Dishwashers
I don't trust them. I don't believe the quality is the same as hand-washing.

If I doubt the cleanliness to any extent, I will wash every single piece of crockery/cutlery, etc. by hand, thoroughly, and then rinse it, and leave it to dry. If I don't think it's been left to dry in an appropriate spot (i.e., not fully on the draining board but partly hanging off) I will rewash it.

Me and my dad are apparently the only people in the family who feel like this (my mum is the sort of person who will happily eat stuff weeks beyond it's sell-by-date if it smells OK. Were it warm enough, I can imagine her boiling eggs on the pavement to save energy).

Ironically, me and Dad are also the two who have the constitutions of dung beatles and see illness as a theory rather than actual part of the fabric of everyday life. We really don't need to do this.

We don't care, though. When I go home, we'll go out, have a few beers, play some snooker, have a curry, then spend a good hour and a half having a really intense chat whilst washing pretty much every single thing in the house which is not nailed down.

We don't find this weird. We're aware everyone else would though, so it's not something we talk about. Ever. It's just what we do - we get a bit tipsy, we clean stuff, we have a whisky, then we go to bed.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Fri 1 May 2009, 0:24, 3 replies)

Dishwashers pah!
I once thought my life wouldnt be complete without one.
Pfft, you had to open the door as soon as it finished otherwise everything condensed and remained wet.
Everything was cloudy, specially the glassware
I used to rewash it all, much to the annoyance of my BF.

I hate washing up, but you cant beat, washing, rinsing and leaving it to dry naturally
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Fri 1 May 2009, 0:36, closed)

Totally
I have one in my flat now. I have never used it, and never will. I often take stuff out of it and wash it just in case.

Like I say, I'm not OCD or anything, they just don't strike me as the best way to clean stuff. I'd much, much rather actually scrub it with my own hands.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Fri 1 May 2009, 0:45, closed)

I think they're okay
if you spend a fortune on cleaning stuff, have just the right sort of water and make sure to keep everything properly separated.

Which is why I hand wash stuff too. Though I have succumbed to the dishwasher for bowls/plates if I'm in a rush, there are people coming over and have other stuff to do.
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 1 May 2009, 11:39, closed)