# Witty suggestions for a "dishwasher is on" sign

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 21, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-suggestions-for-a-dishwasher-is-on-sign/1031821 "2026-07-21T00:40:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-suggestions-for-a-dishwasher-is-on-sign/1031821/21 "2026-07-23T12:30:50Z")

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Agree that a good UI can help make it more obvious.

But nothing the machine can do will defeat the determined lazy person who snags clean items out of a clean washer as needed but never puts any away. Thereby leaving a trap of a washer mostly full of clean stuff for the other folks who live there.

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**Author:** ![Ancient\_Nerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Ancient\_Nerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Nerd)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-suggestions-for-a-dishwasher-is-on-sign/1031821/22 "2026-07-27T02:59:01Z")

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Our dishwasher has a light that comes on when it is finished that says ‘sanitize’. That implies that even though the cycle is finished, you should leave it full of clean dishes until they cool off.

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