Dirty dishes are the least of all problems. ADStill, a sink perpetually brimming with dirty dishes is a proxy for all that is tedious and tiresome about life at the undramatic edges of this crisis. ADThe dirty dishes are the least of our problems, yes. Every time Kaufman looks at the sink, the dirty dishes multiply and his horror grows. “It’s like, well, I goofed off on my phone,” she says, “and now I have to work, so I can’t do the dishes now.”Wood’s dish routine is now upside-down: Wash the plates and utensils you need for the meal, eat, then leave the dirty dishes to sit until it’s time to eat again.

Source: Washington Post May 20, 2020 11:00 UTC