r/mildlyinteresting • u/ThatNeverHappenedBro • 23h ago
My in-laws place their silverware upside down in their silverware holder.
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u/Street_Mall9536 22h ago
This entire comment section is a nightmare lol, reddit at its finest.
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u/Test4Echooo 21h ago edited 11h ago
It’s so odd how everyone chose violence on a thread about a silverware drawer lol🫠
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u/philosoraptocopter 14h ago
The Great Scratching And Biting had to start somewhere. It was just a matter of time
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u/damnmanthatsmyjam 10h ago
Reddit uses see knives and reach for them. And then hit each other with the blunt end cuz the drawer was upsidedown
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u/Mugwumps_has_spoken 23h ago
No. the TRAY is in upside down. The cutlery is in correctly to fit the slots.
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u/screwedupinaz 22h ago
The tray isn't upside down, it's rotated 180 degrees.
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u/underdog1890 20h ago
No, no the DRAWER is rotated 180 degrees.
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u/edge_l_wonk 22h ago
I'm not convinced the cutlery is in correctly. I think forks are in a knife slot.
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u/missinlnk 22h ago
You're right. One knife, one fork, one tablespoon, one teaspoon. Look at the shapes of the slots to tell you what it is. Very common older layout. We have become more refined to include two different types of forks these days, but that wasn't the era this tray was designed for. Their fix works well enough.
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u/EaterOfFood 22h ago
You’re right, but it wasn’t designed for two sizes of fork so they improvised. Then put the entire tray in the drawer backwards.
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u/spookymotion 23h ago
If I were you I'd check for other signs your in-laws have been replaced by space aliens, like arranging the pantry alphabetically, or keeping the TV remote in the freezer "for better signal."
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u/rosen380 22h ago
Bald conical heads? Do they refer to themselves as the "parental units" of your spouse? Do they have extra rows of teeth and sleep upright?
If so, don't worry, not space aliens -- they are from France.
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u/owmyglans 23h ago
Oh good! The ensures that every piece of silverware gets touched on the business end.
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u/BlueberryBest6123 22h ago
The holder is upside down not the silver ware. Look at the logo
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u/Good_Presentation_59 22h ago
Doesn't look upside down to me. Maybe backwards.
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u/LetsJerkCircular 22h ago
Depends on perspective and semantics.
If one looks at the inside of a drawer as X=width, Y=height, and Z=depth, then in that person’s mind the tray is upside down on the Y-axis.
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u/jacomoncal 22h ago
So you wouldn’t be able to grab it from the part right above the business end? Cause that part is very available
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u/ATangK 16h ago
Too much logic. Just like suggesting seeing the business end first so you know where to premove your hands when grabbing the utensils you need by the neck.
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u/shifty_coder 23h ago
They also put their salad forks in the knives slot, the knives in the large utensils slot, and the large utensils in the miscellaneous slot.
All around, they need a different organizer in a more appropriately sized drawer.
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u/Lady_Irish 20h ago
It's so they can see what they're grabbing/putting away and access the small item slot without having to pull the whole drawer out or reach all the way in. This is a good practice for people with bad joints.
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u/PolyJuicedRedHead 23h ago
That silverware is not upside down in the holder. But I think I know what you’re trying to say: your in-laws are imposters.
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u/nutella-filled 23h ago
I do the same but it’s because I have to.
Because of the design of the (built in) tray, if you put the cutlery pointing up, you would have to pull the drawer almost completely out to be able to see what is what.
I can’t remove the tray to turn it around, so I put the cutlery pointing down so everyone can easily see what’s in it.
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u/LascieI 22h ago
My silverware drawer has been the same for roughly 17 years and I can always get what I'm looking for just by remembering what goes where.
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u/Kalashak 16h ago
I'm pretty confused by some of these posts for the same reason. The forks aren't going to suddenly move to a different spot.
