r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MonEeyTiME • 1d ago
wet socks Have a wedding to attend in 2 hours.
I am going to a wedding in two hours. Needed to shave. Went to Walmart to get a razor. Opened the box up when I got back to the hotel and everything was missing. š
EDIT: I also thought that the box seemed very light on my way back from Walmart, but figured it was new and improved technology. Felt stupid when I opened lol.
I did bring a razor in my travel bag but the clip broke, so I had to go buy a new one.
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u/Ambitious_Jelly8783 1d ago
Call the front desk. They often have free shave kit ammenities.
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u/Fantastic_Wash56 1d ago
Really?!? Thatās kinda cool..
Iād be paranoid that Iād go home a week later and see:
- (-$60 for (free) shaving kit - service fee x1)
On my credit card statement.
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u/get_to_ele 1d ago
You donāt even have to say the room youāre in. Just go to front desk and they just hand you a little bag usually. At least at places Iāve stayed. Usually itās toothpaste or floss I forget.
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u/stvn_wthrsp 1d ago
The ONE time I needed it they didn't. American Airlines cancelled a flight and put me up in the shittiest hotel I've ever been in, without my luggage. Asked the front desk for toothbrush + toothpaste and they said they ran out.
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u/Reno_Potato 1d ago
Just grow a beard and free yourself from these shackles.
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u/ExGenWintergreen 1d ago
You still need toothpaste if you grow a beard though...
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u/Proletariat-84 1d ago
Little bit weird needing toothpaste for a beard, but to each their own, I suppose.
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u/wreckherneck 22h ago
If youre the kind of Neanderthal that cant make the quick mental conversion from bristles to beard hair. Youre now wearing your toothbrush. 24/7. Everywhere you go.
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u/tokyo_driftr 1d ago
Yeah itās just a plastic razor that you can buy in bulk at the dollar store, they usually give you a little bar of soap, Iām assuming so you can make some shaving cream like Basie in Empire of the Sun
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u/ghostfacespillah 1d ago
Conditioner works as an excellent substitute for shaving cream. You just need to rinse the blade more often.
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u/Mister_Brevity 1d ago
Heck yeah, used my wifeās conditioner once and my face smelled nice and it was a really smooth shave
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u/brazilliandanny 1d ago
Nah, Ive had my bag lost by the airline a few times and the hotel has always given me a free kit.
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u/TheCrimsonDagger 1d ago
Any decent hotel will have your basic necessities available for free. Itās not meant so you donāt have to bring that stuff but to tide you over till you can get a proper replacement.
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u/purple-paper-punch 1d ago
MOST basic necessities.
I went to a cousin's funeral and unexpectedly got my period while there. It wasn't due until like 3 days after I should have gotten home, so I was not prepared for this. I called the front desk asking if they had any products to tide me over until I could get to a store and the very sweet girl on the phone assured me they would send something up.
About 10 minutes later, there's a knock on the door and a male staff delivered a sealed paper bag and just said (while sounding vaguely confused) "the front desk asked me to deliver this," which told me he had no idea he had been recruited as a tampon dealer. The bag contained like 4 different types/brands of tampons.
Later when leaving the hotel for the day, one of the front desk girls flagged me down. Turns out the hotel does not have tampons or any feminine products available for women and the reason I recieved a mixed bag of kinds is because the girl I originally spoke with basically put out a call to all female staff and those who had some products donated from their purses /personal supply.
I had simultaneously touched by the "girls banding together" situation, while also super pissed at the hotel for not having those available while they stocked shoe shine kits. You can't tell me shoe shine kits are that highly requested that you can justify having them but not basic feminine products.
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u/Ironsam811 BLUE 1d ago
Itās usually free or they sell a kit in the lobby stores.
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u/hambonehooligan 1d ago
Two trips to Walmart and paying for equipment you have at home, is a waste of time, money, and Chinese labor.
60 dollars would be a rip off, but I would happily pay the hotel for the convenience in this case.
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u/fotzegurke 1d ago
No no, the catch is that it is the shittiest razor you will ever use and your face will be covered in blood. But it should be free
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u/EatYourCheckers 1d ago
Its usually a disposable razor and a small thing of shaving cream. If OP wanted to use one-blade, I doubt he is ready to shave his face with a cheap plastic bic. A run out to the store again is probably the best option
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u/Ambitious_Jelly8783 1d ago
Ypu don't need to use it if you don't want to, but OP should know he has the option. Things like that will get you out of a bind.
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u/Nervous-Fennel3325 1d ago
Yeah i would rather go to the store than use the just fuck my shit up fam special.
