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how to deal with a cluttered house? (self.Blind)
submitted by BlindWizard
What are some recommendations for helping sighted family members Understand that the house can't be cluttered in order for me to navigate.
We're constantly dealing with things pulled out or left out and never put away as well as like trash and things left on counters when the trash can is right by a doorway. Everyone walks through multiple times a day as you leave and enter the kitchen. Does anybody have any tips helping people you live with? Understand that huge frustration to be tripping over. Things are putting your hand in trash or knocking over things that were left out. It seems like such a simple thing to throw something away when you're done with it or to put something away in its place when you're done with it, but it never seems to click.
On the plus side, they're at least some usable walkways and areas in the house that stay fairly clean, but there are areas that are pretty much off limits to me due to them being too cluttered or full of stuff. And earlier when trying to get the dog from chewing things I ended up kicking the dog dish because I tripped into things that were cluttered around the dining room table. It's just maddening at times knowing that there's parts of my home that I can't even navigate and then when I had to clean it up the broom was not where it belongs nor was the dustband and I had to have help knowing that I got it all swept up and I was made to feel like an asshole just for having to ask for help or getting upset that I'm tripping over stuff that shouldn't be there in the first place
We're constantly dealing with things pulled out or left out and never put away as well as like trash and things left on counters when the trash can is right by a doorway. Everyone walks through multiple times a day as you leave and enter the kitchen. Does anybody have any tips helping people you live with? Understand that huge frustration to be tripping over. Things are putting your hand in trash or knocking over things that were left out. It seems like such a simple thing to throw something away when you're done with it or to put something away in its place when you're done with it, but it never seems to click.
On the plus side, they're at least some usable walkways and areas in the house that stay fairly clean, but there are areas that are pretty much off limits to me due to them being too cluttered or full of stuff. And earlier when trying to get the dog from chewing things I ended up kicking the dog dish because I tripped into things that were cluttered around the dining room table. It's just maddening at times knowing that there's parts of my home that I can't even navigate and then when I had to clean it up the broom was not where it belongs nor was the dustband and I had to have help knowing that I got it all swept up and I was made to feel like an asshole just for having to ask for help or getting upset that I'm tripping over stuff that shouldn't be there in the first place
DrillInstructorJan 5 points 1y ago
This is the number one cause of awkwardness when we have people to stay and suchlike. It's not like I'm trying to cause friction but people tend to be really embarrassed when I've grabbed some apple peelings they've left out or something. I don't care, these things happen, and my biggest concern is their feeling bad about it.
I'm not sure there is a very good solution really. I need people to be tidier than most people are by default. The man I live with is totally used to it and we are often referred to as neat freaks by other people until they realise I really need it to be like that. If these are people you live with long term they need to get with the program. I would say it's not a lot to ask, but in a way it is... like I say most people are not as tidy as I really want them to be, but that's life. It isn't easy for anyone.
I'm not sure there is a very good solution really. I need people to be tidier than most people are by default. The man I live with is totally used to it and we are often referred to as neat freaks by other people until they realise I really need it to be like that. If these are people you live with long term they need to get with the program. I would say it's not a lot to ask, but in a way it is... like I say most people are not as tidy as I really want them to be, but that's life. It isn't easy for anyone.
Altie-McAltface 3 points 1y ago
I wish I could tell you. Everyone in my house has ADHD, so stuff gets left out after whoever was using it loses track of what they were doing.
BlindWizard [OP] 1 points 1y ago
I feel this so much
TechnicalPragmatist 2 points 1y ago
Talk to them about it that’s about it, reason with them.
I had a case of that. They came in to my room and recapped a bottle I had in here it was one of those you can drink out of with a straw. I am severely alergic and I had placed the lid on the table which was normal but I am quite alergic to dust. They capped it. I expected the thing to be opened and. I touched my lip to it and found the….. oh the lid.
I had a case of that. They came in to my room and recapped a bottle I had in here it was one of those you can drink out of with a straw. I am severely alergic and I had placed the lid on the table which was normal but I am quite alergic to dust. They capped it. I expected the thing to be opened and. I touched my lip to it and found the….. oh the lid.
Central_Control 1 points 1y ago
You might be able to reason with adults, but children are going to be a lot tougher to deal with. They just need parenting. Even sighted parents step on LEGOs, but you have a different specific need, and that need is valid. It sucks that's one more thing that you have to deal with.
There's no reason that you should be dealing with adults that do things like that. They should understand your basic needs, and no part of your house should ever be off limits to you because of habitual sloppiness. This is a valid need of yours and you have every right to make yourself heard about it.
There's no reason that you should be dealing with adults that do things like that. They should understand your basic needs, and no part of your house should ever be off limits to you because of habitual sloppiness. This is a valid need of yours and you have every right to make yourself heard about it.
Rhymershouse 1 points 1y ago
No solutions here, just commiseration because i swear if I find bags of garbage on the counter when I go to make coffee one more time… Or the shoes that hot left where the baby can chew them.
TechnicalPragmatist 0 points 1y ago
Baby chew shoes hahahaha! Interesting.
Rhymershouse 1 points 1y ago
He’s a year old so he chews on everything. Also they once left the back door open and he ran outsude. I had to chase him down.
TechnicalPragmatist 1 points 1y ago
Oh ouch no! That doesn’t sound fun!
And I see that doesn’t sound fun either chewing up everything. Usually it’s just toys or something but that’s interesting he eats everything or chews on them.
And I see that doesn’t sound fun either chewing up everything. Usually it’s just toys or something but that’s interesting he eats everything or chews on them.
Rhymershouse 1 points 1y ago
It’s because he’s teething right now. He was actively cutting a tooth that day. Usually he doesn’t chew everything.
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