Forking outraged: Kiwi's cutlery drawer debate goes viral

Does the arrangement of this drawer look correct to you? Photo / Reddit

A seemingly innocent question has caused a fiery debate online among conscientious kitchen organisers.

The question at hand being: how do people organise their cutlery drawers?

A New Zealand Reddit user posted the query on Tuesday, and it quickly received 130 comments.

"My whole life I've gone with the (L-R) fork, knife, spoon configuration (teaspoons below) but have stayed places where knives are on the far left," they said.

The Reddit user shared that, from left to right, the fork, knife, spoon order was what they'd always followed. Photo / Getty

All of the people who commented shared their passionate opinions about the "correct" way the utensils should be stored.

"Large knives, knives, forks, spoons, teaspoons at the bottom and then other two draws a mess of utensils until you have a clean out every three years, because you just can't find the f***ing 1/4 cup," one person said.

Most users agreed with this method. Photo / Reddit

This was the most popular response given, with many people supporting the idea.

"This is the standard my household follows," one person responded, with another adding: "Concur with this. The rest is madness".

"You sir are a cultured individual with a fine taste in cutlery organisation," a supportive commenter chimed in.

One unfortunate person revealed that their roommates change the way the cutlery drawer is organised every day.

"I actual (sic) get so irate over this," a person responded.

One prankster said they swapped the cutlery around at their parent's house while they were away but it took them months to realise what had happened.

Another popular option was having the cutlery arranged, from left to right, large spoons, forks, knives and the teaspoons at the bottom.

There were also those who didn't follow any of these ways of organisation.

"I just throw them all in the drawer together, no organisation, pure chaos," someone said.

Another question was thrown into the mix, with someone asking whether people place the head of the cutlery towards the drawer handle or the back of the drawer.

Some people couldn't believe this was a question as they said the handle should clearly be placed towards the drawer handle.

"What sort of animal would arrange the handles towards the back of the drawer?" someone asked.

Another explained that the benefit of having the handles facing the back of the drawer is people don't need to open the drawer the whole way to identify which column has the implement they're after.

Someone summed it up perfectly when they said: "I never thought I'd be so concerned over someone else's cutlery habits".