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flowerjen
central, NJ
(Zone 6b)
March 11, 2008
2:11 PM Post #4650955
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I HATE to do the dishes. You know the stuff that is not supposed to go in the dishwasher, there seems to be so much of it (even though I try to buy stuff that can go in the dishwasher). We have double sinks that are too small and shallow(have all the filters under the sink-reverse osmosis, sediment etc) so I can't fit a cookie sheet down into the sink, annoys me to no end. The previous homeowners were def not cooks eventually I'd like to redo the kitchen but that's not in the near future.
So what chore do you hate the most???? |
Bubba_MoCity
Missouri City, TX
March 11, 2008
2:19 PM Post #4650979
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Annual cleaning of the mold on the outside of the house, driveway, landscape timbers, dog houses, etc.
This year I'm trying Jomax - much easier than power washing, so far. Now to see how long it lasts. |
threegardeners
North Augusta, ON
(Zone 5a)
March 11, 2008
3:57 PM Post #4651297
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Toilets!
Hate them with a passion, especially with a man in the house... |
McGlory
Southeast, NE
(Zone 5a)
March 11, 2008
3:58 PM Post #4651299
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Folding laundry and putting it away, a never-ending task at my house. |
KaperC
No. San Diego Co., CA
(Zone 10b)
March 11, 2008
3:59 PM Post #4651309
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Yep and yep. Pots and pans - I too have small sinks - AND toilets!!! |
ves522
Jim Falls, WI
(Zone 4a)
March 11, 2008
4:38 PM Post #4651425
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Yep yep and yep. Plus another yep! I just hate housework. Don't get any satisfaction out of it because it will just have to get done again too soon. Maybe I need to refrase that. A smidge of satisfaction when it is first done knowing it won't stay that way. I'd rather be gardening or reading or crafts even cooking. |
Bubba_MoCity
Missouri City, TX
March 11, 2008
4:43 PM Post #4651436
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threegardners,
Must have been one that was not in the service or never had to clean his own.
I was taught to sit when I was about 6-7. Stepfather told be in no uncertain words he was tired of sitting in my pee - no electricity, and a 5-gal pail with a home made seat - very dark at night in the house.
DS discovered the same thing when he was in technical college - had to clean his own apartment. |
suire
Boston, MA
March 14, 2008
7:13 PM Post #4664709
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Hi,
I do housecleaning ( also do garden design and gardening half the year) for a living. And there are a few things that bug me : black appliances, bathrooms used by hairy-bodied men, picking up dozens of kids little toy pieces strewn all over the floor so I can vacuum, and new clients who, before I arrive to check their place, get it way cleaner and tidier than normal so I give them a lower estimate.
Every little smudge and dust mote shows on black appliances so its difficult to get them looking perfect even when they are clean.
Men are lovely creatures but getting bazillion hairs and hair fragments off a bathroom floor is no fun.
People should get stuff off the floor before I come. I tell them, they say yes, then they don't.
Cleaning your house before a cleaner comes to give an estimate
just isn't fair. I need to see how a family really lives so I can accurately judge the time I'll need to spend and set a regular fee accordingly.
Those are my cleaning beefs. Overall, I really don't mind cleaning, though my own place is a mess. I like being self-employed.
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MistyPetals
North Augusta, SC
March 19, 2008
8:57 PM Post #4684342
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Cleaning, it's an avoidance issue that should be discussed with a pro.
Uh, why is it that the more I clean, the messier...
This message was edited Mar 21, 2008 6:41 PM |
WUVIE
Hulbert, OK
(Zone 7a)
March 21, 2008
4:37 PM Post #4692008
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I'll step foreward as the weirdo. I love to clean. I won't use the
dishwasher even though we have one. It's perfectly understandable
why someone would detest loading, unloading, loading, unloading.
Ugh.
If I had to pick a job I didn't particularly care for, it would be doing
things no one notices. Such as taking down things from the top of
cabinets, cleaning and putting them back. No one can tell.
I could work all day long doing things no one would notice. But
darned if you do the other things they would spot the chores you
decided not to do.
LOL |
bigcityal
Menasha, WI
(Zone 5a)
March 21, 2008
4:40 PM Post #4692018
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I hate the cleaning to do the cleaning. I don't mind sweeping and mopping the floor, but to pick up everyones else's junk beforehand to do so is annoying. |
ncgardenaddict
Kannapolis, NC
(Zone 7b)
March 21, 2008
4:41 PM Post #4692027
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Picking up after other people (AKA husband and child.) Also turning off the lights for them.. My son is only 5.. My husband acts like he's 5! BWAHAHAHA! |
mgpaquin
Savannah, GA
March 21, 2008
6:29 PM Post #4692339
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Cleaning any toilet or bathroom any male uses. Is it that they can't aim, or that they won't?! Oh -- cat litter too. Oddly enough, I love doing laundry and cleaning the kitchen. Vacuuming I could live without... Closing every single drawer or cabinet door that my husband ever opens... |
threegardeners
North Augusta, ON
(Zone 5a)
March 21, 2008
6:43 PM Post #4692399
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Mine does that too mgpaquin!! I can come home and follow around the house everything he did all day just by the open cupboard doors and drawers. He even leaves the drawer open under the stove where we keep the pots, then has the nerve to complain to me that there is cat hair in them!! |
gloria125
Greensboro, AL
March 21, 2008
6:44 PM Post #4692405
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Dr. Phil says, 'You teach people (husbands) how to treat you'.
Sounds like the DH here need a little teaching. But, Bubba your step father was out of line. A five year old boy shouldn't be made to do something he wouldn't do in the Army! |
stovetop
Bunkie, LA
May 13, 2008
8:56 PM Post #4947549
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I hate all of it, but i would have to say the worst is folding clothes & putting them up.
This message was edited May 13, 2008 6:57 PM |
