Chores You Hate To Do!

August 6, 2007 11:09am CST
Some chores I can cope with but there are always those that everytime I know I have to do them I just want to put them off for another day. As my partner is away at the moment I have the unpleasant job of changing our cat's litter tray. I have to put a towel round my face and spray perfume on it before I can tackle this job. If I get one whiff I feel sick. Another has to be cleaning the toilet and pulling out the hairs from the bath plug!! YUK!! So whats the chore you hate to do?? I need to know there are other people out there suffering just like me:0)
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@sunshinecup (7871)
6 Aug 07
LOL spray it down with perfume! I don't blame you none, that stuff can get awful. I think the worse for me, is finding those things in the fridge that was once going to be eaten the next day, but instead was forgotten for a week (or two). OMG! I think I have sometimes come across a new form of life in there. I mean there has been times I was literally scared of it and just begged hubby to please get it out and toss if to me.
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• Australia
6 Aug 07
I forgot about that one! Yes, it happens to all of us. "Oh. we were supposed to have that for lunch. Tomorrow ...."
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6 Aug 07
Very funny, I know exactly what you mean. We may have created a new strain of penicillin:0))
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
6 Aug 07
Cat litter smells really awful, that's why I stopped taking care of them because i just can't stand it. The only chore that I dread of doing was, doing the dishes. I don't like washing plates, because I don't like the feel of grease and it's smell. Unfortunately, we don't have any dish washing machines here to keep the job a little bit handy.
6 Aug 07
Washing dishes is a horrible chore and before I had a dishwasher I used to leave it overnight sometimes which made the chore even worse. I feel for you raijin!LOL Cheers.
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
7 Aug 07
Yeah, I also kind of do that whenever we finish dinner!;)
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@MrsFrizzle (1963)
• United States
6 Aug 07
I just hate doing dishes they are the worst. I also hate cleaning the bathroom. I would rather clean the entire house before I would clean just the bathroom and do the dishes.
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8 Aug 07
I have just swapped my litter tray for Rosie's ironing, so I will gladly do your bathroom and dishes and you can do the rest of my home!LOL Cheers.
@rosie_123 (6113)
6 Aug 07
In one word........ IRONING!!! I don't mind anything else to be honest - even the cat litter trays(!) - but ironing drives me crazy! I mean what is the point of doing something so boring that you hate so much, in order to get creases out of clothes - only to see those creases get back in them again within 5 minutes of putting the garment on? Total waste of time, effort and energy!!! Needless to say the majority of our clothes are drip-dry, non-iron fabrics, because I refuse to do this most hated chore!!! Tell you what - I will do a swop. I will happily empty your kitty-litter if you would take my ironing off my hands! LOL!
8 Aug 07
Thats a deal!!!
@anjoks (2080)
• Philippines
6 Aug 07
Hey there. I know what u-r going through. haha! Got the same situation as yours back then when we dont have a maid. Boy, that was really annoying cause i hate doing those yucky stuffs too.. but thanked heavens got a maid again so that wont be my prob anymore. BUt aside from that, i really dont like washing clothes and ironing.. I can clean the whole house everyday but those? Naahh! ... anyway, take care. (",)
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6 Aug 07
You lucky thing!!!! My maid is back today *my other half* for a few days so at least I will have a short break. Cheers.
@Buggheart (445)
• United States
6 Aug 07
Well my DH handles most of the grody cat duties so thankfully I don't have to deal with any of that. But I absolutely hate cleaning floors and laundry. The floors are always dirty and I'm always sweeping and vacuuming and I hate that. Laundry isn't so bad but the folding and the putting away I don't like much.
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6 Aug 07
Husbands definately have their uses!LOL I agree with you on the laundry, especially making the beds!!
@weemam (13372)
7 Aug 07
I hate to iron , I wash every day , dont know if I am too clean or really dirty git lol , My Mum bought me a steam press a few years back and that does make it much easier , I fold everything as if it were going to be packed in a bag as knew bought , pllace it in the steam press turn over press agian but I still hate ironing lol , so many people say they don't iron at all , I have started to buy Ross thos nice silky type shirts you just wash then dry on a hanger , thay are brilliant xxxx
@weemam (13372)
8 Aug 07
That is a brilliant idea lol thanks xxx
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8 Aug 07
Ironing is such a pain!! I got rid of my ironing basket years ago and now I hang everything up un-ironed, so when my dear family need something ironed, they know where the iron is!!LOL I think buying clothes that do not need ironing is the best:0) Cheers weemam x
@brendalee (6082)
• United States
6 Aug 07
Lately, I don't want to do any chores.lol. But I agree with you about he cat box. I have many cats and 6 litter boxes. I can usually get by with just putting my shirt over my nose.
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8 Aug 07
Wow, 6 litter trays, you are one brave lady!!! Cheers.
• United States
28 Nov 08
I'm like some of you i don't have a cat so i don't have a litter box but i would not want that job either.I'm one who hate's to have to do the ironing.I'm not good at it because i don't like to do it. The other thing is having to clean out the drain baskets that are in the sink and in the bath tub....So gross!!!! The other one is having to clean out the trash can when they smell so bad...yuk
@34momma (13882)
• United States
7 Aug 07
wow chores that i hate to do is washing dishes and washing clothes. those are the two things that i hate to do most. i don't mind cleaning but that is just the two things that totally drive me out of my mind crazy.
