The other day whilst shopping in one of our splendid, mainstream, and clearly monopoly supermarkets, I noticed how expensive toilet rim blocks are (the liquid ones.)
My wife typically buys these things with no consideration of price, bullied by adverts of talking toilets shaming her into spending a disproportionate amount on bathroom hygiene.
When we came to the checkout, I discretely removed the offending items and decided to try a new strategy.
At home I noticed that the empty rim block was easily refillable using ordinary bleach (we like the citrus scented, orange coloured, stuff.) It took me all of 10 seconds to complete the task and I'd used about 10 cents of bleach versus buying 1 dollar's worth of refills (2 dollars for a standard twin pack.)
When my wife saw the end result she started calling me a miser, cheap skate, etc. I responded by saying that it was a greener alternative to buying refills. Immediately she was won over and I had all the kudos of a conquering hero.
My wife typically buys these things with no consideration of price, bullied by adverts of talking toilets shaming her into spending a disproportionate amount on bathroom hygiene.
When we came to the checkout, I discretely removed the offending items and decided to try a new strategy.
At home I noticed that the empty rim block was easily refillable using ordinary bleach (we like the citrus scented, orange coloured, stuff.) It took me all of 10 seconds to complete the task and I'd used about 10 cents of bleach versus buying 1 dollar's worth of refills (2 dollars for a standard twin pack.)
When my wife saw the end result she started calling me a miser, cheap skate, etc. I responded by saying that it was a greener alternative to buying refills. Immediately she was won over and I had all the kudos of a conquering hero.
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