Kitchen Pet Peeves

My biggest kitchen pet peeve is having the cupboards left open.  I don't know why this is my biggest pet peeve related to the kitchen.  Why not the clean dishes being left in the dishwasher?  Or dirty dishes left in the sink??  Dirty dishes left in the sink can be really gross.  And the longer they sit there, the less you want to touch them because they only get nastier with time.  But you know deep down they won't clean themselves, you are going to have to get in there and scrub 'em down eventually.  You know it's in your best interest to clean them sooner rather than later... Anyway.  What about dirty pots and pans from a meal being left on the stove?  Or food left out?  Or spills left untended?  Or crumbs being swept on the floor?

All these things are gross or annoying or both.  So why is the cupboards at the top of my list?  Well, I believe it's because when I see cupboards left open my first thought is "How hard is it to close the cupboard???"  Really.  How hard is it?  Not very.  How much time does it really take you do to just push it closed?  Not long.  Can do it while walking through the kitchen even.  Don't even have to stop.  So to me it seems rather silly not to have your cupboards closed when you aren't actively putting something in it or taking something out.

The other things I listed before... dirty dishes piling up in the sink, clean dishes left in the dishwasher, dirty pots and pans on the stove, etc.  Those are all unfavorable things which I also dislike.  However!  I am a busy woman.  And these items take time.  You have to stop and make a real point to address these items.  While none of them are really difficult in the least to care to, the time can be problematic for some such as myself.  So I can forgive these items since I find myself in the position where these things happen, much to my dismay.

The cupboards though.  Again, you can do those without any real effort.  So it just boggles my mind when people don't care if cupboards are left open or actually PREFER they are left open.  Not that I'm judging.  To each their own.  I actually had a friend when I was in high school show me his kitchen (well his parents' kitchen, but whatever) and specifically tell me "Do not close the cupboards.  I like them to be open."  Strange to me, but enjoyed by him.  It took all my willpower not close the cupboards in his kitchen.  Again... to each their own.  But try that in my kitchen and we'll be having a talk.