The Evil of Dish Washers
Doug
Some thought provoking words about the evil of dish washers from Tim Chester:
1. Despite what all the adverts claim, they don’t wash as well. They mist over glasses and leave a soapy taste on things. We can all tell crockery, mugs and glasses that have been routinely washed in a dish washer.
2. They remove a great opportunity to train your children to serve. Doing the washing up is lesson 101 in serving others.
3. They remove a great opportunity for pastoral care. One person washing while another is drying is a great context for pastoral chats. It’s one-on-one. But you’re doing a task together so it’s not too intense. ‘How are you doing?’ ‘How’s your walk with God?’ Great questions to ask while your filling the washing up bowl. Or how about, ‘You know you wash up like a legalist’!
4. Dish washers guzzle electricity. Not as bad a tumble dryers (another evil and mostly unnecessary household appliance). So reduce global warming – and keep your hands beautiful and soft for free!
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Agree/Disagree? I don’t know about you, but this was one of my household chores as a kid and it not only provided a way to serve the rest of the family, it also opened up time to talk with my mom while she washed and I dried. Likewise, for the first 6 years of our marriage, Jaime and I never had a dishwasher and we didn’t seem to mind. But … I think we’re glad we got one now that we have 3 small kids!
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February 24th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Having to wash dishes by hand is most definitely a result of the fall. It is the only household chore that I told my wife I wouldn’t do. If she made me do literally every other household chore, i would gladly trade them all for not having to wash dishes by hand.
In regards to #4, though, washing dishes by hand uses much, much more water than using a dishwasher
February 24th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
interesting, chris. so instead of the title, “the evil of dish washers”, your title for this post would have been “the evil of washing dishes.”
February 27th, 2009 at 5:53 am
This post made me happy – dishwashers are pretty rare in Japan. Maybe we will get one of them someday (even though they are crazy expensive) if we have more kids! I feel you, Doug!
February 27th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
I’ve also heard that dishwashers actually use less water than hand washing dishes and I’m glad about that! With 3 kids, dishwashers acutally free up more time to spend chatting and playing with them. (and not too mention my hands look 10 times worse when I hand wash things!) Plus, there are always the pots and pans and other various things that I can train my kids to serve as they wash them! Long live the dishwasher! (and the clothes dryer!)
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:59 pm
The running water and the sense of accomplishment are therapy for the end of a long day. Doing the dishes after putting the children to bed is a time for me to organize my thoughts, reflecting of the day just finished and preparing for the day ahead.
We have a dishwasher, and use it regularly, but sometimes I like to do them by hand anyway. And there are those times, when doing them earlier, that one of the kids wants to help. I’m glad for the opportunity to spend this time with them. Yes, we could put them in the machine and go do something else together, but I find that doing chores together is oftentimes fun.