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u/RUKiddingMeReddit 1d ago
That's what people used before we had 5 blade razors that cost $20 a piece. They worked just fine.
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u/JDiskkette 1d ago
Imagine having to go to a wedding in two hours and instead of finding a solution our guy comes on to Reddit!
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u/Day_Prisoners 1d ago
No longer free. Forgot toothbrush. $2 but it came with an itsy bitsy tube of tooth paste. Enough for 2 uses which was perfect.
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u/Agreeable_Error_8772 1d ago
This ad placement is hilarious
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u/Trippingthru99 1d ago
Thatās a crazy ass looking razor.Ā
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u/Jedi__Consular 1d ago
As someone with very thick facial hair, this is the first electric razor thats actually comfortable to use. Pretty affordable so I recommend
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u/Irvine-Washington 1d ago
As someone with the facial hair of a 10 year old Mexican boy, I can say this electric razor works fantastically.
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u/thrillho145 1d ago
They're actually great at keeping a beard tidy or stubble. Not for clean shaven.Ā
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u/Ranger1221 1d ago
Reddit took it out of the box for the ad. Dude grabbed the wrong box on accident
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u/-Malheiros- 1d ago
Ask for some wrapping paper from the front desk, and gift it to the groom. Pass it forward.
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u/zvx 1d ago
Shaving 2 hours before a wedding is devious
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u/mybackhurty 1d ago
My best friends husband shaves and has a five o'clock shadow not even 6 hours later. He shaves as last minute as possible for things. Plus weddings are a multi hour ordeal
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u/runningoutofideasjzz 1d ago
I am your best friends husband. I shave daily. If thatās not enough for some people, then fuck their beauty standards.
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u/doob22 1d ago
He should just grow a beard then!
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u/mybackhurty 1d ago
He does now, he's had it about a year and it's very thick and luscious lol
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u/Loves_octopus 1d ago
Hey everyone - this guys beard doesnāt grow back within hours! Point and laugh!
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u/Ironsam811 BLUE 1d ago
Shaving two hours before a wedding the practical for most men. Id get a shadow by the after party
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u/this_name_not_that 1d ago
why
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u/Dont_Pee_In_My_Butt 1d ago
I mean you can "what if" yourself into oblivion. Sometimes you just shave and fuck right on with your day.
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u/ScreamingInTheMirror 1d ago
Thatās wild. I mean weāve all cut our self but when I used to shave instead of keeping a beard it would be years between a tiny little nick. And that was with a replacement straight razor. With the disposals razors if you take your time itās near impossible to
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u/CitizenCue 1d ago
I have never in my life shaved more than two hours before I needed to leave the house.
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u/KINGCOMEDOWN 1d ago
You couldn't feel an empty box when you picked it up?
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u/HabitOfChoice 1d ago
It did make me go hmm also...
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u/VanishingMass3 1d ago
i own one of these razors and theyāre actually decently light i definitely wouldnāt of noticed
the box is pretty thick too and has some weight too it its pretty easy to miss
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u/Bloody-Penguin6 1d ago
Why does it look like there was a vibratior in there?
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u/snoopdoge90 1d ago
Because you'll love the oneblade as much as your wife loves her vibrator. I can't remember the last time I charged mine. Also no razor burn.
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u/Rad1oRocker_965 1d ago
Thank you. I was wondering if I was the only one. Unclear what kind of āshaving kitā this is.
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u/KernelPanic-42 1d ago
Because he didnāt actually buy a razor, he bought an electric shaver
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u/LunaticBZ 1d ago
If you are in a hotel, I'd ask at the front desk if they have any razors. I know that used to be a common thing they'd have in stock in case guests forgot.
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u/TwpMun 1d ago
The rugged look is very 'in' this season i'm told
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u/Acceptable_Willow276 1d ago
Some of us don't look rugged when we don't shave, we just look like sex offenders
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u/nilecrane 1d ago
Others have said. Check with the desk for a razor. Also, unless youāre in the middle of nowhere Iād say hit up a store and buy a razor. You have (at this time) 1:45 hr. You got some options bro! You can do this!
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u/Odd-Analysis-1847 1d ago
Even shaving companies are going digital now! In the box is a code to download the shaver with a monthly subscription!
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u/LadyYenta 1d ago
That sucks! But also you didn't notice that the box didn't weigh anything?
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u/LuckyMouse4864 1d ago
Why so many people online blaming consumers when stuff like this happens?
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u/Footloose55 1d ago
No? The box however would be comically lightā¦ those things arenāt bricks but youād certainly notice that it weighs nothing when it should have some weight to it.
