Pet Peeves

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The Late Night Gourmet said:
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This is a container of feta cheese, vacuum sealed to keep the cheese fresh. It works well. Really well.

But, actually getting to the cheese is a challenge. There's a pull-tab on the side that I should be able to peel back to get to the cheese. But, to do that, I have to make sure my hands are really dry and the plastic is really dry, otherwise I can't get a good grip. Sometimes, the tab tears off without opening it. Yes, I can use a knife, and I often do if I can't tear the top sheet off. But, it's still annoying.

Once or twice, no kidding, I used pliers. Those work every time.
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I share your frustration. I've mild arthritis and these type of packages are impossible for me to open. I've also resorted to pliers!
 
Here are two of my peeves:

1. I have two main food prep areas. Each has a dedicated cutting board that stays out all the time. I repeat, these are food prep areas.

MrsT, however, seems to think they’re just regular ol’ counter space, and she’ll put her medications there, the mail, her hat and gloves, her keys…once she put a pair of her shoes up there! On my board! Where I cut up food!

I’ve told her a thousand times, “Pile that crap on the dining room table we don’t use…or on the bar…or the pub table, BUT NOT ON MY DAMN CUTTING BOARDS!!! 😡

2. It’s Christmastime, which means we always have a big bowl of cracking nuts out. Instead of grabbing a bowl or even a paper plate from the kitchen, MrsT puts the cracked shells right back in the bowl with the nuts, which means the next person (me!) has to fish through miles and miles of shell fragments to try and find an uncracked nut! 😡
 
JAS_OH1 said:
After I've done the dishes and wiped down the counters--DH sets dirty flatware on the counter next to the sink (which is above the dishwasher). Or his empty coffee mug. Granted, they've been rinsed--but the dishwasher is right there, why not open it and put the item in it?
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We do that with cups etc.
But I cook and shirl cleans up. Unwritten but it works.. I'm.messy in the kitchen .

Russ
 
JAS_OH1 said:
After I've done the dishes and wiped down the counters--DH sets dirty flatware on the counter next to the sink (which is above the dishwasher). Or his empty coffee mug. Granted, they've been rinsed--but the dishwasher is right there, why not open it and put the item in it?
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Our dishwasher is set off at night when I'm prepping to go upstairs.
Prep is pour a big rum.n coke drink while setting off dishwasher then fill with big gin n tonic and take upstairs.
Repeat drinking 2 to 3 times.

Russ
 
TastyReuben said:
Here are two of my peeves:

1. I have two main food prep areas. Each has a dedicated cutting board that stays out all the time. I repeat, these are food prep areas.

MrsT, however, seems to think they’re just regular ol’ counter space, and she’ll put her medications there, the mail, her hat and gloves, her keys…once she put a pair of her shoes up there! On my board! Where I cut up food!

I’ve told her a thousand times, “Pile that crap on the dining room table we don’t use…or on the bar…or the pub table, BUT NOT ON MY DAMN CUTTING BOARDS!!! 😡

2. It’s Christmastime, which means we always have a big bowl of cracking nuts out. Instead of grabbing a bowl or even a paper plate from the kitchen, MrsT puts the cracked shells right back in the bowl with the nuts, which means the next person (me!) has to fish through miles and miles of shell fragments to try and find an uncracked nut! 😡
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That's like putting the empty carton back in the fridge...
 
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