Do you have a dishwasher or do you do dishes by hand?

I've never had a dishwasher. I used to want one so bad but never was lucky enough to have one. Now I am just so used to doing the dishes by hand. I don't really mind it. I did dishwashing for a restraunt and to be honest...it's almost as much work. I had to scrape the dishes soak them and rinse them by hand before putting them in the dishwasher. I think the dishwasher sterilized them but other than that....it was just an added step to the handwashing process. That was years ago. Maybe they have improved from those days. If not,...it is still almost as much work.

neither....we have a maid servant who comes twice a day and washes the dishes. i know that washing dishes can be a pain....and atleast for now we are saved from this work.

theres a dishwasher here in the house when we moved in Think in the 8 years we have used to 2 times sure dont know if it even works now lol

I don't have dishwasher and i do it by hand.No point getting angry with any work when we have to do it,so try to get dishwasher and stay cool like your avatar.hahahaha:)

I don't like washing the dishes, it is a housework that I feel bored. But we don't have the dishwasher at home and we have to wash dishes by hand. I wonder whether the dishwasher works so well or not. I am afraid it can not wash so well if the dishes are very oily. I love China

I have a dishwasher and sometimes i do the dishes by hand because dish washers a very good for flat dishes for dishes that are deep or cups, it cant wash them so you have to wash them by hand but it will help your back

We don't have dishwasher here at our home, we do it manually or by hands. Washing dishes is done by rotating chores that our parents arranged so that all of us get to experience washing dishes. It was great washing dishes but its terrible when you have to wash so many dishes that your hands ache because you wash to much already!

Hi, cwilson, we still wash up by hand.Maybe dishwasher is not so popular here. And some of my friends who used dishwasher before still do it by hand now. It seems sometimes it's not as convenient as we think. As I haven't used dishwasher, I don't know its shortcoming. But for me, dishes are washed up cleaner by hand, I think. You know, dishes or bowls are usually in irregular shape. Washing up by hand are more flexible to clean the corners. In another way, I think maybe I don't hate it. Haha...

I have a dishwasher and I love it but I do remember the days without one and Boy did I hate it.. You dont realize how spoiled you get with one.. I remember when my dishwasher broke and had to do the dishes by hand and it was as if my life had ended..LOL... I am not sure if I could ever live without one ever again

I have a dishwasher, but l also I clean them pretty good before they even go in. I used to wash dish's at Pizza-Hut did the same thing scrubbed the stuff real good then into the dish washer.

Would never live another day without my dishwasher! =D

I wash by hand, but already planning to get a dishwasher. I hate washing the dishes! I really, really hate it. I can be the cook here at home, just don't make me wash the dishes. I always look for an escape whenever its time to decide on that. Haha.

The dishwasher and laundry machines are the best inventions since the toilet. Basically, the inception of the dishwasher got rid of the maid. Yes, it took away someone's job, but the good news is that you don't have to pay someone to do your dishes, just pay for water and electricity. More importantly, if you didn't have a maid to do the dishes, you would've done it yourself. So the dishwasher saves time.

I'm probably like most people, I used to have a dishwasher but now that it is broken I wash all the dishes by hand. Once the twrilly bit ha sbroken off at the top of the washer the dishes were never as shiney again no matter how much liquid you use! Wasking up though can be fun if you share and makes a good time for conversation. Is it cleaner than a dishwasher - well that depends on the the skill of the human dish washer!

much to our daughters' chagrin, we do not have a dishwasher, so every night they have to do the dishes. one washes and the other drys. i actually dont mind doing the dishes. i just put on my tunes and enjoy.

I do the same at home.I wash the dishes by hand.I get tired doing this stuff sometimes.My hubby owns a restaurant which of course has dishwasher.I use to help when they get busy and it makes alot of difference having it at home also.It makes our daily life a little bit easier.As always the new technology does to us.

Well I have a dishwasher in my house but there's something wrong with it so now we have to do dishes by hand and there's alot of peole in my house so it's definitly a pain when it's time to do dishes it also takes longer to get them done so i understand where ur coming from when u have to stand at the sink for so long but having a dishwasher is a good idea the dishes get done in a breeze nd all ur dishes get washed all at one time lol but it definitley saves time Plus wat we use to do wen we were finished using a dish well juss rinse it off nd put it the dishwasher instead of letting the sink pile up so either wen the dishwasher was full or at the end of the day well turn it on so the next day all we have to do is empty it out nd put all the dishes that are now clean away where they're pose to be

I have a very busy day. Everyday. Would you believe that the only time I could slow down and think is when I am doing the dishes. So in a way, for me dish washing is a form a therapy. Lol. weird huh.

We actually do a combination of the two. Right now in our home, we have a portable dishwasher and we clean the majority of our regular dishes in the dishwasher, however we frequently was our pots and pans by hand. For us this method works out very well because we don't fill the dishwasher on a daily basis but we typically need to use the same pots and pans on a daily basis. The fact that we only do two to three things by hand each day is a tremendous help for us because I've never liked to wash the dishes by hand and I would avoid it at all costs if I could.

If you are doing some maths about it, how much time you are actually using on the dish by hand everyday, all the year. You may save like 20 minutes for every dish you have to do if you get a dishwasher, and don't worry about the elecricity usage, because it wont be huge if you just save up plates and cups untill it's full!