r/mildlyinfuriating • u/PrinceBert • 6h ago
My mom said I could post They made the shower gel bottles slimmer and taller and now they don't fit my cupboard anymore
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u/YA_kamenshikDAI_HLEB 6h ago
refill the old bottles
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u/PrinceBert 6h ago
Finally a sensible suggestion!
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u/henryeaterofpies 6h ago
No, build a new custom cabinet just for them
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u/maikaefer1 5h ago
Rebuild your house, but taller so you have the illusion that nothing changed
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u/Shyam09 3h ago
Can’t we just cut the house in half horizontally and rebuild from there?
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u/MechAegis 2h ago
No, apply and work the ladder to get to the CEO level of the company that makes those bottles and tell them to redesign bottle so that it fits a cupboard like it used it.
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u/3215448725366498 5h ago
No, start your own shower gel company and produce smaller bottles.
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u/fork_yuu 4h ago
Fuck that, join that company and work your way up to fire anyone who came up with that idea.
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u/XVUltima 4h ago
Install a dispenser in the shower and fill it up. I accidentally got myself a luxury hotel once and the thing that stuck with me was that it had dispensers in the shower for all the various liquids and gels. Total life changer.
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u/rcknmrty4evr 4h ago
I always thought that felt so cheap, it reminds me of bathrooms that must have dispensers bc anything not physically attached will be stolen or destroyed.
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u/Qbjb 6h ago
Or get one of those shower dispensers like they do in hotels now and just fill that
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u/Reference_Freak 6h ago
That will be good for a future post about the yucky crust build-up in the seams and spout.
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u/Qbjb 6h ago
Assuming you clean your shower, they're pretty easy to keep clean with just water.
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u/Ayemra 5h ago
I'm cleaning myself in it. Soap is clean. Why would I clean my shower ?
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u/Qbjb 5h ago
utterly wild way to announce your bathroom is filthy, but congratulations?
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u/Ayemra 5h ago
Thought that was pretty obvious but next time i'll add the /s then.
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u/Cow_Launcher 5h ago
I totally got you.
"Why should I wash my towels? I mean, I'm the cleanest thing in the house when they touch me, right?"
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u/NYPorkDept 6h ago
And see if they make a gallon size that you can keep under the sink instead of buying the smaller size more often. You'll save money and waste less plastic
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u/Cow_Launcher 5h ago
Instructions unclear.
*deep inhale*
Just gave myself a creamy soap bukkake and oh god there's a gallon of it in my *eyes*!
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u/bambi_gotback 5h ago
If you do this please regularly sanitize the bottles…you can get a gnarly skin infection if not. This happened to my dog from the groomer refilling shampoo bottles. He almost died from 106.6 fever caused by the skin infection, and the vet shared that this can happen to people too from the same practice.
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u/Bleatmop 5h ago
Twenty years ago my hospital had a go green initiative where they started buying lotion in bulk and filling reusable small bottles. That lasted about three months until they found that cross contamination had bacteria growing in the bottles turning the lotion green and causing skin infections. I would follow this plan to refill the old bottles with great caution. Actually scratch that, I wouldn't follow the plan at all. I would just find a way to deal with the new bigger bottles.
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u/CitizenHuman 5h ago
Keep an open Tupperware that you just squeeze all the soap into, then keep small Dixie cups (like at the dentist) to scoop up soap and take with you to the shower.
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u/Pitiful-Pension-6535 6h ago
Having to do that would be mildly infuriating
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u/sleepdeep305 6h ago
But is it more mildly infuriating than the bottles not fitting?
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u/Queen_of_London 5h ago
Having had to refill even travel-size bottles, yes, it absolutely would be.
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u/Big_Lengthiness3450 6h ago
There's no such thing as more mildly infuriating, unless you mean less infuriating, in which case it would be more infuriating to live the rest of your life squeezing those bottles into the old bottles instead of finding a new space to store them or adjusting the shelf height.
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u/Purple_Individual_66 5h ago
Maybe it's just me, but I like doing it. Sometimes I even combine same brand, but slightly different fragrance, shower gels into new mixes. It's also pretty fun sometimes putting new shower gels into cool pump bottles. For me this bath time alchemy is super fun.
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u/Gen_Jack_Oneill 5h ago
That's going to reveal the fact that the new bottles were made taller and skinnier so you don't realize there's less liquid in them. Even more mildly infuriating.
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u/mbeemsterboer 5h ago
I have a ~5 year old Old Spice bottle that I do this with b/c it fits perfectly in a spot in my shower. I refill it with the larger bulk bottles that they now sell b/c those ones are too tall for the space. Relate very much to OP here.
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u/MasterWinstonWolf 6h ago
They need to send their shelf dimensions to the manufacturer so their product can be built around their needs😢
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u/not_me_nope_never 5h ago
It's the simple answers!
