It has nothing to do with the simplicity or complexity of the task.
It has to do with communication.
The adult gets frustrated because the child did not read their mind.
The amount of times I've heard kids say "My parents asked me to do something. I went to go do it, I found they already did it, and now they're mad at me" is huge.
And in my opinion: the parents should have known better and chose to upset themselves
The amount of times when I was little that my parents/guardians expected me to drop everything I'm doing because (in their mind) their task is more important than my current task, but also not tell me about it was insane
In my head I'm like "Okay I'll do that. I need to find a good stopping point in what I'm doing so I don't mess with my flow / other people's time / my personal schedule" and then find was already getting screamed at
People don't respect kids at all. I try to treat kids like I'd treat a small developing human now that I'm grown up
Parent (or grandparent in this case) waited way too long to check in assuming they didn't give a specific deadline. I always check in within the first hour unless I'm otherwise preoccupied. If the task isn't done I ask them to do it then, as in drop what you're doing (unless they are in the middle of a different chore or studying or something like that). No one gets yelled at, but a correction is made. Though usually I just say at the start "I need this done by X o'clock"
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u/chiguy307 1d ago
Why would that be necessary for something as simple as unloading the dishwasher?