This is a tale of a man, a woman, and a dishwasher. Let's call the man "Bill", the woman "Jane", and the dishwasher "dishwasher".
Bill is a typical male, who believes that there is a good, logical and efficient way to fill a dishwasher, if only you spend enough time thinking things through. He has in fact done so, and has come up with a number of simple principles designed to avoid damage to the plates, maximize the number of items that fit in the dishwasher (to save water, soap, and ultimately the environment) and to make cleaning out the dishwasher as painless and quick as possible.
Jane is not a typical male (she is a female), and she believes that although there might be a good, logical and efficient way to fill a dishwasher, it isn't important enough to spend any time on, and consequently will fill it any way she likes, differently every time, without any rules, principles or guidelines.
In itself, this would have been absolutely no problem, had Bill and Jane lived in separate homes, because they are both perfectly happy with their way of doing things. Unfortunately, Bill and Jane live in the same house. Worse still, Bill and Jane are not one in a million, they are one of a million: there are millions upon millions of Bills and Janes that share homes, because Bill and Jane are in fact the cornerstone of Western society. And the dishwasher problem is the tip of an iceberg to Bill and Jane's Titanic marriage, and the two together are a disaster waiting to happen.
And this is because Bill, being Bill, cannot accept that Jane wants to do things her way, because Bill's way is obviously best for everyone. Jane does not necessarily agree or disagree with him, it is just against her nature to spend so much energy on something so unimportant (as opposed to selecting the right shoes to go with her latest outfit, which is of primordial importance to the whole human race, and can therefore easily take several hours), so she will continue to do things her way, until Bill looses it completely and they have a big argument. This is a problem for Jane, because she really does not like arguments, especially about things that do not really matter to anyone (except of course Bill). Chances are, she will promise to change her ways, only to have the same argument again several weeks/months/years down the line.
Moral to this story: dishwashers, you can't live with 'em, you can't live without 'em.
Bill is a typical male, who believes that there is a good, logical and efficient way to fill a dishwasher, if only you spend enough time thinking things through. He has in fact done so, and has come up with a number of simple principles designed to avoid damage to the plates, maximize the number of items that fit in the dishwasher (to save water, soap, and ultimately the environment) and to make cleaning out the dishwasher as painless and quick as possible.
Jane is not a typical male (she is a female), and she believes that although there might be a good, logical and efficient way to fill a dishwasher, it isn't important enough to spend any time on, and consequently will fill it any way she likes, differently every time, without any rules, principles or guidelines.
In itself, this would have been absolutely no problem, had Bill and Jane lived in separate homes, because they are both perfectly happy with their way of doing things. Unfortunately, Bill and Jane live in the same house. Worse still, Bill and Jane are not one in a million, they are one of a million: there are millions upon millions of Bills and Janes that share homes, because Bill and Jane are in fact the cornerstone of Western society. And the dishwasher problem is the tip of an iceberg to Bill and Jane's Titanic marriage, and the two together are a disaster waiting to happen.
And this is because Bill, being Bill, cannot accept that Jane wants to do things her way, because Bill's way is obviously best for everyone. Jane does not necessarily agree or disagree with him, it is just against her nature to spend so much energy on something so unimportant (as opposed to selecting the right shoes to go with her latest outfit, which is of primordial importance to the whole human race, and can therefore easily take several hours), so she will continue to do things her way, until Bill looses it completely and they have a big argument. This is a problem for Jane, because she really does not like arguments, especially about things that do not really matter to anyone (except of course Bill). Chances are, she will promise to change her ways, only to have the same argument again several weeks/months/years down the line.
Moral to this story: dishwashers, you can't live with 'em, you can't live without 'em.
YES!! YES!!
ReplyDeleteI have experienced this daily.. I think feamiles have a different understanding of spatial relations....