Washing the Dishes

Task Analysis

1. Use standard kitchen sink set, which contains two sinks.
2. Make sure both sinks are empty.
3. Place stopper in one sink. This will be your dish sink.
4. Fill dish sink half full with warm water.
5. Apply dishwashing liquid to streaming water as the sink is filling.
6. Place dirty dishes in water.
7. Let dishes soak for about five minutes.
8. Saturate dish rag and/or scrubber with warm soapy water.
9. Use wet dish rag and/or scrubber to rid each dish of food.
10. Place clean (but soapy) dishes in adjacent empty sink to be rinsed.
11. Rinse soapy dishes with clean water.
12. Dry dishes with clean towel or place in dish rack to air dry.