Be careful @Henry_R you might wind up blocked….
@TheEnglishFlaneur you are my twin!
me too. I even bring my own mug as some people only have small cups, usually the coffee drinkers. Or even worse, mugs that are chipped or cracked, ugh, No thank you. GERMS.
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Note to hosts, please have at least 2 normal mugs, without cracks or chips.
can I join?
Yes, I’m in for that therapy group too.
On one sit I had to run out to the dollar store to buy a coffee mug as theirs were small glass ones.
Routinely seem to need a DollarStore run for re-usable food storage…
it’s sometimes nice to buy a souvenir mug of the place you are staying, and if you travel by car and have room for these, no problem. I also like a rummage in a charity shop too.
I’ve never had a dishwasher and am still childishly excited by them.
I love stacking them over a period of a few days… And then the satisfaction of pushing the GO! button, closing the door and hearing that mellow whirring noise start up.
Although I’ve now learned that you must set aside about half an hour to persuade the soap-tablet door to close and stay closed.. You must also play an exotic Oriental game of turning all the cups and glasses round after the wash, to dry their bums.. And you must remember never, ever to put bone-handled cutlery or non-stick pans in a dishwasher, because it will commit evilness upon them and you will find yourself The Lord High Groveller of Grovellopolis, Planet Grovel.
I definitely still wash by hand. As a single person not using a lot of dishes or pots, in a climate that reaches the high 30’s in summer and still hot/humid for a good part of the rest of the year, dirty dishes even when rinsed end up stinking and growing nasties if not washed within a day. If I waited for a full dishwasher load…. yuk, smelly, unhygienic. I don’t fill the sink, minimal water is used. We pay for water here so everyone is conscious of wastage as well as the high cost of electricity. I believe using a dishwasher all the time is just convenient and avoids hand washing (understandable) but the average person isn’t using one for environmental reasons, moreso for convenience.
I never use the dishwasher on sits. I use one plate, one bowl, etc and wash immediately after using. I can’t stand dirty dishes and I wouldn’t want dirty dishes sitting in a dishwasher for a week waiting for it to be full to run it.
I’m confused as to why someone would choose to live this way, but I don’t think it’s a pathology. Actually, it makes sense to me if you normally live alone and don’t like to let dirty dishes pile up.
“this way” meaning without a dishwasher? It’s pretty normal for a large percentage of the world.
I do own enough dishes and cups to go through until I had a full load for a dishwasher, but I like a certain cup for my morning coffee, a certain bowl for pasta or soup, and I’ve got 3 of the plates I use the most. The only time I really “need” a dishwasher is after hosting at the holidays, and I find washing the dishes after that a nice way to clear my mind - a holdover from my wild youth when cleaning up after parties allowed me to sober up before heading to bed 
Anyway, I would not expect my sitters to be having parties and needing a dishwasher, and at least one told me not to worry about fridge space (I did anyway) because she was coming to my city to check out the restaurant scene.
There was no need to take my statement that a dishwasher is a more effective and water conserving way to clean dishes as a personal slight against your ancestors.
I was being facetious in response to the OP tone. Maybe I misread.
Thanks, this was so cute and funny 
You should consider a career in dishwasher comedy
On a sit and the HO uses her dishwasher for storage.
So…spill the tea. What is stored in there?!?!
I’m all washed up.
Nothing exciting. Just more plates and large bowls. Oven is used for storing pans.
Small cottage.