Madge, am I using Palmolive Dishwashing Liquid?

Ok, I'm officially pissed...so yesterday, the plumber came by to fix the sink.  The main water hose which supplies water to the faucet broke off 2 days before so B called the landlord to have them contact a plumber to come by the apartment.  In the meantime, I've been using the dishwasher to clean dishes - please see previous entry on German engineering and the hieroglyphics which I had to decipher.  One great trait about the Germans is when they tell you that they will meet you at a certain time, you can bet that they will be there on the dot.  The Plumber arrived at noon, just as I was told.  He didnt speak very good German or English, I dont speak German, he asked if I spoke French, I didnt of course so I asked him if he spoke Spanish, which he didnt, so we ended up up talking in a patois of English, German and hand gestures which resembled an angry Italian.  To make  a long story short, he wasnt able to fix the problem right then but will have to come back on Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday with the correct part.  Fine, but the part the pisses me off to no end is that I think he turned off the water line to the dishwasher so now I cant even wash dishes!!!  I was figured out that there was a problem today when I ran the dishwasher and it was taking 2 hours to do a set of dishes.  Lo and behold, I opened the machine and nothing had been scrubbed, SOOOOO, I had to take all the dishes to the guest bathroom and wash dishes in the tub.  What the hell is this, the Balkans?!?  

Oh and B is 2 hours late from getting home so all the errands I would like to do will have to wait and stores close at 6 today and of course are all closed on Sundays...what a great way to start the weekend.  Ok, enough bitching...remember, deep breaths...you live in Europe now right?  But oh lord what I would give just to be able to read a dishwasher manual in English right now.