A lesson in housekeeping

obligatory technology connections comment

I'm always baffled about people looking at things like this compartment and don't think it has any kind of significance whatsoever.

Like do they think it's just put there fore giggles? How uninterested in the world around you can you be?

It drives me nuts when i encounter people like this.

Well since nobody else is giving away the spoiler on the 6 hours of technology connections videos( didn’t know there was a third now), it’s to fill the little compartment with the dishwasher manufacturers(not the detergent bottles) recommended amount of detergent and to also add a little bit in the bottom of the dishwasher too to help that pre rinse cycle before the main cycle begins.

I love watching his videos but not everybody does. To those people, you’re welcome

This guy clearly doesn't subscribe to technology connections

.....or has much common sense—what did he think that thing on the door was all about.

Wait till this guy discovers he should probably use rinse aid and salt too

Edit: oh....and he's definitely never cleaned the filter

Wait until he discovers that you can clean the filters at the bottom and get things even cleaner.

obligatory Technology Connections video on dishwashers

Everyone saying to rtfm has not lived in rental housing with the landlord special dish washer. You can only rtfm when you have tm.

But anyway, putting a bit of soap in with your pre wash isn't a bad idea. Maybe not a whole tablet but then again, maybe they never thought to look for powdered soap before. I certainly didnt until I watched the technology connections video.

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Additional advice: Clean the dishwasher filter regularly.

angry Alec noises

Just RTFM?

Powder detergent is much better.

Unfortunately it's getting hard to find at this point

We had a new washing machine that for the first two washes smelled really bad and made a screeching noise as well. Just before sending it back I noticed that we forgot to remove the styrofoam around the drum..

I have a friend who does this. I tried explaining to her that she's doing it wrong. She told me I'm wrong and she won't discuss it further. I don't get some people.

Mix both worlds. Like I have learned from a very investigative YT video. He tested and measured dishwashing in many different ways, and came to the result that a) tablet in that place in the door is the thing to do, but also b) a bit of dishwasher powder into the little compartment right next to it under the flap. This is for the first cleaning stage, and since we use this trick, our dishwasher runtime (which is dynamically depending on cleanlyness of the dishes) has gone down by about 20 minutes.

My previous diswasher had the compartment just for powdered detergent. Tablets were supposed to go directly into the dishwasher, per the manual. So the approach works with some machines.

This is the level of understanding I'd expect from someone who thinks vibes affect modern appliances.

A long time ago, as I was getting ready to get dinner with a friend. I asked her if she could start my dishwasher. It was all loaded and just needed the detergent which was under the sink...well, we got back and the kitchen was flooded and filled with suds and bubbles. Turned out she used the dish soap next to the sink instead of the detergent. Cleaned it up, laughed, and was reminded of the different experiences we all have from people who grow up in more wealthy households.

They do come with a manual. (Says the guy who has never read his dishwasher’s manual.)

My parents insist that it works the same either way despite me explaining that there is a pretty wash rinse. But because they put the powder or tablet in while the little compartment is still wet, the detergent occasionally doesn't release properly.

And next we'll tell you what the little hatch labeled "rinse aid" is for.

In other news, major manufacturers are starting to ship appliances now without including any printed instructions. I can see that it's just as well; it's clear that nobody would read them anyway.

why I always read the manual like 2 or 3 times

I can only imagine what his dryer vent like.

My wife refuses to load the dishwasher because to her she "doesn't do it right" or "don't want to fight with it"

So I get OP.

I've had to teach people how to mop a floor, and how you should sweep first, it's just deer in headlights when explaining it. People just don't go outta their lane to learn new things or fix things that don't work right.

I've been using the soap compartment for years, I only recently just started chucking the packet into the silverware holder because I've heard that might be better (the little compartment might open too late and be less effective). I'm not totally convinced OP was doing a worse job accidentally

I distinctly remember a scene in Sesame Street where Big Bird telling to always read the manual.

It’s a shame that the dishwasher the landlord installed has a shitty soap compartment that sometimes failed to open during the wash. When I tried to take it apart to see what the issue was, I couldn’t get it back in. So now I just chuck the puck in.

My parents were really adamant about not leaving any food on plates, so it really doesn’t make a difference to me.

You'd be surprised at how many people are tech-illiterate & end up blaming technology

My mom told me an embarrassing story about how my dad once used regular old dish soap apparently it didnt end well and suds got everywhere. At least this person knew to use the tablets.

I can't wait until they discover rinse aid. If your dishes still look dirty no matter how many cycles you run the machine for, then you probably should have refilled the dispenser ages ago.

I've switched from using the little door to just chucking the tablet in the bottom. Works just as well, if not better.

I wash by hand. Please convince me to use a dishwasher?

Its not that uncommon that some people don't know how to use every day stuff correct and use them wrong. One thing I've noticed that a lot of people use wrong are thermostatic radiator valves. Its not a simple valve and the numbers don't indicate on how far open the valve is, its a temperature setting. I've often told people to not set it to 5 and rather set the target temperature and 3 is about 20°C, so room temperature. At work all engineers don't get it and we stupid little IT guys with a smaller degree get it right.

To be fair, they aren't that accurate. Its pure mechanical and the sensing happens in the thermostat but when it closes the valve, the radiator is still full of hot water. You need to find the correct setting for your room and so on. With electric ones, you can fiddle with the settings, to be more accurate.

RTFM

Typical Reddit user in 2024.

There are people going around TikTok and instagram suggesting you should be chucking your dish detergent in the bottom of the dishwasher and skip the little compartment.

Some people just want to watch the world burn. And everyone wants to encourage them.

Fuck it, do both; clean dishes

What the heck did he think the little compartment was for?

My dishwasher was caked in that white film that denotes very hard water when I got it. Came with the house. Literally did not clean anything put in it. Found some stuff online called Afresh. Comes in tablet form. Tossed one into the machine ran an empty cycle and now it works like it should

One of my former room mates had the same problem with the washing machine. They were two compartments and you put the main detergent in the smaller one. In practice it didn't make much of a difference, but still.

MIL does this on purpose. Fucking grinds my gears - I gave up on preaching that there is a reason for that little closed compartment.

Unfortunately the little door on my dishwasher sticks and won’t open 99% of the time so I have no choice but to chuck the pod in the bottom. It sucks, but my dishwasher works well in every other way and my dishes are clean enough so I’m not spending money on a new one until some other part of it breaks.

I also put laundry pods in the little compartment even though they say to just toss them into the thing where the clothes go. I do this because

1. The pre-rinse cycle will just flush out all the detergent before the actual cleaning cycle

2. The plastic shit that dissolves to release the detergent was getting all over my clothes and fucking shit up doing it the way the package instructs you.

The dishwasher we had when I grew up had a broken soap compartment, it wouldn't stay closed so we would just put the soap in it and shut the door, the soap would spill all over the insides, but everything was clean when it was done.

Meanwhile, I know people that should just not use a dishwasher bcz they can't load it properly. Honestly, dishwashers are bloody useless. Washing by hand is faster and cheaper.

So not only was he an idiot about the soap, he also didn't scrape or rinse his dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. Awesome.

If it gets stuff clean, you aren't really using it wrong.

Who cares if you get the soap started right at the beginning of the wash or just after? It obviously doesn't matter. Just stop using those idiotic tide pods\detergent tablets and use regular powder detergent instead. Powder will always work much better because physics.