8 Aug 07
Washing dishes seems to be most peoples pet hate. I love loading a machine, but I hate hanging the washing out and like Katesmama, folding and putting it away is a big dislike. They usually end up piled on a chair!! Cheers.
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8 Aug 07
lol!!!!!
@34momma (13882)
• United States
8 Aug 07
i don't like any of it. all of it makes me nuts! even putting it in the machine
• Philippines
7 Aug 07
hmm... i hate ironing the clothes, i just dont make it right, i remember when i'm still studying, my sister do the pressing of my uniform, she do it with no effort... but me... i dont mind going to school with, slightly crumpled uniform...
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@jhanna (334)
• Philippines
7 Aug 07
Me too my friend. I can't seem to make it right. My mom used to tell me I have to learn how to do it. Otherwise my husband would leave me because I don't know a thing about household chores like pressing clothes..hehehe. Just reminds me of the good old days.
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8 Aug 07
I have to press my son's school trousers and I hate it as I have to use a tea towel over the top otherwise he will end up with shiny trousers. I must admit it is funny to think our mothers would tell us we have to know our chores to keep our man. Thank goodness things have changed!! Cheers!
• Philippines
8 Aug 07
so is cooking. mom sez i have to learn how to cook or my husband will leave and eat somewhere else...lol luckily, my man accepted me as i am, he knew i cant cook ,but i'm learning to please him,, he even bought me cookbooks!!!!
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• Philippines
21 Mar 08
It's a great thing that I have a dog, no dog litter tray for me! Anyway, what I don't like doing is washing the dishes, we don't have a dishwasher, so I do it manually. I also do not like cleaning the toilet. I think that most of the chores I can do without complaining, except those two I mentioned.
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21 Mar 08
These are never ending chores, I am always moaning when my lazy family do not take turns to clean the loo...yuk!! Thanks onewickedsoul:))
• United States
11 Mar 08
Chores that I hate are cleaning up after the pets. ugh. I feel you on the extreme unpleasantness. I just try to hurry up, and reward myself with something for doing it. I also hate cleaning up anything that someone else could have done to make my life easier. Is it really that hard to remember to just lift the toilet seat? I am currently using fly lady's 15 minute cleaning bursts to get through the day to day cleaning challenges.
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21 Mar 08
Other peoples mess has to be the worse. I have not heard of fly lady's cleaning bursts, but it sounds like the way to go. Have fun. Thanks magentavalentine:))
@ruby222 (4847)
18 Mar 08
The oven!!!..its just got to be the oven...Lordy how I hate sticking my head inside that grease laden box...armed with my brillo pad...my hands and arms come out covered in grease!! The cloths are filthy!!!! Oh what an awful job!!!
21 Mar 08
I am definitely with you on this one!! Thanks for the comment ruby, I cannot believe it was 8 months ago I put this on, it seems like yesterday.
@alexdra77 (147)
21 Mar 08
I hate handling hair and pulling it from the plug is just the worst. I agree with you there.
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21 Mar 08
This is gross and I think I understand how much you hate it as you have emphasised the point twice..LOL Thanks alexdra
@DavidReedy (2378)
• United States
7 Aug 07
I hate making my bed. I don't currently share it with anyone, and I'm only going to unmake it. That's life, huh?
8 Aug 07
I can't remember the last time I made my bed, I believe in airing it all day!!LOL Cheers.
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
8 Aug 07
I hate doing my laundry. I don't like the washing machine washing my clothes, I prefer them handwashed but I don't like doing it so I hire someone to do it for me. ^__^ but I still wash my underwears. LOL
8 Aug 07
You lucky thing, I would love to have someone do my washing, but I understand the underwear, some things are best kept secret!!LOL Cheers.
@twilight021 (2059)
• United States
8 Aug 07
I hate laundry. I think it's the most depressing of chores because really it's never done....unless you do your laundry naked....and I live in a condo complex with a common laundry so I can't do that! But with laundry there is the washing, the drying, and then there is folding it and putting it away. It's just so time consuming and it's a never ending process. My sister likes folding laundry so when I lived with her, she used to fold my clothes for me. That was the best! Now I live with my boyfriend and when I suggested wouldn't he like to fold me clothes, he lookd at me like I had three heads!
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
11 Aug 07
Hi ItTakesAllSorts, I don't like doing the toilets either but I have to because no one else does it LOL The laundry is quite tiresome but its ok to do when I can be bothered.
11 Aug 07
I am the sole cleaner of the loo too:0( I agree with you! Hope you had a great holiday....and now for the laundry:0)
@mummymo (23706)
8 Aug 07
I used to hate that Job but we don't have one now - Tia refuses to use it - she prefers to dig a little patch behind the shed and use that! My worst thing to have to do around the house is definitely the toilet - I hate doing that - probably the best thing about not being able to do housework! hee hee xxx
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8 Aug 07
I hate the toilet as well, especially when someone has just had a dump of the day!!
@bowtieguy (5915)
• United States
11 Aug 07
I am opposed to any yard work! I will do any other chores like laundry or dusting, I just hate to get out in that heat, get all sweaty and smelly when I was clean to begin with. Then I usualy have to change and shower again and that just creates more work to be done.
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11 Aug 07
That is one never ending task for sure!! Cheers