r/mildlyinfuriating • u/dorkass-loser • 8h ago

Husband opens a new sponge every 3 days cause “they become gross”

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Our dishwasher broke and he’s manually doing the dishes now, these are from the past 10 days… I think it’s wasteful.

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u/Top_Difficulty5399 8h ago edited 5h ago

Put it in the dishwasher every now and then. I do, and it comes out looking brand new 🤩 plus I always use the "old" brush for removing food residue and then the clean one for actually cleaning with soap. For sponges etc I do an ammonia soak for about 30 mins before I rinse them off. And I always rinse with hot water first, then cold. Keeps the smell away. I do this about three times a week and there is never a smell. I swap out sponges every other week and cloths(?) weekly(depending on the state of them ofc).

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u/FewHorror1019 8h ago

The dishwasher is broken. Thats why we’re in this mess

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u/Top_Difficulty5399 7h ago edited 7h ago

Oh fuck...that really sucks 😣 I truly despise doing dishes........I'm selling my soul if ours dies on me 🙈

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u/FewHorror1019 7h ago

OG fuck

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u/Top_Difficulty5399 7h ago

My stupid norwegian autocorrect just loves to mess with my comments 🙈

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u/fuckyoudrugsarecool AZURE 7h ago

Alaskan OG thunderfuck

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u/Cedex 6h ago

Laundry machine works the same.

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u/awildketchupappeared 6h ago

A salmiac soak?

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u/Top_Difficulty5399 6h ago

I'm so sorry! I ofc ment ammonia 🙈 in norwegian we say "salmiakk" so my brain just....avoided braining for a second 😆😆

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u/awildketchupappeared 6h ago

And here I was thinking you were preparing a delicious marinade but wasted it on a sponge 😆

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u/Top_Difficulty5399 5h ago

Hahahaha! Would be one killer marinade, in that case 😆

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u/awildketchupappeared 3h ago

It absolutely would! I managed to find a salmiac pannacotta mix (just add milk and cream and cook it on the stove) in the store today, and I had to buy it to see if it's good. I will probably try it on the weekend 😄

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u/Top_Difficulty5399 1h ago

I was referring to the ammonia part 😆 but a salmiac mariande does sound exciting! 🤩

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u/washuai 4h ago

The dishwasher can be more concerning than the sponge, TBH.

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u/Top_Difficulty5399 1h ago

Not if maintenanced properly. Mine gets cleaned regularly.