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Dirty dishes ....do people really do this?

house_cat — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:04:54 GMT

I'm reading yet another book on home keeping and organizing - it's a passion of mine. Just when I thought I'd read all the suggestions the world has to offer, this author recommends washing your dishes every day and not saving them until the end of the week.

Whaaaaaa?

Does anyone do that?! I'm really dumbfounded. I know not everyone is a neat freak, but really? Saving your dishes to wash once a week?

I can hardly believe it.

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traveler — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:10:22 GMT

Sounds like a good way to call vermin.

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ChiliPepper — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:10:25 GMT

Absolutely not!

That makes it too much of a job! A few at a time is one thing but not a weeks worth - no way.

Not to mention how unsanitary it would be LOL!

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ChiliPepper — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:12:56 GMT

@house_cat

Are they possibly referring to filling your dish washer & only running it once a week when it's full???

I would still want to wash them before I put them in the dishwasher to sit for a week LOL!!!

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CLHS68 — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:12:59 GMT

I always do my dishes everyday. But I once watched a ladies children and there were dirty dishes everywhere. She said she did not wash them until she had none left to use.

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millieshops — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:13:00 GMT

@house_catMaybe she meant when you put them in the dishwasher? No way would I run my dishwasher every day, but I do rinse every thing that goes into it except for the meal right before I'm ready to run it.

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ChynnaBlue — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:15:54 GMT

I don't wash the dishes every day. I live alone and don't eat every meal at home, and I have a dishwasher. Dishes get rinsed and go in the dishwasher to get washed when it's full OR based on how much room I'll need to wash a dinner pot/pan. If I don't eat at home much during a week, I've got very few dishes to wash and have gone a week without running the dishwasher.

I'm not running the dishwasher for two plates, 2 cups, and 3 pieces of flatware and I'm not washing them by hand, either. Handwashing is a waste of my time and water.

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Yardlie — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:21:52 GMT

@ChynnaBlue wrote:
I don't wash the dishes every day. I live alone and don't eat every meal at home, and I have a dishwasher. Dishes go in the dishwasher and get washed when it's full OR based on how much room I'll need to wash a dinner pot/pan.

I'm not running the dishwasher for two plates, 2 cups, and 3 pieces of flatware and I'm not washing them by hand, either. Handwashing is a waste of my time and water.

@ChynnaBlue ... If I just had a few dishes like you do, I would not do them every day either. I would just rinse them and place them in the dishwasher. However, there are three of us in the household, so dishes need to get done every day.

Could the author have meant people who wash dishes by hand? That would be disgusting to do them once a week, but I have seen that with young guys. When my son was in college, he and his roommates would only wash dishes once a week or so. It was awful. I walked in to his apartment once, took one look at the kitchen, and started cleaning. Then even had dirty dishes hidden in the oven! We had to hand wash a couple cups just so we could have coffee before we attacked the kitchen. Boy...did he get the, "This is not how I raised you lecture!"

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house_cat — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:23:13 GMT

@millieshops wrote:
@house_catMaybe she meant when you put them in the dishwasher? No way would I run my dishwasher every day, but I do rinse every thing that goes into it except for the meal right before I'm ready to run it.

Here's what she wrote. I understand there are people who live alone and may not have a dishwasher load to do each night, but that's not how I interpreted this:

".... some tasks cannot be left to just once a week without causing more calamaties. Putting off dishes until Tuesday, for instance, will be a disaster unless you never eat at home. To simplify everything else you need to do, dishes should be washed every day, followed by wiping the counters and sink without fail.

Yes, that can feel like a full-time job if you aren't used to doing dishes every day. But imagine how much work and stress you create when you save them all for the weekend? When you save dishes for another day, every day your kitchen becomes a little bit messier, a little bit more difficult to clean, and a lot more likely to attract more clutter and mess."

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Nightowlz — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:23:15 GMT

LOL!!! Not in my house. If I cook dinner etc the dishes are done after we eat. I have never had dirty dishes sitting in the sink or sitting on the counter. Not ever. I'm a clean freak & I could not stand that.

My sister has 3 grandkids living with her & she is in the kitchen washing dishes several times a day & always has them gathering in the sink before she has time to get to them. It's a never ending story for her.

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Leeny — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:23:35 GMT

I would never do that. Although I use to have an Aunt that put hers in the oven. She would wait until the dishpan was full then wash. I'd be afraid I'd turn the oven on and start a hot mess.

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Snowpuppy — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:26:41 GMT

Pleading The Fifth. 😆

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qualitygal — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:27:05 GMT

I don't own a dishwasher. I am it. I won't do anything that might bring creepy crawlies into the home. Dishes need to be done here.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:27:16 GMT

@house_cat wrote:
I'm reading yet another book on home keeping and organizing - it's a passion of mine. Just when I thought I'd read all the suggestions the world has to offer, this author recommends washing your dishes every day and not saving them until the end of the week.

Whaaaaaa?

Does anyone do that?! I'm really dumbfounded. I know not everyone is a neat freak, but really? Saving your dishes to wash once a week?
I can hardly believe it.

This person probably lives alone. I do also and wash my dishes mostly by hand but if I wanted to use my dishwasher, it would probably be once a week.

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house_cat — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:28:45 GMT

@Kachina624

Nope. She's a writer who works from home. Her husband is a pastor and she has three children.

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3suwm5 — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:30:32 GMT

That's a good week for college students, I think, that they get washed once a week. Our experience, trash, dishes and laundry; not a high priority.

They could get 4 days out of a pair of boxers. Front, back and inside out. That's what we were told.

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ECBG — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:33:20 GMT

After tv shows about hoarders, nothing surprises me.

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KentuckyWoman — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:32:47 GMT

We don't have a dishwasher, well except me and DH. I wash dishes, dry them and put them away after every meal. Even snacks. I can't stand a sink full of dirty dishes. If I had a dishwasher I would run it every single day and put the dishes away. That's just the way I do things. I know people get busy but good grief.

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alliswell — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:35:33 GMT

As soon as the dishes or whatever, are dirty, I hand wash them in hot soapy water, rinse, dry, put them away. This is just standard procedure. In the evening wipe down countertops, stove, table, etc., take out the trash and sweep and mop the kitchen/dining area. I do not have a dishwasher so hand washing is the only way. Just the way I was brought up -- but everything is always sparkling clean.

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chickenbutt — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:40:43 GMT

The dishes I hand-wash, I do those once to twice a day. But the ones that I put in the dishwasher I could not even imagine wasting the water and energy to run it every day SINCE it takes me a lot longer than that to fill it up.

If I were going to wash EVERY dish every day, then I wouldn't put any in my dishwasher. I understand that families can probably pretty much fill up a dishwasher every day or so but I mostly just cook for me, the bird, and the dog. There is no way I could fill up the dishwasher in less than a week except maybe for the whole Thanksgiving thing.