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Something that KILLS ME....not doing ALL of a job
Locust Fork
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It never fails around here....someone will "load the dishwasher" or "take out the garbage".....but they do this partial mess that means someone (always me) has to come behind and finish things.
Its a pet peeve and I guess I should be happy someone does any part of things.....but I swear it drives me NUTS when I go in the kitchen after someone has loaded the dishwasher and its still a mess in there. The machine isn't running....a few dishes in the sink....counters have crumbs....the stove top has spills.....but someone put 80% of the dishes in the machine, so that counts......(no it doesn't.)
Same for garbage. You would think the big can in the kitchen had some portal that magically transports all the garbage from all of the other cans. I've seen them take out the garbage and leave things sitting right next to the one and only can they take out.
Its crazy. I wonder about these people I live with sometimes.
Its a pet peeve and I guess I should be happy someone does any part of things.....but I swear it drives me NUTS when I go in the kitchen after someone has loaded the dishwasher and its still a mess in there. The machine isn't running....a few dishes in the sink....counters have crumbs....the stove top has spills.....but someone put 80% of the dishes in the machine, so that counts......(no it doesn't.)
Same for garbage. You would think the big can in the kitchen had some portal that magically transports all the garbage from all of the other cans. I've seen them take out the garbage and leave things sitting right next to the one and only can they take out.
Its crazy. I wonder about these people I live with sometimes.
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I wonder about these people I live with sometimes.
They are what you make them. Don
Kasey, Donna just said the same thing to me and Chris. She is right. We men get lazy about some stuff, after working all day. I told her, that is no excuse, since she works too and does ALL the house work and yard work. I finally started helping her and now understand what she is b!tching about. Trying to get Chris to help is like trying to take the crown off of King Obama's head[;)] Laziest person I ever met. I have no idea how a woman works all day, comes home and makes dinner, then cleans and does wash and so on. I promised her that this year was going to be a new start and I would help her everyday. So far, it has been a PIA, but I have been helping. Been doing housework since 8:30 this morning and now I am taking a break. This husband chit, sucks[;)][:D]. I liked it better when I lived alone and had twenty empty cases of beer and forty pizza boxes piled up in the corner. Ah, the good ol days[^]. They are long gone. [V] Oakie
I might get her to move in over here and see if she can't jump start this operation and get it headed in the right direction! [:D][:D][:D]
I do most of the weekend and summer cooking and make sure I clean up my kitchen or grill messes pronto after prep.
The after meal messes are only policed up and left overs put away by me. The Mrs. is usually sleeping on the couch.
I will soak a pan or rinse off sticky dishes and leave everything in the sink.
She tends the mess to the dishwasher in the early AM.
Garbage is my detail and I go extra measure to ensure all is gathered and in the dumpster outside before a household trash can is over flowing.
I have the weekly duty to make sure all is out at the curb on trash pick up day.
I do not do laundry, but do put my dirties in the hamper. I also don't do any kind of house hold dusting. I can run a vacuum cleaner and do most of the basement clean up as that is my man cave.
So far, she hasn't replaced me with a newer model yet![:I]
taking out the garbage does not require putting in a fresh bag evidently
leaving trash beside the can is optional, i think the one and only single time my oldest did pick up something next to the can was a nib satellite dish i scoured for and paid 150.00 because it had a four head lnb , it was 3 feet from the can, i guess i should have moved it closer
washing your clothes does not require removing them from the dryer, just turn it on 20 minutes each time you need an outfit
rinse out dishes ? HA its better to let things turn to concrete then soak them later
try dropping a paper towel on the floor smack dab in the middle of a walkway and see how long it stays there
quote:Originally posted by Locust Fork
I wonder about these people I live with sometimes.
They are what you make them. Don
And there it is!
My Dad hammered it into me, and I've done the same with my boys, "Any job worth doing, is worth doing right the first time". If "you" didn't think it was worth doing, you will re-do it until you get it right.
Kids of my ex-wife, used to do the exact same thing. Just do it half azzed, and Mom will finish it up. I would wait until they were going to hang with friends, play video games, etc, then tell them that was only going to happen when their chore was "complete".
When the kids lived here they learned the hard way if do it half * then you do it over and over and over and over and over again ad nauseam.
Peace
Dan
I guess I am a real plick.
When the kids lived here they learned the hard way if do it half * then you do it over and over and over and over and over again ad nauseam.
My Dad was the same way with us.
It made me a better Man.
Just saying.
Be kind of like a Brady Bunch/Skinny Honey Boo Boo/Red Green thing all rolled into one.
TLC needs to do a reality show with Locust Fork..
Be kind of like a Brady Bunch/Skinny Honey Boo Boo/Red Green thing all rolled into one.
With Dreds. They would lose their minds. [:D]
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
"...anything that involves a tool". [:D][:D]
that's what "she" said [:D]
The kindly gent at the door told me that he'd pay ONE dollar for that job, but if I applied myself and finished the job, I would get the whole pay. So I did.
It was a terrific life lesson and beautifully taught.
Funny how sometimes a neighbor can get through to you even when your parents can't.