“Can’t – Doing Laundry”
People love to complain about chores. I like to ask people, ‘Doing anything fun tonight?’ And what do I hear? ‘Ugh, I have to do laundry,’ or ‘Ugh, I have to do dishes.’ I asked about ‘fun’ but I guess you’ve heard ‘want to vent about anything’? Sure, let’s roll with it.
Let’s start with, ‘Ugh, I have to do dishes.’ Yes, doing dishes is annoying. But come on! How many dishes do you have? Did you just host a 40-person Thanksgiving party? It’s a few plates, two forks, and a cup. Listen, Cinderella, it’s 2024. Rinse, load, press start. No dishwasher? You have hot water, sponges, soap, and a podcast you’ve been meaning to listen to. Why are we still dramatizing the dish duty?
Doing anything fun tonight? ‘Ugh, I have to do laundry.’ Really? What’s happening at your apartment complex? Is it like a Black Friday sale, everyone fighting for a washer? Here’s the truth about laundry: it’s 10 minutes of work, tops. You drop the clothes in, pour some soap, hit a button, and voila, you’re free for the next hour. But oh no, some treat it like a day-long commitment. ‘Can’t, I gotta wait for the dryer.’ Wait for what? It’s not a pot roast – it’s socks!
Next time I hear, ‘Ugh… I have to do laundry,’ I’m gonna give it to them. ‘Really, Sandra? Are you down by the freezing cold river, beating your clothes on a rock? Are you churning butter too? Are you sending a telegram to declare war on Prussia? No, you’re pressing a button.
Just tell me you don’t feel like going out. No problem. If you INSIST on using an excuse, say you’re baking cookies for charity, doing something selfless, kind, or actually hard. But doing laundry – it just isn’t hard; finding what to watch on Netflix while your socks spin in the dryer, now that’s the real challenge!
So maybe next time, just tell me, ‘can’t go out, choosing what to watch on Netflix!’