Your irrational pet peeves

[Crankshaft]

If you put dishes in the dishwasher and they get clean, isn't that the purpose? What does "properly" mean?

[mac5155]

For some reason my wife can't grasp the fact that certain items need to placed in certain areas of the dishwasher or it will interfere with the spinning blades. I'll hear a *thunk thunk thunk* coming from the dishwasher. I'll open it and see something way too tall for the top rack and the blades are bumping into it. Every. Single. Time. Without fail.

Haha, or ill hear a loud BANG BANG BANG and know she put the huge blanket in one side of the washer and the sheets in the other side.

[Idoit40fans]

my wife doesn't believe in preventative maintenance of the house. I tend to pick up after myself, but she just leaves stuff everywhere and then all of a sudden she decides it's cleaning day and gets a little pissy when I don't help her clean up all of her stuff. If you do a little bit each day, you don't need to spend hours over the weekend cleaning.

I think this is most females, but maybe its just the ones i have associated with.

[PensFanInDC]

Laundry is something I never have to complain about. She's really good at that.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

look at all these married losers complain about their wives...

too bad they aren't single like me. Being single is so fun. Man I love being single.

[Pavel Bure]

Come on MIMHB you're like 23. Don't focus on girls focus on fun.

[newarenanow]

my wife doesn't believe in preventative maintenance of the house. I tend to pick up after myself, but she just leaves stuff everywhere and then all of a sudden she decides it's cleaning day and gets a little pissy when I don't help her clean up all of her stuff. If you do a little bit each day, you don't need to spend hours over the weekend cleaning.

I think this is most females, but maybe its just the ones i have associated with.

My wife is the exact same way.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

haha I'm kidding. I'm not close to setting down

[dodint]

haha I'm kidding. I'm not close to setting down

Why bother when you have a cat? Right?

[shmenguin]

I actually find the glassware comes out looking cleaner with fewer spots.

i don't notice any spots without it. maybe i'm looking closely. even with spots...i waste enough money on other stuff. this seems...non-critical?

[tifosi77]

If you put dishes in the dishwasher and they get clean, isn't that the purpose? What does "properly" mean?

Properly loading the dishwasher means:

1) You can get more items in, which means less wash cycles and water useage;
2) It's more efficient, so less time is spent loading and unloading;
3) Dishes will get cleaner and dry more thoroughly

my wife doesn't believe in preventative maintenance of the house. I tend to pick up after myself, but she just leaves stuff everywhere and then all of a sudden she decides it's cleaning day and gets a little pissy when I don't help her clean up all of her stuff. If you do a little bit each day, you don't need to spend hours over the weekend cleaning.

I think this is most females, but maybe its just the ones i have associated with.

My wife is the exact same way.

Thirdeded. Mrs Tif's habit is to let her mail accumulate on the kitchen counter. I mentioned how she threw away her W-2? Yeah, it had been sitting on the counter for close to two weeks, unopened. Previously she has left her opened W-2 and a new credit card out on days when we had housekeepers come in.

[shafnutz05]

haha, I am kind of OCD about keeping the island in our kitchen clean. I LOVE having an island, especially when I am preparing food or whatever. She tends to let things start to pile up on the island, and before you know it it's a mess of magazines, mail, her purse, drinks, etc. Drives me insane.

[newarenanow]

haha, I am kind of OCD about keeping the island in our kitchen clean. I LOVE having an island, especially when I am preparing food or whatever. She tends to let things start to pile up on the island, and before you know it it's a mess of magazines, mail, her purse, drinks, etc. Drives me insane.

Same issue.

And then after a while, I go through and throw away whatever I feel is garbage, and then she complains "hey, I wanted to look at that!".

I tell her she should have done it 3 weeks ago when it first came in the mail.

[count2infinity]

should start a thread "stupid **** our significant other does"

[mac5155]

Seconded. Have to make it password protected in case she ever finds my login.

[Idoit40fans]

If that thread existed id make sure she saw all updates on it. She would laugh more than i would at it

[Shyster]

[dodint]

I'm shocked that took so long to make it here.

[Shyster]

I'm shocked that took so long to make it here.

Me too. I kept scrolling expecting to see it.

[yubb]

my wife doesn't believe in preventative maintenance of the house. I tend to pick up after myself, but she just leaves stuff everywhere and then all of a sudden she decides it's cleaning day and gets a little pissy when I don't help her clean up all of her stuff. If you do a little bit each day, you don't need to spend hours over the weekend cleaning.

Church.

I've had this discussion with my old lady many times.

[Hockeynut!]

The "greeters" At Lowes that pounce on you as soon as you pass through the sliding doors. "Are you working on any projects? Can I help you find anything?" I know they're just trying to be of assistance, but I can go to the service desk if I need help. Just let me buy my screws without having to interact with anyone but the cashier. /antisocialproblems

[Hockeynut!]

Another one. Clients who pester me about something but never respond to my emails. Backstory: A few weeks ago a senior's mom (who still hasn't bought anything 5 months after the shoot) asked me to send one of the photos to the yearbook. I did. She emails me again last week and asked why I haven't sent it in. I said I did and told her to check with the school. She never responds. I call the school and they, in fact, did not receive the email. Actually, it probably went into their spam filter and they're too lazy to look for it but... So I emailed the mom and sent her a copy of the photo and resent it to the school, telling her she can give her copy to the school on a CD or thumb drive if they didn't get my second email. I still haven't heard back from her so I don't know if the issue is resolved and I've sent her 2 emails asking for confirmation. Idiots.

[dodint]

Another one. Clients who pester me about something but never respond to my emails. Backstory: A few weeks ago a senior's mom (who still hasn't bought anything 5 months after the shoot) asked me to send one of the photos to the yearbook. I did. She emails me again last week and asked why I haven't sent it in. I said I did and told her to check with the school. She never responds. I call the school and they, in fact, did not receive the email. Actually, it probably went into their spam filter and they're too lazy to look for it but... So I emailed the mom and sent her a copy of the photo and resent it to the school, telling her she can give her copy to the school on a CD or thumb drive if they didn't get my second email. I still haven't heard back from her so I don't know if the issue is resolved and I've sent her 2 emails asking for confirmation. Idiots.

Never work on a Helpdesk. This is most of the non-tech portion of my job. Chasing people. Why file a trouble ticket and not put your building number on the ticket? WHY.

[Hockeynut!]

Never work on a Helpdesk. This is most of the non-tech portion of my job. Chasing people. Why file a trouble ticket and not put your building number on the ticket? WHY.

I can't even imagine.

[BuckintheLou]

Seconded. Have to make it password protected in case she ever finds my login.

Wouldn't make a difference. I think my wife has been Gestapo trained.
She'd find out. She always does.