yeah i usually do wait for the right time to do dishes - this one crept up on me. i started them because my roommate left for the weekend leaving the sink burried in dishes. so i had to do them to eat, and then found she also left the huge serated knife -point up!!- in the sink and i had been reaching around it the whole time, but couldn't see it in there. i totally could have accidently gouged or cut myself.