What Household chore do you hate the most?

@wolfie34 (26771)
United Kingdom
December 13, 2006 9:43am CST
I absolutely loathe and detest ironing, its the only job I can't and won't do and actually go out of my way to buy clothes which don't need to be ironed.
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@patootie (3592)
18 Dec 06
Actually I hate all household chores .. because you are never finished .. by the time you've worked your way round everything it's time to start all over again .. aarrgghh I did buy a steam press to make ironing quicker .. and I have a dishwasher .. washing machine .. tumble drier .. all the aids to make life easier ... But it's all still a dull time consuming thankless task ..
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
18 Dec 06
I wish we had a dishwasher, but we haven't the room or the money to be able to get one! Thanks for your reply, never ending housework I certainly agree on that score!
@Bizziebod (3497)
7 May 07
Hi, I don't mind ironing although seldom find the time to get to the bottom of my ironing basket, although I do get bored with it and can't stand there for hours on end doing it. I'm ironing a few then doing a few discussions on mylot to break up the monotomy of it. I used to hate washing up but I soon put an end to that by buying a small dishwasher lol!
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
7 May 07
Alright now I'm jealous I would love a dishwasher! We haven't the room and besides we have a manual one which is used everyday, ME ;0) Thanks for your response!
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@Bizziebod (3497)
8 May 07
Aw.. well my kitchen is pretty small too, but I brought one of those table top ones that sits on the draining board for lack of space anywhere else - you don't need the draining board when you have a dishwasher lol!
@patootie (3592)
4 Jan 07
Okay ... well firstly and quite simply I hate all housework ... you do it one day and then flippin' heck it's all needs doing again a few days later ... But my pet hate is ironing .. I hate it, hate it, hate it and it makes me really get angry and cross having to do it .. so yes I avoid buying any clothes that need careful ironing .. I have never worn frills or flounces, pleats or natural linen ... if I bought that kind of clothes I would wear them once, wash them and then they'd stay at the bottom of the ironing pile for years ... I also hate washing windows ... no matter what 'Window Wonder' product I buy, no matter what kind of cloth I use I always leave streaks ... or a haze that can be seen in the sun ... I hate washing up which is why I have a dishwasher ... and I hate dusting .. such a senseless task ... dust one day and it all looks nice and shiny ... get up the next day and every speck of dust has landed and it all needs doing again ... I try and use my vacuum cleaner to dust most places as at least some of the dust gets sucked up ... I use anti-static cleaners so the dust stays away for as long as possible .. but whatever you do you know the dust will be back .. and soon ...
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
4 Jan 07
That happens so much to me, no matter how hard I try and clean my car windows I leave smears and marks, no matter what cleaner I use, glass cleaner, specialist windowlene etc,, I still manage to leave marks, if its not on the inside its on the out and vice versa, grrrr it drives me cuckoo.
@patootie (3592)
4 Jan 07
Ohh blimey ... and that's my fibro bad memory for you .. answered your post twice .. sorry ... but both answers were valid ones ... just made on separate days .. and I'm afraid my memory forgets what it did a few days before .. heheh just shows it was an interesting topic to me though:o)
@eseomame (1146)
• United States
21 Jan 07
I really really hate doing the dishes... and it happens to be the chore that I'm stuck with because they won't get a dishwasher, but it's all good.
• Philippines
22 Jan 07
i agree to that..i think washing dishes is the most horrible house chores that i dont want to do..forever and ever and ever
23 Jan 07
I hate cleaning the bathroom, it seems to take forever and I hate the bleachy smell of those cleaning products, they make me feel sick. Thankfully my partner tends to clean the bathroom (hooray!) and i'm in charge of making sure that we have enough clean clothes each week. It seems to be a fair compromise to me.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
23 Jan 07
That's what relationships are all about, compromise, but making sure you get the best jobs lol! Thanks for your reply!
• United States
23 Jan 07
Cleaning the bathroom especially if someone decided to clog the toilet and leave a mess. I use up like to bottles of liquid cleanser just to avoid the "physical" contact I'll have if Im forced to scrub the bowl. I don't mind cleaning my bathroom if I was the only user but in a big family like mine.. oh man.. good luck.
