@OldCatLady We have been very happy with our Bosch dishwashers (we’ve had 2 during the 25 years in this house). They do a great job of cleaning and are very quiet during operation.
Whoever is standing in front of the sink or dishwasher when it becomes apparent that there are enough things in need of a trip through the dishwasher to constitute a full load.
One simple rule and it is one that my parents instilled in me at a very young age…NOT ME!
See, I grew up in a very old house by USA standards(built 1919). Although the house was very old we still had a dishwasher…It was my mom…
@Pony Opposite at our house. But I also have learned if I have no opinion there is more peace in the house and I do fewer dishes. Translate that I rearrange then quietly after my wife leaves the kitchen… yes there is a little OCD in my head…
My husband and I do the dishes without any system or rules to it. I usually procrastinate because my brain sucks. My kids are pretty young, so I’m still trying to figure out how to get them involved.
My dog and I play rock paper scissors over who does dishes. She always plays paper but I always play rock for some reason, she’s really good at it so I always end up doing the dishes.
@lisagd@xobzoo I had one for a while and it was nice but it somehow got misplaced, about the same time that I retired and started spending more time at home.
When I cook (which is most of the time these days since I retired), I usually wash or put things in the dishwasher as I go or else right after the meal. Some things need soaking and it is usually my wife who ultimately deals with those later. Works for us.
The dishwasher… or either one of us if it is a knife, carbon steel pan, cast iron etc. That shit gets washed as it is used. Everything else. Screw it.
And not to be a shill, we have a “decent” whirlpool dishwasher, and it does not do nearly as well without the expensive as gold cascade 4x dawn oxy whatever marketing. I even had costco give me my money back on their kirkland to buy the cascade.
When we were kids we got to do the dishs. However Dad would often tell us we did them wrong so. Meh.
Now it’s just me and the dishwasher. I don’t load it as soon as I should/leave dishes on the counter. When there has been someone here I have had to reload the dishwasher for then… There’s an obvious way to do it and people still are wrong.
When there are people here I’m better about a lot of thing. No one else… Bachelor life
@unksol A friend let me and my partner camp in her spare bedroom while we were at a convention nearby, and on the first evening, I loaded and ran the dishwasher after she went to bed. In the morning, we were up early and getting prepped to head for the convention when she emerged and discovered that the dishes were done - and was completely surprised because literally no one had ever done that for her before. I said “It looked like it needed doing, and I was there, and knew how. No-brainer, it got done.”
While I tend to wash my dishes daily, there are days I’m too tired to do chores. This typically causes a black hole effect to my sink where it then accumulates every dish I have. (The Mondays where I have to deal with this make me wish I had even a portable dishwasher.)
@pakopako i mean if it’s just me and I’m not TOO lazy I just rinse in the sink, put on the rack/counter and reuse. I def don’t need a new bowl/plate/cup every day and they don’t need washed if you can just rince it out.
The crockpot/casserole dish/dutch oven/soup pot does me in sometimes because I made a whole thing then keep leaving it to soak for the burned bits…
Whoever uses the dish.
There is only me so the only person to do them is me
@Cerridwyn Yes. One of the answers should have been “me”. I guess whomever wrote this doesn’t do dishes and isn’t the only person in their household.
@Cerridwyn @Kidsandliz
I guess I could check “whoever cooks” because that’s always me too.
I keep leaving dishes in the sink for the ghosts but they haven’t done any yet.
@awk maybe they are waiting for you to join them!
@awk Good grief, how big is that sink?
My roommate Dishman Dan. That bastard is always doing the dishes and leaving them sticky.
@yakkoTDI I think you are using a different definition of “doing the dishes” than the rest of us.
The only thing that matters is I usually am not doing them.
I cook 90% of the time. He sets the table. He clears the table. I load the dishwasher. He empties the dishwasher.
Very shortly it will be my new Bosch dishwasher. The one that came with this house is a POS, and Bosch has a rebate deal going.
