Cheap plastic crap that works.

OK. So I, despiser of cheap plastic crap, bought this last week, after resisting for SO long:



Yes, it is a Swiffer Wet Jet. I know, I know, I know....

Anyway, there is no running water in the cat facility. So to mop the floor, I have to haul water, which is fine every few days. But the floor should be mopped daily. I own a standard little (generic) Swiffer, but it's really only good for mopping up muddy people tracks. After five swipes, the premoistened pads are a waste.

So I was in the General Dollar in Spencer and there it was with a rebate that brought it down to $15. So I bought it, hoping it wasn't just a peace of crap that either A) wouldn't work or B) would immediately break or C) would just push the dirt around.

Well, you know, it works OK. I had hoped to replace the Swiffer fluid with Roccal D disinfectant, and I think they have it pretty well worked out that I won't be able to do that (we'll see). But the little sprayer works just dandy, and the pads are nice and thick. And the Swiffer fluid smells OK. The floors are a bit streaked, but that beats being dirty or dull.

So perhaps this little piece of cheap plastic crap isn't crap after all.