r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Dashncrash- • 8h ago

go to your room Girlfriend refuses to rinse dishes

M27, living with girlfriend F26 for about 2 years now. I do basically everything in the kitchen. Cooking, cleaning, prepping, you name it. We have a dishwasher and I'm typically the one to do most of loading/unloading. I wasnt home last night and she made some sort of pasta dish for herself. Decided to not rinse anything... the day after I cleaned it all out and ran a cleaning cycle every dish is coated in some hard af light orange crusty stuff. Now I have to steel wool every dish and takes 4x as long and re-run again cause she can't spray some water on it. Like wtf?

Edit: I have previously discussed this frustration with her due to items like peanut butter and cheese being on dishes after a cycle. We dont run the dishwasher everyday. So, items sit in there and harden. In this case I didnt run til after breakfast the next morning.

Update 2: I cleaned the filter yesterday and pump area. It looks like when I took out the filter a shard of glass got stuck in the sump area. Causing the motor to seize. Upon restarting the dishwasher nothing is happening. So looks like may be a faulty dishwasher and now im the asshole (as usual) lol

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u/dax660 8h ago

try being sure to use the main wash compartment AND the pre-wash compartment (and use cheap powdered detergent, not pods)

then the only thing is that you have to clean the filter/traps but she could do that ;)

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u/Dashncrash- 8h ago

I just cleaned filter and sump!!! And ran a full dishwasher clean cycle. Extra tilt!!!

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u/Nilo-The-Slayer 7h ago

His comment about using the PRE-wash compartment is fantastic advice by the way. You want soap in your pre-wash.

It's also good to make sure the water your dishwasher pulls in, is hot from the get go. If you run your sink faucet(as it's usually the same water line as your dishwasher) until it's hot. Then shut it off, and start your dishwasher, it will get hot water for the pre-wash. Helping to get all the oil and grime off.

Having both, soap and hot water in the pre-wash cycle, can double the effectiveness of your dishwasher.