"am I being told off for: a) spilling the ketchup b) not noticing that I spilled the ketchup c) not cleaning up the ketchup that I spilled, or d) all of the above?" The thing about ADHD is we're so eminently gaslight-bait.
I hate that part of the day when I'm wondering if I'm actually awake or asleep. And then I check to see if I have pants on in case it's one of _those_ dreams.
Watching this makes me realize how the effects of my CPTSD at times override my ADHD. Cleanliness was a huge punishable offense as a kid. Not only did we need to be clean, BUT we had to clean the way our mother told us or else. I'm 45 and just now getting diagnosed with both. It has been an emotional 18-month discovering that I'm not purposely a fuck up, lazy, dumb undisciplined, intentional make bad choices, etc, etc, etc. I learn something new every day about myself and have to constantly remember to be kind and gentle with myself in the way that my parents should have been when I was growing up. Thank you for these videos.
16 years ahead of you for the same. My mother died when I was your age. I hadn't seen her for a decade. Went to her house during the funeral meet up. She was a trained chef. I'd helped her, aged 14, to clean inch thick grease off the walls (behind the fryers) in a kitchen she took over. For the last 2 years of her life she'd lived on sandwiches, according to my sister. Her kitchen walls were completely covered in a layer of grease runs and a large fruit bowl on the coffee table was full of cigarette butts and ash. Turned my perceptions/behaviour on its head. I clean when I need to now. I only keep things in their place so I can find them next time. It's hard to begin with, but being kind and gentle to yourself gets easier. Guarantee you won't become a sloven, you'll just lower to reasonable standards. Onwards and upwards.
I would have wet the paper towel down a bit bc the ketchup would stick to it better. It'd be more like a sponge and less work, ppt to use.. easy peasey.
@@Essential_lyNothing so many things apparently 😫😫 a few that I have been shocked by are •most people don’t have a narrator in their head constantly talking (literally don’t know how that’s possible) •on this channel the husband once said that he can just decide to take a shower and then go do it!! •and I guess most Nurotypicals don’t forget to eat.
@@Essential_lyNothing I KNOW!! I literally can’t believe it!! I might be misunderstanding people because to me it really feels Impossible but man I sure would like a mute button or at least a volume on that little fella every once in a while (especially when I’m trying to sleep) 😅
And she buries it in the towels like cat waste to hide it. I can smell this video and I’d be burying it in a bunch of towels too. Except I’d use a wipe only because ketchup is on the top of my stinky smells list with major aversion. I’ll use it hidden on a burger and then I never want to see it again unless it’s on the food itself.
That logic is classic divergent, if its good enough for pooh, lol. The first bit broke my heart, I know its only ketchup, but the amount of negative neuro training we receive, auto-pilot, Ive messed up again. The dont touch that, Ive got it moment, almost aggressive, we need to prove ourselves to the nth degree, let us have our moment to shine, even if its cleaning up ketchup or wiping our bum, lol.
Omg! I just pissed myself laughing!! 😂 I love you guys!!! And love your honesty!! ❤️🫶🥰 My adhd brain would love to see how Rich would clean that up now? 🙏 x
I would like to see that too. My technique is the twisty multi paper method too, that probably looks chaotic, but works. I would like to see how it is done by someone who doesn't use this method.
@@wolfiemom7648I can’t even touch dish cloths. I only use scrubbies with handles, So I’d be hiding it in towels I can toss. I so want to see how he does this
Ketchup has sugar in it, it will attract dirt & bugs… Also, you should be able to eat off a table if you had to. Her first instinct was to taste test the ketchup on the table not knowing how long it had been there or who left it there… but she’s okay dry wiping because it’s good enough for your “bum”. Unless you want to eat feces and get sick, please wipe the table down with an actual cleaner.
Absolutely. If I can wipe something up without leaving a sticky film, it's clean. But if the counter is left sticky, I scrub it until it could pass a hospital inspection. I do not like the sticky.
The logic at the end 😂 honestly can't argue with it. Except bidets are amazing...so using a wet wipe would be like using a bidet? I honestly do that scoop thing when cleaning and than adding a layer to the scooped towels 😅 I felt so seen
@@LG-Musique I am also ADHD (diagnosed when they were still using ADD because I have zero hyperactivity) and I'd sponge this up and dry with a towel, too much paper lost
"dry wiping is good enough for a human bum." oooooooomg hahaaa. (i'm adhd, but i would be grabbing out a sprayer. otherwise i'd keep feeling like there was ketchup there like i could smell it or feel it.)
Cleaning up an unexpected mess is really a test of your executive functioning right on the spot without warning. You have to figure out all the steps involved to clean up a mess, and right on the spot! Using LOADS of papertowel for everything is what I do, it's easier and less stressful.
Please can you do longer videos?? Youve honestly changed my life. My oldest is autistic (been trying since she was 4 n at 14 they finally agreed but with a lot of adhd traits) My 11 yr had adhd/ autism picked up on while seekng an OT & physical therapist for EDS (Both have sensory processing disorder) 7 years ago i asked my GP for a referral who basically said no, n why in my early 30s & what difference would it make. I knew then i had so many autistic traits but now the adhd info makes so much sense.... n the difference a disgnosis would make would be phenomenon... i dont care so much about the label. But i would finally be able to undrstand me without feeling like im broken & why no mendication has fixed me. I also believe it would improve my mental health immensely as i would understand ME!!! & could find the proper coping mechanisms, medication & also maybe id be able to fix my social problems & find a friend or two...not just people who use me coz i do everything for them to make them like me then im left wondering why ive no friends once ive served my purpose to them.
