Expense, Environment, and Sanitation be dammed I am not buying a dishwasher!

Who would have thought that buying a modern appliance could be so polarizing. It is not as if by not owning a dishwasher I am forfeiting my children's future or am I?

A little history

About a year and half ago my dishwasher broke. It was the middle of the pandemic and I was not happy. I did not want to go out. I did not want to go traipsing from store to store. But what else could I do? I know I’ll shop online. I’ll get it delivered. No fuss, no fuss, and I’ll have my new dishwasher by the week end. Boy was I wrong!

Let’s start with obvious. Everybody, and their brother, their aunts, uncles, and all their friends had pretty much decided the same thing. It seemed as if anything even remotely construction related was on back order. Third, the demand prices had risen to ridiculous levels. I paid $350 for a high end dishwasher around 10 years ago. Now I was to pay $1300? Nope not going to happen.

I didn’t by a dishwasher

What about being happy

Recently, I came across an article comparing running a dishwasher vs hand washing. As I read the article I found myself growing uncomfortable. It is cheaper, better for the environment, and and as a bonus it provides better sanitation. Yikes, I feel like a chump.

https://www.cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/how-much-water-do-dishwashers-use/

They are missing the point

Well I am not a chump. I enjoy washing dishes. Expense, Environment, and Sanitation be dammed, I enjoy the gathering of the dishes. Scrubbing the dirties. I relish finishing up rack full of a job well done. That being said my wife and I had long since established exactly whose role it was to wash, dry, and put away. I will suggest to anybody who is striking out of the road of personal satisfaction please, please, please check with you partner first.

Expense, Environment, and Sanitation be dammed

What next is anybody’s guess

The truth be told my wife wants a dishwasher. The prices have come down. I do care about the environment. And I do feel more that a little uneasy about having insufficient sanitation. The big test will be Mothers day. We are having a party, the first since covid. This will mean lots of dishes. And after washing, and washing, and still more washing I may feel different.

Maybe, just maybe, it will be time for me to get a new dishwasher.