walking into the kitchen and seeing that you left multiple cabinet doors open (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 months ago by janus2@lemmy.zip to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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i hate when i do this but i ALWAYS DO IT

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[-] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 14 points 3 months ago

Remove cabinet doors and have open shelves.

Can't leave doors open if there are no doors.

[-] 18107@aussie.zone 7 points 3 months ago

If you have money, slow self-closing doors.

[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago

counterpoint: mom would kill me

[-] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago

I kind of like that idea.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Apartment rules forbid that. Unless you own your own home..

[-] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 months ago

Apartment don't care about what they don't know... so long as you put them back up before the lease is over. I kept mine in the utility closet.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

We still await surprise inspections..

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 months ago

Those are (rightfully) illegal where I live. 48 hour notice, minimum.

[-] ButteryMonkey@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago

Counterpoint: cats.

I had to install cabinets in my open-shelf pantry because the cats kept making beds of my packages foods. They would probably love to curl up on my dinner plates.

[-] AddLemmus@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Another counterpoint is that some ADHD people, including myself, are not great on vacuuming and dusting. And that's on hard mode with open shelves. Need to pretty often clear them, dust the shelf, clean what was on it, put back.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I don't remember until my roommate does it, then I walk in and bust my head on the corner of one.

And then I remember, fuck it wasn't my roommate, I left it open myself 🤦‍♂️

[-] ButteryMonkey@piefed.social 4 points 3 months ago

I live alone and do this occasionally when I get distracted in the middle of a task like unloading the dishwasher. Otherwise it really doesn’t happen that much.

I actually don’t mind it because it’s a visual indicator that my task is incomplete, and a good reminder to finish it.

[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

When my wife and I first got together, she warned me that she has a tendency to absentmindedly leave cabinets open. I started to pay more attention, and it turns out I do the same thing and have always just passively closed any that I noticed were open.