by Carrie L. » Wed May 02, 2007 4:36 pm
Way late to the bandwagon here, but I'm with all of you who hate to unload the dishwasher. We have two, so most of the time, it's actually twice the chore--usually because I forget to turn the full one on, so we load the other and run them simultaneously. The part I hate about unloading it is that it's seems very regimented. Everything has it's own little residence, and it could be anywhere in the kitchen. Tongs in one drawer, silverware in another. Coffee mugs in one cabinet, plates in another. Oh and let's not forget the food processor components that have to go all the way to the pantry... sigh...
Funny story...My husband whom I love dearly, definitely thinks dishes are "women's work." (How the heck I ended up with someone who thinks this way, I'll never know, but as I said, I love him dearly...)
Well, frequently he will actually load the dishwasher for me after dinner. But before we had two of them, he had a little ploy. He'd fill it up first with big pots, pans and mixing bowls and then say, "Oh, it's full. The rest will have to wait until tomorrow."--knowing full well he'd be heading to the golf course without ever "seeing" the full sink before he left.
Right up there with despising unloading the dishwasher is cleaning the garlic press. Oh what a pain to get that smelly, sticky wad of garlic out of there before putting in the dishwasher. The little cleaning attachment that you poke through the holes is pretty much worthless in my book.