Why all the hate on men? Women do this too! My sisters used to purposely burn food so they would never be asked to cook again. In my marriage I do most of the cooking and if I sent my wife out to shop I would guarantee she would come back with none of the ingredients I put on the list because she couldn’t find them however if I was to do this I would be controlling and demeaning her. No one gives a s**t that I have to go back out to the shops to buy all the thing that were on the list in the first place.

An article about a joke shopping list ended up in a conversation about performative incompetence based on chores somehow got twisted into a race debate. The OP's must be laughing all the way to the bank with all the clicks.

This is not far short of what I have had to do with my MILs carers. We now have a tickbox list with the name, brand, size and approx. price for everything that she buys regularly. Items are grouped by where they are found in the store. Much easier for her as she only has to tick what she wants (or put a quantity in) and much easier for the carers as it has all the info they could need. Yet still some of them manage to get the wrong things or the wrong sizes - okay sometimes they are out of stock - but they just don't seem to be able to get their head round buying things in a 1 person size.

I NEVER send anyone to the store for items. I sent my husband once for "Morton House Baked Beans." I repeated it several times and then I said ONCE do not get B&M Baked beans, ONLY Morton House. Guess what he came back with.

I don't know about this, but there is so much to chose from in a store. If you ask for cereal, and you're not aware Fairy Dust Super Rainbow Sprinkles Gluten Free is a thing and the latest favorite in the household, a visual aid might be helpful in finding it in the sea of boxes. When my kids want something specific and my husband goes to the store, I look it up online and send him the item from the store. Sure, it's a great website and they have close to everything online with every bit of info, unlike many other stores, but still. I think it's helpful. I also don't care if someone gets a somewhat different item and I make the same mistakes if I'm not familiar with an item.

there is a sad but true fact that i have had contact with people who would act as if they couldn't do something just to avoid the task - both men and women. if you or your partner resort to such antics then perhaps there needs to be a discussion. i know that the poster said it was a joke and that's fine. but, if i had to do that because it needed to be done...the most i have done is that i am teaching my 20 yr old autistic son how to shop independently by sending him shopping. i give him a list, describe the aisle and approximate location on the aisle of the what i want and off he goes. so far, he's been doing great. still working on teaching him how to pick out produce though but even i screw that up sometimes.

Sometimes I have to send my husband a picture of what I want, but in his defense he’s Moroccan and doesn’t necessarily know all our brands quite yet. He and I equally share grocery trips

I'm forbidden from doing yard work because I accidentally killed the backyard lawn. I SWEAR I thought it was just going to kill the nutsedge.

Yo imagine how fast you could go shopping with a list like this. Just SPEEDRUN it lol

I honestly would love this even for myself

I would make that list just because I like the way it looks and I like stickers lol

My husband wrote a computer program that generates a shopping list from our recipes and organizes items by store location. We either go together or divide and conquer if we need to go to more than one store. He also cooks all the meals. He’s friggin awesome.

In my opinion, if I was her i would write a list he gets what he can find and buy what he wants for himself.

OK, so the woman says it's a joke and yet it's still used an as example of men's incompetence. Wonderful misandry.

If she have time to do this lists (with pictures) and those others especially the detailed aisles of the store, she has time to go to the store. Or probably she is just doing this for likes.

All I can say is thank heavens for Instacart.

Men are perfectly capable of doing household chores and errands. They just don't want to. So they pretend to be so stupid that they cannot be trusted. What they are actually being is a selfish, childish jerk.

So I (f, 52), live in a house with my brother (58). I shop for the household (shared costs) and cook for all of us ... another brother and my son. We all also buy things for ourselves ... like snacks and drinks. Said brother has no problem finding something in the supermarket, when he is shopping for himself. But if I ask him to bring something for me (the household), he seems to have major problems, finding anything at all. 🤔😵 I'm always fascinated by how "disorganized" he is. 🥴 I mean ... he's 58, in the supermarket at least twice a week ... and don't know where the cream is ?! 🙄🙈😂

Lots of reading into her joke. She asked for grapes and he brought back raisins and water, so now she includes pictures, it's a joke.

This reminds me of the Handmaid’s Tale and the pictographic schedule that Mrs. Waterford is given when she visits Canada, because women in Gilead aren’t allowed to read.

Everybody Loves Raymond did this episodes years ago. One of their best ones (It's the one where Robbie makes a terrible wedding invitation so his fiancee will do everything else on her own). And yes, after the women find out the men have been doing that all the time to get out of doing stuff, the guys realize that the women do it too.

If you are that picky about what product you want, just do it yourself. Otherwise, allow for some freedom in the brand of toilet paper, cleaning product, .... Although it was a joke, and most comments are about the incompetence of the man, I feel this post equally highlights the micromanaging control issue of the women.

It's from tiktok so to those who "know" me: No comment.

I don't do the whole thing, but if I want something specific they are not used to buy, I for sure will draw maps of store for them to find it easier, and will ask them to take photo of the right packaging with them. Cuts desperate phone calls to only 2-3 per shopping trip.

Wife sends husband to buy 2 baguettes from the local store "pop off to the store and get 2 baguettes, oh and if they have eggs buy a dozen" they had eggs so husband returned with 12 baguettes

Get the OurGroceries app. You add in real time so you can add something from home when someone is shopping. You can add pictures and notes save in lists. Ex: we have a reg grocery list, a costco list, even things like our packing list for vacations. Then inside we categorize our groceries by things like canned and baking. You add your specific pic and you can write a note under. The only downside is the notes erase each time you cross off. There are settings to have things cross out alphabetically or by last swiped and it keeps it all so you cns start typing and it gives you previous ones as suggestions so it keeps the categories. It really is great, there are no other nuances minus the notes not sticking after swiping it off the list.

ANOTHER Men are stupid post. WAY TO GO!!!!!

Performative incompetence... malicious compliance.... Starting to hope Covid 20 will just wipe us all out. No exceptions. People really suck.

You wonder if she’s got a similar worksheet for sexy time?