THE AVERAGE adult will spend 24 hours each year – the equivalent of a full day and night cycle - stacking the dishwasher. A poll of 2,000 adults who own this kitchen appliance found 30 per cent will load theirs at least once a day. While the average person stacks the dishwasher four times a week, taking seven minutes each time.
And just over one in 20 households (six per cent) run theirs 10 times or more, every week – more than once daily. But 22 per cent often have to re-stack theirs after noticing it not being done up to their standard – taking up valuable time. Of this task, the biggest time waster is rearranging the order of items and how they’ve been stacked , with 23 per cent taking time to straighten things up to make them "uniform".
Others will turn knives over so they face down (16 per cent) or shift glasses from the top to the bottom tray (eight per cent). Of those who live with a partner, 52 per cent have disputes over the correct stacking of the dishwasher - with men being the bigger culprit for this compared to women. The research was commissioned by Utilita Energy after releasing its Power Price List which is made up of 76 commonly used household appliances and electricals - showing how much each of them cost to run per minute, per average use, per cycle, or when left on standby.
With dishwashers typically costing around 26p per use – which adds up to an average of just under £66 a year. A spokesperson for the brand said: "Dishwasher etiquette varies .
