(002) let's talk about... (Swiffers)

... Swiffer sweepers. As someone who has been working retail for the past three and a half years, I can honestly say that the old school dust mops do nothing but push dirt around. Instead of getting up my nose and into corners, the dust that comes into contact with the Swiffer is automatically picked up and stuck there. Whether it be the classic Swiffer or my personal favorite, the Swiffer Wet Jet (I smile just thinking about it), it amazes me that there was a way of getting any floors clean prior to the invention of the Swiffer. Oh, it is just so easy, light, portable, and fabulous. And if you want to clean, say, baseboards or lampshades, just use the dust cloths by themselves. They work great - promise.

This brings me to the best type of Swiffer - the Wet Jet. I hate mops. I really, really hate mops. I've worked at numerous retail locations where, when I'd be asked to mop the floor, I'd be greeted with a disgusting, hairy, discolored mop head. I'd have to fill the bucket with water and Pine Sol (whoever thought Pine was a good smell for a whole store? The store ended up smelling like a taxi cab), drag it onto the floor, slather the mop all over the tile, and end up having to go over it again on my hands and knees. This happened during my first two and a half years of retail.

Then, the beautiful day came when I found a job where, instead of ever seeing that mop again, I had the Swiffer Wet Jet. Now, if you have no idea what it is, take a chance to enlighten yourself: Swiffer WetJet. Pretty amazing, right? Working in children's retail, you see some pretty gross stuff on floors - gum, ice cream, candy, holy-hell-what-is-that-don't-touch-it-with-your-bare-hands kinds of stuff. The Wet Jet takes care of all of that for you. You press a button on the handle, liquid squirts onto the floor, and you use the Swiffer to wipe it up. Amazing!

Let me leave you with this: I am not a neat freak. I am far from it. I am the queen of a messy room. Yet, for some reason - maybe the simplicity and ease of it - I am in love with Swiffer and all of their products.

Really, the Swiffer is absolutely frantastic.