Because the dishes won’t wash themselves, and letting the dog lick them doesn’t really count.
To give yourself a real sense of accomplishment, be sure to leave the refuse from several meals on your kitchen counter before attempting to do the dishes. It’s really not a problem until they start to smell. Or get bugs on them.
Step 1: Load the dishwasher. If you have a dishwasher and you don’t use it, don’t tell me, because I will come and slap you myself. It’s a dishwasher. Its only function is to wash dishes. You are not a dishwasher. Load the damn thing and use it. It doesn’t use that much more water/energy than you would trying to get your dishes clean in the sink under water that burns the top layer of skin off your hands and having to throw away your nasty sponges all the time and still not getting your dishes really really clean. Just use the dishwasher.
