EVERYTHING on that list. My mom told us she was a failure as a mom as none of us girls liked to cook, clean, etc. I told her no she was a success as a mom as she taught us this kind of crap wasn’t automatically a woman’s job and we didn’t have to like it just because we were female.
@hchavers The last time I replaced my smoke detectors I sprung for some with sealed lithium batteries and it is SO worth it. The batteries last longer than the lifespan of the detector itself, so I haven’t had to think about them in seven years.
@ironcheftoni When my kid informed me she did all the work around the house and I did nothing I made a list of everything that needed done from chores to paying the bills, homework, going to work, school, etc. I put them in daily, weekly, etc, lists and made her pick “x” number from each list. She chose to clean everything in the bathroom except the toilet. because she said that was too gross (as was the cat dirtbox; she also then realized I did 4/5th of everything that needed done) Gave me good information for the chores to give her when she owed me X amount of minutes in hard manual labor when she violated certain house rules.
@Kyeh@Snivles define “grungy”? I can come in covered in grease and dirt an rust and verious fluids and cuts and bruises but if the car starts I feel really good lol.
If I get started on it.
Monotonous chores… eh … I mean it’s more efficient to let it build up than do it all at once.
Except the litter boxes. Cause. The will piss on other shit
@Snivles@unksol Grungy - not complicated, just - dirty, and going up from there in nastiness - greasy, germy, stinky. I’d rather fold and put away a dozen loads of laundry than clean the nasty basement shelf that’s had mice running around on it.
@unksol The mice ran rampant several years ago when my little old cat Django was failing, and since getting Toby it’s been far less of a problem. I haven’t gotten hantavirus yet so I suspect those mice were the little domestic ones, not field mice. I should clean that shelf, but … ugh.
@Kyeh when I bought the house they left this old work bench that was really just some rotting cabinets just coated in stuff and mouse poop. I got around to just some gloves and a mask and hauled it down the hill and burned it. Which. It’s a little illegal but it’s the country.
If you don’t have any easy way to dispose of it though… if it’s just one shelf I’d think it would break down into one garbage bag of space. Depends on the shelf I guess. And available tools.
It is very satisfying though to just have a thing done/over
Dusting and bathrooms. I’d much rather clean my floors, vacuum my couch’s, vacuum, clean the kitchen, vacuum the stairs than dust or clean the bathroom.
Cleaning the trunk.
@yakkoTDI get maggots to help with that.
laundry
Emptying the piss drawer.
@brennyn https://sellout.woot.com/offers/metal-shower-douche-enema-kit-heads
Scooping the litter boxes.
the next item on the list
EVERYTHING on that list. My mom told us she was a failure as a mom as none of us girls liked to cook, clean, etc. I told her no she was a success as a mom as she taught us this kind of crap wasn’t automatically a woman’s job and we didn’t have to like it just because we were female.
Changing the fire detector batteries. Glad they don’t require changing very often.
@hchavers The last time I replaced my smoke detectors I sprung for some with sealed lithium batteries and it is SO worth it. The batteries last longer than the lifespan of the detector itself, so I haven’t had to think about them in seven years.
Cleaning the bathroom
@ironcheftoni When my kid informed me she did all the work around the house and I did nothing I made a list of everything that needed done from chores to paying the bills, homework, going to work, school, etc. I put them in daily, weekly, etc, lists and made her pick “x” number from each list. She chose to clean everything in the bathroom except the toilet. because she said that was too gross (as was the cat dirtbox; she also then realized I did 4/5th of everything that needed done) Gave me good information for the chores to give her when she owed me X amount of minutes in hard manual labor when she violated certain house rules.
Laundry! You can never avoid it. Even when you go on vacation, it’s still piling up.
@Snivles I dont get this one. Dump in washer. Dump out of washer. Dump into dryer. Dump out of dryer.
I will admit to being biased because it’s just me, i work from home, it takes forever to build a load and I’m ok with rotating clean clothes.
I would 100% take that one though. I’m not folding people’s laundry if they want to be wrinkly go for it.
@Snivles @unksol I don’t mind folding clean laundry! Or putting away clean dishes. It’s those grungy chores that are the worst in my opinion.
@Kyeh @Snivles define “grungy”? I can come in covered in grease and dirt an rust and verious fluids and cuts and bruises but if the car starts I feel really good lol.
If I get started on it.
Monotonous chores… eh … I mean it’s more efficient to let it build up than do it all at once.
Except the litter boxes. Cause. The will piss on other shit
@Snivles @unksol Grungy - not complicated, just - dirty, and going up from there in nastiness - greasy, germy, stinky. I’d rather fold and put away a dozen loads of laundry than clean the nasty basement shelf that’s had mice running around on it.
@Kyeh @Snivles do you have a nasty basement shelf with mice? If so you should deal with it and scold toby. I’m fine with some gloves/mask when needed.
https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/surveillance/index.html
@unksol The mice ran rampant several years ago when my little old cat Django was failing, and since getting Toby it’s been far less of a problem. I haven’t gotten hantavirus yet so I suspect those mice were the little domestic ones, not field mice. I should clean that shelf, but … ugh.
@Kyeh when I bought the house they left this old work bench that was really just some rotting cabinets just coated in stuff and mouse poop. I got around to just some gloves and a mask and hauled it down the hill and burned it. Which. It’s a little illegal but it’s the country.
If you don’t have any easy way to dispose of it though… if it’s just one shelf I’d think it would break down into one garbage bag of space. Depends on the shelf I guess. And available tools.
It is very satisfying though to just have a thing done/over
@unksol Yeah … there’s a lot of stuff I should just do. I slowly get to some of them only to have new ones come up. Sigh …
Dusting!! Hands down, dusting!
@Tadlem43
Pro tip: You might find it easier if you move your hands.
All of them! Individually, none of the chores are that bad but the never ending list is exhausting
@callow This, exactly
@callow
/giphy it never ends
Dusting
Putting away the laundry
Giving the staff their daily assignments…
@OnionSoup Do you still have them turn in the scalps at the end of the day?
@werehatrack end of the day? They work 25hrs a day. The day doesn’t end.
Dusting and bathrooms. I’d much rather clean my floors, vacuum my couch’s, vacuum, clean the kitchen, vacuum the stairs than dust or clean the bathroom.
Hiding the bodies.
@capnjb No backhoe?
@werehatrack Nothing registered to me
yes
The middle one
@ybmuG You have a blackened thumb?
@werehatrack no, but the middle one does
I feel like you people clean too often. It doesn’t need to be that that clean all the time. Dusting? Really?
@unksol I don’t think I’ve ever dusted in my life… lol
Folding and putting away laundry!
@Corinalynn86 have you considered a naturist lifestyle? great way to cut out laundry. also helps alienate the neighbors
@Corinalynn86 @spacemart Although it could attract creepy ones …