Had a messy dishwasher argument with my brother-in-law at Thanksgiving dinner

At my sister's place near Columbus last Thanksgiving, her husband insisted that all forks must face down for safety. I've always been a forks-up person because I think they clean better that way. We got into it pretty good, and eventually we ran a test load with some extra dirty forks from the turkey. Half of his forks still had baked-on stuff near the tines while mine came out clean, but he still won't admit I was right. Anyone else deal with a stubborn family member who refuses to change their loading method?

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rose_cooper6d ago

Did he at least admit the baked-on stuff was a problem, or did he just shrug it off?

casey166d ago

That whole "shrug it off" move is everywhere now, not just with rental stuff. I've noticed it at restaurants when the food comes out wrong, at the DMV when they lose your paperwork, even with cable companies when your bill jumps up for no reason. Nobody wants to just say "yep, I messed up, here's how I'm fixing it." They'd rather act like it's no big deal and hope you get tired of pushing. Drives me nuts.