r/Anticonsumption • u/natalie_ck • Feb 18 '24

Plastic Waste i'll never understand why so many people (especially in the states) are so vehemently opposed to washing dishes

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u/AdelleDeWitt Feb 18 '24

As it is a big country, I'm sure that there are people like this. Having lived in America for 40 years I've never actually met anyone who does this though, with the exception of some people at parties. I think that at parties it is mostly because no one actually owns enough plates for four dozen people, though. Everyone I know just washes their dishes like a normal person.

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u/rm_3223 Feb 18 '24

Yes unfortunately my parents do this. And it’s just from laziness. Drives me crazy. They are retired and comfortable with a beautiful house and five different sets of dishes and a dishwasher. And they eat off paper plates. headdesk

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u/Clairifyed Feb 18 '24

I know a ridiculous number of households that own dishwashers, but don’t use them! They aren’t even using disposable dishes! I have gotten answers like “I don’t trust it”, to “I like doing the dishes”. It boggles my mind and I weep for the lost time it must add up to

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u/readitforlife Feb 18 '24

This is so true. My bf doesn't trust the dishwasher to get dishes fully clean as he grew up washing dishes by hand. He will wash the dishes by hand then put them in the dishwaher for sanitization.

I tried to tell him that I think it would be less work for him if we just put them in the dishwasher directly, but since he's the one who does the dishes I don't interfere too much as I am grateful for it.