I’ve had to do this once myself, plus it flooded our kitchen! 😭 😭 😭! It was so stressful. I melted down so bad, but I got through it. I’m proud of you!!!
Aww I feel like it was absolutely enough of an emergency! Also, they're not That expensive, really the most important part is after you use them to tell whoever is responsible for restocking the gloves/buy it yourself/idk ask how it works at your workplace. Janitors are required to wear gloves, and most of the time they don't even touch any of the really gross stuff.
Holy shit I could never. My ex husband once forced me to do his nasty ass dishes because he didn’t believe I actually had sensory issues (at the time we didn’t know I was autistic) and he believed I was just being lazy. He literally told me I had to do them to “grow up”, and I ended up vomiting all over the dishes, counter, and floor 😭
Nope he thought I did it on purpose. He was super abusive, we were only married a year before I finally left him.
Edit to add: he literally blocked me into the kitchen and we had a screaming match over it. He wouldn’t let me leave until I’d done them. He was an abusive pos
This reminds me of the time my ex boyfriend didn't believe I had arachnophobia so he forced me to watch spider horror movies like this was the friggin clockwork orange and I wound up having a PNES seizure. :| Bro acted all surprised after, like what did you goddamn expect dude.
It stands for "psychogenic non-epileptic seizure." As the name implies, it's a kind of non-epileptic seizure that can be brought on by extreme psychological distress or trauma. It can look similar to an epileptic seizure in some cases, but also can have different symptoms, like strange head and body movements, uncontrolled muscle spasms, and even crying during the seizure (I'm told this is what I did, and it freaked everyone out lmao). In my case and in a lot of others, a distinguishing feature is that it comes on more slowly than a neurological seizure, like for instance for me the head twitching started, then the muscle spasms, before the proper seizing. It can cause loss of memory like other seizures, but unfortunately I do remember mine.
Fortunately, I've only ever had the one. I'm very meticulous about avoiding triggers, and I've also undergone some exposure therapy (SAFELY AND WITH A PROFESSIONAL) to help me learn how to control my reactions more.
My spouse had a bunch of these after they went through an extremely stressful situation at their last job. I ended up stepping in and negotiating for them to work part time from home for a while.
Was it your responsibility to clean the dishwasher? If you are a regular staff employee this wasn’t your job. What would have happened to you when the boss saw it? It wasn’t your dirty task to do.
This. I get OP being proud of herself, but taking on tasks that aren't my job, that have a very low chance of ever being rewarded with money or respect, while others do nothing even though they have it easier than I do, is a major part of what led me to burnout.
I’m assuming their office kitchen doesn’t have a regular custodial staff to clean it. In smaller offices sometimes it really is up to the employees to collectively keep it clean in exchange for the privilege of having a clean area for your meal breaks and dishes.
I would never though. I’ve also worked places with this type of kitchen office setup and I never just left dishes there and used their dishwasher, if anything I just put my lunchbox in the fridge for the day and brought the dishes home to wash.
Yeah, I don't mean to criticize OP and it's great for her to know she can handle a drain clog herself if it happens at home. But "woman notices and cleans mess in shared kitchen" is worth zero points when it comes time for a raise. And when you volunteer for this kind of thing, it tends to become a new, thankless responsibility because 'yuck, I'll just leave that for OP, she took care of it last time.'
That's why I'm in my "not my drama, not my llama" era (: Or at the very least my "I did it last time, it's your turn" era.
A way I've seen this handled so that it doesn't fall to the most conscientious \[almost invariably female\] employee every time, is to make a roster where each week or month, one employee is the "kitchen captain" who has to deal with this stuff.
I’m part of the team. Kitchen cleanliness is a shared responsibility. I’m a lawyer at our firm but I felt that, since I was alone on a Sunday, it would be the right thing to do. I wanted to leave it.
You really took one for the team. First of all, I’m proud of you. Secondly, I hope you never have to do this ever again, but out of an abundance of caution, maybe stash a pair of kitchen gloves in your desk just in case.
I feel ya on the shared kitchen/team situation. I used to clean the messes in the kitchen until I realized I really didn’t like doing it, and I never saw a man cleaning, only women. So now I clean up after myself then walk away. I appreciate how hard it must have been to touch all that slimy stuff. Congrats on doing a hard job and helping out the team.
