Reading below about knife-fork-spoon
I am currently locked into a battle of wills with one (or more) of my housemates. Our cutlery tray doesn't quite fit in the drawer, meaning there's either a gap at the front or the back. Whenever I do the washing up or unload the dishwasher, I put all the cutlery away in the tray and all the "extra" items like the can opener, garlic press and pizza slicer at the back of the drawer - my logic being that nine times out of ten whenever I open that drawer I am wanting a knife, spoon or fork. It's handy having them right in front of you. Now one (or more) of my housemates seems to think that the pizza slicer etc. should be at the front of the drawer and all the cutlery at the back, so I'll open the drawer to find that they've moved everything...To which the only response is for me to move it all back again.

This has been going on for about 8 months now, with no signs of abating.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 9:00, 15 replies)

Sorry. I'm with your housemate on this one.
By putting unusally-shaped objects behind the cutley tray you run the risk of getting them stuck in the drawer.
( Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 9:21, closed)

there's plenty of clearance
no danger of that
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 10:39, closed)

also:
we have a fucking utensils drawer just one drawer down
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 10:41, closed)

and three empty drawers below that

( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 10:42, closed)

Aah-
In that case, you are both in the wrong!
The top drawer should only contain cutley in the cutley tray.
I myself have a pot for all the awkwardly shaped/oversized utensils.
( Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 10:46, closed)

Fucking utensils?
Dildos, vibrators etc?
( idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Mon 5 Jul 2010, 17:41, closed)

And if you've made a point of it...
they're rightfully going to keep doing it.
(viciousal, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 10:15, closed)

nothing has ever been said
the contents of the drawers just re-arrange themselves when no-one's looking
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 10:40, closed)

Nail it shut
Nail the fucker shut and run some big screws in for good measure.
(AndyC4m Eject Eject [><], Mon 5 Jul 2010, 10:16, closed)

I have considered, in recent weeks
just throwing the offending items away

despite the fact that we need them
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 10:40, closed)

K, so ur wrong here.
The logic is this:
you know where to find the knives/spoons/forks etc because they are in the top drawer where they live and there are tentytwelve of each, so you put the other items in front where you can see them. That way, you can tell straight away if the can opener/garlic press/pizza slicer is in the top drawer and not have to hunt around for it in other obscure places. like the the second or third drawer, or the dish washer, or the workbench, or the pantry or behind the sofa and everywhere else these things seem to end up.
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 12:00, closed)

No, you're wrong
When I open the cutlery drawer, as I said above, 9 times out of 10 I want cutlery. I want to be able to reach in, and extract cutlery without having to hunt around at the back for it. On the rare occasions that I want a can opener or pizza slicer, I don't mind having to rummage a bit for it, but when I want a fucking fork, I want to open the drawer and, lo and behold, there's my fork.

Why this is difficult to understand is beyond me.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 14:41, closed)

and it makes me so angry....
I guess forks and knives and spoons are more important to you than delicious garlicy pizza slices straight from the can. And that is just wrong.
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 11:32, closed)

I have had a similar....
...issue with the missus. She appears to practice the First Available Space method of storage, which has led to bags of pasta in with the alcohol, pan lids in with the plates, and recently, ramekins in with the million spare carrier bags and bits of food processor we don't know how to use. What a cunt, eh?

The obvious answer here is to go out and buy a slightly bigger cutlery tray, leaving no room for the offending extra items. Putting them at the back sounds like a pain.

Failing that, glue a comedy sized piece of hardwood (say, 3 feet long), to each of the extra items, ensuring that they no longer fit in the drawer, or even possibly the kitchen.
(NoveltyCondomHead Clanks Wams., Mon 5 Jul 2010, 12:39, closed)

I like your thinking.

( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 14:42, closed)