Cups: Rim up or Rim down on the shelf?

[Timmo]

This is a very serious issue that affects us all.

When you are placing clean cups on the shelf after washing, do you place them rim down or rim up?

Rim down- Rim gets dirty from the shelf.

Rim up- Cup fills with dust and crap.

[MrOizo]

down with a liner (normally handeeeee towels for me )

Are you having disagreements at home?

[xsspeed]

I mix it up, somedays up, somedays down.

[metal_sean_head]

Lol its whichever i choose at the time, because i really couldn't care less. Although we only have 4 cups and 4 mugs in our student flat. But i think my flatmate has an issue with it being mixed up because when i go to get a glass they are all mysteriously rim down.

[DRFTIN]

hmm yeah pretty serious issue you raise there
rim up, not that im allowed to have them like that...
im not a fan of licking shelves which is pretty much what we're doing with them rim down

[RBPOWA]

you could always clean the shelf before placing the cups rim down.

[1I1]

Rim up - I have no say as it's not my house to decide

[Alex B]

I was raised with down rimmage.

Here is another one, cutlery in the dishwasher, knife/fork spoon pointing up or down...always gone up my self, but seems alot of people go down.

[xsspeed]

spoon and fork up, knife down, but tea spoon goes down also.

[metal_sean_head]

Here is another one, cutlery in the dishwasher

Oh hell. You didn't just go there.

I put everything down in the dishwasher.
Its the easiest to put in and take out.

[Alex B]

Here is another one, cutlery in the dishwasher

Oh hell. You didn't just go there.

I put everything down in the dishwasher.
Its the easiest to put in and take out.

Maybe so, but does it wash as well?

[Bling]

Rim up here, a little dust won't kill me from the glass sitting in a closed cupboard for a few days

Never really thought about it though, can't believe I never knew it was such a serious issue

As for cutlery, usually spork end up, with the idea it will get blasted with more enzymes and shiz

[Adoom]

Rim up. I reckon there is minimal air movement in the cupboard to 'dust' the rim in the rim up position.

[no_8wire]

Rim up (unless its packed up and need to flip them to rim down to shove the last few in) Plus they get used in the next 8hrs so not an issue...were as I dont know the last time I wiped down the inside the cupboard lol.

Fork, spoon and knives business end up...figure the more exposed they are the better, the handles dont need it so much - wash your hands before dinner etc.

Sorted

[tsoob]

i don't care. if i had a flatmate who was really insistant on one way id do the oppisite for shits and giggles

[Timmo]

Never really thought about it though, can't believe I never knew it was such a serious issue

I never realised how bad I was at sarcasm

[1I1]

Here is another one, cutlery in the dishwasher, knife/fork spoon pointing up or down...always gone up my self, but seems alot of people go down.

Whats a dishwasher? Is that the person who's turn it is to do the dishes?

[Alex B]

Its that thing i miss a whole lot at my current flat.

[mr30%jr]

mine live in a draw down.... just make sure your shelf is clean! if its $&#$% grubby you need to clean.

[Malcolm]

cups rim down (we've had disagreements about this at my flat). My biggest argument for it is that when you put a not-entirely-dry cup into the cupboard then the moisture can run out - but I also support the "keeping crap out of the cup" argument.

As for cutlery in the dishwasher - everything pointing down. Again, it's a bit contentious at our flat, but it's much easier to put things in/out when the handle is poking up, and I've never seen any cleanliness issues when using this method