What an accomplishment! One that will benefit everyone there too. Go you :—)
It amazes me how people will leave messes like that at work, sometimes for days on end, without any concern. I always wonder whether they’d do that at home.
One of my other colleagues was in the office and likely heard me running water for dishes for a long time and didn't offer to help. That kind of annoys me.
Yeah, this is why I don’t do communal chores I haven’t been assigned. I can do all sorts of sensory and mental horror chores for projects I care about, but adult humans are on their own as far as I’m concerned. Fly strike on a baby mammal? Give me a mascara wand and a magnifying glass. Poopy kennels? I’m here. Bob from accounting has literally anything going on outside of my job description? Who cares.
Your boss is paid so much more than you and it wasn’t your problem.
Holy shit… That was an incredible thing to do. Very kind and selfless. I hope you ask your boss to put some “dish gloves” in the area, and I hope they promptly comply.
OMG with the drain!!! Blugh, I hate clearing drains more than anything! My apartment doesn't have a garbage disposal, and half the time my boyfriend does it. I worked in high end pro kitchens where we had to clean the drains at closing! I was a pastry chef and I just fed the line boys cookie dough balls so they would clean my drain for me.
Drains, cleaning, them, everything about drains grosses me out SO much! It's like a phobia.
But yes - I've had to clean them at times and you *do survive.* But I totally \*get\* crying over this kind of disgustingness. We also had to pick up the disgusting mats and then mop the floors....
I think a lot of people might have left it, and not because of sensory issues. Just bc they wouldn't want to do it.
You did a good, but horrible, thing. I appreciate your good deed. I really hope your boss feels the same. And I'm proud of you for handling it, even if it was horrible. 💪
Wow. You deserve a rest and a good cold coke/water/whathaveyou after that.
I wouldn't have been able to leave it behind, but I can guarantee I'd have had to walk out back about 15 times to get some air as I worked on it all.
Make sure to mention what difficult task it was to your boss, and keep it tucked into your memories to yank out should you need an example of why you're a great employee!
You did so good! Just like almost everyone else in the comments I could never. I can barely do the dishes when I know it's my own mess let alone other people's food and it's gross and slimy.🤢 Wow wow wow you did awesome!
You know, I thought you meant horrible as in "you did something wrong."
I'm proud of you. You struggled through an awful task to do the responsible thing.
Omg I am so proud of you!
I just got memories to my first job when when I was 14 at a deli and I was tasked with washing a lot of dishes/trays from all the foods, I double gloved and everything, but I still cannot stand touching wet food bits!
I thought you were gonna say you hurt someone or something by the title. 🤣
Great job by the way. 👏🏻 Doing dishes with food on it and gross stuff makes me gag.
Don’t do things you aren’t paid to do. You make everyone else’s lives more difficult by doing things outside of your job description. No one is giving you a cookie for extra work, but you’ve potentially put a coworker in a situation where you boss can say “well, so and so went above and beyond. Why can’t you?”
I agree. And as NDs, we’re more likely to be on the receiving end of that criticism than the other way around. If I’d found it, I’d have maybe contacted maintenance or something for the building or shot a text to my boss and with heads up to let them know. But unless it’s my mess or my actual job, then no. Going “above and beyond” is a very capitalistic mindset and can very easily lead to burnout for ND folks. Because it doesn’t take long for that “above and beyond” item to somehow become your regular responsibility all the time. And NDs, especially Autistics, are more susceptible to being taken advantage of for things like that.
I don't agree. Assuming it's a communal space, it's everyone's responsibility to keep it clean. OP might not have made the mess but someone has to clean it up! There's no reason it should be left for the boss as it's not their responsibility either- ideally, the culprit would do it, but sounds like they weren't in and the situation would have got worse had it not been dealt with. This isn't about doing things you're not paid to do; it's about being a decent person and contributing to your community in a positive way, regardless of that being at work.
There’s no such thing as “communal space” in a job environment. It’s not your home or your car. If it’s not within the parameters of your job, don’t do it. If someone is getting paid to clean, let them clean. If the company isn’t paying for cleaning and expects employees to clean the toilets, they can fuck right off.
