Notes from the Dishwasher Café

Notes from the Dishwasher Café

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Caroline Manring
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I feel for several reasons that a review of certain sections of the Manual would be pertinent at this juncture.

118.3.4

IF a Household Adult re-stacks the dishwasher, citing “certain failure to become clean” for the “current positioning of objects interred therein by Other Household Adult,” AND in the morning the re-stacked items are indeed clean, THIS DOES NOT prove that the original orientations were in any way deficient. It proves only that the secondary array was sufficient.

190.4.7

WHEN a child performs an action of Second Tier Naughtiness (i.e. Small but Liquid Mess, Medium but Dry Mess, or Temporarily Absconding with Item of Importance) BUT the action is above average on the Humor & Entertainment scale (above “half smile” but below “spit take”), the Overseeing Adult IS EXCUSED from implementation of disciplinary measures for 45 seconds OR until laughter is overtaken by fatigue, irritation, and/or dread.

60.2.2

IN THE CASE of BOTH parental units possessing greater than average global anxiety scores,

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