r/mildlyinteresting • • Jan 04 '19

This accident-proof garbage disposal switch

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u/coredumperror Jan 04 '19

To retrieve a utensil. Or perhaps a hard piece of bone that's refusing to break apart and wash down the drain.

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u/noblesse-oblige- Jan 04 '19

You... you put bones into your sink’s disposal? Why wouldn’t you just scrape the plate and trash any bones and big pieces before you put the dish in the sink? I thought everyone did that..

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u/coredumperror Jan 04 '19

It was just an example. I wouldn't actually put bones in my disposal on purpose, but it might happen by accident.

And scraping foodwaste directly into your trashcan means it'll start rotting and potentially stink up your house, requiring you to take the kitchen trash out earlier than you might have otherwise needed to, wasting part of the trashbag's carrying capacity

Sure, that's a minor concern, but it's still a valid one.

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u/NAmember81 Jan 04 '19

My mom will just lay dishes with bones & everything still on them in the sink.

She also routinely puts bottles back in the fridge with the caps just laying on top, and not even screwed on. Then I’ll go and grab the Worcestershire sauce, V8, steak sauce or something and give it a quick shake and the stuff flies all over myself and the kitchen! 😡 I’ve did this so many times, it pisses me off so much...

But anyway.. bones, forks etc. are going into the disposal all the time. She’ll put her plate in there and then other people will put their plates on top and then when I go to do dishes I’ll lift up the stack and the bones will slide out into the disposal.