Butter Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Oh, and I don't rinse dishes before putting them on the counter or in the dishwasher (I do scrape them if necessary). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storygirl Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I have very passionate feelings about this!!!!! No dishes in the sink! I find it really disturbing to wash my hands or rinse fruits or vegetables over a stack of dirty dishes. I just can't do it. And I can't bear to see little bits and blobs of food sitting in the sink. Dirty dishes in the sink bother me so much that when I have a party and people toss their dirty dishes or utensils in the sink, DH has to clean it out for me. I actually have an aversion to it. :willy_nilly: I have a dishwasher, but I hand wash pots, pans, casserole dishes, mixing bowls, knives with wooden handles, wooden cutting boards, etc., so any time I cook, I end up with something that needs to be washed afterwards. If I am not washing dishes immediately, they are rinsed and stacked neatly on the right side of the counter. I actually hate dishes on the counter as well. But the sink is much, much worse. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacus2 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 The counter! Dishes in the sink get nasty. Also, the only time dirty dishes go in the dishwasher is when it is being loaded in the dishwasher to immediately be run. There is nothing worse than a half-loaded dishwasher that I can't tell whether it's clean or dirty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWillSoar Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I like them in the sink because it looks messy with dishes piled on the side. At least in a deep sink, they are not as noticeable. But that doesn't happen as often as I'd like in this house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking Squirrels Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I don't mind dishes in the right hand sink, but I hate when dishes get left on the left side where the garbage disposal is. Because then the next person to come along doesn't rinse their dish because there's dishes there already. Reality: dishes in both sides of the sink AND the counter, more often than not. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieZ Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) Sink for just a few dishes. If the pile gets huge, it needs to stay on the left side of the sink. (You've got to leave enough room in the sink to actually wash the hand wash, etc., and if it gets too stuffed, then that's difficult.) NEVER the right side (that is for clean dishes drying!) That said, the first thing is to yell, "CHILD NAME (whoever is on dishes that week), come do your job and unload this dishwasher this instant" Follow that up with making said negligent child do all the hand wash, etc that I can't do without a clean slate, lol. That's part of the consequences of falling down on their job of keeping that dishwasher loading and unloading done. My dish sink is huge, so it can hide a lot of dirty dishes, but I don't like to see them, so they need to go into the dishwasher pronto if at all possible. Edited February 25, 2016 by StephanieZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 If the dishwasher isn't available, I prefer dirty dishes to go on the counter beside the sink. Or in the dish basin I keep next to the sink for non-dishwasher items. The only things I put in the sink are large items like pots or other things that need to soak, but largely, I like to keep the sink clear until I'm actually about to wash something. Dirty dishes do not belong: on the table, on the island, or on the counter next to the stove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 counter. I've got business with the sink. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolt. Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Counter above the dishwasher -- but no rinsing, just stacked dirty, in nearly sorted piles for easy dishwasher loading. (I never rinse anthing that doesn't involve oatmeal or uncooked egg.) I don't mind showing my dishes, and it won't be long anyways for the washer to run and be emptied/refilled -- the dish stacks will probably done with by the end of the next meal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GirlTwinBoys Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 All the dirty dishes get rinsed or cleaned off with a brush if necessary and put on the right side in the sink until they can be loaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I'm starting to feel like a total freak here. If the dishwasher is full of clean dishes, I unload it, and then put the dirty dishes in. Usually I unload the dishwasher while making coffee in the morning. The rule in our house is dirty dishes get scraped or rinsed if necessary and then go straight into the dishwasher without being set down on any other surface. If the dishwasher is running, I hand wash whatever else there is right then, and then dry it and put it away. I can not stand dirty dishes in the sink or on the counter, and I try really hard to avoid it. I pretty much never leave things to soak for more than a few minutes. Yep, I'm a freak. