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Can Washing Dishes be Less of a Chore?
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I hate having to do the dishes. Flat out… HATE it. Does anyone like it? Seriously. Flyboycom in our chat room sent these tips in to help us try to make washing dishes a little more fun.
- Turn on the music. It’s amazing what a little music can do. I modify my song selection by my mood. Sometimes I want a quiet reflective atmosphere to allow me to relax and contemplate while I wash. Other times I’m energized, and upbeat songs are better to motivate me. Find your songs and turn them up.
- Make an assembly line. With one person scraping, one washing, one drying, and one putting away, the chore runs smoothly and quickly. Instead of assigning one person to do the dishes on different nights, round up everyone and have it done in a fraction of the time every night.
- Have a conversation. One couple I know purposely avoids using the automatic dishwasher in the evenings. After dinner dishes has become their time to talk and reflect on their days. It may seem weird to think of reconnecting with someone over a sudsy sink, but it works. Washing dishes can be a monotonous chore. The benefit is, that your hands keep working in rhythm, while your mind or your mouth goes on with something more interesting.
- Have a reward. In one friend’s family, there is no dessert until the dishes are done and the table is cleared. There’s very little complaining about the chore now, just a knowledge that as soon as everyone chips in, there will be dessert. Find a way to reward yourself for completing the dishes and the time will fly.
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Technobabble
April 10th, 2008
at 2:59am
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Oliver Gassner
April 9th, 2008
at 1:37am
Can Washing Dishes be Less of a Chore? ~ Chris Pirillo
AJVeltri.com
April 8th, 2008
at 10:46pm
no comments yet.
oliver
April 7th, 2008
at 11:48pm
Well, it’s alnmost nop prob if you have a dishwasher. Them you will have to take turns putting the dishes in or out ;)
Silver Mouse
April 8th, 2008
at 3:04am
Basically, if you hate doing them then the problem is in your head. I’d look there first.
S. Mouse
yameen
April 8th, 2008
at 4:44am
Good cooks and Martha Stewart will tell you – split the chore! Not split it by several people… if only life was that generous!… but wash as you cook. So that at the end of the cooking, you have no dishes left except those you going to use to serve your food.
Then, when you finish your meal, make it as easy as possible to wash: scrap as much of the scrap as possible away so you are left with, as far as possible, just an oily plate / bowl.
When you stack up the dishes, segregate them. Utensils on one side, plates on another, glasses, bowls all separate. Then it makes it easier to grab something and scrub away! A lot faster too!
Ix07I
April 8th, 2008
at 2:39pm
knifes=bad
Connorcuber
April 8th, 2008
at 2:55pm
Yeah, I have this large knife which isn’t dishwasher safe, so if I accidentally knock it, I instinctly try and catch it, I usually catch it and then Bam, im cut.
John Lawyer
April 8th, 2008
at 8:00am
I have a few tips to share.
1. If you have a large family or you’re a bachelor, it doesn’t matter; don’t let the dirty dishes pile up for a few weeks. Being faced with a large amount of dishes to wash can be daunting.
2. Rinse your dishes, silverware, cups and glasses after every meal. Develop the habit of doing this after every meal and your dish washing time will be greatly reduced. If you have a small family, it’s easier just to wash the evenings dishes and be done with it.
3. Don’t cut yourself, use a glass cleaning tool.
http://www.organize.com/glasswash.html
I exploded a tall drinking glass one day to clean the bottom of the glass, thankfully all I got was a small cut but, it could have been a lot worse.
I used to enjoy washing dishes. but nothing beats a dishwasher :)
nunikili
April 8th, 2008
at 4:05pm
TIPS 5: is ok to do as long as your recycle them.
But still…no good for the environment.
My TIP #5: Don’t be lazy :-)
Eric
April 8th, 2008
at 9:22am
Doing dishes is only a chore when the dishwasher is broken. As my wife would say…”just fix the damn thing” . Having a dishwasher frees up a lot of time in the evening to spend some quality time with your family. Plus, in todays world when both adults in the house have to work inorder to pay the high cost of living, time is very important.
–Eric L.
JOEMLM
April 8th, 2008
at 4:23pm
Do the dishes live! Post it on youtube! The first ever live ‘husband doing the dishes’ i get the rights for the tshirts, you can have the dvd rights!
RaineyWM
April 8th, 2008
at 4:35pm
I never have a problem doing my dishes because frankly, I wash each dish and utensil after I use it. My sink is never filled with dirty dishes.
vistadude
April 8th, 2008
at 2:10pm
did he have to much coffe
Sara
April 8th, 2008
at 3:03pm
Get and use a dishwasher! Even if there’s just 2 of you, it beats washing dishes by hand, gets them cleaner as well, and if you get an energy-saver dishwasher, uses less water.
Awilliams24
April 8th, 2008
at 10:16pm
Chris that shouting is annoying for people around the house!
TGseason10
April 8th, 2008
at 10:24pm
Assuming that your wife wants to get pregnant!
SHE’S HOLDING A KNIFE!!!
Subzyr0
April 9th, 2008
at 1:34am
HOLDING A KNIFE!
jmontague
April 9th, 2008
at 2:02am
Chris Shrink some of her stuff then she’ll never let u wash her clothes again
welshgamer
April 9th, 2008
at 2:55am
SHES HOLING THE KNIFE!!!
lol funny
zachlr1
April 9th, 2008
at 12:08pm
Disposableware for the win!
leansta
April 9th, 2008
at 4:00pm
hahaha holding a knife that is still crusty from last nightts dinner hahaha
djoutlaws
April 10th, 2008
at 3:45am
get a dishwasher, solved!
gwhicks1969
April 10th, 2008
at 11:03am
I have to agree with awilliams24, that shouting is VERY annoying. I try to listen while at work and that jump in volume blasts my eardrums. I end up shutting off those videos you do that in. Please keep this in mind in the future.
proent
April 10th, 2008
at 1:29pm
if she doesnt “want” to use disheasher thats her problem
albert71292
April 10th, 2008
at 3:11pm
Luckily, I can get out of washing dishes… for Chris at least… I recently purchased a Logitech Quickcam 9000, so I’m “set” on webcams for awhile :-)
Seshan
April 10th, 2008
at 8:18pm
I wash dishes at work, so no matter what I do at home dish washing will always feel like work/chore.
rmellis
April 13th, 2008
at 7:23am
MINT VID 5 star chris m8
thecomputeraddict
April 14th, 2008
at 2:14am
“SHE’S HOLDING A KNIFE THATS STILL CRSUTY FROM LAST NIGHTS DINNER”
lol
dreamreaper66
April 16th, 2008
at 9:40am
OMFG 5:49 the face of no childs ;(
deejaystyle1
April 17th, 2008
at 5:05pm
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jemuelfernandez
May 27th, 2008
at 5:57pm
he HAS a dishwasher…