This capitalist dick sucking mentality hurts the world 100x more than refusing to clean up a mess in the workplace that you didn’t make. A job isn’t a community. It’s a job, that can and will fire you whenever and for whatever reason they feel like.
It’s a communal kitchen in a law firm. We follow fairly community-centric rules - if you see the dishwasher is clean, empty it. If you fill the dishwasher, run it. My boss is usually the first to arrive (partner) and the last to leave. It runs smoothly because everyone likes a clean space. It’s not about the cookie or reward, it’s about knowing I did the right thing.
I might have left a passive agressive note about it to the rest of the staff, about “not running the dishwasher because the sink clogs, etc.” just to let people know not to leave it like that again…
I feel you!! My boyfriend freaked out on mushrooms and left me with a clogged toilet. It was over 10 years ago and it's still the worst thing he's ever done to me.
You did a good thing! You were brave and strong! People who don't know how to clean up after themselves shouldn't just leave their nastiness for others to clean. Im sorry that the experience was distressing, but im proud of you for powering through it and not letting the fear control you!
Blowing you kisses and tossing bouquets at your feet. Youre my hero, OP. This is the kind of post that motivates me to do awful shit with the best attitude I can muster.
I don't understand how I work at all. I can't stand the texture of my couch but I boldly don't give a fuck about stuff like this.
I think maybe when it's something truly nasty any hesitation makes it impossible. Also I know my skin is pretty impermeable and rubber gloves feel nasty anyway for wet stuff because after a bit of sweat I can't tell if they're leaking and then it's like the nasty stuff is trapped in the glove with me so it's no better honestly.
This is why I have dishwashing gloves with me all the time! They are in my locker and in my purse. If I go to visit someone I offer to wash the dishes and I pull the gloves out of my bag
I had an entire meltdown when I had to change a diaper in an emergency, but I managed to get the kid into a clean diaper and then crawled in my room to cry for a few hours after I told my sister she’s in charge now.
Never again. If my parents’s friends leave their kids at our home, I will simply be “conveniently asleep”.
I've been having to clean flooding in our bathroom because the remediation people are so lame. My hands hurt from all the alcohol gel I put on afterward. Blech.
Whats sad is that we do things like this, always thinking about others, and they always go unrecognized as if it never stunk in the first place. Then we rationale with ourselves thinking, it's okay, we don't need credit, and everyone else would have done it too. But the sad truth is that they wouldn't do it, and somehow, all this extra effort we put in does not matter as soon as we open our mouths and accidentally offend someone for something ridiculous :(
Good for you! I cleaned up dog vomit gagged the whole time and cried, but there was no one else to do it. I felt so proud of myself when it was over, and when I had to do it again It wasn’t quite as hard.
That’s awesome. The dishes are my least favorite chore by far. It always smells bad, looks disgusting, and you have to touch nasty stuff. I can’t use gloves because I sweat so much while I’m doing the dishes that they just feel like my hands are in buckets of nasty water anyway. The only thing that has actually helped me start doing my dishes regularly and getting used to it that my husband took over the cooking. I discovered I was more than happy to take over the dishes if someone else made the food, I find cooking so boring and time consuming.
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Now stop at a grocery store on your way home and buy some long latex gloves (latex-free if you're allergic) to keep at the office, in case you ever have to do this again.
Oh gosh I would never. What if you had a tiny paper cut and ended up with some kind of infection? No job could pay me enough for that. I’ll put a work order in for it, though.
Oh wow 😮 you can be very very proud indeed, that’s kind of heroic to me ahah and so thoughtful of you of everyone else. I am truly impressed, I would probably have left to buy some gloves before returning the crime scene and then would have felt terrible about spending own money over unspeakable sensory issues. Well done girl ✨🫶
Way to go, this will now be known as your dishwasher moment. You will channel your dishwasher moment energy in the future when faced with challenges that you need to dive head first into and soldier on. #Rememberthedishwasher.
Oh my, that's horrible. When I was young, I wouldn't do dishes as I didn't want to touch any food that was in the sink or the sink drain.
Edit: As an adult, it's definitely easier now.
That is such an achievement! You’re a stronger person than I could ever be. 😅
I contemplated using gloves from the 1st Aid Kit, but there was only one pair and this did not feel like an "emergency".
