# Jobs you never seem to get done

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-you-never-seem-to-get-done/632518>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 24, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-you-never-seem-to-get-done/632518 "2012-08-24T19:22:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-you-never-seem-to-get-done/632518/21 "2012-08-25T11:57:46Z")

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A couple of years ago I managed to get a ‘bespoke’ cupboard type thing built into my bedroom. In order to do so I had to clear the room out, so I put everything into the other [what could/should be a guest bed] room.

Not only have I not filled the cupboard, the “guest” bedroom looks like a rabid monkey was living in there.

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**Author:** ![pendgwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-you-never-seem-to-get-done/632518/22 "2012-08-25T14:32:42Z")

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> [@EmilyG](#):
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> I’m like that too. With me, once I’ve washed and dried my clothes, I bring them upstairs in the laundry basket, and instead of putting them in the closet where they belong, I leave them in the basket and take them out and wear them as needed. I then put away the rest of my clothes from the basket only when I do a new wash and will need the basket for the newly-washed clothes.

You clearly do not own cats who think that a basket of clean laundry is a great place to sleep.

I have a long list of jobs that are never done but the biggest ones are cleaning, logging the procedures I do and reading professional journals.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-you-never-seem-to-get-done/632518/23 "2012-08-25T15:32:39Z")

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Ironing.

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**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-you-never-seem-to-get-done/632518/24 "2012-08-25T18:32:59Z")

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> [@pendgwen](#):
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> You clearly do not own cats who think that a basket of clean laundry is a great place to sleep.

I do own cats, but they only sleep in dirty laundry. 😛

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**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-you-never-seem-to-get-done/632518/25 "2012-08-25T18:37:03Z")

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Dematting the Maine Coon. She seem to grow new knots faster than we can get them out. She’ll also only tolerate about ten seconds of brushing before she growls and then makes a run for it.

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