That dish washing poll - context for the question

I asked "If / when you wash dishes by hand, how do you dry them?"

The joint most popular answers were "Leave them on a rack to dry naturally" and "Rinse them under the tap then put them in a rack to dry naturally". Which is interesting.

You see, what prompted this, was this article which attempts to answer the question "Do the British not rinse dishes after washing them?". The article comes to the conclusion that over 60% of people in this country do rinse.

I'm one of them - I rinse. (Not that we have to do manual dish washing very often because we have a dishwasher.) However, I have seen other people who don't and I have thought "Doesn't that mean that the soap will dry on the dishes?" Clearly Americans think this too. And of the people who said that they do rinse, three of you (at least) are either American or have lived for a while in the US.

So a question for the rinsers among you: Are you disgusted by the idea of eating off non-rinsed plates and dishes?

And a question for the non-rinsers: Do your plates and dishes (and hence your food) ever taste of soap?

Star Trek health and safety

Quick Star Trek thought. Given the poor quality of inertial damping on your typical starship, why the hell do the bridge crew not wear seat belts? Or at least sit down?