What's YOUR pet peeve?

[ChickBond 007]

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While I'm certain both of the books are great resources for the terminally messy, I don't agree with the assumption that people are this way because they don't know "how" to organize/clean. I think many are just not motivated because there is no instant gratification (a modern sin of society in my honest opinion). My mother had a term for it: Lazy. It's work, real live work. Some people have adverse reactions to that concept, work.

Household cleanliness and work in general: It's a learned behavior, and believe me, my children have learned it. If you have a child over 4 years old who doesn't have some household responsibility, then the cycle repeats.
(stepping down off my soapbox, and brushing the dust off the soapbox as I do so.... clean freak)

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

It's true. I am a pretty clean person. I clean up behind myself. But my kids are slobs and my husband does things half @#$*% all the time. Couple all of that with our lifestyle that is go, go, go and you end up with not much time to get major cleaning done, and the time you have you're exhusted. Oh and toss 100+ animals into the mix. And a mother who loves nothing more than to bring you more junk at every turn.
It's horrible. My house is literally 100% cleaner in the summer and winter than it is in the spring and fall when we are busiest.

But I still don't let it stop me from having people over.
It's not that bad.

 

[chickencoop31320]

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I agree to a point.
I have an extra bed room in my house for storage and it’s a mess! It gets cleaned out from time to time, but it’s a storage room and it is what it is.
What gets me is when people live in filth and clutter in every room and it doesn’t bother them unless an outsider comes to their home and then they get embarrassed.
A few minutes per person / per day goes a long way to keeping your house a home and not a landfill.
It doesn't have to be perfect, but I don't think it should look like a scene from a horror movie either.

 

[okieroy]

What peeves my wife is when people use their children as an excuse for being lazy. They will say, "You know how it is. I have 3 children and its just impossible keeping up with them. They make such messes."
We have five children and they are pretty normal. They make huge messes and for the most part, only clean up about half of them. I am being very conservative when I say half. My wife cleans the rest and our house is B E A Utiful!
She is even married to me and I am not any better than the children sometimes.

 

[realmofthewoodsranch]

Allright, someone asked, so here goes:
WAL-MART SYNDROME
It is a terrible affliction, mostly affecting Wal-Mart shoppers. It seems to be isolated to parking lots. Common symptoms include failure to yield, walking down the middle of a driving lane, walking across the driving lanes usually with small children in tow and doing so without looking, crossing in areas not marked for crossing, and parking across more parking spots than are necessary for the vehicle (i.e. Mini cooper parked across four parking spots, {how the heck do you do that?!?!?!]).
There is no known cure for this ailment and it appears to be highly contagious. The bigger the group, the more prevalent the symptoms! It also appears to be passed on from one generation to the next, with future generations getting worse and worse symptoms as time wears on. Recommendations on how to cope with symptoms of watching or interacting with people with Wal-Mart syndrome: high blood pressure medications, anti-anxiety pills, anti-depressants, anger management courses, and defensive driving techniques.

 

[ChickBond 007]

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I think your wife is a lucky woman. It's a rare man to acknowledge that he's as messy as his children and still appreciate the woman that keeps the wheels of the household running.

 

[flopshot]

i thought of another one. paint on door hinges and or the doorknob, bolt or striker plate. oh yea, and air pockets in tubes of caulk.

 

[cozycritters]

People who find out I have a (severe) social phobia and

1) say 'but you seem so NORMAL'
2) Tell me it's no big deal-- it's just a small drive or a little trip to the grocery store (BIG deal to me!)
3) Ask me if I've tried to get over it

 

[OneCuteShasta]

People who don't take care of their kids. Usually the kids have green snotty noses leaking everywhere and crusted onto their face; and they are absolutely muddy from head to toe.