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Sunny Days

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 12:30 am

Do you wear gloves? do you multitask? dance to music? talk on the phone? let your mind go racing? plan your supper menu for the week? do you use soap suds? do you listen to a shiur?

share with us how the right way is to get those dishes clean!

TIA!

Leriem

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 12:34 am

gamzehyaavor wrote:

Place into dishwasher, add detergent, close and turn on button. Voila.

amother

Oak

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 12:36 am

Hands on with Dawn soap so my hands don't get too dry. I will often watch a video set up on the counter on my phone while I work.

Sunny Days

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 12:36 am

Leriem wrote:

Place into dishwasher, add detergent, close and turn on button. Voila.

Well I'm the dishwasher. though don't try stuffing me with plates, cutlery & detergent.
but if you press my buttons. oy vei iz mir.

amother

Fuchsia

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 12:37 am

gamzehyaavor wrote:

do you use soap suds? do you listen to a shiur?

Soapsuds. Definitely.

Sudsy is my dishwasher. When she shows up.

Which is never.

YOU. DO. NOT. WANT. TO. SEE. MY. SINKS.

SUDDDDDDDDSSSSSSSSYYYYYYYYYY????!!!!

You've a job to do!

Where ya at, girl?

lucky14

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 12:38 am

Gloves. I only do a few at a time so I don't get overwhelmed (I HATE washing dishes). I put some in the sink, let them soak a bit, go do something else, come back and wash those and then put some more in the sink to soak.... do that until they're all finished (I admit sometimes it takes more than a day to get through all of them). Luckily we usually only eat meat on Shabbat and have a dairy dishwasher Smile

amother

cornflower

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 12:39 am

amother wrote:

Does she also wash your silver?
or do you not trust her to avoid scratching it?
and how does SHE do it? do tell us please!

amother

Fuchsia

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 12:40 am

gamzehyaavor wrote:

but if you press my buttons. oy vei iz mir.

Do those buttons work in the elevator, too?
Do those buttons work when pushed with a shoe?
Do those buttons work when all soaped up?
Do those buttons work to wash my spoon and cup?

Sunny Days

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 12:40 am

amother wrote:

Hands on with Dawn soap so my hands don't get too dry. I will often watch a video set up on the counter on my phone while I work.

Thats nice!

amother

Ecru

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 12:43 am

gamzehyaavor wrote:

Walk away - wait for dh to do them.

amother

Fuchsia

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 12:43 am

amother wrote:

Does she also wash your silver?
or do you not trust her to avoid scratching it?
and how does SHE do it? do tell us please!

She begins with a cup of wine.
And then she heads to the elevator.
There she finds the changing station/breakfast nook and she sets up shop.
But I don't think she actually works; doesn't seem like my pile is getting less.
But my water bottles are disappearing...
Must be playing Duck-duck-goose...

Sunny Days

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 12:45 am

amother wrote:

Do those buttons work in the elevator, too?
Do those buttons work when pushed with a shoe?
Do those buttons work when all soaped up?
Do those buttons work to wash my spoon and cup?

ja
si
ken
igen

amother

Fuchsia

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 12:46 am

amother wrote:

Walk away - wait for dh to do them.

My type of girl Ecru, my type of girl.

We've taught you well.

Hooray

Sunny Days

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 12:47 am

amother wrote:

that is because she runs off to sushi meshuna for lunch. do you pay her for her lunch or only for the time of her lunch break?

amother

Fuchsia

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 12:54 am

gamzehyaavor wrote:

that is because she runs off to sushi meshuna for lunch. do you pay her for her lunch or only for the time of her lunch break?

I don't pay my taxes.

I have foodstamps. I just give her some of those.

Maybe I should use the WIC checks instead. Do they cover Sushi?

enneamom

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 1:46 am

I don't.

amother

Fuchsia

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 1:57 am

enneamom wrote:

I don't.

I should hope not.

I can't imagine how an owl would wash dishes, let alone, eat off one.

amother

Bronze

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 2:09 am

Oh, doing dishes here is a breeze. I have 7 buttons inserted in the sides of my sink - each one a different color.

One for "delicate dishes" - glassware, china, silver
2nd button for cutlery
3rd button for plates
4th button for cups
5th button for bowls
6th button for miscellaneous items
7th button for pots

I press a button and whirrrrr a metal hand pops out from a hole in the counter, grabs the liquid soap (Fairy) squeezes soap on the right sponge needed, another metal hand opens the tap for water, and both hands grab hold of the specific items they wash - soap, scrub, rinse, place in drainer, and presto within minutes dishes are sparkling clean and draining in drainer.
After dishwashing is finished the metal hand scrubs the counter, rinses off soap and water.

Then it places liquid soap in place, rinses sponge under water, closes tap, and hand goes back into its hole.

NEAT.

It's a bit of a pain in the neck b/c one of us has to remember to press the right button otherwise some dishes don't get washed. It's happened often, that we were about to eat a meal, and no plates - forgot to press button to wash plates.
Everyone was grumbling and my daughters commented that it would be quicker and easier if they themselves washed the dishes.

and you can't have ALL 8 hands working at once!!!! Mad

I tried it once, and don't ask the disaster shock

- cutlery clanged into plates, pots smashed glassware ... tapwater shot out at high speed flooding the counters, the floor, the kitchen cupboards and everything and everyone within a 5 mile radius.
We were left with a pile of glass shards, shapeless cutlery, mangled pots, smashed plates, crunched up bowls ...

I still have nightmares from that horror scene - I see lots of metallic hands clawing in my direction, and it happened about 4 years ago ... in my dreams[I] Wink

Since then I only use disposables. Smile

daagahminayin

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 2:14 am

I take my rings off. No gloves. Warmish water, not hot, because our sinks aren’t kosher. I prefer to be listening to a podcast at the same time. Then my husband wants to talk to me and I can’t press the off button on my headphones because my hands are wet. So I’ll try to listen to both at the same time. Or he’ll turn off the headphones for me. But then when he’s finished talking pressing the headphones won’t always turn on the podcast again. Sometimes I’ll have to dry my hands, take out my phone (tucked into my skirt because most of my clothes don’t have pockets), unlock my phone and restart the podcast. It’s a whole big thing.

Wow, I really love sharing this personal and crucial information about my life with you guys. I feel so vulnerable, but closer to you all.

amother

Bronze

Mon, Jul 30 2018, 2:19 am

amother wrote:

I don't pay my taxes.

I have foodstamps. I just give her some of those.

Maybe I should use the WIC checks instead. Do they cover Sushi?

well, that's why your pile of dishes don't get less, b/c she has to use more dishes to eat the foodstamps. simple as pie Wink

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