What Chore Do You Dislike Enough To Get Someone Else To Do It?

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  1. Holly Saunders

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    For the purpose of this question..you're not allowed a cleaner to do all your cleaning or an odd job man to do all your maintenance , ...you're being given the gift of one person to do one job forever that you do daily or weekly which you hate


    So forever you get to have someone to do the job you hate most... what would it be?

    I would have someone wash the dishes... I hate washing dishes, it's the routine of it I hate , so if someone could come and wash my dishes every day I'd be happy...
     
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    What...…...no electric dishwasher????:(
    That's what we have and I do all of the loading, running and unloading of it.
     
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    No dishwasher in this house, I have one in my other house because I have a utility room there, but not here, but this kitchen here is a galley kitchen so not enough space for one.. but anyway we really don't need one for 2 of us.. it's just a boring chore to wash up..doesn't take more than 5 minutes but it gets on my nerves!!

    So what chore would you like someone else to do?
     
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    The main one that I don’t/won’t/can’t do , is change a lightbulb, or pretty much anything that involves climbing up on a step stool, and just forget about trying to stand on a chair at all !
    Thankfully, Mr. Bobby (who is a good foot taller than I am ), happily changes the light bulbs, or we would be using candles and flashlights around here.

    The other thing that I dread, is ANYTHING that has to do with electricity, no matter what ! The “it isn’t going to shock you” routine does not even begin to work with me, so if I even think it might zap me, I will not go near it.
    The car battery is dead, and it needs the charger hooked up ?
    Nope !
    I will happily be the one who tries to start the car to see if it is charged up enough, but not touching those battery charger cables. I have seen them spark, and they are not going to be any part of my life ever .
     
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    Although it isn't really a chore, I hate plumbing, and if I can afford it I try to get someone else to do it. By the nature of where we live and what we do, some plumbing repair is necessary. I do it begrudgingly, as I hate it so.
    When I was single, I hate doing dishes. I woudl not heat the kitchen in my little house, so I could leave dirty dishes in the sink for a week as I dreaded washing them. I enjoyed going to the laundromat, as I took a stereo, a book, and a six-pack of beer and did two or three loads at a time. I found it to be efficient, and I would fold things there where there was lots of working room so I would bring them home and put them away. Slick! When I married however, my new wife and I debated what appliance would be our first purchase. I wanted a dishwasher, and she wanted a washer-dryer combo. Guess who won...she did, of course. We changed states and moved to North Carolina. In between, we attended a college reunion of mine, and a friend's wife was discussing household chores. She told my lady how much her dishwasher helped her when she was canning produce. I couldn't convince her, but my friend's wife did. We got a dishwasher shortly there after, and when the two sets of twins arrived in less than two years, it was greatly appreciated!
     
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    Well, if I really, really thought about it, it would have to be cooking. I still like to cook and do it, but not nearly as much as I use to. We go out to eat quite often and by that I mean too often. But, once we move, the finances won't be there to go out and eat as much as we do now. So, I'll be back in the kitchen, like I use to be.
     
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    This may sound strange but I enjoy doing all my household chores.
     
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    this isnt a house hold job but i hate washing the car
     
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    All household chores including laundry are taken care of by my rent payment.
     
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    Shoveling snow, but I can't usually get anyone over here early enough.
     
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  11. Holly Saunders

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    Dya fancy coming to do mine then?.:p:D..my second worst thing is Hoovering..I hate that because of all the stairs, it does my back in.. hubs will do it for me on the w/e when my back is at it's worst , but I don't like to ask him because he's been working all week ..so I try to get it done twice a week , fortunately as there's only 2 of us, upstairs doesn't need doing much, and I just sweep the bathrooms, and kitchen floors and wash them only on the weekends ... but if you did it Von, I'd let you do it every day, to keep you happy... :D:D:D
     
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    I don't mind washing dishes at all. I turn my Bose sound system on, pop in a Charlie Landsborough CD and let him serenade me whilst I get them done.

    I don't like cleaning toilets. I would have somebody else do that. Forever. Any volunteers? :)
     
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  13. Yvonne Smith

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    Holly, what about one of those little featherweight cordless vacuums to use on the stairs ? They won’t do heavy vacuuming, but they would be a lot easier to use on the stairs.
    And then maybe a regular vacuum for upstairs and one for downstairs so you don’t have to lug the heavy one up and down ?
     
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  14. Frank Sanoica

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    No chore ever bothered me before we lived up in the mountains for a year with no water, electricity or phone.

    One such chore emerged, and it was horrible: "mucking" out the outhouse hole!
    Frank
     
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    I've actually got 2 vacs Yvonne... but are downstairs, one is very lightweight and I use it to hoover up crumbs etc.. but really it's not very powerful but it sits out ready to use.. and the other my Miele Cat & Dog, sits in the cupboard under the stairs, and is a powerhouse, but it's very heavy to do the stairs with...I need something in between and some room to keep one upstairs.. :D
     
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