Danny Seo's Do Just One Thing

May 20:

If you're having a party for a large group and you rent glassware, dishes and flatware from a rental company, it may seem rude to send them back dirty, but it isn't. The reality is, even if you do a thorough job in washing your rentals, the companies are required to use a commercial-grade dishwasher to fully clean and sanitize them before they go out to another party. So the company is prepared to clean items anyway. On a related note, if you have a sink full of dishes from a party, use the dishwasher. A loaded automatic dishwasher is much more water- and energy-efficient than washing by hand.