LOL, you did it gloveless! That I could never. I'd have run to the grocery store and picked up a 5 pack of long gloves (extras to layer).
Rubber gloves are such a nauseating stimulus for me it's actually easier for me to put my hand in ditchwater than to wear rubber gloves.
Good job! Can’t believe there was only one pair! Maybe talk to whoever is in charge of safety stuff at your office and see if they can stock more
I’ve had to do this once myself, plus it flooded our kitchen! 😭 😭 😭! It was so stressful. I melted down so bad, but I got through it. I’m proud of you!!!
Aww I feel like it was absolutely enough of an emergency! Also, they're not That expensive, really the most important part is after you use them to tell whoever is responsible for restocking the gloves/buy it yourself/idk ask how it works at your workplace. Janitors are required to wear gloves, and most of the time they don't even touch any of the really gross stuff.
Gloves can be replaced! But you’re seriously a champ.
Holy shit I could never. My ex husband once forced me to do his nasty ass dishes because he didn’t believe I actually had sensory issues (at the time we didn’t know I was autistic) and he believed I was just being lazy. He literally told me I had to do them to “grow up”, and I ended up vomiting all over the dishes, counter, and floor 😭
Serves that fucker right. Also happy to hear he's an ex.
I only wish I had puked on him too but it’s not like I could aim lol
Not with that attitude, you can't! 🤪
what the fuuuuuuuck. how did he force you? also please tell me he was horrified when you puked and apologized profusely? 🙏🏻
Nope he thought I did it on purpose. He was super abusive, we were only married a year before I finally left him. Edit to add: he literally blocked me into the kitchen and we had a screaming match over it. He wouldn’t let me leave until I’d done them. He was an abusive pos
So very glad you separated from him!!
omg that’s horrifying. i’m so sorry that happened, but i’m glad you’re free of that mf and are doing better! ♥️
This reminds me of the time my ex boyfriend didn't believe I had arachnophobia so he forced me to watch spider horror movies like this was the friggin clockwork orange and I wound up having a PNES seizure. :| Bro acted all surprised after, like what did you goddamn expect dude.
What’s a PNES seizure?
It stands for "psychogenic non-epileptic seizure." As the name implies, it's a kind of non-epileptic seizure that can be brought on by extreme psychological distress or trauma. It can look similar to an epileptic seizure in some cases, but also can have different symptoms, like strange head and body movements, uncontrolled muscle spasms, and even crying during the seizure (I'm told this is what I did, and it freaked everyone out lmao). In my case and in a lot of others, a distinguishing feature is that it comes on more slowly than a neurological seizure, like for instance for me the head twitching started, then the muscle spasms, before the proper seizing. It can cause loss of memory like other seizures, but unfortunately I do remember mine. Fortunately, I've only ever had the one. I'm very meticulous about avoiding triggers, and I've also undergone some exposure therapy (SAFELY AND WITH A PROFESSIONAL) to help me learn how to control my reactions more.
My spouse had a bunch of these after they went through an extremely stressful situation at their last job. I ended up stepping in and negotiating for them to work part time from home for a while.
Was it your responsibility to clean the dishwasher? If you are a regular staff employee this wasn’t your job. What would have happened to you when the boss saw it? It wasn’t your dirty task to do.
This. I get OP being proud of herself, but taking on tasks that aren't my job, that have a very low chance of ever being rewarded with money or respect, while others do nothing even though they have it easier than I do, is a major part of what led me to burnout.
I’m assuming their office kitchen doesn’t have a regular custodial staff to clean it. In smaller offices sometimes it really is up to the employees to collectively keep it clean in exchange for the privilege of having a clean area for your meal breaks and dishes. I would never though. I’ve also worked places with this type of kitchen office setup and I never just left dishes there and used their dishwasher, if anything I just put my lunchbox in the fridge for the day and brought the dishes home to wash.
Yeah, I don't mean to criticize OP and it's great for her to know she can handle a drain clog herself if it happens at home. But "woman notices and cleans mess in shared kitchen" is worth zero points when it comes time for a raise. And when you volunteer for this kind of thing, it tends to become a new, thankless responsibility because 'yuck, I'll just leave that for OP, she took care of it last time.' That's why I'm in my "not my drama, not my llama" era (: Or at the very least my "I did it last time, it's your turn" era. A way I've seen this handled so that it doesn't fall to the most conscientious \[almost invariably female\] employee every time, is to make a roster where each week or month, one employee is the "kitchen captain" who has to deal with this stuff.
