Alyssa Perez couldn't believe her mum had gotten rid of all the cutlery and plates in the house. Photo / Twitter, Alyssa Perez
Alyssa Perez couldn't believe her mum had gotten rid of all the cutlery and plates in the house. Photo / Twitter, Alyssa Perez
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Fed up with nagging her kids to do the dishes, 19-year-old Alyssa Perez's mum Patricia decided to do what every mum has only ever threatened to do - she got rid of all the cutlery and dishes in the house.
So, when Alyssa wentin for a metal fork from the cutlery drawer, this is not what she expected to find.
Speaking to BuzzFeed News, she explained that while her mum would often complain that she hadn't done the washing up, she didn't expect to ever come home to a house void of any real utensils and plates.
"I was surprised at first because my family isn't the wasteful type and I know washing the dishes would be much better for the environment."
Once she'd gotten her kids' attention and made her point, Patricia said she hadn't actually thrown all the dishes out, she had just hidden them to really drive home the point she wanted to make.
