I
happened to wake up in midnight for you-know-what and when I walked past
the kitchen I heard this conversation. I must say it was really creepy at
first. But I mustered up my courage and decided to overhear the talk.
“I
missed you”
“I
missed you too”
“You
can’t imagine my condition before you came into me. I used to be in a
dishevelled state. But once I met you everything changed. I am more presentable
now. I got a new meaning for myself. What would I be without you! Promise me
you will never leave me. I simply cannot live without you.”
“Oh
honey. I promise. Whatever happens I will stay with you till the last fibre of
PVC remains in me.”
“Oh
I love you!”
“I
love you too”
PVC? What? I gathered a little more courage
and peeped into the kitchen. I was stunned to discover that, this intimate
conversation was between the kitchen and the new trash bin I had bought. Looking
back I realized that I had lived in a house without a trash bin for the past 7
months and I must admit this - after getting this trash bin, my kitchen does
look a lot better!
So
I came with the following tips on the general etiquette for a house which have
to be followed by its inhabitants.
Tip
1 - Every house
MUST have a trash bin. This trash has to be brought out once a week or as
frequently as it demands. Do not wait for the stale smell from the trash.
Tip
2 - Clothes
cannot just lie around. Tip – Use the under-arm-smell-test (a very subjective test, but works well most of the times) for the shirts and
classify them as
To be washed
To be pressed
Can wait to be washed
Every
cloth must undergo this test. They cannot be abandoned on the floor or the sofa
or the bed or the window or the room doors. One fine morning when you are
running late already, you will realize that all your shirts have a repulsive
odour.
Tip
3 - Wash the
coffee cup immediately after you finish drinking your coffee. The longer you
leave the cup on the floor, the more difficult cleaning becomes.
Tip
4 - Vegetable
waste cannot be dumped down the drain. They clog the drain big time. They should
be disposed into the trash bin. (Refer Tip 1)
Tip
5 - If there is
a foul smell emanating from the kitchen, the source of the smell needs to be
found. The smell of garbage over time is not a bell shaped function; on the
contrary it is an exponential function from which there is no escape! (Refer tip 1
for garbage disposal)
Tip
6 - Cleaning
your house and arranging your stuff in an orderly manner does not make you
Monica or Sheldon. Besides, living in messy house is often frowned upon.
Happy
living! Loka samastha sukhino bavanthu!
