Top 10 worst childhood chores
These are the reason you moved out and went to University or the reasons you still should!
1
Feeding cat and/or dog. You cut your hands on the tin and then fill the now seeping wound with pet food! This is after you have nearly had your hand savaged by your ravenous dog and/or cat!
2
Picking up cat and/or dog mess. It gets on your hands and if by some miracle it does not then by some cruel twist of fate the pungent odour will have found its way onto your favourite jacket!
3
Visiting irritating relatives that live miles away and pretend to look happy to see you - we all have one, you only see them at Christmas and get a present fit for a five year old!
4
Washing up: this task is like a trap. A nice tea which you bolt down so you don't miss Neighbours, only to find that the mountain of pans and cutlery in the kitchen are your responsibility - you really should have watched it after lunch!
5
'Popping' down to the local shops to get a paper (note: local shops are miles away and parents have cars!) and why must you buy toilet paper?! They know you will come back with kitchen roll and lie, saying 'they ran out, I even asked' (we've all done that).
6
Doing your own washing. That's okay so long as you have a full load and don't have to rummage through a musty laundry basket looking for a top your mum wanted (eeew!)
7
Walking the dog or cat (some strange people do walk cats). This usually involves inside-out cellophane bags and a clothes peg for the nose, this is so that yet again you can deal with the cat and/or dog mess.
8
Once again 'popping' but this time to post a letter at a post box that is irritatingly close so as to require a small jog to shorten the ordeal. But enough of a jog to shorten your breath so you sound like a pervert when you get home and answer the phone.
9
Shopping. This manifests itself in many forms, either as a trip into town or as an evil supermarket ordeal involving old biddies and the like doing illegally slow trolley speeds and showing little or no care as to just how in a rush you actually are.
10
Hoovering! The bag is always full when it is your turn, and if you have a bag-less one then the incredibly small chamber is full instead. The worst part is that when you get to the bin to empty the vac, the bin is full too; I swear it is a conspiracy - especially when the bag splits!
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