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Take away the fridge, dishwasher, and the washing machine and now you need someone in the household to get perishable groceries daily, cook daily (no leftovers)
by karthikb 9y ago
Take away the fridge, dishwasher, and the washing machine and now you need someone in the household to get perishable groceries daily, cook daily (no leftovers), wash dishes, and wash clothes. Add up these and gains from other appliance and services and you basically have a full day every day. The argument isn’t that you’d earn for an extra two hours a day with a washing machine at home. It’s that these appliances - in sum - free up an entire person to go work.
- apotheothesomai 9y agoOne would also perform better at work, if one's free time weren't filled with time-consuming and often exhausting chores. To be available and energized enough to perform well professionally requires that one be able to take care of the life stuff and still sleep. I may be the only one in the thread who has washed clothes by hand (Granny made me acquire the skill), so let me say doing it correctly is a real upper body workout. A family load of laundry would take many hours and an athlete to do it in a day. Each piece must be done individually. Hanging it all up to dry requires a lot of space too.
- adventured 9y agoMost food services go away as well. Probably over 95% of all restaurants cease to exist. > these appliances ... free up an entire person to go work And they help free up the other eight or nine hours that you don't spend working or sleeping during a day as well. They also help to free up many hours on the weekend. The time savings and improvement to quality of life is immense. And we're just beginning. We're only fully 50-60 years into the appliance revolution.