Be happy & thankful that someone else is doing it besides you!!!!!!

Anonymous wrote:OMG it's a revolt... dishwasher loaders not only don't think their spouse can do it right, now they are correcting each other.

OCD at it's best.

Yep, I bet they police the toilet paper hanging at home too.

Actually, sometimes just the opposite. Over the first several years we lived together, I really didn't want to complain about something so silly so I slowly but surely learned to be scarce when the dishwasher needed to be loaded/unloaded. Usually, there was something else in the house that needed to be cleaned so it was not at all obvious.

We paid for several visits from the repair man because, "The dishwasher isn't working again..." Eventually, one of them asked and gave lots of pointers on how to load. Soon, DW was an expert and was spreading her knowledge around the neighborhood. I was quite proud when she taught each or our kids when they turned 10.

"For the DWs out there married to engineers here's a tip. If you don't like loading the dishwasher just do it once or twice in front of your engineer husband and you'll likely never have to do it again."

My DH got annoyed many years ago. So I stopped putting the dishes in the dishwasher and that became his job. Problem solved.

Every roommate I've ever had sucks at loading the dishwasher. some are worse than others. My biggest pet peeve with the current roommate is when she crams 10 pieces of flatware in one compartment when the rest are empty. Spread them out! another roommate loaded it in such an insane fashion that I actually wondered if she was just really dumb. though she was probably just really lazy and figured why take 5 seconds to load something properly vs. 1 second to load it like a crackhead.

So yes, I reload. My dad is the same way - nobody in our family will risk loading "his" dishwasher.

OMG it's a revolt... dishwasher loaders not only don't think their spouse can do it right, now they are correcting each other.

OCD at it's best.

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Anonymous wrote:Great thread. Engineer here so, of course, there is a correct way to load them to maximize cleanliness and optimize space. I tried to explain it to DW once or twice while showing her, but it turns out she is much smarter than I am. Now she just leaves all her dishes in the sink and I do them. Lesson learned. DW - 1, DH - 0.

For the DWs out there married to engineers here's a tip. If you don't like loading the dishwasher just do it once or twice in front of your engineer husband and you'll likely never have to do it again.

Didn't work for me.

-Engineer DW

PP here. Maybe laziness or a true hatred for dirty dishes can outweigh one's engineer genes in some cases?

this entire thread explains why i am a confirmed bachelor dating a 26 year old Brazilian au pair. #thread

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The only thing that shouldn't go in the dishwasher is plastic or coated pots/pans. Everything else is fair game.

Plastic is okay with me. But don't put my good knives or wooden things in the dishwasher! Stick everything else in and I don't care how you load it as long as the dishes are clean and I don't have to do them.

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody in my DH's family loads the dishwasher properly. I noticed SIL's husband having the same cows that I do about dishes poorly placed in a way they will never get clean or they will be damaged. DH does exactly the same thing. He will actually put all the pots face down on the top rack, and then because there's no more room on the top rack, he starts putting glasses on the bottom rack. I try to explain that the top and bottom racks have different purposes and he acts like I'm overbearing and OCD. I'd rather be critical than have to pick broken glass out of the dishwasher.

How many times have you "picked broken glass our of the dishwasher"?

Just once. You can't put a wine glass on the bottom rack. Period.

All this anxiety over 1 broken glass.

There would be a lot more if I didn't step in and take over. You can't put glasses on the bottom rack. And pots may not come clean on the top rack. There is a method, and it's in the manual.

You should not put any wine glasses in the dishwasher, unless you live in a trailer.

You obviously have a trailer-worthy dishwasher, then. Get a decent one, PP, and your wine glasses will come out pristine.

Just because you can does not make it correct. You are not properly loading your dishwasher. It's a shame that your special relation and logical reasoning is so low on the bell curve.

The only thing that shouldn't go in the dishwasher is plastic or coated pots/pans. Everything else is fair game.

Anonymous wrote:Great thread. Engineer here so, of course, there is a correct way to load them to maximize cleanliness and optimize space. I tried to explain it to DW once or twice while showing her, but it turns out she is much smarter than I am. Now she just leaves all her dishes in the sink and I do them. Lesson learned. DW - 1, DH - 0.

For the DWs out there married to engineers here's a tip. If you don't like loading the dishwasher just do it once or twice in front of your engineer husband and you'll likely never have to do it again.

Didn't work for me.

-Engineer DW

Great thread. Engineer here so, of course, there is a correct way to load them to maximize cleanliness and optimize space. I tried to explain it to DW once or twice while showing her, but it turns out she is much smarter than I am. Now she just leaves all her dishes in the sink and I do them. Lesson learned. DW - 1, DH - 0.

For the DWs out there married to engineers here's a tip. If you don't like loading the dishwasher just do it once or twice in front of your engineer husband and you'll likely never have to do it again.

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody in my DH's family loads the dishwasher properly. I noticed SIL's husband having the same cows that I do about dishes poorly placed in a way they will never get clean or they will be damaged. DH does exactly the same thing. He will actually put all the pots face down on the top rack, and then because there's no more room on the top rack, he starts putting glasses on the bottom rack. I try to explain that the top and bottom racks have different purposes and he acts like I'm overbearing and OCD. I'd rather be critical than have to pick broken glass out of the dishwasher.

How many times have you "picked broken glass our of the dishwasher"?

Just once. You can't put a wine glass on the bottom rack. Period.

All this anxiety over 1 broken glass.

There would be a lot more if I didn't step in and take over. You can't put glasses on the bottom rack. And pots may not come clean on the top rack. There is a method, and it's in the manual.

You should not put any wine glasses in the dishwasher, unless you live in a trailer.

You obviously have a trailer-worthy dishwasher, then. Get a decent one, PP, and your wine glasses will come out pristine.

Just because you can does not make it correct. You are not properly loading your dishwasher. It's a shame that your special relation and logical reasoning is so low on the bell curve.

NP. So is "white trash" the hip, of-the-moment insult? I see it more and more on DCUM.

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You should not put any wine glasses in the dishwasher, unless you live in a trailer.

Who cares? I recently started putting ALL my china, crystal, and silver in the dishwasher. Nobody is going to want my shit when I'm dead anyway. Might as well not have to wash it. My mom has been doing this since I've known her (half a century) and her stuff still looks great.

PS, I don't live in a trailer.

But this thread I about proper use of the dishwasher. So it is okay to treat your spouse like an idiot if they don't load the dishwasher "properly" but "properly" is just they way your crazy head thanks is proper.

So you load it with a bunch of dishes that should not go there and you judge others for how they do it.

Typical OCD person, non-logical anxiousness about stupid shit.