This video was so annoying, hahaha. I felt sorry you immediately thought you had left a pile of ketchup there 😞I was then frustrated by how chaotically Rox were wiping it up, getting new paper over and over 🙈 but at the same time I was annoyed by Rich interfering with the process, the point was to see how she would clean, so let her! And then I laughed at the "if it's good enough for poo, it's good enough for ketchup". So true! Especially because it was a smooth surface. If it was a different kind of surface I might've gotten a wet wipe, or just wet the paper towel a bit.
My method: - Put gloves on because I hate ketchup (the smell, the texture, the feel & especially the taste) - Remove the worst with paper towels, usually one with a sweeping curve motion that lifts up towards the end - Throw that paper towel in a food waste bag to tie up at the end of the task (my paper towels are compostable) - spritz the area with kitchen cleaner - use a damp cloth in circular motions to clean any residue or stickiness (cause ketchup is pretty much 50% sugar) - rinse cloth & wring out - final sweeps over counter - rinse cloth, wring out & hang over kitchen tap to dry - a final paper towel to move the excess water - place paper towel in waste bag & tie shut. Place bag in kitchen bin. - wash gloved hands with hand soap to clean them & hang over dish rack to dry. - wash hands with hand soap & dry
Plus: Washing the basin, Wiping of the water drops with the cloth, Wring out near the hole Lay it flat on the counter to dry Use dish towel to completely dry countertop and wash basin Hang out dish towel to dry Dry hands on hand towel
Literally same. I would 50/50 spray or use a Lysol wipe, though, after paper towels. I have lung issues that make sprays hard for me sometimes, so I use my spray as a last clean because it makes the counters able to have food on them. Most people don't know, but you do need a different cleaner for kitchen counters as otherwise it's a health hazard
Hmm. I'd scoop off most of it with a spoon or wide knife, then wipe with a washable wipe or sponge, and then use the paper towel to dry the surface. I'd also save/use most of it, at least the top part that never touched the table, because I hate wasting things.
Very intelligent these guys ! Their videos are brilliant .. and often funny, like ‘clever’ funny. I have no doubt they’re helping so many people understand their ADHD friends. I’ve had an ADHD mate for 6 years and he’s the most honest person I’ve ever known
My dad was very specific in how to clean things, and I get a lot of that from him, but my mom taught me to be frugal about the weirdest stuff. I would likely have scraped the ketchup off the counter with my hand, wash it off/wash my hands, then wet half a paper towel to do a wet wipe then use the dry end to finish.
For some reason this makes me over emotional. She’s cleaned it up beautifully, even smoothed it with her fingers to make sure it’s not sticky. And she gets asked if she’s not going to clean it MORE!!! I want to hug her sooo much and tell her it’s fine. (P.S. my son’s therapist thinks I have adhd/autism, just from her talking to me at parents’ evenings. After watching your videos I’ve worked out I definitely have more adhd traits than NT ones…)
@@dpayne1943 mostly vinegar and the way she scrubbed with that towel would remove most things. If in doubt, slightly dampen the last towel from the tap, not wet-wipes and sprays which are incredibly wasteful and bad for the environment.
Will attract flies for sure cause of the sweetness, will be over spraying with anti bac, but would use the paper towel so I didn’t have to wash the cloth after.
I think I tend to be the opposite...I always have to use a spray or a sponge soaked in Fairy Liquid (other brands are available), otherwise I feel like I haven't removed the "ghost" of the stain. The stickiness (real or imagined) haunts me. Another thought that occurred to me towards the end of the video - anyone who's ever had IBS -like symptoms knows that sometimes tissue isn't enough for some human bums! (Sorry for oversharing).
I would wet the paper towel because the dry paper towel feels and sounds would make my sensory cringe. Just watching and hearing the dry paper towel sound was hard on me! lol Gave me goosbumps. Like nails on a chalk board.
I so glad my adhder showed me these videos i had no idea wat she was going thru n me making it worst not knowing thank u u may have helped me save my relationship
I would wipe the whole area with wet wipe o_O .. but hey I grew with a mother who is autistic + OCD .. I have lots of her symptoms. that wouldn't be enough for me.
@@elliotgardner346 I am not diagnosed with OCD but I am an auADHD person. I do believe that is installed in me due to that. I just has to have it done a certain way or I am stuck and my whole day would be ruined.
Is that not 'normal'? That is exactly what I do!!! I just found your channel and have watched a few videos and can relate to 99% of everything in your videos and it is funny because I have been labelled by friends and family as having ADHD or just being weird, messy, forgetful, distracted, hyper focused etc etc for years (I am 50). Is clumsiness in there as well? p.s. I always have a load of laundry in the washer that I wash multiple times and I have a craft graveyard...🤔
I would honestly just use my one hand to wipe it of the counter and catch it with the other hand, walk up to the sink and dump it in. Then proceed to wash my hands and take a paper or two (because I haven't processed my fabric towels yet), make them a bit wet and wipe the rest.
