Mary Killen Mary Killen

Dear Mary: What can I do about guests who don’t know how to wash up properly?

Plus: The truth about royal banquets, and a ruling on Mother's Day

issue 29 March 2014

Q. I have three spare bedrooms in London and I welcome friends to come and stay. Unfortunately, some of these frequent visitors seem never to have been taught how to wash up. They think they are being helpful by seizing on things that are too big for the machine, running the hot tap continuously over them without a plug in the sink, and then leaving these sudsy pans and serving dishes to dry on the draining board.

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