Household Habits That Annoy You

zcorpian88

Ok folks tonight I'm having a sleepless night because I have a blinder of a headache and I just got up to get some Nurofen.

I am 26 years old and have the great misfortune of still having to live at home with my parents..

So I went to the kitchen sink to get water to take with the Nurofen and I see a tea bag that my dad left in the drain of the sink like he always does, even if the bin is 3 feet to his right! Absolutely bothers me, like why the sink?, just put it in the bin. Just after mumbling "Ssssake!" and throwing the soggy tea bag into the bin in my sleep deprived state before rambling back up to bed I spot another Dad Error.

He leaves the only carton of milk that we have outside of the fridge where it will go off...or at least go disgustingly warm, who likes room temperature milk on their cereal in the morning? I certainly don't.

He has loads of other things that annoy me but these two are constant. God I need to move out!

So what household habits do your housemates/partners/parents do that get on your wick?

caustic 1

I have visions of Kevin from Kevin and Perry.

The Diabolical Monocle

Don't like to hear a shyt3 being taken.

Put down a landing pad ffs.

fergiesfolly

Don't like people who live in my house to criticise things I do...in MY house.

MRnotlob606

We have to leave chair up against the fridge so the cat doesn't open it with her sneaky lil paws.

whiskeyman

fergiesfolly wrote: »

Don't like people who live in my house to criticise things I do...in MY house.

Are Daft Punk playing in your house?






(it's the way I read your post!)

Professey Chin

DO YOUR WASHING UP DAMMIT!

Shenshen

Husband and myself have an argument that's been runnig for years now - he'll put the cutlery into the dishwasher upside down.
His argument is that otherwise, he'll prick his fingers on the tines of the forks when he empties it.
My gripe with that is that the cutlery doesn't get as clean as it would if it was upright.

The_Mask

Leaving a used cup with cold tea or coffee still in it sitting in the sink...your already at the sink pour and rinse god damn it!

The_Mask

Shenshen wrote: »

Husband and myself have an argument that's been runnig for years now - he'll put the cutlery into the dishwasher upside down.
His argument is that otherwise, he'll prick his fingers on the tines of the forks when he empties it.
My gripe with that is that the cutlery doesn't get as clean as it would if it was upright.

I would have to agree with yourself

Ghost Buster

Shenshen wrote: »

Husband and myself have an argument that's been runnig for years now - he'll put the cutlery into the dishwasher upside down.
His argument is that otherwise, he'll prick his fingers on the tines of the forks when he empties it.
My gripe with that is that the cutlery doesn't get as clean as it would if it was upright.

It's a safety thing. Reach into cutlery basket with a very sharp piece point upwards and you can get cut. A woman in The UK fell onto her open washer door a few years ago and impaled herself on an upturned knife

Shenshen

Ghost Buster wrote: »

It's a safety thing. Reach into cutlery basket with a very sharp piece point upwards and you can get cut. A woman in The UK fell onto her open washer door a few years ago and impaled herself on an upturned knife

Wow, that takes some skill. How long was that knife?

We never put the sharp knives in the dishwasher, or rather I never do. I know how much I paid for them and that the dishwasher is going to destroy them much faster than washing them by hand.
The husband sometimes puts them in if I'm not quick enough (another gripe!), but he lays them flat down on the top drawer for some reason.

The Diabolical Monocle

Ghost Buster wrote: »

It's a safety thing. Reach into cutlery basket with a very sharp piece point upwards and you can get cut. A woman in The UK fell onto her open washer door a few years ago and impaled herself on an upturned knife

Several times.
Her poor husband found her.
They used to argue about the same thing.

MarkR

That metal strainer device in the plughole. I believe it's there to stop food waste from clogging the sink. For some reason, people lift it up, and leave it out of it's hole, so it doesn't stop anything. Why, people? Why?

seamus

Ghost Buster wrote: »

It's a safety thing. Reach into cutlery basket with a very sharp piece point upwards and you can get cut. A woman in The UK fell onto her open washer door a few years ago and impaled herself on an upturned knife

Everyone know you don't put sharp knives - especially chopping knives - into the cutlery basket. You either wash them by hand or lay them flat in the upper drawer.

Even pointing downwards you have the potential to cut yourself on a sharp knife taking it out of the basket.

HalloweenJack

Teabag beside the sink = I do something similar (but I have a little dish for them) because I tend to re-use teabags.

