I should have realized that S C Johnson wasn't targeting the sharpest market when they thought it necessary to include the following on their bullet list of directions for Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic
Shower Cleaner: "Not a body wash". I am admitting to you all here today, that, "yes, I bought it". Why is the "easy button" so attractive? I fall for it too often thinking that it just might really make my life easier. So I hang the Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner on my shower head and take a shower (fighting the urge to use it as a body wash - ha). When the shower is over, I simply push the button and in 15 seconds, the sprayer starts coating the inside of my shower with cleanser. It sprays for about 5 seconds. My 4 year old son watches with delight while I realize I just spent $12 on this thing so it would spray for me? So it saved me 5 seconds of spraying and I still have to get in and rinse it off. Trust me I waited day after day to see if it would clean itself (as the directions stated "no rinsing, no scrubbing"). Finally I just got in there and cleaned it the old fashioned way. It is just so pleasing to hear things like "Spray and Walk Away" and "Fix it and Forget it". On that note, I also bought the dishwasher gel packs that have a rinse agent built it. Now, I actually liked those little dishwashing pillow pouches but are they really easier than pouring some liquid or powder into the little hole? Not really, but they are way cuter! It wasn't until I bought a cheaper version of the pre-packaged dishwasher pouches that I realized my quest for making my life easier was getting out of hand. The cheaper version also came in pre measured packets, but these ones didn't disolve, they had to be unwrapped; and they didn't unwrap easily. When I finally got the little bugger out and dropped it in it's place I realized that it looked like the chunk of dishwasher detergent that would get stuck in the bottom of the box during the humid summers in NY. I just paid extra to have someone turn my detergent into the hardened chunks I used to try to avoid. Somebody help me! Now there is the Bounce Bar calling my name. Instead of spending, oh let's see, half a second getting a dryer sheet into the dryer, you just mount this bar on the inside of your dryer and never think about dryer sheets again. The ad has women telling how much time they save and how they can use all the help they can get when it comes to laundry, blah blah blah. Saving a milisecond does not count as helping me with the laundry. When it can sort, fold and put away, then you have a product (or is that a maid?). I am making a vow not to buy this thing, but feel free to pass on information about a product that really does help, and really does save time and/or money.
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