Yes, I have a drawer like that. And yes, every family has this drawer.
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We've got 2
Yep, I have a 'random shit' drawer too
We have two of them.
Every family has this drawer.
Not to brag but I have two of these and a proper junk drawer.
Yes, I'm pretty sure everyone has a drawer like that. One thing I'm missing (unless I'm just not looking hard enough) is scissors.
Yep, this is a junk drawer at its nascent stage.
My mother got into the pampered chef selling bulldonkey when I was young, and despite the dozens of items we got from them, only four really stood out, and she still has three of them. The ice cream scoop (how hard is it to make a shaped chunk of metal, after all), the kitchen shears (which were actually good quality), the slap-chop before there was a slap-chop brand (the one that is now missing/broken), and the kitchen organizer thing for the countertop: pic related. It was great for the longer shaped things, like some of what you have in the drawer. If the drawer bothers you that much, consider something that goes on the countertop or on the wall (or even a hanging pot organizer, which I love above a kitchen island.
What is the green thing with the white blades?
When my daughter was 4, she named it the “Don’t know where go drawer” and that’s how we’ve referred to it since.
I also have a man drawer.
Not in my house: We have like, 4 or 5 of that drawer. Between me and my wife we have a shitload of kitchen gadgets and accessories.
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.
This guy knows what he's talking about
Don't forget tangled wired headphones, rubber bands, a single battery, loose change, and unevenly folded napkins you'll never use!
To say what others have said in a different way. Yes, in almost any categorisation system, you're gonna need to deal with some misc haha.
Where else could these things possibly go? (minus the scales, which in my opinion belong on some flat surface in a cupboard of countertop somewhere, since I use my scales all the time)
We have one of these drawers at home, also. I think your wife is right on this one friend.
Yeah it's a thing. I've made wood box type things to separate the drawer out and try to keep it slightly organised.
I have three small awkward necessary crap drawers, and my apple slicer doesn't fit into them. But my kitchen is so small, I call in the galley (facetiously, it's not actually on a boat).
A messy drawer? There should be at least two: one for the kitchen and one for general.
I am ridiculously organized and clean. I do that 5 minutes of swift pickup/wipe a few times each day.
That said, still have this drawer. There is always a collection of items that don't seem to go "together" but they're always used. That's what this drawer is for.
I don't get the stock picture though. It's an obvious arrangement of tools that haven't even been used.
If you already have a maxed out sharps drawer, then you probably don't actually need any of the knives in this drawer. Like how often do you actually use the pizza cutter? I just cut pizza with a chef knife. Or the egg cutter? How often is that used? Sometimes the answer is to go through all your drawers and see what can be tossed to make space for the things you actually do use.
Why is it on the top. It should be second or third.
Aaaah, the "As seen on TV"+drawer! Yes we have that one.
Yes, all homes have this drawer. Only way to get rid of it is to move. Just leave it all behind.
We all have one . Mines right next to the oven so I have quick access to various things I use
We do not have that drawer. My kitchen is tiny and only has 2 drawers. As a result, our entire apartment is a mess
I also don't have that drawer, but I have a box next to the toolbox labeled "useful crap that aren't tools"
I do not have that drawer. Mine is at least twice as full.
Sorry to say, your wife is right. Sorry to say, even if she is wrong she is right.
We have this drawer. Full of kitchen utensils that don't fit nicely into other drawers.
My parents did not have this drawer. Or at least, not nearly to this extent. Idk how they did it with a smaller kitchen than we have.
I have to sat that the additional of a scale to that drawer is a wild choice
Dear OP, the only odd thing about your drawer is that your garlic press in in there (unless this is your backup garlic press of course). In our household, we have it in the main cutlery drawer.
BTW, we have several such drawers spread out over our home: one in the kitchen, one in the living room, one in the home office and several in the garage.
Found the dad.
We have like 3 junk drawers. The get filled with so much shit that we don't know what to do with that we just find another drawer
Every family has a junk drawer. Just accept it and move on in your life.
It's called a junk drawer and as far as I am aware it's an inevitability. However, I will say it's odd that you have utensils in there. Most junk drawers I've encountered are filled with random crap that rarely if ever gets used.
Mine is definitely not a junk drawer since it contains things I regularly use and are all food or cooking related. I do also have a junk drawer.
This isn't a junk drawer, this is something different.
Every family has a misc. drawer. Staplers, pens, rubber bands, paper clips. Lots of office supplies usually but it often will broaden out to all kinds of random crap.
That one is not exactly what I’d expect in the misc drawer but it’s not totally out of bounds?
I by myself only have a single drawer(don't need/have more) but for my parents this is devinetively true. They have one for metal pieces, one for plastic pieces and one for cutlery. The fourth drawer is for all the stuff that isn't really needed that often or simply to big to be put into one of the other drawers.
The problem is not the organization or lack thereof, the problem is that someone in your household buys too many niche specialized single-purpose kitchen tools. Wtf is that thing with the green handle?
I try to donate any kitchen tool that I haven't used in a year or two.
Don't known, but that big green thing with the clamping white blades...do not put your dick in that.
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