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[ratcreature]

Like many other people, especially those without a dish washer, I'm not fond of doing dishes, and due to me lacking in discipline the dirty ones pile up, and I get to the point where no clean plate/fork/mug... is to be found when I need such an item to prepare and eat the food I want. And yet this does not always result in me just doing the dishes. So I'm curious about others.

Poll #5895 (not) doing dishes, how do fellow sloths cope?

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How do you cope with a lack of clean dishes/cutlery?

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I never let my dirty dishes accumulate to such an extent in the first place.
15 (28.3%)

Once it's come to that point I give in and just do the dishes.
32 (60.4%)

I invite over someone who I know can't tolerate the sight of piled up dishes, and hope they'll volunteer to (help) clean up.
4 (7.5%)

That's what the reserve stash of paper plates and plastic sporks is for.
10 (18.9%)

I go out to eat elsewhere.
8 (15.1%)

I switch to eating food that can be prepared/eaten without the dishes/cutlery. (Or eat things that way regardless of custom.)
14 (26.4%)

I wash the single plate/fork/mug/whatever I need and leave the rest.
22 (41.5%)

If still possible I use related items that are clean if not ideally suited (e.g. all forks are dirty so I make do with a cake fork, or use a large plate instead of a small one etc.)
24 (45.3%)

I try to find a used item that might still be reasonably clean enough to be used again without washing it.
9 (17.0%)

I buy new dishes/cutlery.
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[yvi]

That really only happens with cereal bowls (we have 4 for 2 people who both eat ecereal in the morning) and occasionally pots here. In which case, the dishwasher finally gets turned on again or cereal might get eaten out of soup plates :)

[ratcreature]

*suffers dishwasher envy*

Yeah, it most often happens to me with bowls as well, because I use them for cereal and often stews and soups too.

[yvi]

I didn't have one for 5 years with a short interlude of having one for half a year before it broke, and wow, it's convenient. Though finally having a working oven again is a great deal better - I am not sure how I went 1.5 years without that :D

I could just buy more bowls, of course, but I always forget. I used to be the only person eating cereal here and 4 bowls are plenty for that.

[ratcreature]

Unfortunately in my bathroom there is no place for a washing machine, so that had to go into the kitchen, where a dishwasher might have fit as well, but there is no space for both. So I prioritized owning a washing machine.