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brin_bellway[cw: venting, unsanitary]
nothing motivates you to wash the dishes quite like knowing that if you don't get there fast enough your brother will wash them, and he will wash them *very badly*, and then he will put them away half an hour later while they're still wet so that you don't get a chance to inspect them, and then the next thing you know there'll be visible bits of gunk on the fork you just pulled out of the cutlery drawer and your pasta will be covered in flecks of four-day-old curry from the pot it was boiled in
for some unfathomable reason literally nobody else in this household thinks this outcome is bad, everyone (including but not limited to my brother) thinks I'm making a big deal over nothing, so I'm pretty sure my only remaining feasible option is to beat him to the dishwashing sink whenever possible and count the days until he moves out or at least resumes full-time work (and therefore has fewer opportunities to wash our dishes)
(well, I say count the *days* until he moves out: he doesn't have a firm date yet but it's something measured in *years*)
nothing motivates you to wash the dishes quite like knowing that if you don't get there fast enough your brother will wash them, and he will wash them *very badly*, and then he will put them away half an hour later while they're still wet so that you don't get a chance to inspect them, and then the next thing you know there'll be visible bits of gunk on the fork you just pulled out of the cutlery drawer and your pasta will be covered in flecks of four-day-old curry from the pot it was boiled in
for some unfathomable reason literally nobody else in this household thinks this outcome is bad, everyone (including but not limited to my brother) thinks I'm making a big deal over nothing, so I'm pretty sure my only remaining feasible option is to beat him to the dishwashing sink whenever possible and count the days until he moves out or at least resumes full-time work (and therefore has fewer opportunities to wash our dishes)
(well, I say count the *days* until he moves out: he doesn't have a firm date yet but it's something measured in *years*)
