This weekend, I did an absurd amount of work out in the yard and garden. And I realized that I really do not like yard work. At all. And that I would be perfectly happy to pay someone to do all of it for the rest of my life.
If money were no object, and you could hire someone to take over your most hated chore or activity, what would it be? Grocery shopping? (That one’s a close second for me.) Driving you around? Cleaning the litterbox? No chore is too small or too big here.
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3 way tie: grocery shipping, cleaning bunnies’ cage, and sweeping/vacuuming.
I actually enjoy doing the dishes and laundry.
I enjoy doing a lot of standard chores – I know I’m weird. My friends have already let me know this. I love yard work, I love roaming the grocery stores and co-ops. I love the smell of a clean bathroom, the look of a clean kitchen, the sound of the dishwasher running, the smell of the dryer. God, I really am strange.
But I think the one thing I always try to get out of, or group together, or just not do at all is Driving. It’s not that I don’t like the act of driving. I have enough speeding tickets to tell me I REALLY like going fast. It’s that I hate parking, paying to park, finding my way, driving around OTHER PEOPLE, traffic, merging, or just the fact that I can’t multitask. I also hate driving at night because my night vision sucks and really, I like drinking at bars (that is the least of my concerns but still, it’s on the list).
If I could have a driving service, I would love it. I’d make Albert sandwiches all the time. His favorites. We’d get iced coffees on the weekends. He could drive while I read emails. His car would also probably have a working CD player so we wouldn’t be stuck with the radio all the time. And I wouldn’t be stressed all the time. I’d sit in the back so I couldn’t passenger brake either.
I am so with you on parking! I’ll drive anywhere but loathe parking and getting out if the car.
I also enjoy yard work.
I would just like an all-around butler. Sometimes he’d drive me around (especially to meetings far away so I could read in the back), he’d go take the car in for an oil change, do all the little errands that shouldn’t seem to take that long, but collectively always do. My butler would do the dishes and occasionally make me light, nutritious meals (not all the time, though, I do like to cook when I have time). He’d clean ALL the bathroom (my shower is filthy and ditto everyone else re: guys and toilets… also beard trimmings around the sink! They are EVERYWHERE!). Imaginary butler would keep track of when I am almost out of things around the house and then pick up more before I repeatedly curse the empty toothpaste tube.
But I would keep yardwork, sweeping, making the bed, and organizing my stuff. For some reason I like those things.
Mine would be yardwork, too. I have always hated it. Part of it is that I have sensitive skin, and as a consequence, rubbing dirt and plants all over my arms gives me hives. The other part is that I do not get any joy from doing yardwork. It annoys me.
Also, it rains a lot where I am, and that’s just not pleasant.
I want a chef.
I isn’t even think if that! Can I change my answer? I HATE cooking.
I will never be able to live someplace where I would have to take care of a yard. I have zero motivations in that department, and I am remarkably black thumbed. Of the inside tasks, I probably hate dish washing the most. I used to work in food and I had to wash dishes as part of the job and I am quite burned out on the whole process.
Organizing. And they would somehow know how to organize things in a way that makes sense to me.
I HATE keeping everything sorted, but I know it makes my life easier if it is…
I love organizing. Â When I go visit my parents, I reorganize all of their cabinets and the fridge. Â For fun. Â You just need a totally anal-retentive friend. Â Organization is exciting.
I also LOVE organizing. I would organize my babysitter’s children’s toys when I was little. For fun.
All yardwork, cleaning the cat box and making sure the kids’ rooms are clean. They don’t even have to clean the rooms, I would hire someone to take over nagging the kids until they clean their own damn rooms. I’m tired of doing it.
Everything that isn’t just straightening up! The only things I really like to do are organize, wipe down stuff, and mop. I would love somebody else to sweep, dust, vacuum, and ESPECIALLY do laundry for me. Yeah, I’m a lazy-pants.
Cleaning the toilet. It’s a classic for a reason…
I didn’t mind cleaning the toilet when I had my own bathroom. Â But living with boys is disgusting. Â That’s why I bought plastic gloves to wear. Â Toilets are huge! Â How do they keep missing???
I never approach toilet cleaning without rubber gloves, and open window, and some air freshener.
Laundry. I HATE doing laundry. And cleaning my bathroom. All the other cleaning I’m pretty much okay with, but I really dislike cleaning my bathroom. And I wouldn’t say no to taking out the trash, although luckily for me, my brother does most of that. I don’t mind vacuuming and dishes and stuff, and I wouldn’t mind grocery shopping if I had a car. Also this is somewhat random, but I would love to have someone come unpack for me after I travel. I always come home tired and I just want to crash on my couch or in bed, and not having to deal with unpacking would be amazing.
ooooo, I’m with you on the unpacking.
Washing dishes (oh wait, it’s called a dishwasher…now to acquire one…) I hate washing dishes by hand. I don’t mind vacuuming, dusting, and even cleaning the bathroom is higher than washing dishes by hand.
Dusting! I don’t understand how dust accumulates so quickly in our apartment. Also, litter box duty.
Vacuuming/washing the floors. I live in a tiny basement suite and I feel like dirt and lint gets tracked in so easily that I am constantly playing catch up.
Totally.  I hate dust management in all forms (sweeping, dusting, etc).
Vacuuming is the WORST. Â Doing any other kind of cleaning I can dance and have a good time (this is especially fun and easy when wet swiffering) but vacuuming is boring and you have to do it in straight lines. Â Boo. Â You can’t make vacuuming fun no matter how hard you try.
I know! You can’t even hear the radio! Also, in my current abode vacuuming without half-assing it involves moving a lot of stuff and then putting it back which makes it take three times as long.
Cleaning, including dusting and hovering and cleaning the widows. I mean ..with dusting you have to remove everything from it’s place, you’ll choke on dust bunnies and since bf doesn’t even see it or something, it’s always me who has to do it.
Cleaning the bathroom. If I could afford to pay someone to come in once a week and clean my bathroom, I’d do it.
Which makes me incredibly lazy because I live by myself in a small one bedroom apartment and it only takes me all of about 30 minutes to clean the damn thing. But it’s the principle of the thing.
I would love to have a driver. Â Laundry would be a close second.