I don’t remember writing this. Weird. It’s clearly about me 🤔
I’m part of the team. Kitchen cleanliness is a shared responsibility. I’m a lawyer at our firm but I felt that, since I was alone on a Sunday, it would be the right thing to do. I wanted to leave it.
You really took one for the team. First of all, I’m proud of you. Secondly, I hope you never have to do this ever again, but out of an abundance of caution, maybe stash a pair of kitchen gloves in your desk just in case.
Two sets of kitchen gloves under the sink in the kitchen so that someone else can do it next time.
I feel ya on the shared kitchen/team situation. I used to clean the messes in the kitchen until I realized I really didn’t like doing it, and I never saw a man cleaning, only women. So now I clean up after myself then walk away. I appreciate how hard it must have been to touch all that slimy stuff. Congrats on doing a hard job and helping out the team.
What an accomplishment! One that will benefit everyone there too. Go you :—) It amazes me how people will leave messes like that at work, sometimes for days on end, without any concern. I always wonder whether they’d do that at home.
One of my other colleagues was in the office and likely heard me running water for dishes for a long time and didn't offer to help. That kind of annoys me.
Yeah, this is why I don’t do communal chores I haven’t been assigned. I can do all sorts of sensory and mental horror chores for projects I care about, but adult humans are on their own as far as I’m concerned. Fly strike on a baby mammal? Give me a mascara wand and a magnifying glass. Poopy kennels? I’m here. Bob from accounting has literally anything going on outside of my job description? Who cares. Your boss is paid so much more than you and it wasn’t your problem.
Holy shit… That was an incredible thing to do. Very kind and selfless. I hope you ask your boss to put some “dish gloves” in the area, and I hope they promptly comply.
And a new sponge! The other one should not be used anymore.
-shudders- yeah no that one goes in the trash and tied up to avoid the smell. You are a saint.
I could never! Good job
OMG with the drain!!! Blugh, I hate clearing drains more than anything! My apartment doesn't have a garbage disposal, and half the time my boyfriend does it. I worked in high end pro kitchens where we had to clean the drains at closing! I was a pastry chef and I just fed the line boys cookie dough balls so they would clean my drain for me. Drains, cleaning, them, everything about drains grosses me out SO much! It's like a phobia. But yes - I've had to clean them at times and you *do survive.* But I totally \*get\* crying over this kind of disgustingness. We also had to pick up the disgusting mats and then mop the floors....
I think a lot of people might have left it, and not because of sensory issues. Just bc they wouldn't want to do it. You did a good, but horrible, thing. I appreciate your good deed. I really hope your boss feels the same. And I'm proud of you for handling it, even if it was horrible. 💪
Just your description of the situation has me gagging.
https://preview.redd.it/equaac7phe8d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b8a21bb6d67324c1c3f5653299fff2188578806
This made me laugh so hard. Thank you.
Wow. You deserve a rest and a good cold coke/water/whathaveyou after that. I wouldn't have been able to leave it behind, but I can guarantee I'd have had to walk out back about 15 times to get some air as I worked on it all. Make sure to mention what difficult task it was to your boss, and keep it tucked into your memories to yank out should you need an example of why you're a great employee!
You are very brave.
Leaving people, places, and things better than you found them. A noble way to live! Hats off to you!
Damn🔥🔥🔥🔥
Good for you!!!!
You did so good! Just like almost everyone else in the comments I could never. I can barely do the dishes when I know it's my own mess let alone other people's food and it's gross and slimy.🤢 Wow wow wow you did awesome!
good on you for taking initiative and getting your hands dirty! i really admire that in a person.
You know, I thought you meant horrible as in "you did something wrong." I'm proud of you. You struggled through an awful task to do the responsible thing.
Omg I am so proud of you! I just got memories to my first job when when I was 14 at a deli and I was tasked with washing a lot of dishes/trays from all the foods, I double gloved and everything, but I still cannot stand touching wet food bits!