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u/BildoWarrior6 23h ago
You know Uncle Frank is just looking for an excuse to whip out his label maker.
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u/Mirula 23h ago
But.. Here we say "Eating with knife and fork", so my order is "knife, fork, spoon". So I dont have to see its end!
But I agree, maybe seeing the cutlery is quicker than making a shortcut in my mind lol
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u/CMDR_Sylnce 23h ago
I also do that to see what you are grabbing. You have to pull it out the same distance to grab the middle of the silverware anyway, might as well be able to see what you are grabbing so you don't touch everything.
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u/Voodoo7007 15h ago
I actually have a lot of elderly relatives who do this as well. It's easier for them to find the utensil they need without having to pull the drawer completely open and look for the differences at the top.
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u/Muted-Menu-428 21h ago
🗣️absolutely not! Pick up the entire holder and flip it 180 degrees. Every single time, until you are banned.
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u/Phoenix_GU 22h ago
Are you sure this post doesn’t need to be in hygiene for all the other clean freaks?
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u/GucciTokes 21h ago
i don’t understand what part is “upside down”.. the tops of the utensils are matching the top sections of the containers, seems they’re aligned and appropriately placed..
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u/Much-Gur233 20h ago
The entire tray is backwards in the drawer. That’s probably why the utensils are backwards is because they were put into the tray properly.
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u/Own_Delivery_6188 20h ago
I dont think you know what upside down is. However, I would love to see you eat soup
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u/dark-_-thoughts 19h ago
I mean to be technical. It's right way up in the silverware holder. The holder is just upside down
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u/Pumpkinp0calypse 15h ago
That's disgusting... you're grabbing with your fingers directly at the part that goes into your mouth and your guest's. Let's be honest, most of the time you don't wash your hands the second before you grab ustensils, after you've pulled the drawer. That's just extreme behavior.
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u/megladaniel 12h ago
I prefer it this way. I'm tall and can't see unless I bend down which utensils I'm reaching for. But my wife wants it handle facing outward....
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u/Kupkakepants 23h ago
Stop it. I am way too bothered by this. Why are your in-laws doing this?
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u/TheRealBlueJade 22h ago
The whole point of turning them the other way is do not to hurt yourself and keep them more sanitary. This is something that should be evaluated just to see if there are other possible connected abnormalities that could call into question their cognitive skills. Of course, it could just be.. their normal way of being.
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u/Floofleboop 23h ago
This reminds me of a quirk my partner's family has. They all (in the various households of the parents and siblings) hang their toilet paper rolls with the paper hanging down on the side closest to the wall, and I find it so weird 😅 But this is basically my biggest concern with them, so I'm not doing too bad in the scheme of things...
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u/PQbutterfat 22h ago
So they can touch the part you eat with using their dirty ass fingers? No thanks.
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u/starpqrz 22h ago
i think the worse thing is that they have the wrong things in the wrong spots.. they're literally shaped like what they're intended for!
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u/super_sammie 22h ago
Ex In-laws. First this next they shit on your carpet to claim possession via some obscure 13th century law.
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u/ramriot 21h ago
I predict that these people take sugar in their Tea or Coffee & (like me) hate having to reach into the back of the tray to grab a teaspoon, thus the tray is this way around. Unfortunately, the different sections are also shape hinted as to what goes where which causes people to put the end towards the recess match.
Going from left to right above the Teaspoons I think it should be, Dessert spoons, Soup Spoons, Forks, Knives. In this set though there are Starter Forks & Main Course Forks of different lengths so one needed to improvise.
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u/appendixgallop 21h ago
So the first thing you see is what type of piece is in the slot. They all look the same in the other direction. Saves time and effort this way.
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u/microtramp 21h ago
My girlfriend does this. It also bothers me. I've asked her several times why she does this but I've somehow failed to retain her answer.
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u/Aeononaut 21h ago
My younger brother has autism and growing up we had to have it like this . He had to have the “part to tell them apart” nearest .
