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What good are you anyways?

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It’s been almost 2 horiffic grueling weeks without a properly working dishwasher. There is a reason I wasn’t born back in the day with Ma, Pa, covered wagons and such. Dishwashers and Washing Machines…Tivo….Madmen and Stacy’s Pita Chips come to mind. I just don’t like hand washing dishes. So how did I survive the last two weeks? I’m not going to say that I pre-soaked the dishes, loaded them in the dishwasher, and pressed every button to ensure I got clean dishes. No…I wouldn’t say that at all. 

Anyways, the repairman finally made it out today. Immediately upon taking apart the dishwasher he showed me a clogged filter. Following is an excerpt from our conversation:

Repairman: You have to pre-rinse your dishes or this will happen {points to clogged filter}.

Me: So, basically I have to wash my dishes for my dishwasher?

Repairman: Pretty much.

Me: So, basically it’s not really a dishwasher, but more of a sanitizer?

Repairman: Pretty much.

This is a similar conversation I have with my husband every time the garbage disposal gets clogged or the washing machine gets off kilter. So…I make workhorses out of my household appliances? Don’t judge.

I’m not completely naive to my “sanitizer’s” capabilities. It’s not like I throw a dish in there with half a chicken-fried steak and mashed potatoes. Duh…I put that down the garbage disposal.

Are you a pre-rinser?

 

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  1. Oh man, this has been the main thing my husband and I have argued about for our entire relationship. I say it’s called a dishWASHER and he says it’s just for sanitizing. Seriously, what’s the point of that?

  2. I give it a quickie then stuff it in! My friend is a pre-scrubber, it makes me nuts. She puts on gloves, then an apron, then gets the little sponge/soap filled apparatus, runs the water hot enough to boil water, then scrubs the heck out them, rinses, then loads into what I now call the dryer!