Right?! I was expecting this! She cleaned it just as I would have, actually. Except I'd use a tea towel... and I'd have to rinse the tea towel, so I would wet the area because of the tea towel as part of the process. I think the issue here is the paper towels.
The hands is what I was expecting too tbh! Though it could depend on how I'm feeling sensory wise. The other way I could see myself doing it would be 1 folded paper towel to scoop it forward off the counter with my hand in a C shape behind it, and a 2nd folded over paper towel for it to land into. Toss both, fresh paper towel possible slightly damp+squished, and chuck that one too.
She touches the ketchup to see what it is but is repulsed about touching it while cleaning it up. Truthfully I was expecting her to wad all the paper towels on the counter, after cleaning it and then walk away. Growing up in an ADHD household that catch up would not have been cleaned up. The counters were never wiped down. I learned at a young age to make my food on a plate. I learned at an older age to clean the countertops after preparing food. Knowing all the steps to cleaning is a learned skill that especially those with ADHD often don't learn. Being yelled at for 'not doing it right' doesn't help.
I'm a bit OCD as well as ADHD. I would have cleaned it like that ,then I would have made an even bigger mess/mission by washing down the kitchen, just so I know that "it's been cleaned properly" ... 😂😂😂
I'd clean off the excess into something like newspaper (wr don't use single use cloths or wipes) and then a spritz of surface cleaner with a clean cloth. I have ADHD. Actually, I do much the same for bum wiping! I highly recommend Wype :)
These two are my husband and I. Down to the Phillips hue lights. I think ADHD often gives people an edgy vibe (we’ve been through the mill) so we’re pretty hard, although I like to think that we have hearts of gold! The difference is, I’m a guy, far from the stereotype though. My husband also isn’t, but he is down to Earth, has the patience of a saint and organised and is always… trying to turn on the big light! “No!”
This is EXACTLY how I’d do this too! 😅 the problem for me is… I often can’t find the paper towels, or have forgotten to buy them and have at times resorted to using my jumper… that comment though! Can’t argue with that logic! 😂😂
Ketchup has sugar. The counter will get sticky and may attract ants. I would also just swipe the ketchup into my hand then use a washcloth to wipe the counter after rinsing my hands.
LMAO! LOVE this channel! re that last bit: I've never understood why most ppl think it's good enough to clean that way. If it were on your face you wouldn't just grab some TP, wipe it off & go yup - done! Perhaps that's just me/my OCD talking tho
The way she put the paper towels over it like a mountain and then scooped it from the sides is exactly what I do for messes like this too. Especially cat throw up on the floor. 😅 but I do use a sanitizing wipe at the end. Countertop with ketchup I would probably use paper towel for the bulk so it doesn’t touch my hands then a wet washcloth for the last part and water and ketchup doesn’t seem like it needs any sanitizing. I just don’t want it to be sticky!
Me 2. I think of germs instantly and I have to spray and wipe at the end or I can continue with my life. For me maybe is a mom thing and dont want my kids sick not ocd.
... goes to find spray cleaner to make sure you do a good job, find a bottle something out of place and realize that if you don't put it away right now in its right place it won't be there when you really need it, so you go and put that away and then you see that, yes, there is a load of wet wash in the machine and that you really need to rewash it now because it's gotten a little mildewy, and then you see that you are out of fabric softener, so you have to get your phone to order online, which you think is really clever because now it will be delivered to the house instead of you taxing your memory to pick it up at the store, and then 15 minutes later, you're congratulating yourself on answering an email that popped in while you were ordering fabric softener and your husband is still sitting there in front of a pile of ketchup wondering what the hell happened to you.
The executive dysfunction really draws out a task, doesn't it? I don't know how I went 35 years without noticing that most other people don't handle things like you just described, but I certainly do.
I realized that I was little triggered by the fact that she put the napkin down because I had intense "not letting things out of my hands" rule and mentally going to throw it to the trash😂
I do similar to the first wipe she does, cover the top, come in from the sides, except I try to stick to as few sheets as possible, I'd be using the other side of the wad to get the remainder
I'd find a piece of cardboard or an open envelope, scrape it all up, and then wipe around a bit with a wet paper towel. I don't like smearing things. If it was something else, like oil, I'd probably do the wadding method, though. I also have cloth towels that work like paper towels that I might use and rinse a few times. Point is, I can't commit to one cleaning method.
😅 Just in case anyone wonders. I would have taken the cloth with which I clean all countertop, the stove and the kitchen sink itself...Whip that up with one or two motions, rinse that off in the sink. Now that the cloth is clean again, I would have gone over it once again. So no sticky residue is left. Rinse that cloth again. Done. Drys on its own 🙈 Another try is those kitchen tools for bakery. With a cloth you can shove the ketchup onto the tool and put it in the bin or down the sink/drain. And then repeat the other step I wrote in above. And it popped into my head, cos that wasn't just a tiny spill😅 It was a mess 😅
Oops, forgot to say: I am not diagnosed ADHD, but I wonder if I am. Cleaning "the right way" was something my mother used to mentally torture me and my siblings. So maybe I just do it differently now, cos of that trauma. Don't know. Maybe it's also just way to insane to expect a 9 years old to know how to clean a table efficiently and in a way that someone could do surgery on that table 😅
😂 exactly how I wipe down to the 2 worh most on then wrap wit another sheet wipe clean Wrap all and throw away If its not sticky like honey or stained it's fine 😂
Having to clean up that much ketchup would've been a sensory nightmare to me. Yes, I deeply feel for fast food restaurant employees. Also, I would've wet wiped and dried the surface after getting rid of ketchup, because 1) the mere thought of a sticky surface creeps me out and 2) bidet showers aka. bum guns are superior to using just toilet paper.
