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from the would-you-like-fries-with-that? dept.
the Good Housekeeping Institute's recent publication of a dishwashing guide for all those young people (2 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds in the UK) who have never learned the ancient art of washing up. In a nutshell, use hot water and rubber gloves, pre-scrape and soak dirty pans, change your water halfway through, and wash in the following order: glasses, mugs, cups, saucers, side plates, dinner plates, cutlery, serving dishes, pans, roasting tins.
While not knowing how to wash dishes is kind of a big deal, it's the whole idea of not being to handle oneself as a versatile, independent adult that is most concerning. Young people lack a wide range of practical skills these days, as revealed in a recent study by YouGov. More than half of young people (18-24) do not know how to set up utility bills upon moving to a new place; 54 percent cannot replace a fuse in a plug; 34 percent can't reset the fuse box after a switch has tripped; 37 percent do not know how to defrost a freezer; and 11 percent is clueless when it comes to changing lightbulbs. (You can see the entire sad list here.)
So what? There's an app for that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 06 2017, @10:37PM
utilities [...]? No I have no frigging idea what number to call
Seems like it would be good to know that you can go over to the neighbor's place and ask him if he has a bill with the phone number of the business office on it.
...or that a phone book contains that information.
...or that it the phone number (or even service) is available online via a smartphone.
[n]ever hand washed dishes
Seems like a good skill to have for the next Carrington Event|hurricane|earthquake|whatever that takes out the power.
Knowing how to build a proper fire seems like a useful survival skill as well.
That tech of non-defrosting freezer has been dead in the marketplace maybe 50 years now
You've never seen a dorm-sized refrigerator (which doesn't have the whiz-bang features)?
Still being sold; still in use by plenty of 18 - 22 year olds.
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