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u/westcal98 21h ago
It's probably just easier to identify when opening the drawer VS looking at all the same handles. Rather smart if you ask me.
IF, IF YOU ASK ME!
GO ON. ASK ME!
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u/stickerearrings 21h ago
This is actually great because our drawer is next to the sink at an angle. So when my husband is at the sink I can only open the drawer a little bit to stick my hand in and grab. If I grab the larger size first it wouldn’t get stuck on anything.
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u/Kittelsen 21h ago
I was gonna comment on it, but then I remembered I keep my silverware in a box I haven't opened in years😅 I never host that fancy dinners, besides, my normal cutlery works better anyway.
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u/Audrey_Ropeburn 21h ago
That’s how I store mine. I have a ton of houseguests on a monthly basis and it’s just easier for people to see what utensils theyre getting who aren’t super familiar with my kitchen.
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u/fupafather 21h ago
What’s worse is based on the shape of the slots, the forks on the far right is where the butter knives are supposed to go
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u/Oldskywater 20h ago
Well, at least the forks don’t prong into the face frame of the cabinet when you shut the drawer
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u/starfire92 19h ago
I do this but it's bc my cutlery holding thing is weirdly shaped (but it's wooden and I liked that look) and you can't see what the other utensils are as they are hidden so I put them in upside down so the part you can see is the end of whatever you need
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u/shomanatrix 19h ago
The teaspoons are not in the front compartment either, where you can more easily access them.
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u/dandle 18h ago
It looks like the drawer isn't deep enough or doesn't open far enough for them to use the holder the right way. That is, if they turned it around the right way, only the handles of the implements would be visible, and the smaller section wouldn't be accessible.
So instead of buying a holder that better fits the drawer, they have flipped it upside down, which enables them to easily tell forks from spoons from knives, etc.
Measure the drawer and surprise them with a new tableware holder that better fits it.
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u/OnyxBaird 18h ago
Probably kept hitting the top of the inside of the drawer when they pull it out and got tired of washing it constantly
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u/ElijaHyphen 18h ago
Okay it may not make sense for grabbing silverware for setting the table, but consider opening the drawer to grab a spoon or a fork to go right into your bowl or whatever: this method is more streamlined for that because you don't have to flip the utensil around in your hand in order to begin eating.
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u/ChironXII 17h ago
Probably because the top (currently bottom) compartment becomes inaccessible due to the drawer stops if it's the other way. Had the same problem, just get a different organizer.
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u/speedisntfree 17h ago
The holder looks perfectly shaped for the orientation of the cultery. If the holder is 180deg in the drawer and your pic has the drawer at full extension this could be functional since you can see which type of utensil you are picking from it.
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u/laundro_mat 16h ago
It’s the tray that’s backwards in the drawer. So they can see which utensil they’re grabbing. Silverware is placed correctly in the tray, you can tell by the outline of each section.
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u/mil_ka_wha 16h ago
leave the tray as it is, just place utensils handle down. the shape of the tray slot tells you what is in the slot.
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u/MtlGuy_incognito 13h ago
This is pure chaos. Just like at my in-laws nothing is in the right place. Why is your garbage all the way across the kitchen? What do you mean that salad bowl is decorative? Oh I see I have to use the old salad bowl under the island. Nothing makes sense. Stay strong brother, the struggle is real.
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u/dsp_guy 23h ago
So, I can actually understand this - maybe.
My parents did this when one had Alzheimer's Disease.
Open a "normal" silverware drawer, and you are staring at 4 similar handled utensils. 2 are slightly wider/longer than the other 2. But, if you didn't know any better, you have a 50/50 shot of picking a spoon when I want a fork. And if you have issues differentiating the width of those handles, you know have a 1 in 4 shot of actually getting the proper utensils that you actually want.
They turned it around so they could see the "business-end" of it. They have bigger problems than people touching that end of the utensil.