Immediate Triggers: Clear Counters, Ready Key Items, Sanitize Kid and Pet Items
Facets
These facets are broadly related to the theme.
Answers for the multiple choice question: "Which types of items are you putting into the dishwasher in this load? Select all that apply."
If “Other” selected, specify item(s) (free text)Classified by AI
Captures the free-text description of any item(s) the participant lists when they choose “Other” for item types in the load question.
Number of distinct reasons mentionedClassified by AI
Count of distinct motivations the participant names for running this specific load (e.g., hygiene, clear kitchen, save time); useful to measure if decisions are driven by a single priority or multiple competing goals.
Reason priority for this loadClassified by AI
Indicates whether a stated reason was presented as the main driver for running the dishwasher now or as an additional/motivating factor; helps prioritize motivations when multiple reasons are given.
Special handling or mitigation actions plannedClassified by AI
Any special steps the participant says they will take for that item (placement, cycle choice, handwashing, additives, etc.).
Most important dishwasher rule (priority)Classified by AI
Which single dishwasher rule the participant considers most important for this household and why it matters.
Household dishwasher rule typesClassified by AI
Captures the kinds of official or informal rules households have about loading, items allowed, and how to run the machine.
Quotes
“The main reason I'm, running this dishwasher right now is because I need to run it, so my daughter can have her, cups ready in the morning for breakfast, and I need a certain Tupperware to take to my lunch for work tomorrow that needs to be washed right right away. And, also, my three year old daughter needs clean bowls for her breakfast meals for tomorrow.”
“So we fill it up every time we use dishes. So as the day goes on, breakfast, we add some. Lunch, we add some. Dinner, we add some. And then when we get to a point where, okay, it's full and needs to run, then we'll run it. So just like every other day, we got to a point where we're full, probably can fit a few more plates in there, but the bottle cleaner, it needs to be cleaned, and we're going to use it tomorrow. So now since that's in there, we kind of give priority to that and run it instantly.”
“Yeah, it really matters to me to get everything in here clean because it's full. This is a lot of my primary dishes, including my kids' bibs and their lunchboxes. So it's really important to me that these are clean because I don't have backups. It's also really important to me that everything gets dry because I just don't like unloading wet dishes and putting them into my cupboards. I feel like they kind of develop a smell if there's remaining moisture. So it's always important to me to get everything dry and it's ready to go right away.”
“No concern. Again, going back to the bottle cleaner, it's a part of our everyday thing. We go through five bottles a day. So the concern is getting that done, getting that clean, getting that back ready to go for tomorrow. That's the biggest priority. But everything else, not worried. These things have been ran through this machine a hundred times. Everything in there.”
“This household has two adults and one child, and my husband is actually a chef. And so we have many appliances that we use everywhere, which requires us to do a lot of dishes, which these are our current dishes that we have to do along with our bottles for our child that we have at our house. And so, typically, we run the dishwasher for all of our cooking dishes about once a day and the bottle washer potentially multiple times a day, so I can get into all of the products and things we use for the dishwasher.”
