Even if you are better at unloading the dishwasher than your spouse, you shouldn't always be the one to unload it because you may be even better at some other household task and must consider the opportunity cost.
<h3>What is the opportunity cost?</h3>
This is the term that is used to refer to the benefit that is foregone because the person that is involved has gone with a different choice. It is the cost that is left because of the benefits that one is deriving from another choice.
Hence based on this question, you should not always be the one that would load the dish washer because it would mean that there are other tasks that you could do that you may have to leave at all times in order to load the dishwasher and you may be able to do these tasks better.
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Complete question
In discussing dividing up household chores, Emily Oster, an economist at the University of Chicago, advises that:
"No, you shouldn't always unload the dishwasher because you're better at it."
Source: Emily Oster, "The Wrong Person Is Probably Doing the Dishes in Your Home," Slate, November 21, 2012.
Even if you are better at unloading the dishwasher than your spouse, you shouldn't always be the one to unload it because
a. absolute advantage is what matters for specialization not comparative advantage.
b. your spouse will act as a 'free rider' if you do all the work.
c. your opportunity cost of unloading the dishwasher is nonexistent.
d. you may be even better at some other household task and must consider the opportunity cost.
