We have Dawn in a pump bottle. Dual purpose.

We have Dial liquid soap and Dawn in pump dispensers. Depends on what’s on my hands as to which I use.

What I don’t get is about half the houses I’m in have soap AND hand sanitizer. If you can wash with soap and water, why do you need sanitizer?

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Originally posted by Appliance Brad:
What I don’t get is about half the houses I’m in have soap AND hand sanitizer. If you can wash with soap and water, why do you need sanitizer?

Brad, I'm guessing here but I'd bet they provide both for guests who may have a preference.

Heck there's times I don't have soap next to any sink.

Kitchen, no. Dish soap.

My wife has liquid hand soap by the kitchen sink. But she also has dishwashing soap there also. So if the hand soap isn’t there, I’d use the dish soap. Isn’t there dishwashing soap by your mom’s kitchen sink??

Madge was OK with using dish soap on hands "You're soaking in it"

My wife keeps hand soap at the kitchen sink. But I still use the Dawn from the dish soap dispenser.

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
So if the hand soap isn’t there, I’d use the dish soap. Isn’t there dishwashing soap by your mom’s kitchen sink??

So do most people here just leave that giant bottle of dish soap sitting out next to the sink? My wife wouldn't tolerate that. She likes a clean, tidy counter so the Dawn bottle is always stowed under the sink until needed. I actually agree with her on this point. I prefer it out of sight.

As such, reaching down, opening the door, and reaching under the sink every time I want to wash my hands is not practical in the long run.

Yes. And it has to be Softsoap Antibacterial, Kitchen Fresh Hands, Odor Neutralizing pump. My Wife says that it is the only thing she's found to get rid of the smell of onions from her hands, and she doesn't need to try anything else.
I had some trouble finding it last time we were out, so I got two cases. At our normal rate of consumption, I think that will last for 2-3 years.

I use a pump, with diluted Palmolive as kitchen hand soap.

It works well, and is not as harsh on skin as diluted dawn - and it lets me keep one thing if soap on the sink.

What about getting her a pump for her “dish soap”

I had to vote yes... because my wife keeps it there... but I have to admit I never use it.... I use the dish soap .... it's just soap dern it.

Yep. Foaming hand soap and the spray dawn dish soap.

I’m a bit of a germaphobe so food safety/cleanliness during food prep is on my mind when cooking.

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
So if the hand soap isn’t there, I’d use the dish soap. Isn’t there dishwashing soap by your mom’s kitchen sink??

So do most people here just leave that giant bottle of dish soap sitting out next to the sink? My wife wouldn't tolerate that. She likes a clean, tidy counter so the Dawn bottle is always stowed under the sink until needed. I actually agree with her on this point. I prefer it out of sight.

As such, reaching down, opening the door, and reaching under the sink every time I want to wash my hands is not practical in the long run.

It's interesting to me how people can be locked into their own perspectives and can't imagine a different possibility. I can't imagine having to stoop down every time I feel like handwashing dishes and handling that giant dish soap container. It's not a slam on you since we are just talking about soap after all. But it's a reminder how this condition extends to other issues. Below is a pic of the set up right now. A six inch tall tall dishwashing soap container next to the taller hand soap dispenser. The giant bottle of dish soap is under the sink. I'm actually indifferent to using hand soap. I don't know when the wife started doing that or if it was so from when we got married 36 years ago.



But I understand my limitations, too. If I'm told to make "xyz," my mind spends a long time cycling trying to come up with the perfect "xyz." But if you say, "Here is a first stab at 'xyz,' can you make it work?" I can quickly "perfect" it. It's just the way my mind thinks.

But as for your concern about "contaminating" the soap dispenser, so what? It's not like you would touch the soap dispenser with clean hands prior to doing something that needs clean hands, right? You would touch the soap dispenser, presumably with dirty / contaminated hands, wash your hands clean, then do what you need to do that requires clean hands. And it's not like you can't wash the outside of the bottles, too if you're so inclined, right?

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:

It's interesting to me how people can be locked into their own perspectives and can't imagine a different possibility. It's not a slam on you since we are just talking about soap after all. But it's a reminder how this condition extends to other issues.

Man, what are you going on about? If you use a smaller size bottle, just make that point and move on. What's with all the unnecessary pedantic positing? Geez.

10-4 on the Dawn for me, wife’s uses fancy hand soap, anti-bacterial & scented.

Voted no but I wouldn't mind having it if someone insists. I usually just end up using the dish soap with no problems though.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:

It's interesting to me how people can be locked into their own perspectives and can't imagine a different possibility. It's not a slam on you since we are just talking about soap after all. But it's a reminder how this condition extends to other issues.

Man, what are you going on about? If you use a smaller size bottle, just make that point and move on. What's with all the unnecessary pedantic positing? Geez.

Because it's how my mind works. I related in words the set up in my kitchen sink and your mind had a different picture. That was a reminder for me of the bigger human condition. It's nothing personal.

As Gene Hackman in the role of Lex Luther said, "Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe."

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
So do most people here just leave that giant bottle of dish soap sitting out next to the sink?

That's what I do. Dawn. No need for hand soap in the kitchen.

And sheesh! I didn't realize we had so many women on this board. Dry hands? Really?

I don't but my wife does. Wife puts the dish soap in a push down bottle and hand soap on other side. I pretty much use either or for hands or dishes. I kind of figure soap is soap. I am a heathen.