What Household Chore Do You HATE The Most?

[arwalden]

And which chore is it that you really don't mind doing?

Me: It's gotta be laundry. I truly hate doing laundry and FOLDING laundry. (UGH!) I don't mind vacuuming and dusting. For my favorite chore... I'd prefer to be outside doing yard work... mowing, trimming, etc.

-- Allen

[Superfly]

1. Dishes...

we don't have a dishwasher.

[arwalden]

4. Yes You Do... It's The "Superfly 2004" Model...

If I didn't have an automatic electric dishwasher, I think I'd have to put that one on the top of my list too.

-- Allen

[Superfly]

7. Mine's broke...

damned "made in the USA" machines.

[elfwitch]

15. amen to dishes...

I have a dishwasher and I still HATE doing them.

[blondeatlast]

25. Me too--dishwasher has been broke for over a year now.

I'm also taller than most women and the damn sink is too low for me.

[jpgray]

42. Ditto--no dishwasher here either. (nt)

[GOPisEvil]

2. Cleaning the bathroom! Ugh!

I can't stand that! I'm not big on dusting and vacuuming either, as you would see if you went to my apartment now. I don't mind laundry though. The machines do all the hard work.

[Loonman]

3. Soap scum out of the tub

Tedious.

[trotsky]

5. Allen, we'll need to tradeoff...

Laundry is my favorite chore. (Not that I love doing it, just that given the choice I'd much rather do it than anything else.)

Raking is definitely the chore I hate the most, even though I only need to do it 2-3 times a year. Shoveling snow sucks too.

[bif]

6. Scrubbing pots and pans

I don't mind throwing the dishes in the dishwasher. But I just hate scrubbing cookware with stuff caked on it.

[Liberal Veteran]

8. I hate cleaning the dog poop out of the backyard....

...as well as cleaning the cat boxes.

On the other hand, I love to cook and dust and mop and do the dishes.

I like to wash and dry the clothes, but hate the folding part.

[radwriter0555]

12. I make the kid clean up the poochie and tortoise poop, as well as feed

the dogs, tortoise and fishies in the pond. She gets paid $5 a week for the pleasure of looking after her critters!

[Bertha Venation]

9. dishes, followed closely by dusting n/t

Favorite chore: cooking

[terrya]

10. Washing the floors.

I HATE washing the kitchen and bathroom floors. Easily the worst household chore ever devised.

[terrya]

18. Oh. I forgot. I like doing laundry. eom

[radwriter0555]

11. Paying the maid.

No, seriously. I cannot live in a dirty, schmutzy, cluttered house. It must be CLEAN. Clean corners, windows, baseboards, windowsills. No clutter, nice arrangements, tidy, organized. NO smelly bathrooms, moldering fridges and dirty light switches and plugs. (HUGE pet peeve)

However, my TIME is infinitely better spent in NOT doing it myself. I'd rather garden, read a book, or enjoy time with my friends. I'd far rather pay a good housekeeper to make sure these things are well tended to.

[arwalden]

16. Lucky You!!! I Miss Our Housekeeper! When We Moved...

... it was too far for her to commute to our new house.

And I don't know that I'd TRUST anyone else in my home. It's so hard to get good help these days.

-- Allen

P.S. Our last housekeeper had the recommendations of three neighbors that she had been working for for YEARS.

[tridim]

Hate: Cleaning the toilet, cleaning up cat vomit

and pretty much everything else that involves bad smells or elbow grease.

Love: Cooking, gardening.

[twistedliberal]

39. Ah, yes, cat vomit is THE worst...

Especially when you're just falling asleep and you hear that dreaded sound, that sound that will snap you awake faster than a smoke alarm, and you lay there in the dark not wanting to listen, but you have to, especially if you have to walk a few steps barefoot in the dark to get to the light switch...

...only to find another cat already "helping" to clean it up...

...or, somehow worse yet, you find NOTHING?!?

[jimbo fett]

13. Waxing the cat. n/t

[trof]

14. Washing the Ferrari.

When the chauffer is on vacation.
Man, that sux.

[cally]

17. I hate filing and organizing stuff

We have a box full of stuff to file. Yikes. I do the taxes so I have to do that soon.

Same problem in the kitchen. Where to put the groceries so I can find what I need.

I don't mind laundry but I hate ironing. I have a SIL who irons to relax. She's wonderful other than that insanity.

[bamademo]

19. Cleaning out the refrigerator

I unfortunately raise too many penicillin cultures in my fridge.

I also hate cleaning toilets. I usually pour a gallon of Clorox in there and let it set for 30 minutes.

[scarlet_owl]

20. Cleaning the ferret cage.

You have not experienced poop until you have owned ferrets. They crap about once every two hours, and it isn't nice little rabbit-like poops either. I'm talking gloppy, large, foul-smelling waste. It has to be done once a day and it is the absolute worst chore I can think of.

[grasswire]

21. the person who hates bathtub cleaning...

...just hasn't discovered the right product.

It's Comet bathroom cleaner. Comes in a big spritz bottle. Nice citrus scent. NO SCRUBBING. Scum wipes right off and the surface is shiny.

And seriously, folks. Hasn't folding laundry improved with dryer sheets? I don't mind folding laundry that smells like oranges and sunshine.