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 We don't have a dishwasher and our kitchen is very small, so sink. The only counter space next to the sink houses the dish drainer and I don't want dirty dishes in there! One nice thing about having a small kitchen is that I can't let dishes get out of control, so there are usually very few in the sink. I tend to wash in frequent short bursts throughout the day and clean up after myself when I cook. Otherwise, the kitchen would look like a hoarders episode by the end of the day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Rinsed and to the right of the sink. We never put dirty dishes straight into the dishwasher. I guess we could, we just don't. My husband likes the job and likes to load all at once. He's a keeper. ; ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiof5 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Sink and then counter. Dishwasher and I have a hate relationship, so we just ignore each other :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) Left side of sink. The right side has the garbage disposal so nothing goes in that side to leave it free to use (and to keep silverware out of it). DS's chore is doing the dishes so they can sit for half a day before they get done. He is very busy so he isn't always home to do them right away. Edited February 25, 2016 by Tap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaKinVA Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Neither...dishes get washed or loaded and have no reason to sit around. :smilielol5: Yeah, I'm dreaming. In reality, dishes need to be at the side of the sink (right side), so that we can actually use the sink. Put me firmly in the "I loathe having to clean out the sink" in order to do the dishes, wash my hands, or fill a pot. Of course, this also assumes dishes even make it to the sink. :thumbdown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Sink, although if I'm going to rinse a dish, most times I'll just go all the way until it's clean and put it in the dish drainer. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I also hate having a sink full of dishes, but I'm OK with dishes in only one of the two basins (temporarily). But truth be told, I don't always have time to do it right so I break my own rules, however reluctantly. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I like to soak them in the sink. DH is in charge of the dishwasher, but he doesn't believe in pre-rinsing. He said growing up they never had to pre-rinse, and he's not going to start now. Of course then there were 2 adults and 3 kids in the house, and a compulsive mother so the dishwasher was run twice a day. Whereas we run it every 2-3 days. I've given up getting him to pre-rinse. So, any dishes that don't look clean get put in the sink and filled with water. A glass filled with water gets the silverware. Next time I add dishes for soaking I put them on the counter near the dishwasher. This method gets the dishes cleaned and good for the marriage. We are seriously considering getting two dishwashers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Counter ideally. I hate taking the things out of the sink so I can wash - we don't have a dishwasher. However I also have a sever lack of counter space, so sometimes things do get put in the sink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Counter here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 My dishes don't have to be rinsed so they just get set on the counter until someone gets around to unloading it. Usually that is just before dinner, lol. then it all gets unloaded and reloaded. If I play my cards right, the dishwasher will be mostly unloaded b/c any clean dishes needed throughout the day will be taken out of the machine and used. Much less to put away that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I try to wash, dry put away immediately. I hate seeing dishes on the counter or sink. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtomom Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 It depends for me. If I have wet or icky stuff, I put them in the right side of the double sink. If I have dishes that are relatively clean but need washed--a granola bowl or drinking glass for example--I often put them on the counter. I don't like the sink full of dirty dishes and we generally load dishes in the dishwasher just prior to washing, so things can pile up if they are all in the sink. Hubby really hates seeing dishes on the counter, so be tends to put everything in the sink. I guess to me a sink full of dishes looks like chaos and to him dishes on the counter looks like chaos instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuNaturel Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Glasses and mugs on the counter so they don't break, everything else in the sink on the left side (I have a double sink). Ideally scraped and rinsed or soaking. If they aren't scraped clean, on the counter. The one thing I hate the most is gross rotting food particles floating in water or in the drain...But I live with animals too and this happens more times than I like to admit. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I'm a sink person..... my Mom's a counter person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I'm a sink person..... my Mom's a counter person. My mom is a Oh_No_There_Are_Dirty_Dishes_In_The_House person. I usually do the dishes when I am there for a holiday. I don't mind hand washing dishes that she deems to be hand wash only. But, I draw the line at loading the dishwasher then handwashing what is left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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