A TikToker sparked a heated debate about the correct way to wash dishes.
A user, who goes by the name gabspeak, recently shared a video on the platform describing how former roommates had problems with her method of washing dishes. “So those girls I lived with didn’t think washing dishes by hand was clean enough,” she explains as she stands in front of the kitchen sink holding a dirty bowl.
“So they secretly hated it when me and my other roommate would do the dishes by hand because the washing machine was running,” she continues. “And they asked us if we could just wash the dishes and then put them in the washing machine.”
The woman then turns on the water and begins scrubbing her bowl by hand. “No,” she declares, adding, “Like, that’s crazy, right?”
She titled her video “It was so weird” and added the hashtag #cleaninghabits.
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The video has garnered more than 5,000 comments and it’s clear that the issue has divided people. Some sided with the speech, claiming they “don’t trust” their dishwasher will do the job properly.
“My dishwasher never cleans anything well enough. Hand washing is almost better… not easier, but better,” one person commented.
Another agreed, writing: “Yes! And it stinks! I think it just drives me nuts. Nothing wrong with a good hand scrub in Dawn soaked in water.”
Others said they have no problem washing dishes by hand – as long as the person doing the work is thorough. “It depends on the person washing the dishes. Like, hand washing can clean it, but I’ve seen some questionably ‘clean’ dishes from people who just sponge it and be done,” one person commented.
TikTok user gabspeak talks about washing dishes.
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Most people, however, strongly agreed with the dishwasher, and many point out that the device heats the water to a high temperature that completely cleans and disinfects the dishes.
“My dishwasher heats everything up to sanitize everything, making the dishes much cleaner on a microscopic level,” one person wrote.
One commenter even suggested that gabspeak could run a little experiment that might change her mind about handwashing. “You can test yourself. Hand wash your dishes, use a sterile swab and culture plate, then do the same with your dishwasher dishes,” they suggested. “You can see how much bacteria remains on hand-washed.”
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A person washing dishes by hand (photo).
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Another person claimed that the sponge is the real problem with hand washing, because it can harbor bacteria. “I just think the sponge is already gross, so I need a dishwasher to get the sponge out of my dishes,” they wrote.
“I literally throw away the sponge every time it touches ‘nasty’ dishes,” someone else chimed in. “My sponge budget is insane.”
To this, some people offered advice to change the sponge more often or to designate one sponge for pre-washing and removing food from the dishes, and another sponge for the final wash.
“I always wash the sponge with soap before I use it to clean and rinse the dishes as much as I can so I don’t get more food, and I prefer to have a sponge for ‘food removal’ and a sponge for washing with soap,” shared one TikTok user.
Another commentator claims that the key is actually to combine both methods — wash the dishes by hand first, then run them in the dishwasher — for best results. “I wash by hand to get the food off, then put the dishes in the dishwasher to sanitize,” they wrote.
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