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? asked in Society & CultureEtiquette · 1 week ago

Is it appropriate to ask someone this?

You’re about to wash dishes in about a half hour. The sink is pretty much filled with dirty dishes (ie silverware, plates, bowls, cups, etc). Someone has an appetite for cereal, so he starts to take a bowl from the cupboard and a spoon from a drawer. When you see him doing that, you ask him to use a paper bowl and a disposable plastic spoon instead, so you’d have less dishes to wash. Would it be appropriate to ask him that?

Update:

I meant the person was about to wash the dishes about a half hour LATER (eg it's currently 7:30 then the person will start at 8:00), not spend/take a half hour to wash those dirty dishes total.

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  • Anonymous
    1 week ago
    Favourite answer

    Plastic is poisonous to the planet. Washing one more bowl and spoon isn’t going to kill you. 

    Reduce

    Reuse

    Recycle 

  • drip
    Lv 7
    1 week ago

    Just tell them to wash their own dishes when done eating. 

  • Anonymous
    1 week ago

    This is the strangest, most boring question I've ever read on this website.  You really do need a new hobby.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 week ago

    i dont see anything wrong with that

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 week ago

    My goodness, it really is time you found yourself a life. When will you ever be done with your moans about people getting ahead of you to use the microwave and all that?

    Perhaps if you were a rational human being and actually SPOKE to people once in a while instead of always expecting them to read your mind before they do anything?

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 week ago

    It's ridiculous more than anything. What's washing up one plate going to do? 

  • 1 week ago

    I think the issue is more about communication here. 

    If you asked them to use the plastic and explained that it'd be helpful to you since it's less for you to clean later - then no it's not inappropriate. I don't see why one more bowl and utensil will make a difference, but whatever.If you just stated for them to use the plastic and ended the conversation there expecting them to just, well, comply, then yes it's inappropriate. If you're wanting them to do something then the reasoning needs to be explained so that they can see that if they comply with your request then it'll be helping you/the situation. If it came across to them that you were just making a random request, which if not explained may have seemed illogical, then I wouldn't be surprised if they simply didn't comply, or did so under protest.

  • JuanB
    Lv 7
    1 week ago

    Highly inappropriate.  You can tough out 1 more bowl.  Wash dishes in half an hour?  My average time from taking a bowl for cereal to putting it in the sink is about 12 minutes.

    Save the planet.

  • Anonymous
    1 week ago

    No, that would be petty and silly. What's one more bowl and spoon to wash.

  • 1 week ago

    Somewhat appropriate, but misses the main point: We should be using less plastic and disposables in our lives, even if it means a bit more work.

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