The worst for me: washing cat food dishes. I should just use paper plates.

[1gobluedem]

24. Yes!

Comet bathroom cleaner is the best. It isn't always easy to find, though.

I'm also addicted to Oxy-Clean toilet tabs (amazing) and cleaning gadgets. Don't know what I'd do without my Black & Decker Scumbuster (battery-powered scrub brush) and Hoover Enviro-Steamer (hard floor cleaner that just uses water). Both save time and elbow grease!

I loathe cleaning the bathroom and the floors but these things make it a lot easier.

[arwalden]

28. Thanks For The Advice... I'll Try The Comet Spray Cleaner

Up until now, I've been using powdered cleanser... and scrubbing with a sponge and bristle-brush. Not fun.

Not the WORST... but not fun either.

After posting this reply, I'm headed to the kitchen to add it to the weekly shopping list.

-- Allen

[grasswire]

33. I buy Comet Bathroom Cleaner

....at my local Kroger or my local Safeway. If you can't find it for some reason at the supermarket, you can get it at officedepot in a different bottle.

http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=292754

[Padraig18]

22. Doing the dishes and emptying the cat box!

UGH!

[proud patriot]

23. Dishes ...I don't have a dishwasher

My house is so tiny , I don't think there is room for
one even if I got one . :shrug: dishpanhands that's me .

[curse10]

26. Dishes, by far

it's disgusting. Wet food is fucking disgusting.

[bratcatinok]

35. I used to love

washing the dishes by hand but that was back when I didn't cook every day for lunch and at night too. Now I hate washing dishes. I hate it to the point my hands hurt. Rubber gloves don't do any good because all of them are too large. Even with a pair of extra small I found once I had at least an inch hanging over on every finger and the non-slippery part of the glove hung over my finger pads.

I love polishing silver. Something about making it shine is so peaceful to me. I think it's because I can see I've accomplished something and I'm not going to have to do it over and over. Just have to do it the next time the tarnish builds up.

[101 Proof]

27. I HATE every chore.

I wish I didn't have to do a single one.

[SiobhanClancy]

29. I used to hate these two..

Oven cleaning and refrigerator defrosting. Thank God for self-cleaning ovens and frost-free refrigerators:) Now,I guess I hate dusting the most...it's tedious and never-ending.

[Ramsey]

30. That's funny

Laundry is the ONE household chore I don't mind doing. I like that nice clean clothes smell. I pretty much hate all other chores, but especially washing the dishes.

I like cooking, but I don't consider that a chore.

[SOteric]

31. I don't love cleaning the loo, but I hate using a dirty one even more.

[grannylib]

32. Dishes and scrubbing the tub are my least favorites.

Had to add that washing dishes when you're cold is a good thing though...it can really warm you up.

[grasswire]

34. see above

If you use Comet Bathroom Cleaner, there's no tub scrubbing! It's just one of those really good products.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

36. All of them

so I got a cleaning service and a free delivery fluff and fold. I like doing my own gardening though :D

[DS1]

37. Getting out of bed

:grr:

[Cleita]

38. There is no most for me.

I hate them all equally!

[Skittles]

40. I don't like vacuuming

it's noisy plus my cat is scared and ping pongs around the room.

[Sequoia]

41. Dishes by hand

and trying to figure out where to put clutter (paper stuff, odds and ends, etc.)

I don't mind trimming the rose bushes though.

[Snow]

43. Isn't that strange.....

all the odious chores people have mentioned, including dishes, cat vomit, laundry - I'll do any day over mowing the flipping lawn, or weeding the lousy yard/garden. Especially when we lived in Omaha! Hot, bugs, man! I hated it. And being a good ecological concerned sort, I use a non-power mower, too. Okay, so it's harder work, but I don't have to deal with the noise, smell, pollution and general aggravation of a power mower.

So, when we moved here to LA, and we started house-hunting, I kept telling our real estate agent (an Hispanic gay guy about our age) that I didn't want to mow lawns, and he kept looking at me with this "why is he worrying about this?" look on his face. Because, we discovered, nobody cuts their own grass here! Oh, man, those guys can be the most undocumented immigrants on the planet, Jose and Jesus, you are life-savers. I don't think they're undocumented though, because some of my wife's friends think we're paying too much. Whatever, they're worth it and more.

[PoofTheNinjaMog]

44. POOF

[arwalden]

47. Your First Post.... Welcome To DU!!!

:hi:

[MissMillie]

45. DISHES!!!

They're NEVER done!

I'm alo not a fan of scooping the litterbox, but I'm better at keeping up w/ that than I am at keeping up w/ the dishes.

[Bridget Burke]

50. Litterbox duty cannot be neglected...

Because cats have "ways" of expressing their displeasure at a full cat box.

The dishes can wait.

[jobycom]

46. Hate-- cat box. Love-- cooking, but not after cleaning cat box. nt.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

48. i'm looking for a 12-stepper for the cleaning-impaired...i hate them all

[Kathy in Cambridge]

49. I like to clean, but I don't like organizing and finding room for things

I like cleaning surfaces (don't really like cleaning toilets but if you do it often enough, it's not a problem).

I do not like going through papers, cleaning out closets and trying to find room for stuff. I don't have the patience for that.

But otherwise, I find cleaning cathartic. I guess I'm a sicko!

:silly: