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If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« on: September 02, 2022, 06:23:46 AM »
For me it would probably be dusting.

No matter how often i do it, like 3 days later it feels like it comes right back  :lol

How about you guys?

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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2022, 06:47:58 AM »
Picking up all the crap my wife and kids leaving sitting around

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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2022, 06:48:18 AM »
All of them, but a number of circumstances make taking the trash out my least favorite.

I live on the second floor of a two family house so carrying the bags down the stairs is annoying, the same reason why I hate bringing groceries into the house but in reverse. I have flat feet and bad knees so stairs are not my friend, and having to go up and down the stairs multiple times to bring out bags of garbage, recycling, and cardboard is exhausting.

Taking out the trash has been my assigned chore since my parents separated and my dad moved out, and there have been times when I’ve worked late and come home exhausted to see piles of garbage bags, recycling, and cardboard boxes waiting for me because certain people who used to be a part of my life were lazy and spiteful so instead of doing the right thing and taking the trash out for me whenever I had to work late, they left it for me. Years of these occurrences have made me grow sick and tired of doing it.

Finally, and this is the most recent circumstance to come into play, I’m a sanitation worker. I literally work with garbage for a living. I don’t want to even look at a bag of trash when I’m off the clock (but unfortunately I have to look the mirror to brush my hair) so having to deal with my work when I’m home is a little frustrating.
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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2022, 07:01:56 AM »
Fall cleanup and the spring maintenance that comes as a result. It's like an 8 Saturday ordeal.

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« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2022, 07:10:41 AM »
If it only had to be one, it would be the dishes.  I'm looking forward to when my son will be old enough to handle them, because I HATE doing the dishes.
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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2022, 07:13:24 AM »
Winterizing the screened in porch.
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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2022, 07:18:15 AM »
I don't actually mind any of them (I live alone so I have to do the chores myself anyway), but I guess I could do without having to do the laundry. Sure, it pretty much handles itself, but it's a time consuming thing - and when you live in an apartment you have to get to another building to get to the laundry room.
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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2022, 07:39:27 AM »
Laundry. Don't even have to think twice about it. Fuck doing laundry.

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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2022, 08:38:54 AM »
The dishes.
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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2022, 08:44:32 AM »
I am with Phoenix - deep clean dusting!

It took me years to convince the wife to get vacuum cleaning robots but we still have a dusty house. She's just now coming around to having a service come in once a month to deep clean.

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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #10 on: September 02, 2022, 09:05:42 AM »
Cleaning the bathroom
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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #11 on: September 02, 2022, 09:07:39 AM »
Cleaning the bathroom

This. It’s a shitty job.
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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2022, 09:10:06 AM »
Cleaning the bathroom

This. It’s a shitty job.

No doubt, it pisses me off.
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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #13 on: September 02, 2022, 09:33:13 AM »
Scooping poop/cleaning the litter box
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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #15 on: September 02, 2022, 09:43:47 AM »
Scooping poop/cleaning the litter box

One of these systems has made having a cat infinitely better.

https://www.amazon.com/Purina-Tidy-Cats-BREEZE-Starter/dp/B001411SK0/ref=sr_1_14?crid=1M1CVA1SLDHZ0&keywords=purina+tidy+cats&qid=1662133175&sprefix=purina+tidy+cats%2Caps%2C148&sr=8-14

We had those for a while, but the cats didn't really like those hard pellets.

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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #16 on: September 02, 2022, 09:48:39 AM »
Damn. That's a bummer. My cat came from a shelter that used wood pellets, so the change wasn't that drastic or anything. You still have to clean out the shit, but only having to swap out a piss pad once a week is awesome. There's zero odor as well.

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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #17 on: September 02, 2022, 09:50:31 AM »
Of the stuff listed here, I agree with dusting and cleaning bathrooms. Laundry and dishes and litter boxes don’t bother me much.
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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #18 on: September 02, 2022, 09:59:52 AM »
Scooping poop/cleaning the litter box

Yeet the cat, problem solved.

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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #19 on: September 02, 2022, 10:29:20 AM »
Washing windows and screens.

