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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] 1 points 1 minute ago* (last edited 1 minute ago)

Nobody has this drawer. They're all lying to you, it's some big in-joke like that reddit thread where that person was asking how to switch from Spanish to English and everybody replied in Spanish. You should stand your ground and tell your wi--I can't even joke about the level of gaslighting that would entail. Everybody has this drawer.

I'll be honest though, the scales are a poor fit and probably make it way more cramped. You can stand those up sideways at the edge of a cupboard or in whatever place that you keep cutting boards, because they're a similar shape.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 42 minutes ago

Exactly like in the picture

[–] [email protected] 4 points 47 minutes ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Yes. It's so common that it's been a well known joke in the UK for the last 16 years: The "Man" Drawer.

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

Wife is always right

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago

First thing I'd do is recycle that stupid plastic whatsit and the egg slicer that got used once.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

Not only do we have the "one", we each have one in our own space as well.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 hours ago

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

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

I see enough squish things tools to designate it the squishing drawer.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 hours ago

Every house has one.

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

I have an entire spare dresser that has nothing but these drawers

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 hours 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] 6 points 3 hours ago

My life is this drawer.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

I lack the space for a drawer like this, instead this exists as a plastic tub in the kitchen cabinet under the sink.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Every single organization system will fail. When we try to put things into categories, there will always be some things that don't fit. That is why every organization scheme needs a miscellaneous category. That seems to be the purpose of this drawer, and that's great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

I agree In my house we don't have so many drawers. Just 2 large ones and we've basically integrated the miscellaneous sections into the 2. Everything with a knowable home and commonly used in the up front dividers. All else in the rear dividers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I have a large silverware drawer with a silverware tray. The area around the silverware tray is that drawer though

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago

We've got 2

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago

Yep, I have a 'random shit' drawer too

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

We have two of them.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 5 hours ago

Every family has this drawer.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 hours ago

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

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

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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.

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

Was it the ice cream scoop with anti freeze in the handle to make scooping easier? My mom did all of those. Tupperware, pampered chef, and the basket one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

What is the green thing with the white blades?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It's a salad chopper, it seems. Put the lettuce in the bowl and use that thing to cut it up.

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

That’s kind of disappointing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

I would also like to know.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 7 hours ago (4 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

don't forget the used Twisties and batteries

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

Nah, that's the junk drawer. This one is all the random kitchen tools drawer. Ladles, can openers, spatulas, meat thermometers, wooden spoons, etc. this and the junk drawer are two different drawers

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

This guy knows what he's talking about

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago

Don't forget tangled wired headphones, rubber bands, a single battery, loose change, and unevenly folded napkins you'll never use!

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