dish washing poll

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Once all the plates are dirty I eat out of the pan with a wooden spoon and then cook in the same pan using different utensils till they are all used up. Oh, and yes I lick things clean if possible. Woof woof woof.

none of the above, i just buy a whole load of cheap ones from the shop and chuck it out the window after using it, saves washing up



jk, i buy paper/plastic disposable ones, lazy i know but something about lack of hygiene around the house seems off-putting so much that metal / ceramics would gather dust so easily its not worth the trouble

I can see how you could get away with it if you lived alone. Do you,,???

I don't

I like to WASH my dishes at a set time at the day but it drives my family, insane, they like to do it right away...

what?

You're supposed to wash them?

Licking my dishes instead of washing them is disgusting and unsanitary. The human mouth is a cess pool of germs!

Although while most people wash their dishes after a meal, I tend to wash mine *before* the meal. Sometimes it gives me something to do while waiting for food to cook.

i am wondering though, if it is only your own germs, how can you get sick from them?

I want my Cherry Garcia!

Saying this, I usually wash my dishes fairly well.

I voted "Always wash", because there was no "almost always" option.

If it's going in the drawer or drain rack, it gets washed, period. There's a fork I keep at work that, if the food that I'm eating doesn't leave debris behind, I'll sometimes put it away without washing it, and then using it the next day.

The townhouse has an automatic dishwasher. I don’t run it every day, since I’m the only one here that uses it. I’ll wait until I have a fully loaded machine (which includes the water tank to my CPAP machine, since the manufacturer REQUIRES the tank to be machine washed) to wash the dishes (usually very early in the morning, in order to take advantage of the lower electricity cost.)

i guess i'm sorta an outlier here then.

The stuff you wipe on your dishes with your tongue turns foul. After eating food you still have small particles of food in your mouth. Your saliva doesn't sterilize them or prevent them from rotting when you wipe them onto your dish with your tongue. Once the bacteria and everything else in your saliva isn't in your mouth anymore where it would be cleansed more or less by swallowing and production of fresh saliva, it is also exposed to oxygen which increases the bacterial growth.
What does your dish even smell like when you use it the next time without cleaning it but with adding a film of bacteria?

Last edited by Lely on 01 Oct 2019, 5:30 am, edited 1 time in total.

i heard a theory, that if people live in a less than hygienic environment, it keeps their immune system occupied so that there is less autoimmune illness. my sniffer never was the most sensitive so i guess i just don't notice those kinda smells.

Why don't you then just rinse your dish with water but without soap? That would also be compromising on hygiene (if you like to employ such methods to supposedly boost your immune system), but it wouldn't add an unnecessary film of foulness like your saliva does.

I'm still not sure if the question is serious. First I thought it was a joke, but some answers seem so honest.

Would you also just take a cloth or paper tissue and spit on it to clean your skin when you don't want to shower or use water and soap, or simply want to boost your immune system?

if i'm gonna employ the sink, first i have to empty it of the junk that is in it now, junk always seems to pile up despite my best efforts. stuff won't stay clean and organized. IOW if i'm gonna run H20 over 'em i might as well go all the way and actually wash the blinkin' things. this is NOT a joke thread, unfortunately. i admit i am a slob and a hoarder. almost every aspie i've known in person, was exactly the same way. my immune system comment was a SWAG at finding a positive to the situation.