Mrs. P will do them, but I dislike her "good enough" attitude toward streaks, so the job always falls to me. BTW, if you have hard water stains on windows and want to get rid of them, toilet bowl cleaner works like a charm. Spread it around, let it dwell for a few minutes, rinse it off. You'll have to then actually clean the window with your normal method to get the residue off, but it beats any method I've ever tried. Just be sure you don't have any plants below the window that your overly fond of, it will fuck them up.  :lol
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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #20 on: September 02, 2022, 10:34:14 AM »
Scooping poop/cleaning the litter box

Let me expand on this. Cleaning up the poop that my little monster had decided doesn’t belong in the litter box. Oh, and also trying to remove cat vomit stains from the carpet.

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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #21 on: September 02, 2022, 11:40:38 AM »
Scooping the litterbox.
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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #22 on: September 02, 2022, 01:12:35 PM »
I am with Phoenix - deep clean dusting!

It took me years to convince the wife to get vacuum cleaning robots but we still have a dusty house. She's just now coming around to having a service come in once a month to deep clean.

I'm working this pretty hard too.  I hate dust, and I hated dusting. 

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« Reply #23 on: September 02, 2022, 01:21:16 PM »
We just moved into a new house last year and it has quite a bit more baseboards/trim. Didn't realize how damn messy they get and how much work it is to clean them!

And laundry.

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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #24 on: September 02, 2022, 07:30:11 PM »
Picking up all the crap my wife and kids leaving sitting around

I LOLed.

What's up with people hating laundry? That's the last chore I'd give up doing in my house.
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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #25 on: September 02, 2022, 07:38:08 PM »
The Queen said, cleaning The King's Underwear.

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« Reply #26 on: September 02, 2022, 07:57:35 PM »
Laundry, and specifically folding laundry for me. Don't know why but I just hate it.
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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #27 on: September 02, 2022, 07:59:56 PM »
You know what I hate doing, is putting my lunch together for the following day.

I tell my wife that the best part of having a day off, is that I don't have to do anything the night before.
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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #28 on: September 02, 2022, 08:35:01 PM »
TAC, that is something I can honestly say I have never in my life heard anyone say they hate doing.
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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #29 on: September 02, 2022, 08:55:18 PM »
You know what I hate doing, is putting my lunch together for the following day.

Glad I don't have that problem for work.

Laundry, and specifically folding laundry for me. Don't know why but I just hate it.

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« Reply #30 on: September 02, 2022, 09:03:01 PM »
When you guys "fold" laundry, do you actually fold it? I just jam everything in to my dresser. Takes 30 seconds.* Also helps I am a laborer and during the week I wear the same grubby work clothes.

*May or may not be the reason I am not allowed to handle anyone else's laundry in the house.
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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #31 on: September 03, 2022, 09:01:41 AM »
When you guys "fold" laundry, do you actually fold it? I just jam everything in to my dresser. Takes 30 seconds.* Also helps I am a laborer and during the week I wear the same grubby work clothes.

*May or may not be the reason I am not allowed to handle anyone else's laundry in the house.

I just throw stuff in the drawer  :lol

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« Reply #32 on: September 03, 2022, 09:45:28 AM »
Picking up all the crap my wife and kids leaving sitting around

I LOLed.

What's up with people hating laundry? That's the last chore I'd give up doing in my house.
I feel like I pick up at least 50 things a day that I didn't use or leave out, the vast majority of which I'd rather just toss in the garbage instead of putting it away. It gets very old.

I don't mind laundry much. The machines do 95% of the work and I can fold while I watch TV. Admittedly my wife does the majority of the laundry.

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Re: If there's one household chore you never had to do again
« Reply #33 on: September 03, 2022, 10:44:25 AM »
When you guys "fold" laundry, do you actually fold it? I just jam everything in to my dresser. Takes 30 seconds.* Also helps I am a laborer and during the week I wear the same grubby work clothes.

*May or may not be the reason I am not allowed to handle anyone else's laundry in the house.

I have two dressers in my room and my clean laundry just sits in the laundry basket that I sift through in the morning.

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« Reply #34 on: September 03, 2022, 12:19:21 PM »
When you guys "fold" laundry, do you actually fold it? I just jam everything in to my dresser. Takes 30 seconds.* Also helps I am a laborer and during the week I wear the same grubby work clothes.

*May or may not be the reason I am not allowed to handle anyone else's laundry in the house.

I just throw stuff in the drawer  :lol

I fold my concert shirts, chef pants and hang my chef coats. I have a drawer that my undergarments get tossed in.