Very seldom do I sit in the breakroom at work during lunch. Mainly because when it comes to lunchtime, I need to get OUT………and………well………because the guys that eat in the breakroom are pigs!

Every time I go in there after them, there’s food on the table, the floor, the sink…just about every surface has some food particle sitting, stuck, glued to it. It’s rather disgusting.

I'm not sure at what age the 'experts' say a person should learn to clean up after themselves I'm pretty sure it's YEARS before you're between 20 and 50.   These guys that sit in the breakroom seem to leave anything and everything where ever it may land in the breakroom with no thought to anyone else that may want to sit in there and try to enjoy a clean, quiet lunchtime.  I think all but one of these guys are single.  Maybe their table manners contribute to this fact.

That really doesn’t have much to do with my post but just thought I’d throw it in there anyway because it bugs me.

Anyway………. I did venture into the breakroom yesterday. AFTER scrubbing a spot on the table to put my plate I sat down to eat my lunch. While I was eating, I grabbed a magazine that was laying on the table and started flipping through it. I wasn’t really paying attention to much in the magazine until I came across a short article, or more like a list, of things that should speed up cleaning time around your house and thought…hmmm…..maybe they have some good ideas here…..so I started reading.

Most of the stuff is common sense. I just don’t always apply it to MY house. I can’t say I learned anything earth shattering in the house-cleaning department but I did have one small section that stuck in my head. Probably because it irritated the heck out of me.

They suggested that you put a laundry basket in each person’s room and when a person’s basket is full, have them bring it to the laundry room to be washed. By having everyone in the home, including the husband, bring their own basket of dirty clothes to the laundry room, it saves YOU time by not having to go from room to room to gather clothes to be washed. They suggested adding a certain amount of vinegar to the wash instead of bleach and that way you can wash the whole basket of clothes without worry about separating colors and this will save time also. Once washed, dried and folded, all YOU have to do is put the corresponding clothes in the right basket and return to the person for them to put away.

HMPH…..

What the hell is wrong with EACH PERSON doing their OWN laundry (using your own discretion as to when children are ready to wash their own, of course)???????? If each person was to do his/her OWN laundry, this would save YOU enough time to do something much more valuable and interesting…………..like maybe……….teach the MALES in the family how to clean up after themselves and wipe a table off!!!!!

I mean no disrespect to anyone with males in the family or anyones parenting skills. Hell I have two males in the house myself so I know how tough it can be to get them to do things at times but table manners is the one thing that they BETTER learn.........real damn quick or they don't sit at my table and that goes for anyone....male or female.  It's pretty simple.  Eat like you have some sense and clean up after yourself.  It's not a complicated concept.  To most.