This is a spray bottle of cleaner that I use around the house. I mix it from a concentrate, but have marked the bottle so we know what it is. It has a lovely fresh lemon scent.
I have a habit of leave the bottle out on the counter instead of putting it away. Most often this is because I intend to use it again somewhere, then forget or get distracted by another pressing issue, say, a toddler falling down the stairs or something. Or its because I'm too lazy to pry the child lock off the under-sink cabinet. My propensity for leaving out the Meyers spray frustrates Jeff. I'm sure it's in an endearing way, like, "aww, that silly Katie always leaves the cleaning spray and aluminum foil out. I'd sure miss that little quirk if she weren't around." Right? I'm sure it's endearing...
One day I came home to find that Meyer's cleaner had a new label:
Poor Spray, feels so abandoned on the counter, must have note instructing user what to do when user is finished. I now refer to the Meyers as "Put Me Away Spray." With this new moniker and new directive, I have gotten better about actually putting Spray away. But clearly I've not been good enough. My sickness must run deep, for I recently found this NEWER label written on the bottle:
Such high stakes now, with this new (passive?) aggressive note. I like to think I put Spray away even more often now. But my record is not peerless. Now, if Jeff sees "IfYouHateJeff" Spray out, he just lets out a beleaguered sigh.
The bottle is running out of room for labels, but what note would you leave to get the Spray put away?
2 comments:
I know our husbands have the same name, but I didn't realize that they are actually the same person! I love this story. It makes me feel so much less alone in my illegitimate anger towards perfectly innocent infractions.
I think a fresh label should read, "If you see me on the counter and that happens to bother you, put me away your own damn self." Yeah, that should pretty much solve it.
So I think I may be more like Jeff in this case. It's Sean who leave EVERYTHING out. I may resort to Jeff's passive-aggressive methods. Ah, who am I kidding?! It won't work. :)
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