Aongus Von Bismarck

I never fail to be shocked by the filth and grime some people choose to live in. Carpets that rarely see a hoover, shelves that never get a dust down and polish, bathtub that is covered in dirt and limescale. I'm not going to take out a white glove and start running my finger along surfaces looking for dust and dirt like Francis Brennan, but I'm not just going to ignore it either.

Slicemeister

My OH can't close a door properly. So annoying.

Aongus Von Bismarck

What sort of animal puts an empty bottle or carton back in the fridge? Why would you do such a thing?

matrim

HalloweenJack wrote: »

because I tend to re-use teabags.

That is just wrong

Woshy

My husband leaves towels in really annoying places after he's had a shower - e.g he hangs them over the door instead of on the hook on the back of the door so you can't close the door without removing the towel. Or he hangs it on the banisters. How much harder is it to hang them in their proper place or put them in the airing cupboard?

I also hate tea bags left in the sink and shoes just randomly left all over the house for me to trip over.

Buona Fortuna

Shenshen wrote: »

Husband and myself have an argument that's been runnig for years now - he'll put the cutlery into the dishwasher upside down.
His argument is that otherwise, he'll prick his fingers on the tines of the forks when he empties it.
My gripe with that is that the cutlery doesn't get as clean as it would if it was upright.

Your husband is right

We have the same argument - how sad are we?

Slicemeister

Woshy wrote: »

My husband leaves towels in really annoying places after he's had a shower - e.g he hangs them over the door instead of on the hook on the back of the door so you can't close the door without removing the towel. Or he hangs it on the banisters. How much harder is it to hang them in their proper place or put them in the airing cupboard?

I also hate tea bags left in the sink and shoes just randomly left all over the house for me to trip over.

I do the same thing as your husband as any time I go to a radiator or a horse or hot press they're already full of her stuff. Move them, I'm wrong.
Hang my stuff where they shouldn't be the magic fairy will sort them out. :-/

Woshy

Slicemeister wrote: »

I do the same thing as your husband as any time I go to a radiator or a horse or hot press they're already full of her stuff. Move them, I'm wrong.
Hang my stuff where they shouldn't be the magic fairy will sort them out. :-/

Yes, he thinks there is a magic fairy too! Since, I stopped working to be a stay at home mum he's got very used to having me pick up after him

chakotha

A housemate who gets up around the time I do and takes 30 minutes in the bathroom showering and God knows what else. Wrecks my head. And it isn't always at the same time so it is hard to work around.

jester77

Putting large saucepans that were only used for boiling potatoes or vegetables in the dishwasher. Just rinse the bloody pot instead of blocking half the dishwasher.

osarusan

3 things my wife does that annoy me:

just ram stuff into drawers, so after closing the drawer, it can't opened again because what was just put in is now blocking it.

just put stuff carelessly into presses, so that when it's opened next time, it falls straight out again.

washes dishes too quickly with a 'I've washed it, therefore it must be clean' mentality, rather than actually checking if it is clean.



3 things I do that annoy my wife:

not check my pockets before putting clothes into laundry....pieces of paper everywhere (and a box of staples one time).

empty a box/packet of something (like a box of eggs) and put the box/packet back in the same place it was, rather than in the bin.

leave my razors in the shower - she always takes them out when she's in there, so they're not there when I need them, resulting in a bonus 4th thing I do that annoys her:

walk around outside the shower and wet the floor.

Billy86

Slicemeister wrote: »

My OH can't close a door properly. So annoying.

The more annoying one, especially this time of year with the cold weather and heating on, is someone flinging open a closed door to ask "have you seen/do you have [whatever]?", and then leaving the door as wide open as possible. Then when you get up to close it, they come back to let you know they found it (for whatever reason) and leave the f***ing door wide open again!

Beano

Shenshen wrote: »

Husband and myself have an argument that's been runnig for years now - he'll put the cutlery into the dishwasher upside down.
His argument is that otherwise, he'll prick his fingers on the tines of the forks when he empties it.
My gripe with that is that the cutlery doesn't get as clean as it would if it was upright.

how sharp are the tines of the forks you use??

SuperGrover

My wife, although a domestic goddess in almost every way, cannot see the logic of how to maximise dishwasher loading space. Bowls in the plate rack taking up 3 spaces at a time, plates up top, etc. She just doesn't care. I regularly rearrange it to create space. It's just really obvious to me how it works.

Woshy

SuperGrover wrote: »

My wife, although a domestic goddess in almost every way, cannot see the logic of how to maximise dishwasher loading space. Bowls in the plate rack taking up 3 spaces at a time, plates up top, etc. She just doesn't care. I regularly rearrange it to create space. It's just really obvious to me how it works.

