To think that you can load the dishwasher wrong?

A raccoon on meth 😂😂

My manual says handle down will give the best results, but be aware it could be hazardous in the event of someone falling on it, specially young children. It recommends keeping small children out of the kitchen when loading or unloading.

Well I am the one who loads it up "wrong" according to my DH. I insist there is no right or wrong way, apart from cups and bowls being put top down, so they end up full of water - but I don't do that! If it is 1) loaded 2) comes out clean, it is loaded correctly.

@CourtenayDevon I'm definitely a raccoon, bar the substance abuse! Under eye shadows - check, furry paws - check, constantly shuffling around the bins - check.

I don't have a dishwasher and worked as a cleaner, had this horrible arrogant broke bimbo who never used to pay on time but acted like she was better than me that used to moan about me loading the dishwasher when cleaners mostly don't do this and I wasn't one of them, done it as a favour and she still moaned.
Sorry random rant

My husband recently sent me this meme. I'm the 'Scandi architect' loader. 😂

Well I’m OCD on loading the dishwasher and am forever moving things around that other family members have put in.

To me it makes sense to have separate rows of small plates, large plates, small bowls and large bowls.

Saucepans, chopping boards etc go behind the above.
Glasses and mugs have their own order on the top row.
It makes it so much easier for me to empty the next morning

My husband is an engineer so why doesn't he understand that water has to be able to reach all surfaces for them to get clean?
I've lost count of the number of times I've had to rearrange the bottom of the dishwasher because he's placed a saucepan on top of a lid or casserole dish!

Nobody thinks anyone else does it correctly- have seen people move around other people’s organisation of plates/ bowls and cups etc at various occasions and myself and dh definitely do it differently and want to kill each other over this!! So yabu for thinking your way is best!!😉

This is one argument that never occurs in our house. Probably because I load the dishwasher and DH unloads/puts away! 😂

This is a constant theme in our house.

DH is a terrible dishwasher loader. No logic to it and he can have it full with half a dozen items. I have to rearrange it all and then get most of a day's stuff into it.

I've really no idea what goes through his head when he is doing this.

My DDs, by contrast, are fairly good at it.

The only thing you can do wrong is point out when someone else has taken the time to load the dishwasher all the mistakes theyve made. Fuck. Off.

DH is obsessed with having all the cutlery lined up neatly in the slots, all forks together facing the same direction, then all spoons etc.

It really annoys me as he has failed spectacularly to bring this vibe to any other aspect of his housekeeping “skills” which are crap at the best of times.

But oh yeah the cutlery all has to be ship shape 😑

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iitdzRqsUZY

Unfortunately my dishwasher just blew a fuse twice...but I don't think that's down to how it's loaded.

According to DH yes, and I do it wrong. I just walk away when he starts reorganising it.....

This is about the only issue me and DH regularly argue about. He thinks he's right because he was an engineer and did work study, and understands these things. I think I'm right because I can fit more in and it all comes out clean.

Its not weaponized incompetence, he's quite happy to do his share.

It does reflect out different fields of expertise though, he focuses on process, and I am more interested in outcomes.

You can load it in a way that's less efficient than another way, or you can load it in a way that leads to wreckage. If things get broken because of how you've put them in, you loaded it wrong. In the case of the less efficient way, it's merely less efficient. If you can see a way you think is better and gets more in, you can suggest that and show it. It's still on the person loading the dishwasher to load it how they see fit. Maybe if things are left over when he loads it vs. when you load it, he can just wash the remainder by hand.

All cutlery up in my house but I have a table top dishwasher so it’s too high up to fall on!

I don’t watch it but happened to have eastenders on in the background a while ago and the episode was the one where a woman was murdered by her husband pushing her and she fell back on the open dishwasher and the kitchen knife facing up stabbed her in the back. It was actually horrible and I think of it every time I see a sharp knife facing up in a normal floor level dishwasher!

@Nonspecificcheese I'm afraid I remember a case some years back of a teenage boy who fell across the dishwasher, put his arms out and severed an artery because a sharp blade was sticking up, and died. Horrible.

It's common sense to point blades down and dishwasher manuals usually advise it.

On the original question- my DH (along with many men I know) thinks his loading is superior to mine,so he got the job! Win!

Big debate with us is whether the cutlery should be handle end up or down. I think down but apparently having the blade, or fork end upwards is a dangerous practice if someone falls on it. Which is, of course, a common household accident.

My husband will say I can’t get everything in the dishwasher, I have a look, re-arrange a few bits & hey presto it all goes in! 🤷‍♀️

Of course you can do it wrong. I have never known anyone who loads it correctly except for me!!

(I'm not even kidding. Sometimes, I honestly don't understand what goes through people's mind. How is a bowl supposed to get cleaned if it's sitting exactly on top of another bowl??????? It's not like the water has a pathfinder to find the mm wide gap between them...).

YANBU

Saw this thread and thought “omg.. my DH is on mums net” 😂 constant battle in our house. I’d love to interview someone who designs dishwasher racks; with my DH present!!!!

I even had an idea for a new product - modulable trays or racks to fit most dishwashers so people can stack even more efficiently!!!!!!!