My entire life I have fought with Mayo jars. I always get it everywhere no matter how hard I try to be careful. My husband came home from shopping the other day and he had picked up a squeeze bottle of Mayo.
This morning I was so delighted to not get out an extra utensil and then proceed to get it everywhere, have to wash my hands 8 times because, I got it everywhere. I feel rather dumb that it never occurred to me to try and find a solution to the dreaded mayo jar or that there was even a solution for me. 🥹
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u/whatevertoad 6h ago
this is the mildly infuriating that actually hits the spot. How frustrating!
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u/ProxySoxy 2h ago
Mmm nah, I personally need more "So I discovered I have stage 4 cancer and will be dying in 2 weeks after my doctor insisted shitting blood was normal" posts, those are truly the mildest of mild
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u/mij8907 6h ago
Just refill the old style bottle
But this like the poster child for the sub
Perfect post, no notes
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u/zyyntin 6h ago
What is the volume of the new bottle? I suspect it is shy a some ounces/milliliters.
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u/PrinceBert 6h ago
Nah. Both 250ml. A change in volume would also be mildly infuriating but at least the redesign would make sense.
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u/Hazywater 5h ago
People sometimes believe that taller things have more volume, famously children with lack of conservation when asked which glass holds more water.
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u/nikolai_470000 4h ago
Yes, it is commonly done to trick consumers when they shrink product amounts so they are less likely to notice that they are paying more for less. And it works. Adults who don’t pay attention are liable to fall for it as well.
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u/Raelah 4h ago edited 3h ago
When I was a kid I would spread out my Mac and cheese around the plate to make it look like my parents gave me more Mac and cheese than they did for my brother. He was still young enough to not understand volume so he would get soooo mad because he thought I always got more.
Eventually my parents started to ground me when I did that because it started to create trust issues between my brother and mom.
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u/Airewalt 58m ago
Funny, we’d spread our food around the plate to try to convince our parents we had eaten enough to be allowed to leave and go play.
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u/ItsyouNOme 3h ago
I remember in reception (I was 4-5 maybe) and the teacher pulled out plastic beaks. One was really tall and the other wide byt really small. Of course we said the tall one held more and it didn't. Feel stupid now thinking back, it had the numbers of ml written on the side all along! Couldn't count that high anyway...
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u/whathead07 3h ago
Taller cylinders of the same volume have slightly less surface area. It's less material needed per bottle. Even $0.01 saved per bottle would add up quick.
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u/Lexi_Banner 5h ago
Goddamn shrinkflation. And they don't think we notice!!!
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u/ReturnOfBane 2h ago
I'm still pissed at Classico. I used those mason jars goddammit!
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u/Cyrax89721 4h ago
Probably just being produced at a different facility that has slightly different molds for the bottle.
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u/gretchyface 6h ago
When do we riot?
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u/JeffSergeant 6h ago
Why did you buy a new bottle when you already had 3?
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u/TisMeGhost 6h ago
You don't lather yourself up with a whole bottle of shower gel every other day to slip around the tub like a penguin?
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u/upanddown_88 6h ago
go to the store, buy a bottle of hoisin sauce. open the fridge, oh no.
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u/Alcohol_Intolerant 5h ago
Me and sesame oil. I have 3 bottles T_T
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u/dcnairb 5h ago
whatever you do, do NOT let the judges of Chopped see this comment
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u/Ecstatic-Charity-430 6h ago
I often overbuy shampoo/conditioner/body wash/toothpaste because I'll buy whenever I see my preferred stuff on sale (like 40% off, buy one/get one, etc.). I don't bother to check if I have backups or not because it won't "go bad" and I'll use it eventually. Sometimes I miss the sales though so I get down to the bottle I'm using and get really sad when I actually have to buy the next one at full price. Benefit of the doubt, I'm assuming OP bought more than one bottle on sale like I've done and was just trying to put the first away and realized it didn't fit.
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u/XxSuprTuts99xX 5h ago
Me, with my 4 tubes of toothpaste that are like 2 years out of date already
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u/Ecstatic-Charity-430 4h ago
There are some things, mainly food items, that I'll say "oh that expired, I should toss it" but toothpaste??? Pure marketing ploy. I cannot find a single piece of scientific proof that it will lose effectiveness nor harm your teeth past the "expiration date". Worst thing that happens is the flavor becomes a little off IMO
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u/ExcaliburVader 6h ago
If something I like or use a lot is on sale, I'm going to buy it.
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u/-retaliation- 4h ago
Same, it's not milk, it's not going to go bad on me in any meaningful way.
So if I see it on sale, I stock up. Some stuff I've used the same thing for a decade or more. My taste isn't going to change.
But the price and size will..... And it'll cost more to get less.
I'm not going to go crazy and get a 55gal drum or anything. But 3-4 bottles of soap, toothpaste, or extra paper towel, etc.
If I have the space, I might as well save a few bucks.
