American man is mocked by Britons for ‘drying out’ the electric kettle

An American has been mocked by Brits for ‘drying out’ their electric kettle after making a brew.  

The British person took to Reddit under the user name u/bartharris to share a snap of a black kettle upside down on a dish drainer.

The post quickly went viral after he wrote: ‘My American brother-in-law drying his kettle…’ 

It racked up over 1,5000 likes and over 200 comments from amused social media  users. 

People were instantly baffled as to why you would need to dry out the inside of a kettle, when it always gets wet.

One person wrote: ‘You clean the outside by rubbing it with a towel, the inside never dries because you use it every 4 hours without fail, even in the middle of the night I walk downstairs to give it a quick boil just for that familiar and comforting sound it helps me nod back off again.’

Another said: ‘OP needs to find out if they used it like a tea pot and put tea directly in the kettle.’

People were instantly baffled as to why you would need to dry out the inside of a kettle, when it always gets wet

While another confused user wrote: ‘This is f***king funny as I’ve never heard of such a thing. tell him not to forget to dry the tea bags out as well while he’s there.’

A fourth user wrote: ‘I feel we need more info. It’s dead mucky, so he can’t have cleaned it. Why is he drying it? Why?’ 

An American joined the conversation writing: ‘I had never even heard of an electric kettle until I spent 2 weeks in the UK and saw them everywhere. It was my first purchase when I returned stateside and I use it every day.’ 

However, some wanted to play devil’s advocate and suggested it may not be such a daft idea after all. 

One wrote: ‘I live in an area with high limescale, after I decale the kettle I dry it like this on the plate drying rack. I do the same if I’m going on holiday so no stagnant water is sitting in the bottom whilst I am away.

‘Maybe he was drying after descaling? (Although you do usually wipe down the outside at the same time!)’

However, some wanted to play devil’s advocate and suggested it may not be such a daft idea after all

Another said: ‘This is it, I reckon. Beats getting a mouthful of limescale everyone once in a while. I may have to adopt this habit!’

While someone else wrote: ‘Devil’s advocate here. I now live in a dry and humid environment (Western Australia). 

‘I do this to stop the inside from going gross or attracting cockroaches and other pests that are attracted to water (boiled roach anyone?) 

‘Obvious you don’t submerge the thing, that would be stupid. We just wipe it down and leave it upside down to dry on the drying rack.’

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