I have just discovered that some demographic do not rinse their dishes after washing

That is barbarian behaviour, I’m sorry. It takes 2 seconds to rinse a plate with water after you soap scrub it.

Phew! Some sanity. Apparently, some do it to save on water use 😭

I was scrolling through Instagram and saw a video of a woman washing up as her adult son was acting like a toddler. I realised that she hadn’t rinsed her dishes - which were foaming all over, by the way - after washing.

I got into the comments and saw that some people were agreeing, to my shock might I add! I don’t think I need to talk about the health implications and the soapy smell whilst eating!

Are there any arguments for such barbaric act?!!

I have visited some households who do that. Some have claimed that it is to save water whilst some say that they rinse it before using for food. I found it a bit different.

So, water is used up either way. Why not just rinse it immediately after washing up. Have you eaten from such un-rinsed dish before?

There two camps after washing, the rinsers and the non-rinsers. Presuming both camps get the food residue off, I would say that rinsing is theoretically sensible. This said if you don’t the small residue of detergent you’ll pick up is probably neither here nor there in the scheme of environmental pollutants you’re routinely encountering

So far I've seen this most commonly in the UK. In fact what I often see is that people in the UK use a tub of dirty water with soap in it in their sinks, just dunk the dish in it a few times and go over it with a sponge, then put it to the side to dry. Rather than having clean, running water to go over it continually while scrubbing with a soapy sponge then rinsing the soap residue off with said water...

Disgusting tub of dirt dishwater as a way to "clean" dishes aside, I can see some logic to people who rinse the dishes before use - as I know my mum regularly does this (even though she washes dishes like I do with rinsing them thoroughly after washing) because a lot of her dishes are not kept in a cupboard but out on open shelves in the kitchen and so tend to get dust and dog hair (!) on them just by virtue of being in the house and not in an enclosed space.

Sorry, just to clarify, are you suggesting that the detergent residue after washing isn’t considerable enough to worry about? I’m honestly trying to understand your response.

Yes, in the scheme of things it’s not a big issue. There’s plenty of industrial food manufacturing process where the rinsing process is far from effective too

Overtime, the accretion of detergent in the system, long term, will probably be detrimental - don’t you think?

I was scrolling through Instagram and saw a video of a woman washing up as her adult son was acting like a toddler. I realised that she hadn’t rinsed her dishes - which were foaming all over, by the way - after washing.

I got into the comments and saw that some people were agreeing, to my shock might I add! I don’t think I need to talk about the health implications and the soapy smell whilst eating!

Are there any arguments for such barbaric act?!!

I have never heard of anyone doing that . That would be like leaving soap on your hands after washing them!

Exactly! Apparently, it’s to help save water.

How much fairy liquid are you lot putting in your dishwashing water each time? One bottle or two