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My wife says every family has this drawer. I do not believe every family has this drawer. Do you have this drawer? Do you know a good solution to this drawer?

We have a silverware drawer, organized, maxed out. A sharps drawer, organized, maxed out. Ziplocs, organized, maxed out. Bbq tools and oven mitts, organized, maxed out. But all this shit has no particular category so fuck me right. I gotta have an awkward necessary crap drawer. Maybe I should post all my drawers and crowdsource me some sense into my kitchen.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago

I have heard of people without a junk drawer.

Heard of.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 21 hours ago

Of course, the junk drawer.

I don't think I've ever been in a home without one.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 21 hours ago

Empty the drawer into a box. Whenever you use a box item, it goes into a drawer. After a year, donate the box

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago

Where is the ball of asparagus rubber bands?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 23 hours ago

At least one. Usually more.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago

I have multiple junk drawers. Like all of them.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Every family has that drawer

Every family... I have TWO of them

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

Who doesn't?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Yep, we have that drawer. Ours is much larger and much more full. My wife loves baking, which accounts for a lot of it - there's about 5 pie servers in there, for example, along with various spatulas of many sizes. There are also three ice cream scoops so the odds are good I'll have at least one that is clean when I need it. Lemon zester, spoons, all kinds of baking and cooking-related stuff. The rubber things you use to get stubborn jars open. I can't even think of what else is in there, but there's a lot.

This is separate from the drawer that has rarely-used knives (we have a knife block for the commonly used knives), cake decorating materials, and similar stuff.

And both of those are separate from the designated "junk drawer" that has random stuff like box cutters, can coozies, gift cards, coupons, etc.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We have 3 such drawers, one in the kitchen, one in a common area and one in the laundry room.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

Ah yes. The Doom Box.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah this is some privileged American problems I wish I had.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago

Solution: build a new cabinet with a bunch of drawers and put one item in each drawer

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Pretty much every house i cooked at i found an equivalent of this drawer, even when they did other things differently. Maybe with the exception of my girlfriend, she's freakishly organized, but she has one massive drawer that includes silverware where somehow all the weird crap fits and it's organized,

Edit: I lied, I looked at her drawer again today, she has a subsection for random cluttered shit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

Thanks, I hate it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Our catch-all drawer has screwdrivers, pliers and enough other tools to rebuild an engine, plus office supplies.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes, I have the where-does-this-thing-go drawer, for food prep items that don't fit elsewhere, and also the junk drawer which includes things like

  • Lighter
  • Weird long plyers
  • Twine
  • Self-fusing rubber tape
  • Random rubber bands
  • Twist ties that came with electronics
  • A random assortment of sharpies in various states of abuse
  • A weird scissor thing with a blade at 90° to a flat piece of steel
  • Random Lego pieces
  • Batteries that are good but not in packaging
  • Hearing aid batteries (noone in our house has hearing aids)
  • A single 12"x18" piece of Scotch Brite
  • Matches
  • A pencil with the tip broken off
  • A pair of 1/2" Cast iron pipe 90° fittings
  • A key for a car that nobody can ID
  • The manual for the microwave
  • A bunch of pennies
  • ~~Coupons for McRibs that are expired~~ gone thanks for this thread
  • ~~Our home insurance policy~~ nope, 3y out of date
  • A replacement impeller for the fish tank
  • An iPod charger (FireWire)
  • An iPhone charger (usb)
  • 2 sets of analog headphones
  • A dishwasher cleaning tablet

So...there you go.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Use the dishwasher cleaning tablet then cross it off the list too!

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

I honestly have multiple drawers like it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

I have accessory drawers, but they have organizers in them and I never put sharp things just randomly strewn i n a drawer. I have some baskets with random stuff in them for like extra cotton balls, the other of a 2 pack of soap, and stuff like that which could be considered "junk drawers", but none of it is junk really. And I do have in my basement workbench a drawer that has random leftover parts from projects like screen spline, insulation spools, etc. That could definitely be called a junk drawer, but non of that is dangerous to reach in and grab, nor will any of the items damage each other when fumbling through them.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 day ago

Every family has this drawer.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago

Yours is actually much cleaner, but you cannot escape the drawer. We are all the drawer. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago

Your wife is right mate, this drawer is what makes a house a home.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I sort of have 3 variations of this drawer. One is fully named “the junk drawer” and contains things like rubber bands, batteries, scissors, garden snips, things that are sort of odd one out in other spots, but I feel are still relevant to my kitchen. Then I have one that is this but specifically things used on the stove and for mixing. So that puts spatulas, whisks, and such into their own mess. Finally is the “kitchen gadgets” drawer which looks very similar to yours. No organizer tray because everything is odd shapes, but also honestly sees little enough use I don’t really mind digging through it.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Everyone has this drawer, but this one is too organized. It appears to be 100% kitchen tools. You need to add a deck of playing cards, a bunch of soy sauce packets, a few half-used books of matches, a few take-out menus, and some loose keys in order to do this drawer properly.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Every family has at least one packing drawer of course!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago

Every house has one.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes, every family has this drawer, and every family also has a member who despises this drawer and fruitlessly reorganizes, labels and makes it easy for everyone else but it takes one load of dishes and…

What were we talking about again. Oh yeah, that’s normal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I have one of the drawers and I'd consider myself organized. I try to keep it organized with one of these rather large Ikea Stodja drawer organizers. I used to use silverware organizers but stumbled upon this thing, 14"x20". They come in other shapes and sizes too but is a lot handier than using a regular silverware organizer because the compartments are pretty large.

Pens and notepads/post-it notes in one, batteries and an Eneloop wall charger in another, hair ties/lip gloss/rubber bands in another, big compartment holds a roll of packing tape and various other tapes, and another slot has a couple pairs of scissors.

I'd recommend getting a larger organizer just so you can compartmentalize larger things together, something a silverware organizer usually can't accomplish

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

every family has this drawer. We have this drawer. The solution to having this drawer is having this drawer.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

You're lucky you only have one, and it's only a single layer deep

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

In reality you live in a junk drawer cozy. Just support the junk drawer and everything will probably be OK.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago

Not to brag but I have two of these and a proper junk drawer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

We don't have one like that. Though most of our kitchen is well organized in drawers.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

Yes, I have a drawer like that. And yes, every family has this drawer.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

my family has had 2 of these since the 90s and now i have 2 of my own.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Throw in birthday candles, rubber bands, and a few coins and you got yourself a proper junk drawer.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Yep, have one. Its perfectly organised, because those things always go back in that drawer so that's just where they go.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 days ago (19 children)

Remove the scale, electronics don't belong in the misc food prep and niche baking implements drawer. Once you do that you'll easily recognize it as the food prep and niche baking implements drawer. The scale goes on a shelf, or in a cabinet next to the mixer/food proc/salad spinner.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Only if you have extra drawer space to waste. Most beneficial would be to give a dedicated space to the scale

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Just to the left of the stove, and the goddamn potato masher always manages to wiggle its way to the top and block the drawer opening.

It’s also how some fruit is grown so leave the drawer ecosystem alone.

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