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?!

The dishwasher thing is disgusting.
the clothes would drive me mad, how do you find anything properly?
the carrot thing is weird but whatever floats your boat I suppose?

Me too. I find the scissors especially useful for chopping peppers.

She isn't mixing the clean and dirty crockery FGS!

I think she stacks the dirty crockery elsewhere and keeps taking the clean stuff out to use when she needs to. Then when it is empty she puts the dirty stuff in.

Actually I wouldn't like this as surely you just have piles of dirty stuff hanging about until you can put it in the dishwasher. If you empty the dishwasher when it is finished then you can put the dirty stuff in straight away where it is hidden from view.

Don't understand how snapping carrots is supposed to be easier than cutting them. Does this mean you cook your carrots whole? Doesn't that take longer?

I guess if you have room to keep your clothes on a rack out of sight fair enough. Do you iron any of it?

I’d say it’s bizarre but not lazy necessarily because I would find your way uses far more mental effort and stress.

In case stuff drips on things I suppose, unless you rinse stuff

So does that mean you use every single plate/kitchen implement, each day (and only once), and then wash it again at the end of the day?

What about things you only use every so often like the extra big saucepan, the fancy serving plate, the potato masher or whatever? Do they stay in the dishwasher being washed over and over, until you next need them?

And how would that work if say you had a plate that had had raw chicken on it

Asking for food poisoning

@AllTheWatersTurnedToClouds i don’t think you’ve read all my posts but three dishwasher goes on every night

I have autism and living like this is giving me the jitters. I can't have a full laundry basket or anything not put away. I jump up and unload the dishwasher as soon as it beeps. 😂

This would all just unhinge me.

Nooo, read her update! She does mix them, then washes the lot at night. She knows which plates are dirty and which are clean by looking at them.

Unless the dishwasher is only half full when you run it, I can't imagine that it is very easy to police the dirty/clean boundaries. It sounds like more work than unloading.

Re the drying clothes, not everyone has a whole room going spare to use as a wardrobe.

Re the carrots, do you cook them whole (minus the end bits)? Or are you a superwoman that can tear them into little slices? Cooking whole sounds a faff.

@Makingchocolatecake oh I see, I keep the dirty ones on one side and the clean on the other and just work through it for each meal (as and when in the house)

ok so what if you don't use a pot or pan again the next day - you wash them again even though they're clean?

This is about food hygiene. If you make something with, say, raw chicken, then put the things back in the dishwasher, you could then grab a plate with raw chicken juice drops on it, which is not hygienic.

If I had the space I'd be with you on the clothes airer though! My least favourite job is putting clean clothes away!

Edit: just seen your update about clean stuff on one side of the dishwasher. I definitely wouldn't have enough room but if you're not cross contaminating then it's less of an issue to me. I like to live and let live!

@ReadWithScepticism yes just cook them whole! Why chop them up? You can do that on your plate?

I have read her update, posted while I was typing my reply. I am aghast!

Snapping the ends of carrots will waste loads, not to mention what others have said that they must be bendy, and therefore old, as fuck.

Dirty crockery in with clean is utterly rank. How do you know what’s clean and what’s dirty, do you not scrape plates clean before putting them in? What about knives and forks?

Clothes on an airer all the time, can’t see how you’d put wet stuff on there without wetting the dry stuff already on there. Do you never hang anything outside to dry? How big are these airers if they contain all your clothes? Even with very few clothes they must be jam packed which would slow down drying and result in stuff smelling surely..

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I just tried to snap the fat end off a carrot and wasted half the carrot because it would only snap lower down.

Do you use the exact same dishes everyday or do you end up rewashing clean ones that haven't been taken out of the dishwasher.

I sometimes wear clothes straight off the airer but usually I have to put stuff away to put the next load on it to dry.

Because it takes longer to cook a whole carrot than it does to cook one that's in smaller pieces. Surely that is obvious.

@PlantDoctor yes I use a separate board for any raw meat and that would always go in at the end of the day - usually something like that would be an evening meal so naturally would be used last anyway

@TheOnlyCherryOnMyTree a few minutes perhaps?!

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?

We use quite a range of stuff so this wouldn't work for us. Eg I will cook with different utensils and pans every night depending on what I'm cooking. So not everything in the dishwasher would be taken out and used before it goes on again.

And do you mean you put the dirty stuff in while there is still clean stuff in there? Doesn't the cutlery get mixed up? What about stuff that has raw meat on it?

Ewwwwwwwww

So you put your clothes away

You allow dirty dishes to drip over clean ones

You using a knife difficult

I'm with your friends