Or the similar variant where they have the other side of the sink or a large bowl filled with lukewarm rinse water and everything gets set in there to “rinse” in the same increasingly soapy water before being set to the side to dry.

American prize comfort over all things. If possible, it got even more prevalent during and post covid lockdowns. In my area of the Midwest, one really puts down dressing down so why bother?Honestly, I have not put on a pair of hard pants in years.