To think it's disgusting to wash up without rinsing?

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Just that really!
I really can't understand how seemingly clean people lather their dirty dishes and just put them to dry without rinsing the foam off. All the germs and soap residue are left on the plates surely?

Yuk. Revolting!

The whole washing up everything in the same bowl of water thing is rank, especially if you don't even rinse it. It might use more water & more washing up liquid but washing it in running water has to be the better option, more hygenic

YANBU. I always feel bad when I have people over and they help to wash up and don't rinse. You can feel the residue still on the plates. It's grim. I have to wash everything again when they've gone.

Isn't the point of washing up liquid to rinse it off, the way it was explained to me that one end of the washing up liquid molecule sticks to the grease and the other end sticks to water thereby making grease effectively water soluble. But you still need water to rinse it off at the end otherwise you just have plates with washing up liquid stuck to food residue.

You can save water by only filling the bowl about a third full, and using a very soapy sponge to wash. Run the hot tap v slowly over the bowl as you rinse, so the 'rinse' water goes back in the bowl and tops it up.

I don't see that that uses a lot more water than filling up the bowl in the first place. Un-rinsed stuff is grim - would you put the washing up water in your mouth?

Who knew that washing up was such a boring controversial issue.

I bet rinsers iron their knickers too

I don't rinse. Can't be arsed. Nothing tastes soapy (how much are you using?!) and I'm not dead yet either.

No, because wearing un-ironed knickers doesn't put chemicals directly into your stomach.

There are worse things that soap suds in your system, Birds. I hate to break it to you.

Swap your Fairy Liquid for cheapo range then you won't have to worry about soap suds.

I bet 'rinsers' spend their lives clenching

Is it any wonder there was/is a drought in this country!!

Ironing most things=waste of time
Rinsing soap scum and food residue off plates= essential chore IMO

Why on earth would anyone wash dishes manually in this day and age!?

That's the question that boggles the mind

Wow there are some tightly clenched arses on this thread :o I don't know how I've survived my 40 years. I'm a walking miracle! Who knew how controversial washing up was.

so those of us with kitchens too small for a dishwasher must hire servants?

Drought conditions aren't from people rinsing LST they are from leaks in reservoirs that go unfixed.

Just because something doesn't kill you isn't always a great recommendation for doing it. Look at the realms of grossness toddlers and kids are happy to stick in their mouths.

Because not everyones got or can afford a dishwasher, err maybe.

YANBU and I don't know of any other country where people use this unique way of washing dishes. How do you non-rinsers wash your hair I wonder - shampoo, lather and let dry?

I rinse but only cause it seems to be easier to dry them without all the foam on!

it is true that if there is more than one person in the house, a dishwasher is more water efficient than washing up and rinsing.

I love MN. Learn something new every day. People actually shower after they bath? That is nothing short of a criminal waste of water. Don't use the smelly shit in the first place then you won't need to rinse it off in the shower will you? I agree with usualsuspect. I think these people would probably need to be unclenched surgically.

I am mostly a slattern, for the record. My kitchen floor hasn't been washed for at least 2 months, and my arse is too flabby to clench.

I just can't summon up the energy to give a hoot either way tbh,rinse, don't rinse

I rinse. And I only have the one sink. I just don't fill the sink full to the top when I start washing up, washing a few things, put them back in the sink, set the tap going and rinse them, put them on the drainer, then onto the next layer.