• United States
27 Jan 07
hahaha! me too! i won't mind cleaning the bathroom if i'm the only one who uses it! or if i live with people who are obsessive compulsive :P lol... i also don't like dusting when it's already too dusty!
@shadowauror (1515)
• India
13 Dec 06
The chore i hate the MOST is doing the dishes ....Theres nothing i hate more than doing dishes while i could goto rest in my comfortable bed with all the good food inside me !! I know it sounds selfish :D!!
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
13 Dec 06
Yeah the dishes is another pet hate, we haven't got the room for a dishwasher sadly! Thanks for your reply.
• United States
15 Dec 06
Dishes, hands down. Ironing isn't much fun either, but it's better than dishes.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
15 Dec 06
I actually don't mind doing the dishes, it beats ironing! LOL, thanks for your response.
@emagyne (664)
• United States
13 Dec 06
washing and folding clothes!
@sajila (50)
• India
21 Jan 07
The house hold chore i hate d most s washing and folding clothes....
• United States
13 Dec 06
The house hold chore I hate the most is washing clothes. It seems like no matter how much I wash , the clothes just keep coming back in much bigger piles. I end up washing all day long.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
13 Dec 06
I don't mind washing the clothes, cos I can just stick them in the washing machine and that's it, its when they come out and needed ironing! LOL! Thanks for your reply.
• Singapore
16 Dec 06
Ironing clothes.Cause it doesn't look cool and i don't know how to iron.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 06
LOL! Fair enough, thanks for your reply!
@sweetlady10 (3611)
• United States
7 May 07
I don't like to do house chores of any kind really. But still I have some what I don't like to do at all. All kind of cleaning I hate most. Dusting and cleaning the bathroom are some of them. Also it is annoying to clean the greasy things around kitchen.
@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
7 May 07
I hate all household tasks except for washing dishes. For dome reason, I never seem to mind washing dishes and I almost never use the dishwasher. I haven't ironed anything in so long I'm not even sure I could tell you where the iron is anymore. LOL Most of our Gap type casual stuff I just put in the dryer and we wear it without ironing. If somethings absolutely have to be ironed (Like dress shirts), I send them to the drycleaners. But if you don't mind a couple wrinkles (& I don't seem to), most things don't have to be ironed anyway.
@ukchriss (2097)
4 Jan 07
I hate all household chores … because they are just never ending, I never seem to get them all finished … lol I really hate Ironing the most, I do the same as someone else has already said, I tend to wear clothes that don't need too much ironing and dry them by putting them on hangers when damp Then they don't get too many creases..
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
4 Jan 07
Yep! Most of my clothes don't need to be ironed ;0)
@Kscott (634)
• United States
10 Feb 07
I dont like ironing either, but at the very top of my list is CLEANING THE TOILET, yuck. I would think the "gardeners" in my home would learn by now how to aim their hoses correctly, NOT. I cant stand to wipe and scrub the toilet....I really "feel" for those who have to do this to earn a living.
@superbren (856)
21 Feb 07
i often think if i had someone to come in and take all the washing and ironing away i would be a very happy woman. so i guess the answer is the same as you .i know i should be doing it at this moment but i have a big cupboard and the door close nice and tightly so it can stay there another day.
• Philippines
21 Feb 07
i really hate washing.... washing everything... i don't like to wash the dishes and to wash clothes... even if i'm using the dishwasher or a washing maching... that household chore really got into my nerves... i hate doing that... keep on rocking guyz... \m/
@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
7 May 07
I hate sweeping and moping the floor!!! I don't mind ironing, dishes, washing & drying the clothes I just hate doing the floors.
@Chele2k2 (241)
21 Feb 07
It has got to be ironing!! I hate having to do it, I simply don't feel comfortable ironing, perhaps with avoiding it as much as possible I just haven't found the correct way. It really play's on my back and makes it ache and handling the iron feels cack-handed, it's alien to me. I tend to buy clothes that don't need much attention or care handling, one's I know the tumble dryer will take care of ;o)
• India
21 Feb 07
well i love to do all works at home..bt then i can never wash a dish wid tea leftovers..they jus stick to my hands..i really hate them......even though i wear hand gloves bt still wen it comes to washing tea dish im like yuck ........can imagine 100s of cockroaches there..........ewwwwwwww..