SparklyUnicorn Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Finding the trash can or the dishwasher? I do have them prominently displayed, but somehow...they don't see them. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scholastica Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 All the time!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalsummer Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Mine have this problem but to be fair the littler ones like to move the trash can around the house, so it is sometimes hard to find. No one seems to make much of an effort, though. (me included) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 We don't have a dishwasher. We have me. Last week, somebody complained at how I do the dishes. That somebody nearly got a sponge to the face. When the heck is the last time she did the dishes!? 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I bought four extra trash cans recently. It didn't help. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbi in Texas Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Actually dh and ds are pretty good with helping me out. The only trash complaint I have is that dh will take out the trash and forget to put a new liner in. If he doesn't do it before he takes the bag out the door, he gets busy doing something else. But at least he empties the trash, right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicJen Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 One member of my family can't figure out what the silver lever on the side of the toilet is for. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalsummer Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 One member of my family can't figure out what the silver lever on the side of the toilet is for. One of mine knows exactly what it's for and uses it waaaaay too many times a day for entertainment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicJen Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 One of mine knows exactly what it's for and uses it waaaaay too many times a day for entertainment. Lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) Good grief, yes. And it's not just the children in the family :glare: The excuse I get on the dishwasher is, "I wasn't sure if it was clean or dirty!" Umm.... there's a light. It even says CLEAN if they're clean! Oh, this burns me up. We don't rinse our dishes (I :001_wub: my dishwasher!), so if the dishwasher hasn't been run, it's immediately apparent if you just peek inside. There is NO EXCUSE other than laziness for not knowing the state of the dishwasher. Edited December 22, 2017 by ILiveInFlipFlops 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Mine don't know where the laundry basket is either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 The excuse I get on the dishwasher is, "I wasn't sure if it was clean or dirty!" Umm.... there's a light. It even says CLEAN if they're clean! LOL That...or if dirty and it is full..run it! If clean...put them away! Radical concepts!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalsummer Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 We don't even have laundry baskets anymore - the laundry room is sort of in the middle of the house, weirdly enough, and very accessible. so I just have them throw their clothes either in the washer if it is not running or on the floor next to the washer if it is running. You would not believe how difficult it is to throw your dirty clothes on the floor in a room other than the room in which you removed them, according to our kids. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Yes! Along with the laundry hamper! Only moms can see them, apparently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I am the dishwasher, and they can always find me, no matter how much I try to hide :) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scholastica Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 We don't have a dishwasher. We have me. Last week, somebody complained at how I do the dishes. That somebody nearly got a sponge to the face. When the heck is the last time she did the dishes!? Is washing the dishes now her job, since she knows how to do them so perfectly? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Before we were married, DH actually said to me that he didn't think he should take out the trash because he never used the trash cans. Note, he didn't say that he didn't generate trash. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Ummm yeah. Not the dishwasher as I don't have one yet, but the sink. or the laundry hamper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 Before we were married, DH actually said to me that he didn't think he should take out the trash because he never used the trash cans. Note, he didn't say that he didn't generate trash. You deserve a trophy! (cuz I assume he is still alive) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Mine usually can find the garbage can but don't realize that when it's overflowing, there's this thing called emptying it. Apparently, that's a confusing concept because they just keep throwing stuff at the can and then walking away as it cascades down to the floor. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 Mine usually can find the garbage can but don't realize that when it's overflowing, there's this thing called emptying it. Apparently, that's a confusing concept because they just keep throwing stuff at the can and then walking away as it cascades down to the floor. I'm always tempted to see how long it can go before anyone notices. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMS83 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 We don't have a dishwasher. We have me. Last week, somebody complained at how I do the dishes. That somebody nearly got a sponge to the face. When the heck is the last time she did the dishes!? This sort of talk is rewarded with a day of dishes. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwalker Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Mine don't know where the laundry basket is either.Growing up, we had a hamper in the laundry room, and my mom gathered us in the laundry room one day and demonstrated how the lid opened and closed.... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) Growing up, we had a hamper in the laundry room, and my mom gathered us in the laundry room one day and demonstrated how the lid opened and closed.... I love this, I may try it. The funny part is, the younger the person is in my house the better they are at picking their stuff up. Crazy huh? Edited December 22, 2017 by Elizabeth86 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Sadly, we cheaped out and didn't get the dishwasher with droid arm attachments, so my dc are constantly shocked to be recalled to move their dishes from ABOVE the dishwasher INTO the dishwasher. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scholastica Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 No-one but me is allowed to load the dishwasher in my house because they cannot.do.it.correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachyDoodle Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Yes! Along with the laundry hamper! Only moms can see them, apparently. No kidding. I literally picked up a dirty pair of undies from the floor DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF dd12's hamper the other day. Seriously? It was that much more work to put it IN the basket??? No-one but me is allowed to load the dishwasher in my house because they cannot.do.it.correctly. True dat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 I love this thread. I will be showing it to my husband later. It’s not our terrible parenting. Kids are kids. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Yes. This is one of the reasons I stay on TWTM. Knowing that others have the same concerns, problems, and what-the-heck moments as I do. Stand strong, Hive. We'll win the war one piece of trash and dirty clothing item at a time. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 We have to walk past the DW to get to the kitchen sink (they're adjacent, but still). And still, my family members put things in the sink instead of the DW. And there is a plan, visible from the outside of the of the DW, in place to know when it's in load mode or not. Baffles the mind. And let's not even discuss loading the DW. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Growing up, we had a hamper in the laundry room, and my mom gathered us in the laundry room one day and demonstrated how the lid opened and closed.... :lol: :lol: :lol: I've been known to go into the bathroom, come back, and loudly announce that a training seminar on toilet paper roll replacement will be starting in 5 minutes. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 No-one but me is allowed to load the dishwasher in my house because they cannot.do.it.correctly. I had to give that idea up in favor of just attempting to get the all to put the dishes INTO the dishwasher. It was fine, really, since I'm constantly playing Tetris with the dishes in an attempt to fit more in anyway. We have to walk past the DW to get to the kitchen sink (they're adjacent, but still). And still, my family members put things in the sink instead of the DW. And there is a plan, visible from the outside of the of the DW, in place to know when it's in load mode or not. Baffles the mind. And let's not even discuss loading the DW. This is a phenomenon that BLOWS MY MIND. We have the same problem with the recycling bin under the cabinet. It defies logic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwalker Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 [emoji38] [emoji38] [emoji38] I've been known to go into the bathroom, come back, and loudly announce that a training seminar on toilet paper roll replacement will be starting in 5 minutes. Oh my mom would have loved you! :D We laughed about this for years, and maybe got a little better at the hamper filling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 I think my family has depth perception when it comes to the sink. They almost always leave them *next* to the sink but not in them. Especially dirty forks. :glare: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 I think my family has depth perception when it comes to the sink. They almost always leave them *next* to the sink but not in them. Especially dirty forks. :glare: I had to train mine that when I said in the sink I didn't mean in the sink. I meant next to the sink. I don't want to have to take them all out before I start washing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Mine apparently can't see the towel hooks in the bathroom. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalsummer Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Mine can't see the hooks next to the door (like, right by the door) for coats. They just drop the coat on the floor under the hook, I kid you not. When I assign someone to go put up all the coats, I get moaning and wailing like it's the hardest job on earth. Literally a 2 minute job. For a slow person who is daydreaming. And if there are no clean bowls in the morning (because we only have one set of dishes, and if the nighttime dish person doesn't do them there are no clean dishes in the morning), they will eat cereal or oatmeal out of the stock pot, the frying pan, the mixing bowl, and the measuring cup. It's hugely impractical and one would think kind of obnoxious to try to eat cereal out of a frying pan or a 10-qt stock pot, but evidently washing a bowl is more obnoxious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 To answer questions, our water heater had just broken. Even I wasn't cruel enough to make her wash dishes under those conditions. Before we were married, DH actually said to me that he didn't think he should take out the trash because he never used the trash cans. Note, he didn't say that he didn't generate trash. AND YOU STILL MARRIED HIM!? Does he know how lucky he is? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Mine think the kitchen island is the trash can. :huh: I can say that when dh and I left dc home earlier this year for a week that they did indeed find the trash can and dishwasher. It was amazing. They quickly forgot where they were within 24 hours of us being home,though. ETA: When I ask, they clean and do a good job. I do wish I didn't have to ask, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Before we were married, DH actually said to me that he didn't think he should take out the trash because he never used the trash cans. Note, he didn't say that he didn't generate trash. Hope he knows how lucky he is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneBlessedx4 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Joker, I tell my kids that the most beautiful word in the English language is initiative. They don't find it amusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 lol, yes, apparently our dishwasher is invisible. ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 And if there are no clean bowls in the morning (because we only have one set of dishes, and if the nighttime dish person doesn't do them there are no clean dishes in the morning), they will eat cereal or oatmeal out of the stock pot, the frying pan, the mixing bowl, and the measuring cup. It's hugely impractical and one would think kind of obnoxious to try to eat cereal out of a frying pan or a 10-qt stock pot, but evidently washing a bowl is more obnoxious. :lol: We have some big mugs that serve this purpose, so no one has had to eat out of frying pans yet, thankfully! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Yep. These don't seem like difficult concepts, but they really must be, when you think about all the other things our kids manage while being unable to master those basics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minerva Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Mine don't know where the laundry basket is either. You mean it isn't the basket right next to the dirty laundry pile? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 I keep forgetting to take the invisibility cloak off the recycling bin. :sneaky2: What's amazing about the dishwasher is, I can leave it OPEN to show that it's EMPTY and dishes still do not get put in there. #ninjakitchenreceptacles 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 I keep forgetting to take the invisibility cloak off the recycling bin. :sneaky2: What's amazing about the dishwasher is, I can leave it OPEN to show that it's EMPTY and dishes still do not get put in there. #ninjakitchenreceptacles :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 I keep forgetting to take the invisibility cloak off the recycling bin. :sneaky2: What's amazing about the dishwasher is, I can leave it OPEN to show that it's EMPTY and dishes still do not get put in there. #ninjakitchenreceptacles You win the Internet today. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutterfish Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 I'm always tempted to see how long it can go before anyone notices. At least a month. It would probably be longer, but I caved in. 😠Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 We have to walk past the DW to get to the kitchen sink (they're adjacent, but still). And still, my family members put things in the sink instead of the DW. And there is a plan, visible from the outside of the of the DW, in place to know when it's in load mode or not. Baffles the mind. And let's not even discuss loading the DW. DW is the dishwasher. I'm not supposed to load her though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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