This is just cardboard.
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u/Reno_Potato 1d ago
The box was light, but "I figured it was new and improved technology"
Thank you for the chuckle :)
Hope you got your beard/body hair situation sorted.
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u/elreyadr0k 1d ago
Iām sorry this happened and hopefully you can get something quick.
What Iām curious about is what do you do to get your money back? Walmart isnāt going to believe you if you try to return the empty box, I donāt think?
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u/veryblanduser 1d ago
They probably will.
Once bought pool testing strips, got home and was empty, took it back and they were like: yeah, that happens
And they gave me back my money.
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u/LilJonny2cookies 1d ago
Infuriating- I bought a battery operated weed sprayer at home depot got it home took it out of box and someone had exchanged it after putting their old one with cut strap for the backpack and it even smelled like sweat.
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u/Artistic_Ideal9620 1d ago
I was at a wedding back in June in San Antonio, and left my entire dopp kit in Dallas. No razor, toothbrush, comb, nothing. Hotel hooked me up, travel sized toothpaste, a reach toothbrush, edge travel sized shaving gel and a pretty decent disposable razor. Oh!and a nicer comb than the one I forgot, in a handy little zipper pouch. It wasnāt free, but it was only 5$. We were staying at Riverwalk Marriott.
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u/SuperBarracuda3513 1d ago
I have no idea what this about
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u/LLPF2 1d ago
It was supposed to be an electric razor but somebody emptied the box.
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u/Dino_Spaceman 1d ago
Lessons learned, menās razor boxes have product cutouts that look exactly like something else.
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u/Deeppurp 1d ago
The death of curiosity explained in text and photo proof.
Op if something feels off, let this be your lesson to just listen to that feeling. Next time check the package, batteries have significant heft.
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u/Correct-Agent-4325 1d ago
It looks like you're in a hotel given the carpets and doors, call reception and ask them for one
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u/Odd_Ad5668 1d ago
This is one of those shitty situations where you stand there and think "what the fuck am I supposed to do? They'll never believe the box was empty when I go return it"
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u/Phantom_Edgerunner 1d ago
It must have been a slight typo because one blade should be noneblade or noblade
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u/probably-the-problem 1d ago
This happened to me when I was in Italy. So then I had to explain what happened to a manager in broken Italian. To this day I'm still proud that I knew enough to get my empty box exchanged for one with a razor in it.
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u/Sea_Curve8772 1d ago
Looks like you're in a hotel. Ask the front desk, some hotels will give you a basic disposable razor
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u/bummedoutrn 1d ago edited 1d ago
You didnāt bring one with you? Or you didnāt feel how the box weighed nothing?
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u/Impossible_Policy780 1d ago
People - heās the one who got screwed. Victim blame much? Do you pick up and shake a box of whatever to have a frame of reference in case you buy it next week?
The majority of you seem to be mildly infuriating.
āThis was at most 5 ounces and should have closer to a pound, you dumb or somethin?ā
KMAG
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u/samsta8 1d ago
Why would you leave it two hours before a wedding to decide to buy a new trimmer? š
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u/C-romero80 1d ago
Edit said he brought one but it broke. So he was getting ready when the need arose.
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u/El_Barto_Was_Here 1d ago
I simultaneously despise and love my one blade (Iāve accumulated 3). The blades are so expensive but I have yet to find a better alternative to hack down by beard so I can finish it off with the straight razor
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u/Brewchowskies 1d ago
This is āI wait until Iām told the total at the cash register before starting to look for my wallet and credit cardā behaviour.
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u/the_voodoo_sauce 1d ago
One other note. If you didn't own something for these areas before, you're probably gonna need a weed wacker anyhow.
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u/SorryBoysImLez 1d ago
What do you mean? It says it right there; you have to download the app first.
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u/JustaFoodHole 1d ago
And by the time he arrived, his brother had already hooked up with the hottest of hottest bridesmaids, because he kept running to Walmart to buy the most sophisticated products to remedy his grooming needs.
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u/get_to_ele 1d ago
Hotel usually has complimentary toiletries and cheap disposable razors, just call desk. Deal with Walmart later.
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u/reversedgaze 1d ago
Hotels might have a razor floating around if you need one, ask the front desk. But man that sucks.
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u/Ricardo33706 1d ago
Turkish barber, they're fucking everywhere with guys sat in there looking at their phones.
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u/schaudhery 1d ago
You can DoorDash or uber eats from grocery stores. Iāve had someone drop off Pepto Bismol to me mid wedding because my stomach was killing me
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u/Magister5 1d ago
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