He's annoying people on how he fills his dishwasher.
I'm so angry he used the term OCD -
I need to go and lie down.
https://metro.co.uk/2021/10/08/rishi...sher-15385994/
And now the chancellor has also got himself into some hot water – by talking about his dishwasher.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Rishi Sunak was asked whether he helps out with the household chores.
He laughed and said: ‘You should get my wife here. I have a very OCD approach to dishwashers, which she’ll tell you.
‘There’s a way to optimise how much stuff you can get in a dishwasher. My dad had it, I have it. I take great pride in that.
‘There’s a particular way I like beds to be made and things like that.’
Although clearly intending it to be a light-hearted comment, his words have attracted heavy criticism.
Jess Austin, who has OCD, wrote on Metro.co.uk today: ‘If Rishi had said, “I have to stack my dishwasher in a certain way because I worry if I don’t, something bad will happen to the people I love,” then I’d believe it. But on first glance, it seems like he’s just using the same lazy stereotype of the illness.
‘Public perception of OCD is so often about just being clean, tidy and putting things in order. In reality, it’s a whole lot more complicated.’
Marina Lussich, who works in strategy and sustainability, tweeted: ‘The chancellor Rishi Sunak doesn’t seem to know that OCD is a life-changing mental health condition.
‘You don’t have “a very OCD approach” to dishwashers, that’s disrespectful of people living with real OCD.’
Journalist Flora Gill wrote: ‘Can we please stop using the term “OCD” like it’s just a quirky personality trait! It’s a disorder that can have huge impacts on people’s lives and wellbeing.’
I'm so angry he used the term OCD -
I need to go and lie down.https://metro.co.uk/2021/10/08/rishi...sher-15385994/
And now the chancellor has also got himself into some hot water – by talking about his dishwasher.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Rishi Sunak was asked whether he helps out with the household chores.
He laughed and said: ‘You should get my wife here. I have a very OCD approach to dishwashers, which she’ll tell you.
‘There’s a way to optimise how much stuff you can get in a dishwasher. My dad had it, I have it. I take great pride in that.
‘There’s a particular way I like beds to be made and things like that.’
Although clearly intending it to be a light-hearted comment, his words have attracted heavy criticism.
Jess Austin, who has OCD, wrote on Metro.co.uk today: ‘If Rishi had said, “I have to stack my dishwasher in a certain way because I worry if I don’t, something bad will happen to the people I love,” then I’d believe it. But on first glance, it seems like he’s just using the same lazy stereotype of the illness.
‘Public perception of OCD is so often about just being clean, tidy and putting things in order. In reality, it’s a whole lot more complicated.’
Marina Lussich, who works in strategy and sustainability, tweeted: ‘The chancellor Rishi Sunak doesn’t seem to know that OCD is a life-changing mental health condition.
‘You don’t have “a very OCD approach” to dishwashers, that’s disrespectful of people living with real OCD.’
Journalist Flora Gill wrote: ‘Can we please stop using the term “OCD” like it’s just a quirky personality trait! It’s a disorder that can have huge impacts on people’s lives and wellbeing.’
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