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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: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday October 07 2017, @01:38AM
A lady i work with is obsessive compulsive: she washes her own dishes so that she knows they are clean, but she uses water that is so hot her hands are a mess, especially in winter time, even though she also lotions (which she hates). Her water is pretty scalding from the looks of it: her hands are always red and cracked like crazy. I can see using gloves for water THAT hot, but she also will not wear rubber gloves.
Weird.
Yeah: my parents said the same thing. Same with a snow blower/remover: they had two already, why get another (nice, though, for my sister: she never had to shovel the shit 'cause "she's a girl").
Glad my driveway is shorter now: also kind of glad for global warming. Winter is getting tolerable up here in Canada half the time now, though we gotta watch out for another ice storm shutting down our power for a few days... don't have a fireplace anymore, sadly, like we did last time.
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