This is exactly how i do it but i also have ocd so id also use a lot of papertowls so i dont get my hand wet with the cleaner then wipe it with water then with more water then dry papertowls lol😂
For me, only if working with my kids and even though I don’t like my hands touching things like this, I’d scrape the ketchup with one hand into my other hand and then wash my hands. Then after washing my hands I’d wipe the counter with a clean damp paper towel. I think muscle memory and autopilot plays a big role in this.
True! Think i made a mess (again) - check Taste / smell it - check Do that that 'slide together and twist' motion - check Repeat multiple times with extra sheets of paper - check Swipe up all the wet/sticky paper balls that have made cute prints of said wet/sticky substance on the just cleaned surface - check Discover some time later that i somehow stuck my sleeve, hand, and or elbow into the wet /sticky substance - which is now on door handle, fridge door and (somehow) on my back - check
I totally wouldn't have sprayed it or wiped it either. If ketchup is safe at room temperature in a bottle, it's not gonna cause any cross contamination on a counter top. I've worked in many kitchens/restaurants, and most people wouldn't have sprayed or disinfected if they'd spilled ketchup in the middle of a rush. It sits on the table all day, unrefrigerated. The likelihood of spoilage or contamination is slim to none.
Her first reaction was not knowing if it was her fault that there was a pile of ketchup. I feel that so deeply.
This.
"am I being told off for:
a) spilling the ketchup
b) not noticing that I spilled the ketchup
c) not cleaning up the ketchup that I spilled, or
d) all of the above?"
The thing about ADHD is we're so eminently gaslight-bait.
I hate that part of the day when I'm wondering if I'm actually awake or asleep. And then I check to see if I have pants on in case it's one of _those_ dreams.
@@Jay-ql4gpI actually crawled into bed in my pants last night so that’s not a foolproof system.
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Watching this makes me realize how the effects of my CPTSD at times override my ADHD. Cleanliness was a huge punishable offense as a kid. Not only did we need to be clean, BUT we had to clean the way our mother told us or else. I'm 45 and just now getting diagnosed with both. It has been an emotional 18-month discovering that I'm not purposely a fuck up, lazy, dumb undisciplined, intentional make bad choices, etc, etc, etc. I learn something new every day about myself and have to constantly remember to be kind and gentle with myself in the way that my parents should have been when I was growing up. Thank you for these videos.
16 years ahead of you for the same. My mother died when I was your age. I hadn't seen her for a decade. Went to her house during the funeral meet up. She was a trained chef. I'd helped her, aged 14, to clean inch thick grease off the walls (behind the fryers) in a kitchen she took over. For the last 2 years of her life she'd lived on sandwiches, according to my sister. Her kitchen walls were completely covered in a layer of grease runs and a large fruit bowl on the coffee table was full of cigarette butts and ash. Turned my perceptions/behaviour on its head. I clean when I need to now. I only keep things in their place so I can find them next time.
It's hard to begin with, but being kind and gentle to yourself gets easier. Guarantee you won't become a sloven, you'll just lower to reasonable standards. Onwards and upwards.
As someone with ADHD I was confused thinking “yeah how else would you clean it up?” Paper towel wads forever!!!!
I would have wet the paper towel down a bit bc the ketchup would stick to it better. It'd be more like a sponge and less work, ppt to use.. easy peasey.
I'm confused. Wiping it up that way is not normal? What else isn't normal?
@@Essential_lyNothing so many things apparently 😫😫 a few that I have been shocked by are •most people don’t have a narrator in their head constantly talking (literally don’t know how that’s possible) •on this channel the husband once said that he can just decide to take a shower and then go do it!! •and I guess most Nurotypicals don’t forget to eat.
@@RJnottheraccoon No way... THE LACK OF THE NARRATOR?!
@@Essential_lyNothing I KNOW!! I literally can’t believe it!! I might be misunderstanding people because to me it really feels Impossible but man I sure would like a mute button or at least a volume on that little fella every once in a while (especially when I’m trying to sleep) 😅
She wipes something away like me, the twisting motion and chaotic way to do it... also using 4-5 pieces of paper, yeah...
Same! 🤣
But… that’s… how you do it?? You don’t want to smear it all over everywhere; that’s exactly what I would’ve done.
@@vegan_pragmatisam not really, I don't like the smell of thin-layered ketchup ^^'
And she buries it in the towels like cat waste to hide it. I can smell this video and I’d be burying it in a bunch of towels too. Except I’d use a wipe only because ketchup is on the top of my stinky smells list with major aversion. I’ll use it hidden on a burger and then I never want to see it again unless it’s on the food itself.
