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If you keep reasoning down this path you eventually arrive at DishOps, where you dispose of dirty dishes by hurling them out of a window, and provision new di

If you keep reasoning down this path you eventually arrive at DishOps, where you dispose of dirty dishes by hurling them out of a window, and provision new dishes automatically on demand, by ordering them from Amazon for same day delivery as part of spinning up each meal. From a systems design point of view it approaches maximum theoretical efficiency, with no stocks of 'dirty' dishes accumulating anywhere, or scheduling conflicts over when to run cleaning cycles; the same approach also scales up from a single snack to a multi-course banquet for several visiting diplomatic entourages.

c22 4y ago
I used paper plates and wooden spoons for over a year when I didn't have a dishwasher. I think I ultimately saved water and definitely saved a lot of time.
francis-io 4y ago
JIT cutlery and crockery.
- jameshart 4y ago
  You know what they say: treat your servingware as cutlery, not pets.
konfusinomicon 4y ago
makes me wonder if dishwashing as a service has been tried. DWaaS. use your dishes, put them in a bin, on a schedule someone picks up that bin and leaves another with a weeks worth of clean dishes. i think it could work until the VC money dries up
- culturestate 4y ago
  > makes me wonder if dishwashing as a service has been tried For commercial customers, absolutely. I first came across services like this a long time ago in Hong Kong[1] but it's pretty widespread in mainland China, Taiwan, and parts of SEA[2] because local restaurants tend to be quite small. Sometimes you can tell because you'll get your dishes as sets in sealed plastic[3] wrappers. 1. https://www.ezwash.com.hk/en/services/ https://www.ezwash.com.hk/en/services/ 2. I've never personally seen it in Japan or South Korea, but I'm sure it exists. 3. https://countryandahalf.com/chinese-dining-etiquette/ https://countryandahalf.com/chinese-dining-etiquette/ (see the second pic in this article)

c22 4y ago

I used paper plates and wooden spoons for over a year when I didn't have a dishwasher. I think I ultimately saved water and definitely saved a lot of time.

francis-io 4y ago

JIT cutlery and crockery.

jameshart 4y ago
You know what they say: treat your servingware as cutlery, not pets.

konfusinomicon 4y ago

makes me wonder if dishwashing as a service has been tried. DWaaS. use your dishes, put them in a bin, on a schedule someone picks up that bin and leaves another with a weeks worth of clean dishes. i think it could work until the VC money dries up

culturestate 4y ago
> makes me wonder if dishwashing as a service has been tried For commercial customers, absolutely. I first came across services like this a long time ago in Hong Kong[1] but it's pretty widespread in mainland China, Taiwan, and parts of SEA[2] because local restaurants tend to be quite small. Sometimes you can tell because you'll get your dishes as sets in sealed plastic[3] wrappers. 1. https://www.ezwash.com.hk/en/services/ https://www.ezwash.com.hk/en/services/ 2. I've never personally seen it in Japan or South Korea, but I'm sure it exists. 3. https://countryandahalf.com/chinese-dining-etiquette/ https://countryandahalf.com/chinese-dining-etiquette/ (see the second pic in this article)