Which household chore are you so good at that you could be successfully employed doing it, if you wanted to?

For myself, I used to always say house cleaning. For years, I would spend every Saturday scrubbing the inside of my house, from top to bottom, all day — and, I really enjoyed it. More recently though, I haven’t had the time to do that (or even the energy).

Now, I would say laundry. I am really good at sorting, pre-treating, washing, folding and such. And, I stay on top of it almost daily. I could easily be the best worker at a laundry-mat, or maybe even run my own.

Organizing a closet and folding everything so it looks like a boutique.

Vacuuming, only because I like it. I would think everyone can do that well if they have to do it.

Cleaning bathrooms. I know products that work well to remove soap scum and stains. I wouldn’t want to do the job for other people very much though. I wouldn’t mind as long as the bathroom isn’t too disgusting and it’s just surface leaning.

I seriously thought about making a business to shine stainless steel sinks and remove scratches. Years ago a man did that to a sink of mine and it was like new! I don’t know what product he used. I would market it to realtors or anyone selling their house. I still think it’s a good idea.

That’s a great list of skills @JLeslie. I do color code my clothes on hangers by category, but my closet is far from resembling a boutique. That is impressive.

“I know products that work well to remove soap scum and stains.”

Ooh — I always struggle with my glass and metal shower stall. Whataya recommend?

Grocery shopping. Spam discovery. First aid. Interior organization.

Several that I actually have been paid for also:

Private Chef
Landscaping
Pool Cleaning
Window Washing
Painting
Vacuuming
Ironing
Making the Bed

@cookieman If the shower doors have soap scum then Scrub Free is great. Don’t confuse it Soft Scrub, that is something else.

Scrub Free is a spray. Just spray it, wait 3 minutes, and wipe with a damp sponge. If you have thick soap scum you might have to do it twice to hit every area.

If it’s hard water stains I like Lemi Shine products. CLR works too, but I HATE the smell. I just stared using a product called Lime Away, jury is still out, I recently bought that spray. I have been using Lime Away toilet bowl cleaner and I think it’s working ok? I’ll know better in a month or two if I don’t get hard water stains building up.

@Forever_Free Will you marry me? :-)

Sitting in a cozy chair and reading a book!

Vacuuming. But it takes a exceptional vacuum like the one I have to do it. (Compact Electra)

Absolutely none. I have made a point of not being good at housework, so that I would never be called on to do that sort of thing.

to the comment about being good at making a bed – what is the advantage or benefit of making a bed?

@chyna you just want me to kill spiders.

^^ She wants you to cook too – as do I!

@janbb I’ll set a couple extra placesettings

That’s an interesting question.

I’m good at walking dogs, in that I take them to fun places where they can run off-leash, while keeping everybody safe.

I also (you’ll be happy to know) make pretty good chocolate chip cookies. I truly think I could sell them around here. Germans are so starved for soft cookies that they’ll pay almost three dollars for a single cookie at Starbucks or whatever. I could make a whole batch for that amount of money!

Either vacuuming or landscaping. I happen to actually enjoy both. :)

Just great cooking. I make everything from scratch when possible, and can or dry garden items for the pantry.
I put up several jars of dry-roasted sunflower seeds as my new project this year.

Repairs. Electrical, plumbing, drywall, carpentry, appliances, landscaping, roofing….etc
I can cook great as well.

Great answers everyone. Ya know, this got me thinking that if we started a Fluther commune, we’d do pretty well. ;^)

@cookieman I’d love to live that way before I die, even if it was just a year or so. My hippie aunts and uncles always told me how much I’ve missed out on, being such a capitalist and conformist. haha!

I’ll help walk all the jellies dogs in our commune with @longgone.

@chyna My husband and I will do guard duty and work the garden! He can grow anything.

I’m a baker and an artist! I can do both for the collective!

I’d be a great supervisor! >;^0

This commune is really coming together now. Such a diversely skilled bunch of Jellies.

@smudges Thank goodness, that job stinks haha!

We need a storyteller, musician and poet too! (That’s the best part in my imagination.)

@KNOWITALL Oh. Ummm….well I was kinda hoping it would get me out of doing anything. hehehe

@smudges Maybe camp counselor or sage?!

@JLeslie: I saw somewhere in a magazine once, they had a tip about cleaning the bathroom sink. After you clean it, rub it with car wax and it will shine and stay cleaner, longer. I wonder if it works for kitchen sinks too?

@KNOWITALL I’d be a good camp counselor- degree in psych and know the words to “Kumbaya”!

@smudges Meant to be! :D

@KNOWITALL I look forward to your garden goodies!!

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