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The Slattern Survey

40 replies

BerryCheesecake · 01/04/2012 07:36

Please answer the following questions below!
How often do you:

  1. Wash your hair
  2. Shower/bath your body
  3. Wash the floors
  4. Hoover
  5. Change your bedding
  6. Change your PJs
  7. Change your bra
  8. Change the washing up sponge
  9. Change the t-towel
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet?

Thanks in advance :o

OP posts:
lilolilmanchester · 01/04/2012 07:43

ha ha only answering cos can't sleep but too tired to do housework!!!

Here you go:

  1. Wash your hair - daily
  2. Shower/bath your body - daily
  3. Wash the floors
  4. Hoover - when needed (once week/fortnight)
  5. Change your bedding - fortnightly ( ish)
  6. Change your PJs - weekly
  7. Change your bra - every couple of days, daily if it's really warm
  8. Change the washing up sponge (don't use... but stick dishcloth in washer whenever it's on and I remember)
  9. Change the t-towel - weekly (but have dishwasher for most things)
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet? (once/twice a week)
lilolilmanchester · 01/04/2012 07:45

oops missed wash the floors - kitchen/bathroom floor - try to do it weekly but don't always... otherwise "when it needs it"

lucytails · 01/04/2012 09:54
  1. Wash your hair - every other day
  2. Shower/bath your body - twice a day
  3. Wash the floors - once a week
  4. Hoover - as and when needed
  5. Change your bedding - once a week
  6. Change your PJs - twice a week
  7. Change your bra - every other day
  8. Change the washing up sponge - eek, when i remember its getting gross
  9. Change the t-towel - once a week
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet? wipe over seat, etc daily, domestos down rim every other day, big scrub once a week with main bathroom clean
CarpeJugulum · 01/04/2012 10:13
  1. Wash your hair - daily
  2. Shower/bath your body - daily
  3. Wash the floors - when they need it; once/twice a week
  4. Hoover - as required, usually daily thanks to DS!
  5. Change your bedding - weekly, occasionally fortnightly if world is picking on me
  6. Change your PJs - every few days
  7. Change your bra - depends. Usually wear for two days, but it will depend on what DS splats on my top requiring me to change top
  8. Change the washing up sponge - monthly more or less, but we have a dishwasher and a dish brush that goes in the dishwasher so it's not used often
  9. Change the t-towel - daily
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet? daily quick swipe, weekly full clean

Now... why do you want to know?! Wink

tak1ngchances · 01/04/2012 12:09
  1. Wash your hair - every second day
  2. Shower/bath your body - every day
  3. Wash the floors - once a week
  4. Hoover - once a week
  5. Change your bedding - once a week
  6. Change your PJs - every 2 days
  7. Change your bra - every 2 to 3 days
  8. Change the washing up sponge - goes in the microwave every couple of days and is thrown out as soon as it looks dodge in any way. Maybe 10 days/2 weeks
  9. Change the t-towel - once a week
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet? - squirt of domestos every night before i go to bed then full clean once a week
CarpeJugulum · 01/04/2012 12:17

tak1ngchances you put your washing up sponge in the microwave? Do you mean the dishwasher or is there a new thing I don't know about?

PlentyOfPubeGardens · 01/04/2012 12:26
  1. Wash your hair - twice a week
  2. Shower/bath your body - bath twice a week, daily wash of face, hands, bits, pits and feet
  3. Wash the floors - weekly
  4. Hoover - weekly
  5. Change your bedding - fortnightly
  6. Change your PJs - don't wear any
  7. Change your bra - every 2-3 days
  8. Change the washing up sponge - weekly, wiping cloth changed daily
  9. Change the t-towel - daily
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet? - weekly
Goawaybob · 01/04/2012 12:28

