I ran out of dishwasher tablets and added washing up liquid. I came back to find the kitchen floor half covered in foam and water.
Look on the bright side. The floor needed washing anyway.
I spent half an hour with a huge floor mop cleaning up the foam and squeezing out water. The floor took half an hour to dry.
I asked the family: 'Did you know that you should not put washing up liquid in a dishwasher?'
If you open the door mid-cycle to add an item, out comes the foam. Leave the door ajar in case you find more things - it could get worse.
Maybe it just forces its way out. I don't know. All I know is that
I added the liquid. I returned to what looked like my kitchen had turned into a Jacuzzi.
I should print a warning notice on top of dishwashers in flats I rent from others or rent to others.
Fire extinguishers
The same applies to foam fire extinguishers. That's how they work. Shoot bubbles and cut off air supply to fires.
You might want both the foam sort and the fire blanket to put over a fire without covering your room with foam.
Now you know how fire extinguishers work. Also to keep a stock of dishwasher tablets.
Don't put washing up liquid in the dishwasher.
Check any property you are renting from others, or renting to others, has a fire extinguisher (not out of date).
Check that you have dishwasher tablets and a warning out not using washing up liquid.
Author
Angela Lansbury
Travel writer and photographer.
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BIOGRAPHY
Angela Lansbury B A Hons ACG ALB PM5 EH5 DL5 VC5
The Author of several books including Etiquette For Every Occasion. Wedding Speeches & Toasts. How to be the Best Man. Quick Quotations. Who Said What When.
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Braddell Heights Advanced Toastmasters Speakers Club Vice President Public Relations (VPPR), Previous President
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Vice President Public Relations (VP PR) of Tampines Changkat Advanced;
Secretary of weekly online Singapore International Dynamic Toastmasters Speakers’ Club;
Member and past president of Harrovians toastmasters club, UK; Past member of HOD Toastmasters, London. Past member in Singapore of: Toastmasters Club of Singapore (TCS); Tiarel; and Senja Cashew.
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Regular attendee at annual Swanwick Writers’ School, England.
Regular attendee at annual Writers’ Holiday, Wales.
Contributor to poetry readings, and after tea courses on: Speaking On Radio To Promote Books; and Plots And Character.
Winner of many club and area speaking contests in the UK and Singapore.
Language advisor to Empire Toastmasters club in Indonesia.
Language and speech workshops in Singapore.
Speaker on radio and TV in England, Scotland, the USA, and Australia.
Compiler of a school course on public speaking for teachers to prepare pupils for school open days with attending ceremonies before government ministers, Singapore.
Former member of Harrow Writers’ Circle, London, and two writing groups in Singapore.
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