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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

[busaikko]

My father, when he was single, used to pile the (scraped) dishes on the bottom of the bathtub so they got "washed" whenever he took a shower.

I have a small dishwasher which I love, but have to handwash the pots. I usually let them pile up for 2-3 days before I pull on the gloves and turn on the hot water....

[ratcreature]

Okay, that showering with the dishes thing is just ridiculous. And I can't imagine it would work very well or efficiently either (speaking here from the experience that my dishes don't get clean if I just stack and soak them in the sink, rather then using a dish brush or rat). Not to mention that I'd be sure to accidentally stumble against a glass and cut up my feet.

[laurajv]

I've never done it with me in the shower with them, but actually it works pretty darn well. See comment below!

[ratcreature]

I suppose if all surfaces are exposed, like when you put them in a rack or it aren't many, then it would be similar to a dishwasher in principle, which after all also sprays the dishes, if your shower has sufficient pressure. Though my showerhead is one of those water limiting ones...

[laurajv]

yes, exactly -- you make sure the dirty surfaces are going to get hit by the spray, and you do need pretty strong spray. The spray in my university dorm was, shall we say, epic.

[ratcreature]

I think even aside from the water pressure and such it would be a really bad idea to try cleaning dishes in my shower because clingy food remnants like fats, sauces and such over time would cause the drain to clog, even with my drain sieve to keep out larger particles, especially with the hair that gets in the shower drain that would give the fat something to cling to. My shower drain is not easily accessible (there is unfortunately no tile to remove or anything like that to easily access the pipe), and as it is I have a hard enough time to keep it clear. Meanwhile last time my kitchen sink drain had clogged with the disgusting crap buildup, I could just take apart the drain beneath the sink myself and clean out the curved trap manually.