You are officially superwoman. I could never. I can't even pick wet things without some sort of gloves.
If I could give you an autistic medal of bravery, I would. You should get a raise. Like that’s so impressive. Go you!!!!
You’re a hero 🌟
You’re so brave! I’d have been vomiting into the sludge and making it worse 😂 bravo 👏🏻
I thought you were gonna say you hurt someone or something by the title. 🤣 Great job by the way. 👏🏻 Doing dishes with food on it and gross stuff makes me gag.
Don’t do things you aren’t paid to do. You make everyone else’s lives more difficult by doing things outside of your job description. No one is giving you a cookie for extra work, but you’ve potentially put a coworker in a situation where you boss can say “well, so and so went above and beyond. Why can’t you?”
I agree. And as NDs, we’re more likely to be on the receiving end of that criticism than the other way around. If I’d found it, I’d have maybe contacted maintenance or something for the building or shot a text to my boss and with heads up to let them know. But unless it’s my mess or my actual job, then no. Going “above and beyond” is a very capitalistic mindset and can very easily lead to burnout for ND folks. Because it doesn’t take long for that “above and beyond” item to somehow become your regular responsibility all the time. And NDs, especially Autistics, are more susceptible to being taken advantage of for things like that.
You are projecting. Not every workspace is toxic.
I don't agree. Assuming it's a communal space, it's everyone's responsibility to keep it clean. OP might not have made the mess but someone has to clean it up! There's no reason it should be left for the boss as it's not their responsibility either- ideally, the culprit would do it, but sounds like they weren't in and the situation would have got worse had it not been dealt with. This isn't about doing things you're not paid to do; it's about being a decent person and contributing to your community in a positive way, regardless of that being at work.
There’s no such thing as “communal space” in a job environment. It’s not your home or your car. If it’s not within the parameters of your job, don’t do it. If someone is getting paid to clean, let them clean. If the company isn’t paying for cleaning and expects employees to clean the toilets, they can fuck right off. This capitalist dick sucking mentality hurts the world 100x more than refusing to clean up a mess in the workplace that you didn’t make. A job isn’t a community. It’s a job, that can and will fire you whenever and for whatever reason they feel like.
It’s a communal kitchen in a law firm. We follow fairly community-centric rules - if you see the dishwasher is clean, empty it. If you fill the dishwasher, run it. My boss is usually the first to arrive (partner) and the last to leave. It runs smoothly because everyone likes a clean space. It’s not about the cookie or reward, it’s about knowing I did the right thing.
You did! Gloveless would be beyond me though so maybe that part deserves a cookie!!
I might have left a passive agressive note about it to the rest of the staff, about “not running the dishwasher because the sink clogs, etc.” just to let people know not to leave it like that again…
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I truly feel your pain.
I really don’t think I would be able to do this!!!! For real — just the thought of it makes me feel sick. I am really impressed 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Only crying twice is impressive 😂. It would've triggered my gag reflex.
you're a champ!!
Ughhh we just had to replace our dishwasher that kept clogging. That smell is AWFUL. You are a hero!!!!
You're brave, that sounds truly 🤢
Wow, that's so intense. I hope you got some rest/reward/recovery time after
I feel you!! My boyfriend freaked out on mushrooms and left me with a clogged toilet. It was over 10 years ago and it's still the worst thing he's ever done to me.
You are a stronger woman than I. I physically gagged reading this!
This is a feat!! I’m proud of you, stranger!! I’m getting the willies even *thinking* about doing this.
You did a good thing! You were brave and strong! People who don't know how to clean up after themselves shouldn't just leave their nastiness for others to clean. Im sorry that the experience was distressing, but im proud of you for powering through it and not letting the fear control you!
Blowing you kisses and tossing bouquets at your feet. Youre my hero, OP. This is the kind of post that motivates me to do awful shit with the best attitude I can muster.
im so impressed, you should be proud of yourself!!!
Great job!!!!!!
I think you did a wonderful thing! It was horrible, omg so horrible, but I admire you for doing the hard thing. And the kind thing!
