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Someone told me they wash plastic cups.
I think this is being too thrifty, and have not eaten or drunk anything in their house from non-absolutely-certain-to-be-new items since.
Do you think this is a reasonable thing to do?
Im not following your logic. Do you think they are too thrifty? Or that they dont clean their dishes well?
What is the connection between the two
It’s ridiculous. If you feel like washing, use glass
It depends on the item. Some plasticware is designed to be washable and others aren’t. Cups that are reusable will have a molded edge rather than a rolled edge.
No
You want to wash your plastic cups that’s your business but serve me in fresh plastic cups plates and utensils!
I know of people who wash out paper towel to reuse them.
At least they wash them
If they wash them and they are clean – what’s the problem. I know people who wash real dishes and never get the grease off
They lay them out or hang them on something to dry.
I don’t get it. If they serve you in washed crystal, you will be fine. But in washed plastic not? I get that you won’t do it in your house and that you think it is crazy, but why would you not drink from a cup simply because they are crazy?
Thrifty? More like convoluted…why buy them and wash them if you can just wash your regular glasses and dispense with the disposables altogether? o.O
I would drink from them though. like popa said.
I never thougt about it before, but yes it does seem pretty gross and I’m not sure why.
You can always explain to them that the designers of this product focused on the cost of manufacturing rather than reusability, conequently there are crevices that cannot be washed leading to bacteria growth. You could go a step further and show examples of reusable plasticware, these are generally made from harder plastics to prevent absorbtion of food and lack crevices that cannot be cleaned out (althouth they are often treated as disposable).
I once went to an Israeli family for shabbos, so you can imagine all the chumus, tehina and other Israeli foods we were fed. I was repulsed when I saw the hostess washing out all of our plastic ware. Forks, knives, plates, cups – you name it!
Rest assured, our plates felt quite slimy the next day. Ugh, washing plastic utensils are a big nono.
Most people buy plastic for convenience, the convenience is to throw them out. If your already washing them out why not use regular dishes?
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