Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Dishwashers etc.

[Lynn Nadeau / Maraiah (welcome]

I agree with Sharon-- you can't count on individuals to be sanitary  
enough to protect future users of dishes. The Zen Center approach  
works in that context, with a steady population and everyone using  
their dedicated dishes. But it's so different with assorted diners,  
some of whom may be ill, some of whom may be immune-compromised: one  
can't know.

With our sanitizer, most people don't have to get their hands in  
dishwater, either. Or line up to have a turn.

One area where we do it more like the Zen Center is napkins. We have  
two drawers below the serving counter. One has clean cloth napkins.  
The other has assorted diverse napkin rings. Anyone who wishes to  
reuse their cloth napkin can tuck it in "their" napkin ring and store  
it in that drawer. And those who don't like that system can take a  
clean napkin and just put it in the laundry at the end of the meal.  
(We don't have community clothes washers, but have one unit in the  
pantry for kitchen and dining laundry.)

Maraiah Lynn Nadeau
RoseWind Cohousing, Port Townsend WA
www.rosewind.org
where autumn rain is leaving everything emerald green, and the  
blueberry bushes have flame red leaves