That’s how it’s done. Right?!?
That logic is classic divergent, if its good enough for pooh, lol.
The first bit broke my heart, I know its only ketchup, but the amount of negative neuro training we receive, auto-pilot, Ive messed up again.
The dont touch that, Ive got it moment, almost aggressive, we need to prove ourselves to the nth degree, let us have our moment to shine, even if its cleaning up ketchup or wiping our bum, lol.
Omg! I just pissed myself laughing!! 😂 I love you guys!!! And love your honesty!! ❤️🫶🥰
My adhd brain would love to see how Rich would clean that up now? 🙏 x
Yes Please!!!!
Like, is there a different way?
Love this except me the adhd partner would have grab the the semi nasty wet dish cloth ,while husband would have used 1/2 a roll of paper towels
I would like to see that too. My technique is the twisty multi paper method too, that probably looks chaotic, but works. I would like to see how it is done by someone who doesn't use this method.
@@wolfiemom7648I can’t even touch dish cloths. I only use scrubbies with handles, So I’d be hiding it in towels I can toss. I so want to see how he does this
Honestly dry wiping is good enough for ketchup
Yes, it’s good enough for a lot of things. We’re all still alive!
Out of all the relatable logics of ADHD, this was the most -- surface is no longer sticky and annoying, what exactly is the issue? XD
Nah. Cockroaches can still smell it.
Ketchup has sugar in it, it will attract dirt & bugs… Also, you should be able to eat off a table if you had to. Her first instinct was to taste test the ketchup on the table not knowing how long it had been there or who left it there… but she’s okay dry wiping because it’s good enough for your “bum”. Unless you want to eat feces and get sick, please wipe the table down with an actual cleaner.
omfg that last comment got me! the sarcasm is strong with this one!
You know what, as long as it’s not sticky, I feel like it’s fine!
Absolutely. If I can wipe something up without leaving a sticky film, it's clean. But if the counter is left sticky, I scrub it until it could pass a hospital inspection. I do not like the sticky.
The logic at the end 😂 honestly can't argue with it. Except bidets are amazing...so using a wet wipe would be like using a bidet?
I honestly do that scoop thing when cleaning and than adding a layer to the scooped towels 😅 I felt so seen
To whip is to beat or move fast, to wipe* means to clean by rubbing with a cloth
@@emilymulcahy the two always throw me and spelling is hard. Thanks
@@PhoenixVic21 we learn every day, I'm dyslexic so words sometimes do the same to me, you're fine, just letting you know 😃
Is that not a thing? How do you transport it to the bin without getting it on your hands if you don’t wrap it with the extra layer? 😂🤷♀️
@@LG-Musique I am also ADHD (diagnosed when they were still using ADD because I have zero hyperactivity) and I'd sponge this up and dry with a towel, too much paper lost
ADHD Love AND LOGIC. 🥰
"dry wiping is good enough for a human bum." oooooooomg hahaaa. (i'm adhd, but i would be grabbing out a sprayer. otherwise i'd keep feeling like there was ketchup there like i could smell it or feel it.)
It’s not. It’s not good enough for a human bum. Bidets all the way.
Cleaning up an unexpected mess is really a test of your executive functioning right on the spot without warning. You have to figure out all the steps involved to clean up a mess, and right on the spot!
Using LOADS of papertowel for everything is what I do, it's easier and less stressful.
This should've been an ad for bidets haha
I just kept nodding every time she did something, like, yeah that's EXACTLY what I'd do. 😂
Hilarious!!! I love this, especially her quote at the end. Priceless❤
She is so right. what else. Good job!
Please can you do longer videos?? Youve honestly changed my life. My oldest is autistic (been trying since she was 4 n at 14 they finally agreed but with a lot of adhd traits) My 11 yr had adhd/ autism picked up on while seekng an OT & physical therapist for EDS (Both have sensory processing disorder)
7 years ago i asked my GP for a referral who basically said no, n why in my early 30s & what difference would it make. I knew then i had so many autistic traits but now the adhd info makes so much sense.... n the difference a disgnosis would make would be phenomenon... i dont care so much about the label. But i would finally be able to undrstand me without feeling like im broken & why no mendication has fixed me. I also believe it would improve my mental health immensely as i would understand ME!!! & could find the proper coping mechanisms, medication & also maybe id be able to fix my social problems & find a friend or two...not just people who use me coz i do everything for them to make them like me then im left wondering why ive no friends once ive served my purpose to them.
I don't think I would have cleaned it that much differently 😂
Oh my word! I was with you every move saying to myself: "that's exactly how I would do it!!! 😮😂😂😂
Okay I just laughed out sooooo loud & genuinely!! I love your commentary in the end, Rox! And it’s so true too!! You’ve made my day!!! 🤣😀
Hahaha that last sentence!! Her reasoning is so great! Wonderful.
Holy crud, I could watch plenty more of these vids. It is interesting to see how other people go about tasks!
This is the realist channel 💯 I'm like how do they know about this I thought I was the only one. People would just say I'm weird 😂😂😂
Yes, wrapping it all up with the clean one at the end!! I do the exact same thing😂
omg someone who wipes up like me making those little parcels!
Now I want to know how it's supposed to be done.
