Is unfairly weighted in favour of the cook?
Reasons being:
The cook often chooses the meal.
The cook gets all the glory.
The aftermath rarely involves simply washing up or loading the dishwasher, there's usually much cleaning and clearing to be done.
The cook gets to do their bit before the meal and wine so the hapless clearer-upper has to leap into action at the most uncomfortable time, while the smug cook leans back with a drink.
Nobody thanks the clearer upper.
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To believe that the common "rule" whereby the cook doesn't lift a finger after the meal...
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TheRealAmandaClarke · 20/07/2014 21:42
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