@OldCatLady We have been very happy with our Bosch dishwashers (we’ve had 2 during the 25 years in this house). They do a great job of cleaning and are very quiet during operation.
Whoever is standing in front of the sink or dishwasher when it becomes apparent that there are enough things in need of a trip through the dishwasher to constitute a full load.
One simple rule and it is one that my parents instilled in me at a very young age…NOT ME!
See, I grew up in a very old house by USA standards(built 1919). Although the house was very old we still had a dishwasher…It was my mom…
I load the dishwasher and unload the dishwasher. If my husband puts things in the dishwasher, I take them out and put them back in the correct way.
@Pony Opposite at our house. But I also have learned if I have no opinion there is more peace in the house and I do fewer dishes. Translate that I rearrange then quietly after my wife leaves the kitchen… yes there is a little OCD in my head…
Me.
@Kyeh Me too!
@Kyeh Yep there is 3, Me, Myself & I!
@Kyeh @mycya4me Me also although when the kid still lived at home it was whomever didn’t cook. OMG when she cooked it was a giant mess to clean up.
We wash our own but sometimes each others if one of us left something to soak and we’re washing our own then we’ll just wash theirs too.
My husband and I do the dishes without any system or rules to it. I usually procrastinate because my brain sucks. My kids are pretty young, so I’m still trying to figure out how to get them involved.
My dog and I play rock paper scissors over who does dishes. She always plays paper but I always play rock for some reason, she’s really good at it so I always end up doing the dishes.
@mikesmells Aww, she’d probably be willing to help if she could do it her way.
The magic cupboard:
Brought to you by the same people who made the magic coffee table:
@xobzoo Do they only sell them in Australia? I need both of them.
@lisagd I don’t think anyone has figured out a reliable way to get them across the border.
@xobzoo Too bad.
@lisagd @xobzoo I had one for a while and it was nice but it somehow got misplaced, about the same time that I retired and started spending more time at home.
@macromeh @xobzoo Isn’t that odd!
My, Myself and I. We take turns.
I do…
the machine called the dishwasher…
We have a dishwasher, so there are three jobs:
@kostia Change sink to counter and you’ve got my system. There are never not dishes on that counter.
When I cook (which is most of the time these days since I retired), I usually wash or put things in the dishwasher as I go or else right after the meal. Some things need soaking and it is usually my wife who ultimately deals with those later. Works for us.
The dishwasher… or either one of us if it is a knife, carbon steel pan, cast iron etc. That shit gets washed as it is used. Everything else. Screw it.
And not to be a shill, we have a “decent” whirlpool dishwasher, and it does not do nearly as well without the expensive as gold cascade 4x dawn oxy whatever marketing. I even had costco give me my money back on their kirkland to buy the cascade.
When we were kids we got to do the dishs. However Dad would often tell us we did them wrong so. Meh.
Now it’s just me and the dishwasher. I don’t load it as soon as I should/leave dishes on the counter. When there has been someone here I have had to reload the dishwasher for then… There’s an obvious way to do it and people still are wrong.
When there are people here I’m better about a lot of thing. No one else… Bachelor life
@unksol A friend let me and my partner camp in her spare bedroom while we were at a convention nearby, and on the first evening, I loaded and ran the dishwasher after she went to bed. In the morning, we were up early and getting prepped to head for the convention when she emerged and discovered that the dishes were done - and was completely surprised because literally no one had ever done that for her before. I said “It looked like it needed doing, and I was there, and knew how. No-brainer, it got done.”
While I tend to wash my dishes daily, there are days I’m too tired to do chores. This typically causes a black hole effect to my sink where it then accumulates every dish I have. (The Mondays where I have to deal with this make me wish I had even a portable dishwasher.)
@pakopako i mean if it’s just me and I’m not TOO lazy I just rinse in the sink, put on the rack/counter and reuse. I def don’t need a new bowl/plate/cup every day and they don’t need washed if you can just rince it out.
The crockpot/casserole dish/dutch oven/soup pot does me in sometimes because I made a whole thing then keep leaving it to soak for the burned bits…