--- title: Dad Makes Instructional Videos for Teenagers description: Wait until you get to the "advanced" level. canonical: https://time.com/3461959/teenage-instructional-videos-dad-dishwasher/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-03T19:05:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:34.582Z og:title: Passive-Aggressive Dad Is Back With Instructional Video About How to Load a Dishwasher og:description: Wait until you get to the "advanced" level. og:url: https://time.com/3461959/teenage-instructional-videos-dad-dishwasher/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Passive-Aggressive Dad Is Back With Instructional Video About How to Load a Dishwasher twitter:description: Wait until you get to the "advanced" level. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Passive-Aggressive Dad Is Back With Instructional Video About How to Load a Dishwasher by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 3, 2014 7:05 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 3, 2014 7:05 PM UTC Will Reid is an ordinary dad with an ordinary problem: His teenage children are completely inept (and we mean that in the nicest way possible) when it comes to incredibly menial tasks. So Reid has made a series of “Teenage Instructional Videos” to teach them the complex art of loading [dishwashers](https://time.com/shopping/article/best-dishwashers/) — the “advanced level” involves pressing things that “look like the buttons on your Xbox or Playstation” — and replacing the toilet paper roll. The videos have clearly resonated so much that they have gone viral, inspiring Reid to [make his own line of cups and instructional shirts.](http://www.willreid.co) May the profits go to a beach vacation sans kids. You deserve it, Will. Here’s the [toilet paper video](http://time.com/3256698/instructional-videos-by-dad/). Can also be shown to lazy roommates for the single audience: **MORE:** [Dad Makes Hilariously Passive-Aggressive Instructional Video to Get His Kids to Do Chores](http://time.com/3256698/instructional-videos-by-dad/) ## ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3461959/teenage-instructional-videos-dad-dishwasher/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3461959/teenage-instructional-videos-dad-dishwasher/"},"headline":"Passive-Aggressive Dad Is Back With Instructional Video About How to Load a Dishwasher","datePublished":"2014-10-03T19:05:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:34.582Z","description":"Wait until you get to the \"advanced\" level.","url":"https://time.com/3461959/teenage-instructional-videos-dad-dishwasher/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living","viral","Family","kids"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3461959/teenage-instructional-videos-dad-dishwasher/","name":"Passive-Aggressive Dad Is Back With Instructional Video About How to Load a Dishwasher"}}]}] ```