Ah, spring cleaning. The thought of a sparkling clean home is always appealing. But the reality of scrubbing your kitchen, bathroom, and everything in between is probably not fun. And during the pandemic, when most of us are spending a lot more time at home than before, the last thing you want to do is spend hours cleaning up.
Against this background, the German washer-dryer company Miele analyzed Twitter data to determine which housework people hate the most and which do not mind in the spring. The company viewed more than 11,000 tweets and rated them with a score of 0 to 100, with 0 identifying the “most negative” tweets, and therefore the most hated tasks.
Some of the results are not a complete surprise – for example, decorating was the “most popular” task on the list. Who doesn’t like to adapt the decor of their household to the season? Second on the most popular list was “Filling the Dishwasher”; It’s just so satisfying to know that a machine is doing the hard work for you. But if you’re curious about what tasks people hate the most, read on.
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Washing up is a generally despicable task
It’s just so tedious turning on the hot water and scrubbing the pans. Washing dishes was high on the list of least favorite tasks, according to Miele’s research. So if you’ve ever wondered how much you hate doing dishes while cleaning up after a homemade meal, you are far from being alone.
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Even tasks like dusting and cleaning the gutters had a higher “sentimentality” rating than washing up. It seems like people would do pretty much any other “spring cleaning” chore if kept away from the kitchen sink!
And if you still want to avoid spending long periods of time cleaning the kitchen, you can always try a tin pan dinner or other stew meal so you don’t scrub multiple pots and pans. Here are 30 stews to get you started.
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