georgiapea
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Post by georgiapea on Aug 13, 2015 15:29:57 GMT
When we moved into our re-habbed 100 yo+ building we didn't install a dishwasher. I just realized I avoided a boat load of stress by not doing that. DH never loaded the dishwasher the RIGHT way and it often made me a crazy person.
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Post by liya on Aug 13, 2015 15:44:22 GMT
I was avoiding this thread because I thought I would be the only crazy one who essentially washed her dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. Glad to know I am not alone. An yes I rearrange if I am not the one loading; it has to be just right. So yup...control freak I guess.
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Post by mtscrapper on Aug 13, 2015 15:59:07 GMT
I don't typically rearrange because when my kids do the dishes, they immediately start it and I don't check on it. The dishes are usually pretty clean, so they aren't doing too bad of a job. However, I have had to teach them a time or two about making sure that certain dishes go in certain places and that spoons cannot be "spooning" each other, etc. in order to have them come clean.
My husband, though, if he had his way, the dishes would all be washed before placing in the dishwasher. His mother did that growing up and basically just used the dishwasher as a sanitizer. He says if you leave stuff on the dishes, that it will eventually clog up the dishwasher and then it won't work properly. (I do not put dishes in with large chunks of stuff on there!). However, I still do it the way I want and he does it the way he wants when he does the dishes (which is very rare anyway, so he shouldn't complain). If a dish happens to come out of the dishwasher dirty, he gets all huffy and thinks the whole load needs to be washed again, and I get the feeling that he thinks it happens EVERY SINGLE TIME I do the dishes. You would think with his pickiness he would do the dishes more often, but no. Usually I just ignore his ranting moment and keep doing it the way I have been doing it (and the way my mother has done it and taught me to do it). This is kind of an ongoing sore subject with us.
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Post by maryland on Aug 13, 2015 16:12:40 GMT
I like the way I do it best. My husband likes the way he does it best. But if someone else does it for us, we are thrilled and not about to complain!
If my husband complained about the way I load the dishwasher, than that would become his job! Now if one of us was doing it wrong just to get out of doing it, than we would tell them what is wrong with their way! (My example would be my daughter felt that if she loaded it lazily and didn't put much in, than she wouldn't have to do it anymore. So we showed her how to do it and that was her job for the next week so she got lots of practice!).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2015 16:17:45 GMT
My philosophy is this: If I want to insist on exactly *how* chores get done (aka, my way is the only right way), then I am insisting on being the only one to do chores.
No thanks.
DH loads the dishwasher his way and I load it mine. DS is still learning - from both of us - so I presume he'll end up with his own "style." DS also dusts differently than I do, and it's not nearly as efficient as it could be, but he does it consistently, the dust is gone, and I'm not doing it, so I keep my mouth shut.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 13, 2015 16:20:36 GMT
I do this sometimes, but more often than not, it's to remove something from the dishwasher that I'd rather wash by hand. Colored Pyrex dishes, plastic lids to refrigerator dishes, etc. have sometimes been warped or damaged by the dishwasher. My BF hates doing dishes so tries to jam it full, but some things are just better washed by hand (in my opinion).
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 13, 2015 16:24:04 GMT
I wash everything by hand but DH and I still have this fight! He wants all of us to wash (thoroughly rinse and clean) the dishes as we put them in the sink to be washed. Wasting water and the damn sewer fee that is higher than the cost of water! Really just put them in the sink and I will wash the whole bunch at once or turn on the hot water and use soap to finish the job and be done with it! Stop wasting water washing the dishes before I wash the dishes! ^^^ my BF is like this, and it drives me crazy!! We live in the desert, for gosh sakes, and it costs almost $100 for the water to get to the house before we ever turn on the faucet- yet he still washes one plate or glass at a time under running water. !!! For some reason he does not like running a sink full of soapy water and just washing ALL of them at ONCE. (he also washes them before putting them in the dishwasher, but I've given up on that fight.)
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Post by jenb72 on Aug 13, 2015 16:45:06 GMT
I'm a "reloader" - I actually taught my SO the proper way to load and unload bowls in his own dishwasher while we were dating because he was doing it backwards and making it 10 times harder for himself.
Having said that, I only reload on occasion and usually only to fit the last couple of things in if necessary. Most of the time I try to just ignore the way my teenagers load the dishes. It's been really, really difficult to do that sometimes, though. Ugh.
Jen
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Post by lorieann13 on Aug 13, 2015 16:49:42 GMT
Both my husband and I rearrange the dishes. Its just to try and fit in as much as we can safely without ruining my Fiesta. Being in California, a very full load is important.
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Post by ilikepink on Aug 13, 2015 16:50:48 GMT
The joys of living alone--whatever way I do it is the right way, and no one can complain!
When I was married with all of us there, it amazed me how the boys tried to put things in--all the same kind of dishes go together - evenly spaced, everything will get clean and it's easier to unload. DH and I thought the same way about the dishwasher. That dishwasher, however, was great! Unless two plates were attached to each other, everything came out spotless!
I do rinse, but don't scrub. Because I'm alone now and eat out (more frequently than I should), it doesn't get run that often.
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Post by 950nancy on Aug 13, 2015 16:54:11 GMT
I am left brained and quite organized with my dishwasher loading of plates. The top rack is a bit more of a cluster since the cups are a wee bit bigger than the slots. My husband is in charge of starting and unloading the dishwasher, so he is the one usually grumbling about placement and he fixes it. He just wants it done the "right" way.
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MsKnit
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Post by MsKnit on Aug 13, 2015 17:09:33 GMT
I confess to being a rearranger. Not just the dishwasher either.
Apparently, I have mad spacial skills. I swear it's due to Tetris.
Anyway, I load the dishwasher as efficiently as possible. The other members of the family put the dishes in willy nilly. I am happy they put the dishes in the dishwasher.
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eastcoastpea
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 13, 2015 17:28:25 GMT
I load and unloaded the dishwasher 99% of the time. When my husband does it, you can be sure there will be plastic cups and Tupperware flipped over and filled with dirty water. He just doesn't seem to get it that if they aren't loaded a certain way they go flying around the dishwasher.
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Post by miominmio on Aug 13, 2015 17:37:52 GMT
My family doesn't put anything in the dishwasher....it's difficult enough to get them to bring dirty glasses or mugs to the kitchen.
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