Am I the only one who thinks the clean/dirty magnet for the dishwasher ranks in the top ten for best inventions? I mean, really. No more guessing if those plates are clean or dirty, no more opening the dishwasher umpteen times checking to see if someone else ran it…
Well, unless you live with people who always forget to flip the magnet. Or someone who doesn’t check the magnet and just leaves their dishes by the sink. Or someone who doesn’t check inside the dishwasher to confirm a clean status.
So I guess the magnet’s only as good as the people using it. I sure do love mine, though.
This, of course, made me think of other magnets we need. Desperately. We’re talking service to humanity type magnets here.
- TP/barren wasteland requiring you to air dry your nether regions
- well/contagious and likely to cough, sneeze, or projectile vomit all over you
- good traveller/likely to whine, cry, kick seats, pull hair, or spill something sticky on your armrest
No doubt there’s a hundred more but I’ll leave it at that. Clean. Dirty. Just open the damn dishwasher and check.
Linda hosts Stream of Consciousness Saturday. This week’s prompt is “clean/dirty.” Use one, use both, use ’em any way you like. Enjoy!
Riddle from the Middle 
Strange if the dishwasher breaks and stops working the magnet never tells me when the dishes are clean. Maybe a magnet to stop people (me included) putting dirty plates in a broken machine then forgetting about them for days…
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When I lived at home, we used the magnet and it was very effective. I’ve never used one, as when I’ve had dishwashers, the story’s been the same — fill it and run it every night, unload it every morning. Cause you know, I was an only and I had four.
Here, the dishes are clean when they’re in the drying rack. Or so you would think… 😉
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Somebody needs to invent those magnets
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Sounds like a money maker to me!
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Absolutely. 👍😜
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LOL – it’s just part of the neverending cycles of clean/dirty! 😉
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So very true. Laundry. Towels. So much of the clean/dirty cycle.
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It’s a good thing the darn machines can’t talk back! 😉
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The one I wanted was Open/Unopened for the four quarts of Half and Half in the office fridge. I suggested getting stickers. Open a quart, put on a sticker. No one thought that was a good idea. I started writing “Open” on the cap with a Sharpie, but people still opened other containers. I guess if they opened a fresh container, it was easier to pull the tab out and pour than put it back and guess again. Ughhhhhhh.
Sorry for venting in your comment space.
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Brilliant idea. I use a lot of sharpie tech in my world. I think grownups refusing to work with the OPEN tag might drive me over the edge.
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Grownups bring different from “adults”
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True that.
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I laughed as soon as I read your title. I find it interesting that people can not discern a dirty glass from a clean one.
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My kids give me a hard time about rinsing plates. They say this would be simpler if there was food stuck to them.
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Sounds like my husband.
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Uh huh. 🙄
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I have a light on mine that lets me know if clean and like Roberta says, I am the only ones who makes sure anyway.
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That light thing should work!! Except my kids open it, realize it’s clean, then close it again WITHOUT EMPTYING IT. argh!!
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Haha, Laura. This is very amusing. I don’t need a magnet. It is simple. If I didn’t do it, it’s not done.
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That will work again once the kids are out of the house. I guess my vain hope is they’ll load their own dishes if it says “dirty”. 😆
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