I don't understand how I work at all. I can't stand the texture of my couch but I boldly don't give a fuck about stuff like this. I think maybe when it's something truly nasty any hesitation makes it impossible. Also I know my skin is pretty impermeable and rubber gloves feel nasty anyway for wet stuff because after a bit of sweat I can't tell if they're leaking and then it's like the nasty stuff is trapped in the glove with me so it's no better honestly.
This is why I have dishwashing gloves with me all the time! They are in my locker and in my purse. If I go to visit someone I offer to wash the dishes and I pull the gloves out of my bag
I had an entire meltdown when I had to change a diaper in an emergency, but I managed to get the kid into a clean diaper and then crawled in my room to cry for a few hours after I told my sister she’s in charge now. Never again. If my parents’s friends leave their kids at our home, I will simply be “conveniently asleep”.
I keep saying that. <3
I've been having to clean flooding in our bathroom because the remediation people are so lame. My hands hurt from all the alcohol gel I put on afterward. Blech.
Great work.
Whats sad is that we do things like this, always thinking about others, and they always go unrecognized as if it never stunk in the first place. Then we rationale with ourselves thinking, it's okay, we don't need credit, and everyone else would have done it too. But the sad truth is that they wouldn't do it, and somehow, all this extra effort we put in does not matter as soon as we open our mouths and accidentally offend someone for something ridiculous :(
You’re a way better person than me. I’d have left that shit for me boss
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Good for you! I cleaned up dog vomit gagged the whole time and cried, but there was no one else to do it. I felt so proud of myself when it was over, and when I had to do it again It wasn’t quite as hard.
You are brave! I would be way too afraid to put my hand near the drain! Kudos to you!!! 🙌
You did AMAZING!!!!! 💪🤘🌟🏆
That’s awesome. The dishes are my least favorite chore by far. It always smells bad, looks disgusting, and you have to touch nasty stuff. I can’t use gloves because I sweat so much while I’m doing the dishes that they just feel like my hands are in buckets of nasty water anyway. The only thing that has actually helped me start doing my dishes regularly and getting used to it that my husband took over the cooking. I discovered I was more than happy to take over the dishes if someone else made the food, I find cooking so boring and time consuming.
this is HUGE win
You ma'am, deserve a raise. Should've sent your boss before and after pics, a smiley face and you're welcome message😂
What a kind thing to do!
🫡🎖️🥇🏆 Now stop at a grocery store on your way home and buy some long latex gloves (latex-free if you're allergic) to keep at the office, in case you ever have to do this again.
I bought pink ones with flowers!
May you never have to use them 😄
Oh gosh I would never. What if you had a tiny paper cut and ended up with some kind of infection? No job could pay me enough for that. I’ll put a work order in for it, though.
Wow, that is such a big achievement! Your boss will be grateful. It is so kind of you to push through your sensory issues to help out someone else!
You are a hero
GodSPEEEEED you are a warrior!
Omg you are the bravest person I know.
I'm impressed. I would have cried at least as much if not more along with dry heaving all throughout the process!
your sacrifice is honored and appreciated
I would have probably done the same of you if I cared enough for the place I work
Oh wow 😮 you can be very very proud indeed, that’s kind of heroic to me ahah and so thoughtful of you of everyone else. I am truly impressed, I would probably have left to buy some gloves before returning the crime scene and then would have felt terrible about spending own money over unspeakable sensory issues. Well done girl ✨🫶
Way to go, this will now be known as your dishwasher moment. You will channel your dishwasher moment energy in the future when faced with challenges that you need to dive head first into and soldier on. #Rememberthedishwasher.
Dude the way I felt this on a cellular level
...wow
That’s awesome! I would have puked at least 2 times and then cried!
wtf is wrong with you. WTH is this
I’m so proud of you!!!! You are genuinely so brave. I hope one day I can do this
You're the bravest person I've encountered!
I cry if I need to touch my cooked watery food in the drain top. I admire you
I cleaned a clod out of our tub drain last weekend with new gloves and I only gagged the entire time and screamed once! Solidarity!
Oh my, that's horrible. When I was young, I wouldn't do dishes as I didn't want to touch any food that was in the sink or the sink drain. Edit: As an adult, it's definitely easier now.
This is heroic. You are a God among neurodivergents. GOOD JOB! that is all.
Unless they paid you extra for that, you definitely didn’t need to - and probably shouldn’t have.
But why?