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Thrilling Sunday activities
Nov. 14th, 2004 01:42 pmI just used the ENTIRE contents of one $2.99 Clorox Bleach Pen on ONE load of laundry.
I don't care how well it works, that's seriously not cost-effective.
What was the detergent whose commercials harped about ring-around-the-collar? Was it Wisk? I don't get ring-around-the-collar, but I sure as heck get ring-around-the-cuffs. I just tried the bleach pen on that. AND on the Rampant Attack Strawberry Juice, and the blodge of wearable chocolate from the truffle tortes, and the butternut squash puree.
Maybe if I just add bleach to the wash water, and make sure to turn the sleeves inside-out, so that the grungy parts get more exposed to it?
Yeah. I'm being obsessive again. And yeah. I wish my boss would just get coats from the linen service so I didn't have to fret about it. But she says people stole the coats before. Poo.
They obviously have some magic they can work on aprons, 'cause I get my aprons FILTHY every day, what with cinnamon, and chocolate, and tomato, and squash, and strawberry, and OMG blueberry, and the random carbon grunge that comes of sometimes using the apron as a potholder... be clear, I have not the faintest idea of how chefs who work in open-kitchen restaurants manage to do it without getting filthy in front of the customers. Have they got their prep cooks sequestered somewhere doing all the grungy stuff and they're just sauteeing and plating and letting the customers think that's all there is to it?
Of course, the linen service just picks up a hamper full of the aprons and towels I dirty and drops off our quota of clean ones. For all I know, they're saying, "Oh, look, it's THEM again -- don't even BOTHER washing them, just throw 'em away and jack up the price again."
But there's gotta be a better answer than a $2.99 bleach pen on every damned load.
I don't care how well it works, that's seriously not cost-effective.
What was the detergent whose commercials harped about ring-around-the-collar? Was it Wisk? I don't get ring-around-the-collar, but I sure as heck get ring-around-the-cuffs. I just tried the bleach pen on that. AND on the Rampant Attack Strawberry Juice, and the blodge of wearable chocolate from the truffle tortes, and the butternut squash puree.
Maybe if I just add bleach to the wash water, and make sure to turn the sleeves inside-out, so that the grungy parts get more exposed to it?
Yeah. I'm being obsessive again. And yeah. I wish my boss would just get coats from the linen service so I didn't have to fret about it. But she says people stole the coats before. Poo.
They obviously have some magic they can work on aprons, 'cause I get my aprons FILTHY every day, what with cinnamon, and chocolate, and tomato, and squash, and strawberry, and OMG blueberry, and the random carbon grunge that comes of sometimes using the apron as a potholder... be clear, I have not the faintest idea of how chefs who work in open-kitchen restaurants manage to do it without getting filthy in front of the customers. Have they got their prep cooks sequestered somewhere doing all the grungy stuff and they're just sauteeing and plating and letting the customers think that's all there is to it?
Of course, the linen service just picks up a hamper full of the aprons and towels I dirty and drops off our quota of clean ones. For all I know, they're saying, "Oh, look, it's THEM again -- don't even BOTHER washing them, just throw 'em away and jack up the price again."
But there's gotta be a better answer than a $2.99 bleach pen on every damned load.
