Conflict in the Sink

I really hate it when the family dumps their dirty dishes in the sink. It makes the sink hard to use. However, I may need to soften my stand on sink-stashing because it is far less objectionable than those water-wasters who insist in washing the dishes before they wash the dishes in the dishwasher.

Letting some of your dishes "soak" under the water that normally goes down the drain eliminates the need for that wasteful "pre-washing". Let's not get carried away with this, only those dishes with some hard-to-scrape deposits will get the benefit.

So far, I haven't had to re-wash anything since I started to leave a few dirty dishes, usually the pots & pans, soak in the sink. Remember this is just for a day or less, not to sit in the sink all week. If I can prevent that wasteful 'pre-washing,' I'll accept the occasional dirty pan in the sink...just don't overdo it. It places a weapon within arms' reach.