Too many towels 😂
I absolutely love your interactions with one another. You two are so genuine and you are loved for it.
This video was so annoying, hahaha. I felt sorry you immediately thought you had left a pile of ketchup there 😞I was then frustrated by how chaotically Rox were wiping it up, getting new paper over and over 🙈 but at the same time I was annoyed by Rich interfering with the process, the point was to see how she would clean, so let her! And then I laughed at the "if it's good enough for poo, it's good enough for ketchup". So true! Especially because it was a smooth surface. If it was a different kind of surface I might've gotten a wet wipe, or just wet the paper towel a bit.
Its good enough for wiping up ketchup 😂❤
Also that's basically how I clean 😂
My method:
- Put gloves on because I hate ketchup (the smell, the texture, the feel & especially the taste)
- Remove the worst with paper towels, usually one with a sweeping curve motion that lifts up towards the end
- Throw that paper towel in a food waste bag to tie up at the end of the task (my paper towels are compostable)
- spritz the area with kitchen cleaner
- use a damp cloth in circular motions to clean any residue or stickiness (cause ketchup is pretty much 50% sugar)
- rinse cloth & wring out
- final sweeps over counter
- rinse cloth, wring out & hang over kitchen tap to dry
- a final paper towel to move the excess water
- place paper towel in waste bag & tie shut. Place bag in kitchen bin.
- wash gloved hands with hand soap to clean them & hang over dish rack to dry.
- wash hands with hand soap & dry
Plus:
Washing the basin,
Wiping of the water drops with the cloth,
Wring out near the hole
Lay it flat on the counter to dry
Use dish towel to completely dry countertop and wash basin
Hang out dish towel to dry
Dry hands on hand towel
Literally same. I would 50/50 spray or use a Lysol wipe, though, after paper towels. I have lung issues that make sprays hard for me sometimes, so I use my spray as a last clean because it makes the counters able to have food on them. Most people don't know, but you do need a different cleaner for kitchen counters as otherwise it's a health hazard
Rox you are such an ADHD icon lmao you're damn right 😂😂
Hmm. I'd scoop off most of it with a spoon or wide knife, then wipe with a washable wipe or sponge, and then use the paper towel to dry the surface.
I'd also save/use most of it, at least the top part that never touched the table, because I hate wasting things.
Very intelligent these guys ! Their videos are brilliant .. and often funny, like ‘clever’ funny.
I have no doubt they’re helping so many people understand their ADHD friends. I’ve had an ADHD mate for 6 years and he’s the most honest person I’ve ever known
My dad was very specific in how to clean things, and I get a lot of that from him, but my mom taught me to be frugal about the weirdest stuff. I would likely have scraped the ketchup off the counter with my hand, wash it off/wash my hands, then wet half a paper towel to do a wet wipe then use the dry end to finish.
For some reason this makes me over emotional. She’s cleaned it up beautifully, even smoothed it with her fingers to make sure it’s not sticky.
And she gets asked if she’s not going to clean it MORE!!!
I want to hug her sooo much and tell her it’s fine.
(P.S. my son’s therapist thinks I have adhd/autism, just from her talking to me at parents’ evenings. After watching your videos I’ve worked out I definitely have more adhd traits than NT ones…)
LOL - she cleaned it up exactly like I would do!!!!
👍👍 not a fan of this challenge but I still love you both. Keep on keeping on 💛👍
Well, I'd use a tea towel but she's right about the last bit. Tomato sauce is mostly vinegar, that surface is clean.
Ketchup is sugar....it will be sticky.
@@dpayne1943 mostly vinegar and the way she scrubbed with that towel would remove most things. If in doubt, slightly dampen the last towel from the tap, not wet-wipes and sprays which are incredibly wasteful and bad for the environment.
Will attract flies for sure cause of the sweetness, will be over spraying with anti bac, but would use the paper towel so I didn’t have to wash the cloth after.
Actually if I thought the teatowel was ready for the washer I would too
I think I tend to be the opposite...I always have to use a spray or a sponge soaked in Fairy Liquid (other brands are available), otherwise I feel like I haven't removed the "ghost" of the stain. The stickiness (real or imagined) haunts me.
Another thought that occurred to me towards the end of the video - anyone who's ever had IBS -like symptoms knows that sometimes tissue isn't enough for some human bums!
(Sorry for oversharing).
I would wet the paper towel because the dry paper towel feels and sounds would make my sensory cringe. Just watching and hearing the dry paper towel sound was hard on me! lol Gave me goosbumps. Like nails on a chalk board.
Exactly Me! 💯 I don't buy ketchup...or paper towels. That cuts down on a lot of mess.
I so glad my adhder showed me these videos i had no idea wat she was going thru n me making it worst not knowing thank u u may have helped me save my relationship
I would wipe the whole area with wet wipe o_O .. but hey I grew with a mother who is autistic + OCD ..
I have lots of her symptoms. that wouldn't be enough for me.
aha! i think that's what it was for me, too. mum isn't diagnosed with anything but that would track.
if you have a lot of her symptoms, I think now they're YOUR symptoms bubs! 😄
@@elliotgardner346 I am not diagnosed with OCD but I am an auADHD person. I do believe that is installed in me due to that. I just has to have it done a certain way or I am stuck and my whole day would be ruined.
