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Garth was sitting at the kitchen counter when I walked into the house. I was home early after a couple of afternoon doctor appointments. Garth is usually quick on the draw with putting dishes into the dishwasher.
Sometimes I protest and assert that really, my plan is not to leave my dirty dishes in the sink-- I'll get to them after I do ______. Most of the time, I head off to do ______, and when I come back, those dishes have vanished.
This afternoon, there were a few mugs and bowls in the sink. As I asked about his day, I opened the dishwasher and began loading it. While there wasn't tons of space, there was plenty enough to fit the contents of the sink. I had almost completed the task when he asked:
"Aren't those dishes in the dishwasher clean?"
"Aren't those dishes in the dishwasher clean?"
I looked closely. Like I said, there weren't many dishes in there, but the ones that were there?
Yep, they looked pretty clean.
"I guess they'll get cleaner," I said. I finished loading, added a cleaning pod, and pushed start.
We could have said a number of things, for sure, but both laughed.
A few years ago, a friend introduced me to the term weaponized incompetence. As I remember, she was suggesting that her husband my have WI when it comes to bed-making and laundry.
I may have some when it comes to dealing with dishes in the sink.
Weaponized incompetence......what a humorous twist on the truth on the ways we wriggle out of things. I confess. Mine is floors. "I can't see that far down," I'll say, if anyone points something out. I'll walk right past a fuzz tumbleweed for a week to prove "I can't see that far down." And miraculously, it disappears. I'm laughing and standing back, nodding approval and knowing the tactic all too well.
ReplyDeleteHaha. I love the question Garth asked and response you gave and the laughter that followed. This is a perfect tiny slice that tells about more than the moment.
ReplyDeleteChuckling, here. I think it’s little things like this that make up our relationships.
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