging up in their spare room and who snaps rather than cuts carrots? Have you literally never left your own house?

OP, these are the mildest, least-concerning quirks I could imagine. If it works for you, great - as others have pointed out I don't understand how you keep clean and dirty separate in the dishwasher but other than that you do you.

That only works if you empty dishwasher 1 as soon as it has finished. Otherwise what you've got is one dishwasher working and the other half-full of clean dishes.

I don’t care if someone snaps carrots by hand (although I don’t see the logic in it) but if I was in someone’s home and I became aware that they were using clean dishes directly from the machine and replacing dirty ones alongside them, yes, that would make me uncomfortable. Some things are far enough outside of what’s normal as to make you uncomfortable, even if it’s only a small thing. Likewise if your clothes lived on permanent display on airers. I’ve never met anyone who does this and if I did it I sure as hell wouldn’t be expecting visitors!

Don’t stress love, you just described my life.

We don’t empty the dishwasher- we put dirty things on the draining board as we use them, then once all the clean ones are used straight from the dishwasher and it’s empty, we put the dirty ones in. Dishwasher is run once/twice a day.

Don't put clothes away- wash and dry and wear off the dryer (or the folded pile next to the dryer) what would be gained by carrying clean washing up 2 flights of stairs and putting it in a cupboard, just to take them out and wear them again?

Stuff that has to be done (hoovering, cleaning the loo, wiping the sides etc) gets done but if it’s done for appearance or convention rather than for any actual functionality then I can’t be arsed.

Same here. I thought we were the only family who preferred washing dishes by hand. We only use the dishwasher when we have had guests over and have massive washing up to do.

This.

Basic hygiene, common sense and aesthetics really. Plus I don't want to live like a pig. A cleaner once commented how everything in our house had its place and it is by no means a show house. Not sure what houses she had been cleaning. Houses like OP's, I guess 😱

What people do in the privacy of their own homes is their business. Does not make them easy to live with though.

Hmmm no, the one that has clean stuff in, gets used slowly. As those items are dirtied they go in the other dishwasher. When the dirtied dishwasher is full it goes on. I doubt theres much in the clean dishwasher by the time the dirtied one goes on.
Now the dirtied one is clean you start slowly using clean stuff and as its dirtied it goes in the other dishwasher.

I wouldn’t put pots or pans in the dishwasher, particularly non-stick, as it takes the coating off.

I wouldn't say lazy per se in the sense that you do you, but yes I do think it's weird! The carrots - I don't think the ends just snap off very easily without wasting quite a bit but I also chop the other end (ie the fat end) off and chop them up rather than cooking whole. The dishwasher I actually do think is quite lazy and don't get how that even works - the dirty stuff would mix in with the clean stuff which I don't like the sound of. The clothing - well fine but personally I wouldn't like the mess. Also, once say a load of clothing is washed and dried, I need the clothes horse free to then put different laundry on eg sheets. I wouldn't have worn all the clothes by the time I'm doing a different load of laundry.

Also, once say a load of clothing is washed and dried, I need the clothes horse free to then put different laundry on eg sheets. I wouldn't have worn all the clothes by the time I'm doing a different load of laundry.

This is where the ‘sticking it all in a pile and ignoring it’ part of the plan comes in 😀

My thoughts exactly, especially the top!

That sounds like a lot of faff. Why not empty a clean dishwasher and re-load during the day? Then you only need one. Or just wash up as you go, of course, the way I was taught to cook e.g. you wash the bowl and knives etc you used for pastry whilst pastry is in the oven and after you have peeled the potatoes, so that, cooking ready, there is no washing up to do (or minimal).

Carrots need peeling as well as 'top and tailing' even if you buy organic! The dishwasher thing is just bonkers, if you have so few dishes that you can have both clean and dirty in the machine at the same time you should possibly be washing up by hand? 🙄As for the clothes on the airer fiasco, I could maybe understand it with perhaps socks and underwear but surely some of your actual clothes need drying on hangers or god forbid, ironing (😱) ? Again though, maybe you have as few clothes as you do dishes?! 🤔

Interesting! But both types of eggs we buy say to refrigerate after purchase. Both are organic and from Sainsbury's.

Yes, I agree you can smell the detergent and the crockery feels weird. I was pleased to read your post as I thought it was just me!! I've also had to put things through again as they haven't cleaned properly the first time (I've used them at work, which has given me even more reason to never want one), and I've seen mugs with writing on the front which has worn off in a short time. Horrible things.

When cut up smaller they cook quicker and use less energy

I sometimes think I must be the odd one out for preferring to wash dishes by hand - then I see the large amount of dishwashing liquid for sale in the supermarkets and decide that it can't just be me!

I have always kept my eggs in the fridge, and have never read any advice not to do so - in fact quite the reverse.

We don’t peel carrots (or potatoes, mushrooms, apples when cooking or parsnips). Avocado might be the only thing we peel!

Well I hope you buy everything organic or wash everything thoroughly before cooking as if not you will be consuming a heck of a lot of chemical residue from crop spray!! 😱 Also if you're lucky enough to be able to buy loose veg and not prepacked then do you know what the person or persons who handled the fruit and veg you have just bought was previously doing?! General advice these days is to either scrub or peel!! 🙄

Meh OP whatever works for you is fine. I am very laissez faire myself and only really put things away (dishes, clothes) because of DH. If I lived alone I don't think I'd bother.

I opened this thread expecting some amazing timesaving chore hacks and I'm very disappointed.

Your "domestic things" only make sense if your kitchen is so enormous that the distance between the chopping board and a knife is hardly manageable, and your dishwasher is several minutes' walk away from the cupboards. Otherwise it makes no sense whatsoever. But if you do have a kitchen large enough that you need a scooter to get across it, well done (I suspect that may be the case if you have an entire room to use as a clothes drying space as well - many people don't).

What really intrigues me is how weirdly proud you are of these lame solutions - I get a real rebel vibe there.

Anyway, to answer your question, most other people surely don't do the same because see above.

The carrot thing is weird and I didn't realise carrots could be snapped. I buy quite large ones so doubt it's an option. Also wasteful I imagine?

Dishwasher- how does the dirty not drip on the clean? What happens if clean stuff is still in at end of day, Do you wash it again?

Airer - fair enough . Wouldn't work in our house of five but yes it's easier.

I don't iron. Clothes go straight in wardrobes, people can iron them if they want

These "hacks" sound more work and stress than just doing it properly to me. Thought you were gonna say you don't bother ironing or making the bed and then I'd have been with you 😆

I do the airer thing. All the clothes I currently wear are on it. Mixture of wet and dry-try to keep them separate as much as possible but they all dry at some point so it doesn't really matter. Then pick whatever clothes have fully dried that day off it lol. Anything else is too much faff. I absolutely am lazy though 100%. Which is difficult when you have OCD!