I'm the same - my husband revoked my dishwasher stacking privileges because "I don't do it right"!

Now I have to leave dishes stacked neatly next to the dishwasher for him to load later

caustic 1

Woshy wrote: »

I'm the same - my husband revoked my dishwasher stacking privileges because "I don't do it right"!

Now I have to leave dishes stacked neatly next to the dishwasher for him to load later

Tsk if I did that the stack would get higher and higher cause I seemingly am the only one to stack empty and put away the dishes.

Saralee4

Shenshen wrote: »

Husband and myself have an argument that's been runnig for years now - he'll put the cutlery into the dishwasher upside down.
His argument is that otherwise, he'll prick his fingers on the tines of the forks when he empties it.
My gripe with that is that the cutlery doesn't get as clean as it would if it was upright.

Shenshen I agree with your husband. I know a girl and the dishwasher door was down and she tripped over it and stabbed herself in the leg because a knife was pointing up. It wasn't a drastic stab, just a scratch really but still!

My husband insists on opening food items and leaving the packaging on the counter beside the bin.

When I used to live at home with my parents, my dad had no problem to empty the dishwasher. But when it came to filling it, he would never put a plate in the dishwasher.

I asked him why doesn't he just put it in the dishwasher rather than leave it on the counter above the dishwasher and he said its because he doesn't know how to fill a dishwasher.

How can you know how to empty a dishwasher but not know how to fill it?? How can you not know how to fill a dishwasher full stop??

irish gent

hes' right on that one. Its a health and safety matter a woman in the uk fell onto a Sharpe knife and died .She fell back the door was down and feel back onto a knife .

seamus

Woshy wrote: »

My husband leaves towels in really annoying places after he's had a shower - e.g he hangs them over the door instead of on the hook on the back of the door so you can't close the door without removing the towel. Or he hangs it on the banisters. How much harder is it to hang them in their proper place or put them in the airing cupboard?

Well you see, as a hairy man, drying myself after a shower is like drying a dog.
The towel thusly, is absolutely soaking wet, almost like it had been dunked in the sea.

So, it can't go in the hot press. It can't go on a hook at the back of the door (used to do that, door became discoloured from mildew), and the towel rails we have aren't big enough to hang a bath towel fully open - the towel has to be folded, which means it won't dry.

So I have to hang my towel on the curtain rail (the shower curtain rail) after a shower. I make no apologies for this.

Woshy

We put cutlery in upside down too - for safety reasons. I have fallen on the dishwasher before. Also my little boy likes opening and messing with it - even forks and dinner knives can be sharp enough for a toddler.

Shenshen

irish gent wrote: »

hes' right on that one. Its a health and safety matter a womman in the uk fell onto a Sharpe knife and died .She feel back the door was down and feel back onto a knife .

Said it before, saying it again - none of my sharp knives go into the dish washer. It would ruin the handles

Woshy

seamus wrote: »

Well you see, as a hairy man, drying myself after a shower is like drying a dog.
The towel thusly, is absolutely soaking wet, almost like it had been dunked in the sea.

So, it can't go in the hot press. It can't go on a hook at the back of the door (used to do that, door became discoloured from mildew), and the towel rails we have aren't big enough to hang a bath towel fully open - the towel has to be folded, which means it won't dry.

So I have to hang my towel on the curtain rail (the shower curtain rail) after a shower. I make no apologies for this.

You would be shot in my house for that! Although it's better than on a door.

My husband is an exceptionally hairy man so maybe that's why he does it too

Murray007

zcorpian88 wrote: »

Ok folks tonight I'm having a sleepless night because I have a blinder of a headache and I just got up to get some Nurofen.

I am 26 years old and have the great misfortune of still having to live at home with my parents..

So I went to the kitchen sink to get water to take with the Nurofen and I see a tea bag that my dad left in the drain of the sink like he always does, even if the bin is 3 feet to his right! Absolutely bothers me, like why the sink?, just put it in the bin. Just after mumbling "Ssssake!" and throwing the soggy tea bag into the bin in my sleep deprived state before rambling back up to bed I spot another Dad Error.

He leaves the only carton of milk that we have outside of the fridge where it will go off...or at least go disgustingly warm, who likes room temperature milk on their cereal in the morning? I certainly don't.

He has loads of other things that annoy me but these two are constant. God I need to move out!

So what household habits do your housemates/partners/parents do that get on your wick?

As Judge Judy would say, your parents own the air you breath when you live in their house.

