Close encounters of the ignorant kind.

[cactuswatcher]

I finished loading up the dishwasher and turned the switch. Nothing but a very disturbing hum ensues.

It's bad enough the washer didn't work, but for a few minutes I wondered what in the world I was going to do with all the dirty dishes and no dishwasher. Now I never had a dishwasher in my life till I was over fifty, but some how I managed to forget, I could do them by hand. Anyway I jiggle the hoses shut off and turn on the water, check to see if the electric plug is still where it should be. Even check the water heater. Nothing seems to be wrong, but the dishwasher doesn't work.

Then I took drastic measures, I pulled the hand-wash dish soap out (yes, I have the stuff and still forgot I could do the dishes by hand!). I'm about to squirt it in the sink when I give the dishwasher one more chance. No doubt frightened for its existence the dishwasher dutifully decided to work. I still don't know what was wrong. A flakey switch, bad water pressure? Who knows.

Comments

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

They are addictive. If someone would just figure out how to get them to load and unload themsleves, we'd had a lot more time to gripe about some other chores we wish we didn't have to do!

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

I don't have the room in my kitchen for one, or the money to buy one if I did. Some day, though.

[ann1962]

What they need to do is invent cupboards that do this for themselves. You could get them designed to hold about a day's worth of dishes, then water wouldn't be wasted and the machine could just store the stuff when you aren't using it, either clean or dirty. This could work IMO LOL.