Why I dry the salad spinner basket before I put it away

The leaves are already in the bowl — and the spinner basket is still wet, drops on the base, the plastic smells of damp. Easy to click the lid and shove it “as is” onto the shelf: by morning it is sticky inside, the basket smells, and the hand swears at the tool again. I wipe the basket dry with a cloth at once, or leave it open until dry — and only then put it away.

Why I dry the salad spinner basket before I put it away. Emptying the spinner and air-drying it open by the sink is about air now; drying leaves without a puddle is about the salad; the colander after pasta is about the holes. Here it is only the basket before the shelf: dry, not a wet bell in the cupboard — not a speech about a new spinner from the aisle.

If I already put it away wet — I take it out, warm water and a soft sponge on the basket and the base, not a scourer on the plastic, and I dry it again. I’m not choosing a new spinner “with a review” in this note — only the one already by our sink.

I don’t need a basket with a damp smell from the shelf. I need a dry one ready for the next bunch of leaves. In your kitchen is the spinner basket dried before the shelf — or already shoved wet under the lid?