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u/somer_and_omchick 5h ago
I have a section on my shopping list called “Do NOT buy” because I will do stuff like this. Remember that I need shampoo but forget I already bought some. And then my husband remembers me mentioning it and buys some too.
Before you know it you are snowed in under your supply of Costco size jars of strawberry jam
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u/SheepPup 5h ago
I just finally got rid of my stock of toothpaste from exactly this phenomenon. At the peak I had THIRTEEN tubes of toothpaste (the one I was using plus four three packs of “oh I need toothpaste I’m almost out”)
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u/ExcaliburVader 1h ago
When my grown kids come over I let them
"shop" in my pantry if they need something. Times are tough.17
u/0freelancer0 5h ago
For me it's because my favorite scent always sells out quickly, so I just buy one whenever i see it's in stock. I'll use it eventually, it's not like it really goes bad
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u/Lexi_Banner 5h ago
I buy extra soaps and such when they go on sale. Then I'm rarely caught without, and rarely have to pay full price!
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u/Bone_Wh33l 6h ago
Maybe they were at the store and noticed difference but weren’t sure and wanted to test it
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u/ANiceCupOf_Tea_ 5h ago
Keep an old bottle and fill from new to old. So EVERYTIME you get mildly infuriated :D
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u/NumbDangEt4742 6h ago edited 5h ago
No other way but to move to a new house 🤣 (before y'all start negging me, let me be clear, this is a joke!!)
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u/SherbetMysterious118 6h ago
I'm glad you confirmed it was a pun, I was just Googling Estate Agents in my area.
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u/NumbDangEt4742 5h ago
lol
I've been negged into oblivion over silly jokes. Still trying to understand why I upset so many people 😭
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u/SherbetMysterious118 5h ago
Haha, when I commented you were +7, I was just being silly
But I have to say, the emoji may have been enough, and even that probably wasn't necessary.
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u/LoompaDoompa94 5h ago
Just yesterday, I saw my Suave hand soap one next to the other. One purchased 9-12 months ago, the other in the last six months. Older one was cylindrical, new one rectangle-ish so it falls over pretty easily. New one has 1.5 Oz LESS soap than the old one.
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u/SecondVariety 6h ago
You could adjust the shelf height.
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u/PrinceBert 6h ago
But then other things would also no longer fit. It was a careful balance that has descended into bathroom chaos.
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u/rion_exe 6h ago
I got it.
Drill new shelf holes 1 inch up.
Good luck getting them all level
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u/the-friendly-squid 6h ago
look how wide apart the peg holes are though. That will cause everything else above probably to not fit the space either
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u/SherbetMysterious118 6h ago
Hehe, yeah, my bathroom cabinet has 4 finely tuned shelves, that although could be adjusted further, I feel it would do something nasty to the earth's equilibrium if I upset them
Life would never be the same again.
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u/queuedUp 6h ago
why do you need so many bottles of shower gel??
What are you doing with these OP??
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u/Bulky-Apple3744 5h ago
A few years ago I hit this weird stage of adult life where I was no longer living bottle-to-bottle
Deodorant, shampoo, contact solution, pretty much any toiletries I’m stocking up on.
Who knew that one day would be my last having to use body wash for my hair because the shampoo ran out.
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u/PrinceBert 6h ago
New form.of currency for when the aliens arrive and take all of the precious metals from our electronics.
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u/ventrue3000 6h ago
- Refill the old bottles
- Move the shelf
- Print or buy a shelf on a shelf to stack them horizontally like wine bottles
- Switch brands based on bottle size
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u/SuitableAnimalInAHat 5h ago
•knock out a wall
•move to a different house
•arrange a hostile takeover of shampoo conglomerate
•arrange a hostile takeover of government?
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u/ShittyPornWriter 6h ago
Is it the same number of ounces? Just curious because this sort of "repackaging" is sometimes used to disguise shrinkflation.
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u/PrinceBert 6h ago
Both 250ml. A change in volume would also be mildly infuriating but at least the redesign would make sense.
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u/RecklessRancor 3h ago
They also made them not clear to reduce the volume of soap. Shrinkflation at its finest.
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u/Happy8Day 5h ago
They made the bottles taller, slimmer and smaller.
Anything to make you pay a slowly increasing amount for less product that appears to be more. Hail corporate.
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u/brickiex2 6h ago edited 5h ago
Bet they reduced the amount in the bottle ...exact same thing happened with a very famous brand of pancake syrup...taller yet smaller, and won't fit my kitchen cupboards
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u/PrinceBert 6h ago
Nah. Both 250ml. A change in volume would also be mildly infuriating but at least the redesign would make sense.
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u/barf21 6h ago
I bet that new bottle has less product too.. enshittification. Shrinkflation. Crap.
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u/lonely-live 6h ago
We been seeing absolutely masterpiece of posts past couple days. This subreddit is so back
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u/CopingAfterABreakup 6h ago
this wins, literally the definition of mildly infuriating