Sign Pros on the Best Uses of AI
Plus, dishwasher systems and preparation say a lot about people!
ABOVE PHOTO: GABE GRIFFIN, CLEAR SIGN & DESIGN
QUESTION:
Do you have a system for loading your dishwasher?
Yes: 70%
- LOL what a funny question but it’s real. Glasses on left, coffee mugs on right. We keep kosher so meat and dairy dishes can’t be run at the same time. — Erin Rosado, His & Her Studio, Loxahatchee, FL
- To maximize what goes into the load and make sure they come out clean. — Art Roti, Belmeade Signs, Granby, CT
- Cups on top, plates, silverware, pots and pans on bottom. — Bruce Fish, Signal Sign Co., Livingston, NJ
- Sorta: heavier stuff on bottom level, cups on second level, utensils on top. — Chrysanna Hanes, Sign Art Group, Tampa, FL
- Put them in any way you like, and my wife will rearrange them all to her precise system. — John Hipple, Sign Designs, Joplin, MO
- I load it, and my husband comes behind me and rearranges it. — Margie Hegg, American Sign Studio, Worthington, OH
- Doesn’t everyone? Plates and silverware on the bottom, bowls, cups and glasses on the top. And weird stuff on the very top. — Rita Siprak-Weill, Minuteman Press Annapolis, Annapolis, MD
No: 30%
- Whatever fits, fits. — David Kaiser, Digitype Design, Tualatin, OR
- Because a system would be the wrong thing to say about my significant other and then I would be the only “system.” — Michael Snow, Innovative Sign Systems, Vista, CA
- Normally we only use the dishwasher on Thanksgiving. Prefer to clean as we go! — Harold Pedley, Sign Engineering, San Juan, PR
One Quick Question:
How much, if at all, do you clean dishes before loading them into the dishwasher?
| Not at all; I put ’em straight |
|
6%
|
| Quick rinse; get the big stuff off |
|
37%
|
| Longer rinse; get most stuff off |
|
29%
|
| I basically wash them first |
|
14%
|
| I do not use a dishwasher |
|
8%
|
| Other (wife does dishes, it’s not a storage cabinet?) |
|
6%
|
PHOTO: ISTOCKPHOTO
AI in the Sign Industry
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