Who does the dishes?

The results are in on the dishwashing poll. 19 people—12 guys and 7 girls—voted (Thanks!).

Statistics say that:
75% of guys prefer to unload, while only three of the 12 male voters(25%) prefer loading.
Of the seven girls who voted, 86% would rather load the dishwasher, while only 14% (one lady) likes to unload.
68% of all voters, male and female, prefer to unload the dishwasher.
And one person said that she'd rather load or unload the dishwasher than mop the floor. Which was not a question here, but I'm on her side of that issue.

Something that sparked my curiosity is that 19 people voted, and most of the voters (63%) were male. Even if Bruce and all my sons voted, that still leaves seven unknown male voters. I thought that only about five people ever even looked at my blog, and most of those readers are female. I did send out some emails to get more people to vote and I guess they did, but who were the voters? I am dying of curiosity! So I guess I should never run for any kind of office with a secret ballot.

But to return to the main point:

Here's something interesting, which could spur another poll entirely (but I'll spare you): While at a Mother-Daughter activity last week I asked around about the whole dishwasher thing. Without fail every adult woman that I talked to—every mom—said she'd much rather load the dishwasher, while all the daughters would rather unload it. I won't even guess at the psychology behind all that. But I'll tell you, kids could save the whole family a lot of grief by just unloading the dishwasher in a timely fashion.


So there you go, moms. The statistics prove that your kids or your husband, and not you, should be the one to unload the dishwasher. Print this and stick it up on your fridge. ;-)