I laughed so hard I started coughing trying to tell the empty room "that's me!"
Is that not 'normal'? That is exactly what I do!!! I just found your channel and have watched a few videos and can relate to 99% of everything in your videos and it is funny because I have been labelled by friends and family as having ADHD or just being weird, messy, forgetful, distracted, hyper focused etc etc for years (I am 50). Is clumsiness in there as well? p.s. I always have a load of laundry in the washer that I wash multiple times and I have a craft graveyard...🤔
I would honestly just use my one hand to wipe it of the counter and catch it with the other hand, walk up to the sink and dump it in. Then proceed to wash my hands and take a paper or two (because I haven't processed my fabric towels yet), make them a bit wet and wipe the rest.
Right?! I was expecting this! She cleaned it just as I would have, actually. Except I'd use a tea towel... and I'd have to rinse the tea towel, so I would wet the area because of the tea towel as part of the process.
I think the issue here is the paper towels.
The hands is what I was expecting too tbh! Though it could depend on how I'm feeling sensory wise. The other way I could see myself doing it would be 1 folded paper towel to scoop it forward off the counter with my hand in a C shape behind it, and a 2nd folded over paper towel for it to land into. Toss both, fresh paper towel possible slightly damp+squished, and chuck that one too.
And then wipe the floor.
I mean she has a point there at the end 😂
You 2 are sunshine on a cloudy day. Catch myself calling my lady babe now. ❤
Hahaha!! Snap!! I would do the same 😂😂
She touches the ketchup to see what it is but is repulsed about touching it while cleaning it up.
Truthfully I was expecting her to wad all the paper towels on the counter, after cleaning it and then walk away.
Growing up in an ADHD household that catch up would not have been cleaned up. The counters were never wiped down. I learned at a young age to make my food on a plate. I learned at an older age to clean the countertops after preparing food.
Knowing all the steps to cleaning is a learned skill that especially those with ADHD often don't learn. Being yelled at for 'not doing it right' doesn't help.
Not the spinning technique 😂 I feel Seen
I'm a bit OCD as well as ADHD.
I would have cleaned it like that ,then I would have made an even bigger mess/mission by washing down the kitchen, just so I know that "it's been cleaned properly" ...
😂😂😂
Just diagnosed a few months ago. I cracked up laughing at this one! 100%%%
She isn't wrong. I only use wet wipes as the last step if the spill is sticky or oily.
i just wouldn't want to run my hand over the counter (as she did), and so would do the spray and wipe *just in case*
I'd clean off the excess into something like newspaper (wr don't use single use cloths or wipes) and then a spritz of surface cleaner with a clean cloth. I have ADHD.
Actually, I do much the same for bum wiping! I highly recommend Wype :)
Didn't use nearly enough roll but this is me 😂
"If dry whiping is good enough for poo, it's good enough for ketchup"
~a wise woman
These two are my husband and I. Down to the Phillips hue lights.
I think ADHD often gives people an edgy vibe (we’ve been through the mill) so we’re pretty hard, although I like to think that we have hearts of gold! The difference is, I’m a guy, far from the stereotype though. My husband also isn’t, but he is down to Earth, has the patience of a saint and organised and is always… trying to turn on the big light! “No!”
Agreed, however... we don't generally eat off human bums, whereas we do put food on the counter. Yes, I wipe it up exactly the same way. 😅
This is EXACTLY how I’d do this too! 😅 the problem for me is… I often can’t find the paper towels, or have forgotten to buy them and have at times resorted to using my jumper… that comment though! Can’t argue with that logic! 😂😂
I just found Rory and thought the similarity is uncanny but then realised it was actually you .. very cool ❤ xxx
She’s got a point tho! ❤😂
Ketchup has sugar. The counter will get sticky and may attract ants. I would also just swipe the ketchup into my hand then use a washcloth to wipe the counter after rinsing my hands.
Into your hand? Where you'd feel it? Oh nono
@@mrsmmoose6775 Super fast! Right into the water, lol.
LMAO! LOVE this channel! re that last bit: I've never understood why most ppl think it's good enough to clean that way. If it were on your face you wouldn't just grab some TP, wipe it off & go yup - done! Perhaps that's just me/my OCD talking tho
Dry wiping might be good enough for some peoples bums and counters, but as for me and my house… we shall use the wet wipes.
I love you guys!
The way she put the paper towels over it like a mountain and then scooped it from the sides is exactly what I do for messes like this too. Especially cat throw up on the floor. 😅 but I do use a sanitizing wipe at the end. Countertop with ketchup I would probably use paper towel for the bulk so it doesn’t touch my hands then a wet washcloth for the last part and water and ketchup doesn’t seem like it needs any sanitizing. I just don’t want it to be sticky!
She did a vary good job with her cleaning skills
I use dish soap & water on a paper towel. Wiping process was a little messier than I do but overall same.
So it is my OCD that makes me have to wipe the entire counter at exactly the same wetness even though just one spot was dirty.
Yes!!!!
just bein' thorough. 😂👍
Me 2. I think of germs instantly and I have to spray and wipe at the end or I can continue with my life. For me maybe is a mom thing and dont want my kids sick not ocd.
