My entire family and their dishwashing habits/abilities. My kids, my partner, and her daughter (my step-daughter, basically). First, I'm apparently the only one in the house that understands how a dishwasher works. Everyone else evidently thinks a plate will become clean by water hitting the bottom side of said plate.

And, bowls are apparently more effectively washed by stacking them 2-3 deep in the bottom rack.
Don't even get me started in their ability to hand-wash items. Put it this way... At this point, they have all heard my "seagull" analogy several times, in an effort to get them to understand why you rinse off dishes before washing them. Basically, it goes like this.... "If a seagull were to take a flying dump on your head, would you go home, add shampoo, and proceed to wash your hair? Or, would you try to rinse out said bird poo from your hair before shampooing?" Sadly, this usually doesn't create the response that I'm looking for. Instead, they just stare at me like an idiot, probably trying to figure out if I'm making it up, or if I've actually fallen victim to a shlt-bombing seagull at some point in my life.
