Which is the better way to load the dishwasher?
Another hot topic. People who load the utensils pointing up claim that they get cleaner due to more space between them and less blockage. Those who load the utensils pointing down claim there is less chance of stabbing yourself. Another benefit is that when you unload it, you don’t put your grubby hands where people’s mouths go. Discuss.
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Up. Always up.
Although my grandpa Jack had a strong opinion about putting them down. He believed that more germs get on the tops when you touch them after they were washed.
i’m with uncle jack, for the same reason
I think up is best with one big exception. The sharp knives. Those should always point down so the person unloading doesn’t cut their hand on the knives when taking them out.
My mother and I differed there. She didn’t like the knives pointing down because she said it would cut the plastic in the basket causing more wear and tear on the dishwasher. I felt like people’s hands were more important than a plastic eroding slightly and since the kids in my family were always in charge of unloading the utensils, it made me a little suspicious of her motives there.
Anyhoo… I’m still working out my issues from my mother trying to cut my hands with dishwasher utensils. Hoping to be a functioning citizen soon enough! :)
Up mostly, but I’m kind of mish-mash about it. I think I like to have the utensils facing up so that I can know what’s what when I’m unloading. I can just take a quick hand full of all the forks, then spoons, then butter knives and so on.
I don’t ever load or unload the dishwasher so I don’t know if it’s fair to give my opinion but I vote for down. Don’t know why, just like it that way.
I vote down. My kids are around when I load and unload the dishwasher. The last thing I need is them tripping and falling face first into a bunch of forks and knives pointing upwards. Not to mention, my mother in law once loaded my dishwasher for me and pointed everything up. I almost took my hand off when I went to take them out.
Germs. Ever heard of them?
It’s weird to me that anyone would put them up? Wouldn’t the forks stab you? And wouldn’t you feel dirty when you were eating?
C. Both. We bought a new dishwasher last year. When I browsed through the instructions they said to do some up and some down to avoid, “nesting.” They even included a helpful picture. This probably won’t put anything to rest, but it gave me a bit of a laugh due to the ongoing family debate on the matter.
I am shocked that this is even close. Down.
I only had one vote, but Niels says down, Spence says up, and Matt says up. Niels made the point (which Cicely hinted at) that putting them up is germier. but Spence retorted that he wears rubber gloves to unload.
Down- http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/dishwasher.asp
I feel so strongly about this: down. Down, people!
Always down. I stabbed myself with a knife and it sucked. I don’t like being stabbed.
Geez, I thought I was just paranoid about them pointing up. Now I know my paranoia is legit. Why on earth would someone ever point them up? It’s beyond me.
DOWN – after repeatedly stabbing myself with forks and knives, we are officially reps for washing ‘down’.
Can’t answer this one. Knives need to go down, all else goes up. This decision involves utility and safety, as it is uneconomic and consequently unreasonable to place spoons and forks down, which would yield a clogging of space. It is unsafe to place knives up, butter or stake alike. If you stab yourself with a fork, get rid of your two-prongs for a more traditional four-prong; I promise they are innocuous. It’s simple logic that dissuades me from making the black and white, all or none choices. It is this reasoning that separates the thinkers from the numb, the liberals from the conservatives, the wheat from the chafe, respectively.
Well what the fuck do you do with a spork?
Um, just so everyone knows, that last response with the “F” word, isn’t from me. It is some other Chelsea with a potty mouth.
Scott, when are you doing another post? I’ve been checking twice a week for quite some time! Yay!
always up. Sharp knives should never go in the dishwasher – they will dull.