Chores you hate?

[Shaun]

... glad I'm not the only "avoider" ...

And I've just seen 3BM sneaking back in to the bar so better nip across quick to get my order in ...

 

[Arch]

Easy peasy - just don't trim though the electric mains cable though. Apparently.

My B-i-L was saying last weekend, they had an electric trimmer, and the cable got cut. So they got a battery one, and the battery died. So now he's got a petrol one, and suddenly the job is fun!

I think the worst bit about hedge trimming and the like is the fact that once the job is 'done', there's still clearing up to do, and no matter how hard you try with sheets of plastic laid down to catch the clippings, it's a right pain. My mum ended up getting the hedges dug up!

I have Plans for the weekend. These include a deep clean of kitchen worktop and cupboards, some laundry, and tidying the living room half of my room. Which is probably why I'm awake at this time on a Saturday, albeit still in bed.

 

[Fnaar]

Mrs rich p makes me use a spray after showering which apparently stops the clag from building up.

...and what about the shower?

I hate hoovering and doing duvet covers. Hoowvering, I usually end up having a fight with either the furniture or Henry, the little sh!t.

 

[numbnuts]

I don't mind doing chores it helps the day go quicker

 

[Moodyman]

Cutting the grass, trimming the hedge and sweeping it all up afterwards. Large gardens front and rear

 

[buddha]

I don't mind doing the 'domestic' stuff: washing up, vacuuming, gardening etc.
I just cut the front hedge using manual shears for a change. Even though it took me over 2 hours.

What I loathe is doing anything financial and dealing with banks (i.e. illogical people and systems). And the silly, archaic procedures and methods.

 

[Archie_tect]

All of the above!

 

[Dayvo]

I don't mind any household chore, except doing the paperwork etc.

I don't like cleaning up after other people (the misses or her daughter); crumbs on table, floor; dirty plates, cups cutlery lying around - why it can't be put straight into the dishwasher I'll never know; same applies to vegetable cuttings - why do they have to go into the sink first instead of directly into the bin.

And my biggest annoyance is having to sort out, every bloody time, the cupboards! Cups, mugs, plates, glasses, bowls etc. just get thrown in altogether. Don't know if it's my OCD BUT that REALLY annoys me.

 

[Lisa21]

Don't know if it's my OCD BUT that REALLY annoys me.

Crumbs in the butter, and butter in the jam............. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[Arch]

Crumbs in the butter, and butter in the jam............. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Yeah! Like whiskey in the jar and toad in the hole.....



I've just cleaned out my kitchen cupboard, right down to taking out the bowing shelf and putting it back the other way up.

 

[XmisterIS]

For me it's got to be helping to cut the neighbour's hedge where it overhands my garden. It is a filthy, painful (due to the spikey leaves), thankless task which has to be done all over again the following year. And by God the damn thing grows like you wouldn't believe! It generates about 20 bagfulls of cuttings every year. It is a green spikey abomination.

The other chore I hate with a passion is cleaning the oven. I've now given in and bought one of those kits advertised on the TV - anything for an easy life!

OP - You need Cilit Bang Grime & Lime. Much as I hate Barry Scott, it really does work!

 

[mog35]

Ironing. In fact I hate it so much I've done hardly any over the last ten years - just when I've got a job interview or some such event to go to.

I try to hang stuff up to dry so that it's hanging straight. Any small creases remaining just go when I wear the clothes.

Someone I used to share a house with was completely opposite. I once came downstairs to see a big pile of ironing that he'd finished arranged neatly from jeans at the bottom of the pile to socks at the top. At that point he'd started on his handkerchiefs!

 

[danphoto]

I dislike paying bills, not so much the paying for services but the act of finding the bill, digging out the cheque book, filling it all in, getting an envelope and stamp and then posting the damn thing.

Then why not pay by online transfer?

 

[danphoto]

Don't know if it's my OCD

Surely that should be CDO?

 

[XmisterIS]

Ironing. In fact I hate it so much I've done hardly any over the last ten years - just when I've got a job interview or some such event to go to.

I try to hang stuff up to dry so that it's hanging straight. Any small creases remaining just go when I wear the clothes.

Someone I used to share a house with was completely opposite. I once came downstairs to see a big pile of ironing that he'd finished arranged neatly from jeans at the bottom of the pile to socks at the top. At that point he'd started on his handkerchiefs!

Now that really is OCD!!

One of my ex's used to iron her bedsheets ... I could never understand that one! Her attitude was "I want them to look nice and neat", my attitude was, "who cares, you're going to be asleep or doing the other thing anyway, you're not going to be looking at them!"