Caught my roommate tilting bowls the wrong way last Tuesday

I came home from work and found my roommate had loaded the dishwasher with all the bowls facing upward, like little soup cups. Every single one had a puddle of dirty water sitting in the bottom after the cycle. I tried to explain the 45 degree tilt trick so water drains off, but he just shrugged and said it worked fine for him. Has anyone else had to deal with a house mate who refuses to angle their dishes properly?

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margaretm2316d agoMost Upvoted

My roommate used to stack all the mugs right side up too and I'd open the dishwasher to find little pools of coffee sludge in EVERY one. Drove me absolutely nuts. I finally just started flipping them all over before I ran the load and he never even noticed. The worst was when he put a pyrex dish flat on the bottom rack and it collected a whole puddle of greasy water that leaked onto the clean dishes below. Some people just don't see water physics I guess.

tessa_clark7415d ago

Wait, did I just witness someone actually admitting they used to do bowls WRONG and then changed? Because I honestly used to be that roommate who loaded bowls facing up and thought it was fine. But then one day I pulled out a cereal bowl that had a musty puddle in the bottom and smelled like old dishwater, and it hit me how GROSS that actually is. After that I started tilting everything at a slight angle and it made SUCH a difference. Now I can't unsee it and it drives me crazy when I see people loading dishes that way.