It's fun when DH is annoyed!
DH came home totally annoyed with work yesterday. Before leaving for the gym, I made some beef and veggies for dinner. When I got home, SheSloth just put her stuff in the sink, and didn't bother rinsing and putting in the dishwasher. I pointed it out when I got home, "So why didn't ______ put her dishes in the dishwasher?" DH thinking it was just his dishes I talked about got up to look. Because DH didn't do his dishes right away, SheSloth didn't do hers. He called her out of her room (which was a chore in itself), and told her, "It doesn't matter what is in the sink! You police your own dishes!" She tried to claim that she was going to do it AFTER she did x and y. "Yeah, right...that never happens! If you don't do it right away, you never do it!" Because DH was annoyed, not only did SheSloth have to do her dishes, he made her do his as well! I just wanted to start laughing! Well, I was in my head...but did my best to keep a straight face otherwise.
Of course, the one chore that SheSloth has (which is taking the trash can to the curb on Thursday night for Friday collection), wasn't done. The can is still sitting by the house, and I'm not moving it! I do enough around this house! DH didn't make sure SheSloth did it, and didn't do it himself, either. Oh well...when the trash is overflowing, and the critters spread it over the yard because the lid won't close, guess SheSloth will gain a new chore...picking up trash from the yard!
Oh I loved it! And the look
Oh I loved it! And the look on SheSloth's face was PRICELESS! When DH told her she had to do his dishes, too, because he is tired of doing her dishes all the time because she always "forgets" to do them. She was like "Bu......!" and he just cut her off and told her to get busy! I wanted to lose it!
OMG the same thing happens at
OMG the same thing happens at my house with SD19. SD13 is headed that way as well. Pretty soon she won't listen to anyone either. LMAO Can't and Sally you two have me giggling. Poor SheSloth got yelled at, lol, and Sally rubs feet for a distraction!
~ Moon
Oh the excuses for not
Oh the excuses for not getting the dishes in the dishwasher. The dishwasher has to be connected to the kitchen dink for drainage purposes. How in this F'ing world can't a teenager rinse their freakin dish n put it in the dishwasher. Mary the maid leaves at 2 ~ there is no excuse ~ I told my kids if you don't put dishes in the dishwasher ~ you will find them in the bed.
Sorry there is no excuse ~ tired of hearing I was gonna get to it. Address the job at hand instead of telling me you will get to it later. Procrastination is not something I will ever tolerate is it pure laziness !!!
Shoot, and they are lucky!
Shoot, and they are lucky! Dishwashers were a luxury when I first started doing dishes! We didn't have a dishwasher until I was 16. That was when pretty much all new houses started coming standard with them. I started doing dishes as soon as I could reach the sink! I had to do it by hand...and not just my dishes, but everyone's! That included the baked on pots and pans used to make the dinner! And my mom didn't believe in this soaking BS...nope, if something needed to soak, you filled it with water and soap, and put it aside at the very start of doing dishes, and that was the last thing you washed...but you were washing it then. I remember mom telling me all the time, "You just gotta use a little elbow grease!"
The excuse I used to hear about the dishes not going into the dishwasher was "Well, I don't know if they are clean or dirty." Yeah, would get that even when there were only like 2 items in the dishwasher, because SheSloth was too freakin' lazy to open the dishwasher and check! So I ordered this magnet...whatever message that is upright is the state of the dishes in the dishwasher, and since I'm the only one that ever bothers to run or empty the dishwasher, the magnet is always accurate! Dirty message up, and she still will not put her dishes in the dishwasher unless told! I want to say, "At least it is only your dishes you are responsible for, and at least we have a dishwasher! I can forbid the use of the dishwasher, and take you back in time to when I was a kid, if you like!"
I think her new chore should
I think her new chore should be setting the table, clearing the dishes, dishes in dish washer n emptying the dishwasher.
" the dishes" ~ n too boot how about cleaning the bathroom as well.
She has a phone right ???she can put reminders " alarms" on that for her ~ I'd put that shit in her phone.
But...oh...that would make
But...oh...that would make her feel like she is doing ALL the cleaning and she is nothing but a maid! We can't have princess feeling like a maid, now can we? Oh poor, poor Cinderella! LOL
Oh you evil SM ~ why won't
Oh you evil SM ~ why won't you let her go to the ball !!!
Jimmney cricket ~ it's call contributing to our family. Pitching in ~ oh wait she might break a toe nail ~ but aren't they in the corner on the living room ???
You have me rolling over
You have me rolling over here!
Laughter is wonderful
Laughter is wonderful medicine !!!
Got an idea ~ what about
Got an idea ~ what about paper plates ???
Remember, she doesn't take
Remember, she doesn't take out the trash either...so I would just be spending extra money to make another problem even worse! I would have to get plates, bowls, spoons, forks, knives, cups.
I'd put the common trash can
I'd put the common trash can in her room as well.
Dirty dishes in her bed under the covers ~ silverware in her pillow case.
My wife's daughters did the
My wife's daughters did the dishes by hand after dinner, no dishwasher back then. Every day one or the other. If they were particularly stressed because of homework or outside activities I might help, maybe once a month.
Is she disabled in some way she can't be doing daily chores? (He asks facetiously).
Orange, didn't you know that
Orange, didn't you know that ALL SKIDS are disabled? LOL
^^^THIS!!! Must be all the
^^^THIS!!! Must be all the chemicals in the food these days or something. They all have something wrong with them all the time...they are too tired, it is too far, it is too hot, it is too cold, they forgot, this hurts, that hurts, it is too bright outside, they are too depressed, etc.
I think back to my childhood and teen years, and I can't help but think to myself that there is no way in hell that SheSloth (or many kids/teens today) would survive! Chores? Having to go play outside? Actually have to read a book to get information? Having to drink tap water...or worse...from the hose? No cell phones? Actually having to go home and ask your parents for something face to face? Having to hear the word "no" on a near daily basis?
Oh, and our parents were TERRIBLE parents for actually expecting that they be allowed to come home after a long day of work and get the chance to sit and relax! Oh, and for controlling THEIR TV that they paid for!