Lets just say - im a slattern

Ephiny · 01/04/2012 12:36
  1. Wash your hair - every 2-3 days
  2. Shower/bath your body - shower every morning, again after the gym/swimming, sometimes also shower before bed in hot weather.
  3. Wash the floors - cleaner does this weekly
  4. Hoover - cleaner does weekly, we do it midweek too if dogs are shedding
  5. Change your bedding - fortnightly, change the dogs' blankets/bedding much more often though!
  6. Change your PJs - weekly
  7. Change your bra - every 2-3 days approximately, no strict rule
  8. Change the washing up sponge - no idea, I don't really wash up - we have a dishwasher for most things
  9. Change the t-towel - weekly, but they're not used much
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet? - cleaner does weekly, obviously we make sure to leave it 'clean' after each use!
Imnotaslimjim · 01/04/2012 12:45
  1. Wash your hair - once a week
  2. Shower/bath your body - twice a week but full strip wash every morning and evening
  3. Wash the floors - when it needs it
  4. Hoover - every other day
  5. Change your bedding - once a fortnight
  6. Change your PJs - don't wear them, change kids every 3 days
  7. Change your bra- every day
  8. Change the washing up sponge - Every few days, depends what I wash as I have a dishwasher
  9. Change the t-towel - every time I dry dishes
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet? - every day
tak1ngchances · 01/04/2012 12:46

Yes into the microwave. It kills all the germs. Zaps the c-rap out of them. You need to put it in slightly damp and on a high setting

Unitedwestand · 01/04/2012 16:34
  1. Wash your hair=3/4 times a week
  2. Shower/bath your body= Everyday
  3. Wash the floors=Every other day
  4. Hoover= Every day
  5. Change your bedding=7/8 days
  6. Change your PJs= Every other day
  7. Change your bra= 4 times a week
  8. Change the washing up sponge= Once a week
  9. Change the t-towel= Every other day
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet?= Every day
Xenia · 01/04/2012 16:53
  1. Wash your hair every day
  2. Shower/bath your body every day
  3. Wash the floors the cleaner is here 3 times a week and does 100% of it
  4. Hoover - ditto above
  5. Change your bedding - ditto above and I think her rota is every 2 weeks and the towels. I never have to touch them
  6. Change your PJs - ditto - every so often she decides it is time to wash it and it disappears for a day or so and then reappears from the washing cycle
  7. Change your bra - not sure, fairly regularly
  8. Change the washing up sponge - cleaner does it
  9. Change the t-towel - every 2 days i think , again washed by the cleaner
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet? - I hardly never, cleaner very often.

Real women earn a fortune and delegate dross jobs to others. I highly recommend it.

MrsJohnDeere · 01/04/2012 17:03

Please answer the following questions below!
How often do you:

  1. Wash your hair - once a day
  2. Shower/bath your body - at least once a day (may shower second time after exercise)
  3. Wash the floors - every couple of days
  4. Hoover - most days
  5. Change your bedding - once a week
  6. Change your PJs - every couple of days
  7. Change your bra - every day, sometimes twice a day
  8. Change the washing up sponge - don't have one
  9. Change the t-towel - don't really use them
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet? Several times a day (house of boys......)

Thanks in advance

IAmBooyhoo · 01/04/2012 17:09
  1. Wash your hair 2-3 times a week
  2. Shower/bath your body daily (sometimes twice a day)
  3. Wash the floors weekly (they need done ten times a day though)
  4. Hoover every 2-3 days
  5. Change your bedding once every 2-3 weeks Blush
  6. Change your PJs daily
  7. Change your bra daily
  8. Change the washing up sponge daily
  9. Change the t-towel daily
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet? weekly
NoMoreInsomnia12 · 01/04/2012 17:12
  1. Wash your hair - every other day, sometimes leave it two days
  2. Shower/bath your body - every other day, more if warm weather
  3. Wash the floors - once a week
  4. Hoover - once or twice a week
  5. Change your bedding - about once a month
  6. Change your PJs - every few days
  7. Change your bra - every few days
  8. Change the washing up sponge - whenever it looks manky
  9. Change the t-towel - once a week - have several on the go anyway
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet? - once a week
dementedma · 01/04/2012 21:33
  1. Wash your hair - 2 to 3 times a week
  2. Shower/bath your body - 4 to 5 times a week
  3. Wash the floors - bathroom= weekly. kitchen= monthly
  4. Hoover - twice a week
  5. Change your bedding - every fotrnight
  6. Change your PJs - every week
  7. Change your bra - wear different ones under different tops, so hard to say
  8. Change the washing up sponge - every couple of days
  9. Change the t-towel - daily
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet? - weekly for main clean, other cleans as needed
dementedma · 01/04/2012 21:35

xenia isn't your cleaner a real woman/person?

LaDiDaDi · 01/04/2012 21:41
  1. Wash your hair - daily or alternate daily max.
  2. Shower/bath your body -daily
  3. Wash the floors - twice/week
  4. Hoover -most days at least a bit but only fully twice/week
  5. Change your bedding -weekly
  6. Change your PJs -totally depends on weather, actually wearing them for bed or to do the cleaning in etc. At least once/week?
  7. Change your bra -every two days
  8. Change the washing up sponge -have no idea
  9. Change the t-towel -daily as mop up loads of kiddy spills of juice
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet? -once/twice week

All of above includes what I do and what cleaner does

stinkymice · 01/04/2012 21:50
  1. Wash your hair - 2 to 3 times a week
  2. Shower/bath your body - 3 to 4 times a week
  3. Wash the floors - twice a week (and this is not enough!)
  4. Hoover - every fecking day (again not enough!!)
  5. Change your bedding - every fotrnight
  6. Change your PJs - every other day
  7. Change your bra - after a shower
  8. Change the washing up sponge - when it is gross, or when DH has left it in a weird place (this happens alot)
  9. Change the t-towel - when DH leaves it on the floor (every other day)
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet? - at very least once a day usually more - boys, boys boys!
FruitShootsAndHeaves · 01/04/2012 21:56
  1. Wash your hair every day
  2. Shower/bath your body every day
  3. Wash the floors when it gets sticky!
  4. Hoover most days
  5. Change your bedding every fortnight
  6. Change your PJs when they smell!
  7. Change your bra I only have one so I fail here - about once a week or sooner if it smells! Shock...must go bra shopping
  8. Change the washing up sponge we use a cloth, bleach it often, change it when it gets holey
  9. Change the t-towel whenever I do a white wash or if it is dirty
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet? a few times a week, inside the loo less often
greenplastictrees · 01/04/2012 22:12
  1. Wash your hair - every day or every other day
  2. Shower/bath your body - once per day
  3. Wash the floors - weekly
  4. Hoover - weekly
  5. Change your bedding - once a fortnight to three weeks
  6. Change your PJs - a few times a week but usually don't sleep in them anyway - just wear for lounging
  7. Change your bra - three times a week
  8. Change the washing up sponge - usually once a week
  9. Change the t-towel - once a week
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet? Once a week on a saturday
IAmBooyhoo · 01/04/2012 23:06

yawn @ xenia

lucytails · 02/04/2012 07:43

yeah good for you xenia :o

@ tak1ngchances - good tip with the sponge in the microwave. Yeah it must nuke germs. How long do you leave the sponge in there for??

Gentleness · 02/04/2012 16:56
  1. Wash your hair - daily
  2. Shower/bath your body - daily
  3. Wash the floors - when I see the need Blush
  4. Hoover - busy rooms, every 2-3 days, otherwise fortnightly
  5. Change your bedding - fortnightly (ish)
  6. Change your PJs - don't wear. DH/DSs twice a week
  7. Change your bra - after about 4 wears unless it's been hot or exercising
  8. Change the washing up sponge - at least fortnightly depending on it's state, but I soak it daily in hot antibacy water
  9. Change the t-towel - every 2-3 days or as needed - during a busy day in the kitchen it might be 3x in the day
10. Clean the toilet seat and inside the toilet - dh supposed to do it (ha!) but I also do it thoroughly once a week just in case