Cups and glasses - which way?

iamstop

Whats all this messin' with people puttin' cups and glasses upside down in the press? To be cleaner? For sanitary reasons?
Jaysus, gimme a break. Actually, you're more likely to break a glass trying to spin it around when you take it down from the press.
Some of them even put doilies under. :eek:
I get it in restaurants and cafes and bars where they're out in the open. Things could fall in, dust etc but why in the press or cupboard?

Then there is the people who permanently keep a basin in the sink, ah wouldya schtapit!

Anyway, enough grumble. Happy Christmas everyone

tomwaterford

Your hardly so naive to think you've no dust in your own press at home??


Plus it looks better and neater

Badly Drunk Boy

And there's no need to spin the glass around while it's still in the press. Try doing it when there's nothing else in its vicinity!

gramar

Upside down to dry, standing up in the cupboard.

Winterlong

gramar wrote: »

Upside down to dry, standing up in the cupboard.

It's the only way.

But basins in the sink? I never got that. It always seems to be auld wans that have a basin in the sink. Why?

gramar

Winterlong wrote: »

It's the only way.

But basins in the sink? I never got that. It always seems to be auld wans that have a basin in the sink. Why?

To save the water. God forbid you left the hot tap running.

mansize

Winterlong wrote: »

It's the only way.

But basins in the sink? I never got that. It always seems to be auld wans that have a basin in the sink. Why?

So any waste water can be poured down the sink (outside basin) and water kept cleaner

Winterlong

gramar wrote: »

To save the water. God forbid you left the hot tap running.

mansize wrote: »

So any waste water can be poured down the sink (outside basin) and water kept cleaner

No, still not getting it!

How would having a basin save water unless it is a magic basin that can turn the tap off?!! I get that if you have a massive belfast sink then maybe a basin may help.

And how would a basin keep the water cleaner? You tip half it out every now and again? I suppose that does make a little sense...but would not using a basin and using the main sink and its plug not do the same job?

gramar

Winterlong wrote: »

No, still not getting it!

How would having a basin save water unless it is a magic basin that can turn the tap off?!! I get that if you have a massive belfast sink then maybe a basin may help.

And how would a basin keep the water cleaner? You tip half it out every now and again? I suppose that does make a little sense...but would not using a basin and using the main sink and its plug not do the same job?

I'll ask the ma tomorrow and get back to you.

evolving_doors

Winterlong wrote: »

It's the only way.

But basins in the sink? I never got that. It always seems to be auld wans that have a basin in the sink. Why?

It's to hold the water in dummy !... oh wait...

pickarooney

I think it's so you can pour tea dregs our between the basin and the sink and then wash the cup in the basin.

I can never understand why Irish houses seemingly never have hot water on tap. Boiling kettles or switching on the immersion for an hour first... Why?? It's the 21st century, just get running hot water already!

Peregrinus

Winterlong wrote: »

And how would a basin keep the water cleaner? You tip half it out every now and again? I suppose that does make a little sense...but would not using a basin and using the main sink and its plug not do the same job?

You have a scuzzy saucepan in which you made thick soup. You dip the saucepan into the basin until you have a inch or so of water in it, and then use this to remove the first 90% or so of the soupy residue. You pour this between the edge of the basin and the wall of the sink, and it drains. The water in the basin remains relatively clean and you put the saucepan in and give it a good scrub.

Basically, it's a device to prevent heavily soiled items from making the water so greasy that it needs to be changed very frequently. It's not so much a matter of saving water - though it does that - as of saving time, and/or avoiding the temptation to wash things in water that has become greasy but you can't be arsed to change it.

Shenshen

Winterlong wrote: »

It's the only way.

But basins in the sink? I never got that. It always seems to be auld wans that have a basin in the sink. Why?

I never had seen that until I met my husband. He was always using the basin in the sink, he'd learned it at home (UK). His reasoning was that 1) you can still pour out dregs of tea or whatever down the drain without pouring it into the washing up and 2) things don't break and chip that easily because the plastic is softer than the metal sink.

We've a dishwasher now, and I binned that basin years ago.

biko

It's more sanitary to have them upside down imo.
Restaurants especially should follow this rule as so many people move about in them and stir dust up/sneeze/generally unsanitary.

jamesbere

Be your own man. Put them sideways

Rumpy Pumpy

I've asked my Mexican and she says she puts them upside down.

The flying mouse

Upside down stops dust etc getting into the inside of the cups, glasses...