Culture Clash: the Chopstick vs. the Dishwasher (Plus the Really Hot Maintenance Man)
The chopsticks I brought home from China are all stainless steel or melamine (melamine: okay for chopsticks! Not okay for milk!), but I have a few sets of wooden ones I brought home from Thailand several years ago. I put all the chopsticks in my dishwasher to sterilize them but most ended up in the bottom near the drain, and one of the wooden ones was snapped in half. Oops.
Preface: I have this big, passion-from-across-the-room crush on our apt.'s head maintenance guy, V. He's Chilean, looks like a Spanish soccer player and has gorgeous hazel/green eyes. I met him the day I moved in and I've only run into him twice since them but both times he remembered me and we chatted and he's charming and did I mention, super hot?
Thus far, I have avoided purposefully breaking things in my apartment so he has to come fix them. I know, right? I'm so adult and stuff. But ever since the chopstick incident, my dishwasher doesn't drain properly and there's a burning smell, so I broke down and sheepishly told the office about the broken chopstick in the dishwasher.
V. came to fix it when I was at work, and I came home to a small pile of broken chopstick on the counter, dug out of the dishwasher drain. Yuck. But I learned my lesson: until dishwashers come equipped with a secure chopstick basket, chopsticks probably don't belong in the dishwasher; back to hand-washing and sterilizing in boiling water, like I did in China. (Technology isn't always better, is it?)
This guy + light eyes = V.
Thus far, I have avoided purposefully breaking things in my apartment so he has to come fix them. I know, right? I'm so adult and stuff. But ever since the chopstick incident, my dishwasher doesn't drain properly and there's a burning smell, so I broke down and sheepishly told the office about the broken chopstick in the dishwasher.
V. came to fix it when I was at work, and I came home to a small pile of broken chopstick on the counter, dug out of the dishwasher drain. Yuck. But I learned my lesson: until dishwashers come equipped with a secure chopstick basket, chopsticks probably don't belong in the dishwasher; back to hand-washing and sterilizing in boiling water, like I did in China. (Technology isn't always better, is it?)
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How about putting an over sized wok stuck in the sink next time? ;)
Your welcome!
LL, that's what happens to my English too when I talk to him! :) Actually I think he is better looking than this guy, because he is in his 30's and has that nice masculine maturity to his face.
Y, funny, my boss said the same thing. He also told me, "Next time you know he is going to be there, STAY HOME THAT DAY!" My boss is rooting for me.
Mandy, it is tempting...:)