Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Meal Cleaners?any good solutions for getting 'em?

[Lynn Nadeau / Maraiah (welcome]

We have good help cleaning up after most group meals. Cooks are the  
ultimately-responsible ones, but typically about 6 helpers are major  
players. Factors:
= a simple and predictable routine for getting dishes washed and put  
away; leftovers bundled up for take home
= well laid-out areas: besides dishwasher, a pot sink, and another  
sink for handwashing knives, wine glasses and such; rolling dish cart  
with bin of clean white dish towels on the lower shelf
=big clanking steamy dish washer, restaurant type, that appeals to the  
guys

= liberal use of "volunteering" folks who are just sitting around.  
"Here's a rag - would you wipe these tables?" "Would you please gather  
up more dishes to wash?" "I need someone to empty the compost bucket"  
-- or better yet, "Mary, could you....?" And of course lots of thank  
yous and acknowledgement.

Maraiah Lynn Nadeau
RoseWind Cohousing, Port Townsend WA
where the town is ablaze with flowers, the garlic is waist high, peas  
coming on, rhubarb is gigantic
and we have two homes for resale
www.rosewind.org