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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 maxwell demon on Saturday October 07 2017, @07:11AM (1 child)
Actually this is the first time I've ever heard of the idea of using rubber gloves for washing dishes.
Well, I guess if you are a professional dishwasher who washes dishes eight hours a day, it's a good idea.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday October 07 2017, @09:53PM
That's not nearly as bad as working in a clean-room 8 hours a day -- especially if you're handling tools that rub your pruney skin right off as if your hands were stewed whole tomatoes.