Why can't women stack dishwashers?

[C8PPO]

Based upon my history of cohabitation concurrent with ownership of electro/mechanical devices for the cleaning of dishes and utensils, I am able to report a 100% strike rate relating to the inability of the domestic female to satisfactorily stack a dishwasher to it's optimum and maximum capacity. Why you would not put all the large plates in the large plate section at the bottom, facing the same way, and take similar action with the remaining items of crockery and cutlery, is beyond me.

[TonyHetherington]

I too can confirm an alarming inability for the female of the species to utilise crockery cleaning automated devices.

In my particular example, said female believes that one cooking device (a pan, for instance) is far more valuable than 10 plates. As such, this cooking device fills the bottom drawer and there remains 10 plates in the regularly, more commonly used, sink.

[rudecherub]

lack of spatial awareness, however they make up for it in being able to ask for directions.

[Bill]

Don't, it's an endless source of frustration, matched only by her tendency to stack dirty crockery in the sink.

[cal72]

In my house I am the dishwasher.

[SGirl]

Hehe. Don't you see? It's a Plan. So that we don't have to load the dishwasher because you blokes can do the job *so* much better.

[Neil H]

So true. Mine has a tendency to put bowls in with enough edge facing up to collect dirty water and require a rewash, or things stacked horizontally so as not to be washed at all. She is also convinced that our big wine glasses cannot fit despite my technique which guarantees they'll be clean and dry at the end.

[sherman]

They get confused if they have to migrate too far from the sink.

[russ_a]

It is the same in our house too, plus dirty washing back in the draws and clean washing in the machine.

[KrazyIvan]

rudecherub said:

lack of spatial awareness, .

This, its also the same reason they cant pack a suitcase, and then cant get said sutcase into the boot of a car, which they cant reverse park (as its too big) and seem to this is as wide as a truck when driving down the road.

But they look better in a Bra n Pants then most men, so can be forgiven for this minor shortcoming

[FWDRacer]

Great thread

I can confirm that my previously cohabitant of the opposite species couldn't work out the concept of liquid run-off relating to gravity - thereby ensuring everything was half full of minging water at the end of the "drying" cycle.

[pat_y]

Happens in my house also, she just doesn't seem to understand that if you obstruct the spinning arms, then stuff doesn't get cleaned properly, also a bloody rinse cycle isn't going to shift 3 day old weetabix luv, don't blame the equipment...User error.

[911motorsport]

Mrs.911m takes extreme offence when I re-stack her dishwasher efforts. You would think I was touching up a piece of art work she was particularly proud of.

And the recycling bin! Why can she not differentiate between hard plastics (bottles etc.) and clingfilm and sweet wrappers etc. I'm forever re-sorting the red recycling bag

[TuxRacer]

If she can't stack it properly, unplumb it and make her wash up in the sink.

[sleep envy]

911motorsport said:

And the recycling bin! Why can she not differentiate between hard plastics (bottles etc.) and clingfilm and sweet wrappers etc. I'm forever re-sorting the red recycling bag

you've not worked out that she does it to keep you busy?

school boy

[NitroNick]

Neil H said:

So true. Mine has a tendency to put bowls in with enough edge facing up to collect dirty water and require a rewash, or things stacked horizontally so as not to be washed at all. She is also convinced that our big wine glasses cannot fit despite my technique which guarantees they'll be clean and dry at the end.

Mine does the exact same thing, despite the numerous conversations about it.
Her mum even puts in cups and saucepans sitting perfectly upright, she is baffled to come back to a saucepan full of dirty water. She has even suggested getting a new dish washer because she thinks the current one isn't drying them properly.

[Plotloss]

I once came home to find 4ft of bubbles covering my entire kitchen.

No sweetie, dishwashers don't generally take washing up liquid.

[Tumbler]

TonyHetherington said:

In my particular example, said female believes that one cooking device (a pan, for instance) is far more valuable than 10 plates. As such, this cooking device fills the bottom drawer and there remains 10 plates in the regularly, more commonly used, sink.

Ah now this I am guilty of, I would rather wash 10 plates by hand than a greasy pan.

[SGirl]

pat_y said:

also a bloody rinse cycle isn't going to shift 3 day old weetabix luv, don't blame the equipment...User error.

Nothing shifts 3-day-old Weetabix. That stuff sets like concrete.

I suppose you lot are all perfect then, are you?

[C8PPO]

SGirl said:

Hehe. Don't you see? It's a Plan. So that we don't have to load the dishwasher because you blokes can do the job *so* much better

I would accept this, but

911motorsport said:

Mrs<insert PH Nickname> takes extreme offence when I re-stack her dishwasher efforts.

Plus ça change.....