Rabble Rousers

Diana · Senior Member

What would you do first?

Bionicgoat · Senior Member

wealth > family > friends > sex > job

but then I don't know if I agree with turning off the water = wealth... it's conservation and not wanting to waste thing which gets hammered into you when you live in a desert. I'd do the same thing as you though on the second part... pick up the baby and then go answer the door. clothes... ehhh **** 'em. they'll dry out again later. Phones I frigging hate so I'm not even so sure I'd check the caller ID until wayyy later and then maybe I will and maybe I won't call them back (deffinately won't if its work calling, I've got other **** to deal with wink

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-- Edited by Bionicgoat at 00:06, 2007-08-23

Bionicgoat · Senior Member

lol these **** make me realise that I never post without swearing at least once... hehe

anndelise · Senior Member

Depends on the baby's cry. Ear piercing shrieks get priority, or at the least a check in to see if the baby is safe. Dirty diaper or whining for bottle/toy/hug can wait a few minutes.

Open the door to see who it is. If it's someone I know, tell them to come in as I get the other stuff taken care of. If it's someone I don't know or not expecting, tell them "Sorry, bad timing" and shut the door in their face. Hurriedly turn the water off so it doesn't overfill the tub nor create a further messand why the hell was it running in the first place?? Quickly rip the cloths off the line and curse over any actual tearings. Dump the clothes on the floor/bed/couch of the area I usually do laundry at. Pick up the baby and check to see if the caller left a message. Then do whatever it was the baby was crying about.

I don't see shutting off the water as wealth, either. I just hate cleaning and if it overfilled it would create a mess that I'd have to clean up while my clothes get wrinkled and the baby makes yet another mess for me to clean up. Grrrr.

So, let's see, that's:
1/2Baby>Door>Water>Laundry>Baby>Phone
So
1/2Family>Friends/Relatives>Wealth>Sex????>Family>Career/Job

What the heck does bringing the clothes in from the rain have to do with Sex??

My interpretation:
Family Safety>Socializing>Avoiding Further Housework>Family Duty>Career/Job
:lol:

If someone else were there, such as a husband, I'd leave the Family Duty and Housework stuff (clothes) to him, and focus on Family Safety>Socializing via door>Mess Prevention from water>Socializing via phone

Mea · Veteran Member

Yea.. What has bringing in the clothes from the rain gotta do with sex... =\

Anyway,
Family>Sex>Wealth>Friends & relatives>Career & job

Because I wouldn't wanna do the laundry again. And it's bad to waste water. And baby is crying! Not good! Whoever is at the door, can wait. Phone? I can call back!

Bionicgoat · Senior Member

I couldn't ignore the door for some reason but I want to pick up the crying kid first just because who knows how long you're gunna be stuck at the door.

Mea · Veteran Member

Ya. I can't imagine ignoring the baby.

Bionicgoat · Senior Member

Oh I can imagine ignoring a baby... they do tend to cry alot and you can't always go in there or else it's like the baby is training you. You gotta learn to hear the urgency in the cries or something (I say even though I've never had a kid of my own). I'm just thinking how annoying it would be to have to answer the door and talk to somebody while the baby howls in the background. Besides if they were selling something or whatever I could give them a "sorry" look and kind of nod my head to the baby as I shooed them away. I can't just close the door on people without a reason I guess.

Diana · Senior Member

Bionicgoat wrote:

I couldn't ignore the door for some reason but I want to pick up the crying kid first just because who knows how long you're gunna be stuck at the door.

Kind of my thought - but like Ann, if it wasn't someone I wanted to talk to I'd just say, sorry, busy, and close the door, or walk past them to get the clothes off the line. If it was someone I knew, I'd ask them to help me with one of the things so I could get to the others.

When the phone rings, 99 out of 100 times it's a telemarketer, the other 1 time whoever it is would leave a message or I'd see them on my caller ID and be able to call back later.

As for what clothes on a line has to do with sex -- beats me, I have no idea where they came up with that one.

Elro · Senior Member

Baby-doorway-phone-water-clothes

Pretty accurate, except I'm not sure I value my family more than my friends. I definitely would value my descendants the most, but my parents and I are kind of distant when we're not in the same city.

Slacker Mom · Newbie

For me it's the same order as listed - baby, clothes, tap, door, phone

Babies are helpless and don't understand having to wait

I'd hate my clothes to get wet

Tap running is wasteful

I am not under any obligation to get the door but I'd get there after taking care of the other things

I have voice mail and don't always bother to answer the phone anyway.

Underground Boy · Senior Member

I'd be the same as Elro:
Family > Friends & Relatives > Career & Job > Wealth > Sex

The baby would have to come first, because anything could have happened to it, and the baby can't look after itself, like the people calling can, and your other concerns only affect you.

Then, I'd answer the door quickly, invite the person in etc. then answer the phone - it makes sense, because the person on the phone might be important, and can't be answered with the line 'hi, I'll just be a moment...'.

Also, if you invite the friend in, they can deal with the running tap and the clothes (and also possibly the baby).

Turning the tap off before going outside to get the clothes makes sense, because it only takes a second, and is on the way out (unless its upstairs or something). The clothes can always dry later, without any extra cost - water doesn't cost too much, but it's a resource that should be preserved biggrin

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Interesting question - not sure of its significance.

Courage · Member

Tap water also has to do with environmental consciousness...

But I am conservative about my monies & lack there of, yes.

Diana · Senior Member

Good seeing you around, UDP.

Thunder · Member

If the tap is closer, turn off tap first (because it only takes a second) and get baby.

If baby is closer, pick up baby and conventiently wander to the tap while comforting and turn off the tap.

If it's important, the caller at the phone or door will try again later. Clothes can be taken to the dryer later.

(I really don't see what the clothes have to do with sex? If anything I think it would be opposite... not having clothes available would make sex easier, less time undressing if you're not wearing anything in the first place)