... goes to find spray cleaner to make sure you do a good job, find a bottle something out of place and realize that if you don't put it away right now in its right place it won't be there when you really need it, so you go and put that away and then you see that, yes, there is a load of wet wash in the machine and that you really need to rewash it now because it's gotten a little mildewy, and then you see that you are out of fabric softener, so you have to get your phone to order online, which you think is really clever because now it will be delivered to the house instead of you taxing your memory to pick it up at the store, and then 15 minutes later, you're congratulating yourself on answering an email that popped in while you were ordering fabric softener and your husband is still sitting there in front of a pile of ketchup wondering what the hell happened to you.
The executive dysfunction really draws out a task, doesn't it? I don't know how I went 35 years without noticing that most other people don't handle things like you just described, but I certainly do.
I realized that I was little triggered by the fact that she put the napkin down because I had intense "not letting things out of my hands" rule and mentally going to throw it to the trash😂
For some reason, inspite of ADHD, I detest wastage so I would have used like one paper and cleaned it beautifully.
She's not wrong, though 😂
I do similar to the first wipe she does, cover the top, come in from the sides, except I try to stick to as few sheets as possible, I'd be using the other side of the wad to get the remainder
This is exactly how I would do it. Exactly.
And that’s how it’s done! 💅🏼
I do the same for cat sick on the carpet. Now wondering if I should be using some sort of product. I do use some water, if needed to shift it.
I'd find a piece of cardboard or an open envelope, scrape it all up, and then wipe around a bit with a wet paper towel. I don't like smearing things. If it was something else, like oil, I'd probably do the wadding method, though. I also have cloth towels that work like paper towels that I might use and rinse a few times. Point is, I can't commit to one cleaning method.
This is exactly what I'd have done! XD
First thinking she did it, then tasting it, then tearing up the kitchen paper roll during clean up. O_o
Why is this funny... How else would anyone do it?
😅 Just in case anyone wonders.
I would have taken the cloth with which I clean all countertop, the stove and the kitchen sink itself...Whip that up with one or two motions, rinse that off in the sink. Now that the cloth is clean again, I would have gone over it once again. So no sticky residue is left. Rinse that cloth again. Done. Drys on its own
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Another try is those kitchen tools for bakery. With a cloth you can shove the ketchup onto the tool and put it in the bin or down the sink/drain. And then repeat the other step I wrote in above. And it popped into my head, cos that wasn't just a tiny spill😅 It was a mess 😅
Oops, forgot to say: I am not diagnosed ADHD, but I wonder if I am.
Cleaning "the right way" was something my mother used to mentally torture me and my siblings. So maybe I just do it differently now, cos of that trauma. Don't know. Maybe it's also just way to insane to expect a 9 years old to know how to clean a table efficiently and in a way that someone could do surgery on that table 😅
I would have done it mostly the same except I prob would have wet the last piece under the tap, just because of the possibility of stickiness:) xxx
Exactly, paper towels. I might wet one at the end and then dry it again.
That’s the way you clean it up unless it something sticky then it gets to be wiped by a wet cloth.
😂 exactly how I wipe down to the 2 worh most on then wrap wit another sheet wipe clean Wrap all and throw away
If its not sticky like honey or stained it's fine 😂
Actually did a great job
I feel for you Rox xx
Having to clean up that much ketchup would've been a sensory nightmare to me. Yes, I deeply feel for fast food restaurant employees. Also, I would've wet wiped and dried the surface after getting rid of ketchup, because 1) the mere thought of a sticky surface creeps me out and 2) bidet showers aka. bum guns are superior to using just toilet paper.
I stain almost all my cooking and kitchen clothes,more than any of my 4 kids as toddlers.
First ADD thing is change to old shirt !
Yes! It is good enough! xoxo
This is literally what i would have done 😂
This is exactly how i do it but i also have ocd so id also use a lot of papertowls so i dont get my hand wet with the cleaner then wipe it with water then with more water then dry papertowls lol😂
My biggest gag is an egg, that takes a hell of a lot of kitchen paper OR a volunteer.
Omg, love it
There;s vinegar in Ketchup. Its a natural cleaner... If it was baked beans I might strech to a wet cloth.
For me, only if working with my kids and even though I don’t like my hands touching things like this, I’d scrape the ketchup with one hand into my other hand and then wash my hands.
Then after washing my hands I’d wipe the counter with a clean damp paper towel. I think muscle memory and autopilot plays a big role in this.
True!
Think i made a mess (again) - check
Taste / smell it - check
Do that that 'slide together and twist' motion - check
Repeat multiple times with extra sheets of paper - check
Swipe up all the wet/sticky paper balls that have made cute prints of said wet/sticky substance on the just cleaned surface - check
Discover some time later that i somehow stuck my sleeve, hand, and or elbow into the wet /sticky substance - which is now on door handle, fridge door and (somehow) on my back - check
I totally wouldn't have sprayed it or wiped it either. If ketchup is safe at room temperature in a bottle, it's not gonna cause any cross contamination on a counter top.
I've worked in many kitchens/restaurants, and most people wouldn't have sprayed or disinfected if they'd spilled ketchup in the middle of a rush. It sits on the table all day, unrefrigerated. The likelihood of spoilage or contamination is slim to none.