On Jul 7, 12:23 pm, "Michael \"Dog3\"" > wrote:

> I'm curious now. By those standards, people who hand wash but let dry on
> a rack with one of those pad things under it, would be encouraging
> possible harmful bacteria, no? I've never heard of anyone getting sick by
> hand washing and air drying. Doesn't mean it hasn't happened. I've just
> never heard about it. Now I can certainly see it if the dishwasher isn't
> draining properly and there is water standing in the bottom of it.
>
> Michael

The mother of one of my daughter's friends was the kitchen supervisor
for one of the Brown U cafeterias One of her "ugh" concerns was not
air drying, but people who don't periodically wipe down that drain
tray under the dish rack. I happened to be wiping our down when she
came by to pick up her kid one day, and she mentioned that. I didn't
tell her that DH would leave it until it started to imitate "The
Blob"....

maxine in ri