Woshy

Just came across another one. When my husband turns the oven off he turns two dials, the one for turning the oven on and off and the temperature one. He turns the temperature down to zero every time. Drives me mad! Just leave the temp dial alone, it doesn't need to be changed or turned to zero to turn the oven on and off. It's easier for everyone to just leave it.

Dog of Tears

seamus wrote: »

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Even pointing downwards you have the potential to cut yourself on a sharp knife taking it out of the basket.

I'm sure you have the potential to cut yourself with a sharp knife every time you use it.

Irishcrx

BEDROOM!!!!

My OH , generally is clean , as in she cleans around the house and that. But she will generally focus on cleaning one thing. For this example we'll take the TV cabinet , she will clean it for two hours so it's spotless but then get distracted by something else and not finish the job , so now we have a clean cabinet but everything that was taken out of it in a mess in the sitting room making it actually worst on the whole than when she started. I constantly have to finish these jobs for her, she'll start something , get distracted and I'll end up having to take over and get it done.

Bedroom is the worst , I've now learned she cannot keep a clean bedroom. This does my head in, I hate clutter to the point it will bother me in work and I won't be able to relax at home. So I'll clean the bedroom often, tidy up everything into it's place, clear the floor , washing etc....and then like clockwork , 2 days later she'll need to find something/be late for work etc and will upturn the room completely , stuff all over the floor , clothes thrown everywhere , wardrope emptied and off she'll go leaving it like that then to gradually get worst and were back to where we started.

But of course according to her , none of the above is true and it's defiantly me who doesn't clean enough!!!!

eisenberg1

My OH puts half tins of stuff in the fridge.....and just leaves them there, forever, and ever.

Dial Hard

I don't know how my mother hasn't smothered my dad with a pillow yet. Teabags in the sink, milk/oj/butter/sugar/marmalade always left on the counter, dishes always left beside the dishwasher instead of put into it.

I live with my sister and she's mostly grand but the things that really grind my gears are:

- washing absolutely everything at 90C. Such a waste of energy

- leaving doors open all over the house when the heat is on

- the very odd time she cooks, she'll wash whatever bits can't go in the dishwasher, then just leave them in the draining rack indefinitely instead of putting them away

Also, I get home from work before her so it's ALWAYS up to me to empty the dishwasher or hang out a laundry load that was put on at night/in the morning. Drives me mad.

rainbow kirby

People who put water into soap, shower gel or shampoo bottles to get the last bit out, and then don't put the bottle straight into the bin - leaving it there for the next user to get a handful of water. Makes me irrationally angry, particularly when it is done with my favourite shampoo.

Ihatecuddles

I put cutlery pointing down in the dishwasher so I can easily grab the handles when putting them away. That way I don't have to maul the part that touches food.

Ihatecuddles

rainbow kirby wrote: »

People who put water into soap, shower gel or shampoo bottles to get the last bit out, and then don't put the bottle straight into the bin - leaving it there for the next user to get a handful of water. Makes me irrationally angry, particularly when it is done with my favourite shampoo.

And the cloudy water is ice cold when you pour it out. You're expecting cream consistency but it's liquid and splashes all over your nice warm body

My mam did this a lot

mrolaf

putting dirty dishes in the sink instead of the dishwasher

heroics

Woshy wrote: »

Just came across another one. When my husband turns the oven off he turns two dials, the one for turning the oven on and off and the temperature one. He turns the temperature down to zero every time. Drives me mad! Just leave the temp dial alone, it doesn't need to be changed or turned to zero to turn the oven on and off. It's easier for everyone to just leave it.

I always turn both down. maybe its the OCD but all dials have to be the same when everything is off. easier to see that everything is off at a glance. Also not everything goes into the oven at the same temp. So you will be adjusting the temp anyway

As for the diswasher sharp knives like paring knives etc go in handle up. Longer knives lie flat on the top shelf regular forks does not bother me but the sharper steak forks we have go in same as the steak/sharp knives

Magico Gonzalez

Your aul fella is clearly trying to irritate you into leaving home.

Spite him.

Never leave, ever. Also, consider retaliation. Perhaps some burnt toasts crumbs in the butter.

Paco Rodriguez

Shenshen wrote: »

Husband and myself have an argument that's been runnig for years now - he'll put the cutlery into the dishwasher upside down.
His argument is that otherwise, he'll prick his fingers on the tines of the forks when he empties it.
My gripe with that is that the cutlery doesn't get as clean as it would if it was upright.

A woman was killed in England while unloading the dishwasher. She fell forward onto an upturned knife which went straight into her heart.