About women and dishwashers !

[Gumby]

Seriously folks, how hard is it to load a dishwasher properly so that ALL the dishes get washed

Why don't women understand the principle that, for a dish to be washed, water must be able to get to it.

Fair dinkum it drives me nuts.

Maybe another instructional video is called for.

[m2c1Iw]

Assume your not a morning person , anyway there are some machines blokes should'nt know about
That should get a response

[Groggy]

I don't even like the things, they scratch up the glassware and leave gritty lumps on the plates etc. Hand washing is simpler and more effective; besides, it doesn't take the kids that long to do .

[bitingmidge]

I'm with you all the way Gumbloke, and be warned Groggy, your system works fine... until they leave home , then you really do need to get a hold of the video for HER.

Now you think it's tough Gumby with one woman in the house, when there were four of them, sometimes they could find a way of filling the darned thing entirely using only one teaspoon!

Actually, when the kids were in their high-school years, they started to get that "disappear during washing up" syndrome.

One night I arrived home from work to find the dishwasher on the footpath.

After a gentle enquiry of my beloved, I was informed in no uncertain terms: "IF THEY WON'T STACK THE DISHWASHER, THEY CAN JUST WASH UP AND SEE HOW THEY LIKE THAT!"

Which they proceeded to do "quietly" I might add, for a good few years, until one morning I realised that soon the last of them was going to fly the coop.

Rather than risk a hefty retraining session aimed at yours truly, I treated my dearest to an outing, and returned with a bit of Scandinavian Wizardry.

Not that I'm afraid or anything, but I do prefer to just grit my teeth and watch the horrible mess that ensues mostly, I'd hate to have to come home and find the dishwasher on the footpath again, now that there's just the two of us!

cheers,

P

[BobR]

I'm with you Gumby. For what it's worth, some years ago a study was conducted ( most probably government funded) that proved this point!

[mic-d]

I have he opposite problem, SWMBO leaves too much space between the plates. You don't need to see daylight between the plates dear.


Cheers
Michael

[Iain]

Rinse and hold does not clean dear......
It is a simple programming technique called 'ON'
Rarely do our glasses survive long enough to get pitted and chipped but crystal does oxidise with the heat, I read that, not a first hand account.
And one for the WWW, I have two dishwashers, one is from Italy and the other is kick start

[Big Shed]

My SWMBO hates dishwashers, always has. In our previous houses we always had one but she always hated them. Same reasons as Groggy, as well as she reckons they take more time to load and unload than doing the dishes in the first place. Then after you have loaded the thing you still have to make soapy water to clean the sink and bench tops, and clean the various bits that aren't "dishwasher safe".

So, when we built this place 7 years ago I was under strict instructions, NO DISHWASHER!

For the last 7 years we have done the dishes the old-fashioned way, she washes, I dry. Takes no more than 5-10 minutes, saves water in the process.

Must say that if we still had kids at home I'd still have a dishwasher though!

[Gumby]

For the last 7 years we have done the dishes the old-fashioned way, she washes, I dry.

I beg to differ. I much prefer the true old fashioned way. 'She washes, I watch'.

[RufflyRustic]

Speaking from the 'other' side , I reckon my parents love to hear me complain about having to do the dishes. I'm now stuck with being the only one in the house who can do the dishes. So much for all those years of perfecting the art of slipping away when dishes were to be done

No automatic dishwasher, HWMNBO's kids aren't around often enough (but they do do the dishes when here) and HWMNBO's hands are too deeply engrained to even be permitted near the sink, let alone wash dishes!!!!! I do prefer dishes without eue de colonge [sp?] of diesel

[BobR]

'She washes, I watch'.

I think you have a death wish.

[bitingmidge]

I beg to differ. I much prefer the true old fashioned way. 'She washes, I watch'.

The following is true, not even the names have been changed:

The night before we were married, the minister looked at me very seriously and said:

"It's lovely tonight isn't it, as she sinks in your arms. Just remember after tomorrow it's your arms in the sink."

I never forgot that!

P

[Gumby]

The following is true, not even the names have been changed:

The night before we were married, the minister looked at me very seriously and said:

"It's lovely tonight isn't it, as she sinks in your arms. Just remember after tomorrow it's your arms in the sink."

I never forgot that!

P

Pete, let's not go down that path. The things that change AFTER you say your vows.

That's a whole new thread.

[Sturdee]

and clean the various bits that aren't "dishwasher safe".

Why do they persist in buying and using containers that ain't dishwasher safe? We have had a dishwasher for 15 years now and still there is the extra hand washing for that kind of crap. Kind of defeats the purpose of having a dishwasher.

Peter.

[Iain]

and why do we have to wash the plates before them in the dishwasher????
Must admit though the first one we had was a Hoover back in the mid 70's, sounded like a Sikorsky taking off for the oil rigs, the new Blanco we can't even hear running.