He assumed his dishwasher just wasn't built to take his largest dinner plates. Photo / 123RF
He assumed his dishwasher just wasn't built to take his largest dinner plates. Photo / 123RF
A man who tweeted about the moment he realised that his dishwasher trays were height adjustable has seen the post go viral - as thousands of others admitted they had no clue their own appliances could do the same thing.
Mike McLoughlin, from Ireland, tweeted that he'd lived in hispresent house for ten years and assumed his dishwasher just wasn't built to take his largest dinner plates.
He'd been hand-washing them for a decade, according to the Daily Mail.
In fact, the tray of his domestic machine was simply set too high, meaning his plates could have fitted in easily.
He tweeted the revelation and more than 84,000 people have now liked it, with many sharing their own moments of realisation relating to dishwashers and other household appliances.
Mike McLoughlin posted this message to twitter on his dishwasher fail. Photo / Supplied
The only glimmer of hope in for McLoughlin was that he wasn't alone. An avalanche of tweets quickly followed with many rushing to their dishwashers to see if this was a feature they too had overlooked.
A perfect example of a first world problem. But I bought a new set of plates before realising this too. https://t.co/BSpKJGBFp2
The magic of twitter. 5 years of confusion about why my dishwasher was the only one on the planet that didn’t fit normal dinner plates. A year of measuring every dinner plate that crossed my path for one that might. Fixed in 30 seconds. @zuroph you are my hero. https://t.co/dYIuXD5Itq
The ongoing thread threw up other similar scenarios too, with many admitting they'd left protective film on shower screens and fridge freezers for years, only realising when the film began to peel.
