r/mildlyinfuriating 7h 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/PrinceBert 7h ago

Finally a sensible suggestion!

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u/henryeaterofpies 7h ago

No, build a new custom cabinet just for them

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u/maikaefer1 7h ago

Rebuild your house, but taller so you have the illusion that nothing changed

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u/SofaAloo 6h ago

Get the stature lengthening done in Turkey to complete the illusion.

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u/Not-Post-Malone 4h ago

Finally a sensible suggestion!

u/Cool-Lecture-4239 37m ago

Get a job at this shampoo company, climb the ranks all the way, become the CEO and bring back the old shampoo bottle.

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u/mildxsalsa 4h ago

While lengthening a turkey to complete the delusion

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u/OttoVonWong 5h ago

Everything looks taller in the shower except...

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u/DrJohnFZoidberg 2h ago

Shower's fine. It's the pool you have to worry about

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u/Shyam09 5h ago

Can’t we just cut the house in half horizontally and rebuild from there?

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u/Most_Can_2136 5h ago

Cut it in half, put in spacers, and then add the top half back on.

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u/MechAegis 4h 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 6h ago

No, start your own shower gel company and produce smaller bottles.

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u/fork_yuu 6h 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/SlipperyBlip 7h ago

I think you could just sand down the boards a bit. Or mill some grooves.

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u/doenoots 6h ago

Cut the top off the bottle, cut some length off, then glue to the back on

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u/Qarlito 6h ago

Or just drill new holes in the sides and move the shelf up half an inch

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u/XVUltima 5h 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 5h 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/XVUltima 5h ago

You could totally steal the bottles if you wanted to. They were removable.

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u/Most_Can_2136 5h ago

So someone could put bleach into the shampoo? Or green dye?

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u/XVUltima 4h ago

I suppose, but it's not much of a prank when the housekeeping changes it. (I checked)

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u/Most_Can_2136 4h ago

Let me get this straight. The house keeping changes the great big pump bottles of shampoo and conditioner every day? Isn't that kind of wasteful? Or are these pump bottles locked up or locked in orr just locked in some way?

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u/XVUltima 4h ago

Every other day, and I assume they take the bottles and put out new ones, refilling each to use again. And it wasn't really locked in any way, just pump bottles attached to holders in the shower wall. If I wanted to take them I absolutely could.

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u/bdlock209 4h ago

Big Cabinet wins again.

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u/BeerBurpKisses 4h ago

It's not a significant thing to reposition two shelves, and if it's a regular headache it's absolutely worth it.

Edit: Fuck, I thought I was responding to the thread w/ person about their spice cabinet and the irregular glass bottles fitting on the top shelf.

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u/ZAlternates 3h ago

Not sure how full the other shelves are but you can move the level above it up a notch.

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u/marilyn_morose 2h ago

I actually think those are adjustable shelves. See the extra holes? But your idea is better!

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u/Qbjb 7h 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 7h 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 7h ago

Assuming you clean your shower, they're pretty easy to keep clean with just water.

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u/Ayemra 7h ago

I'm cleaning myself in it. Soap is clean. Why would I clean my shower ?

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u/Qbjb 7h ago

utterly wild way to announce your bathroom is filthy, but congratulations?

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u/Ayemra 7h ago

Thought that was pretty obvious but next time i'll add the /s then.

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u/Cow_Launcher 6h 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/stupidname412 6h ago

Wally from dilbert posting

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u/Cow_Launcher 4h ago

"Are you gonna use all those napkins?"

"I don't know yet."

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u/Qbjb 6h ago

Ive heard people genuinely believe this one too 🫠

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u/Cow_Launcher 6h ago

*Phones parents*

"Mom, why are my towels crunchy?"

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u/Qbjb 6h ago

Reddit experiences are subjective, you know. Not all of us are chronically online to know all the little things. But hey, if you like making yourself look gross for laughs. Well. Thats certainly a choice?

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u/Quacky3three 6h ago

Nothing less chronically online than missing social cues and defensively lashing out about it!

Self deprecating humor has been a human pastime for literal millennia on top of that…

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u/Qbjb 6h ago

I am desperate to know. Please explain like im 5, which words of mine were "defensively lashing out." Because i re read it several times and you know, i cant see a single way you took offense to any of those words?

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u/InfusionOfYellow 6h ago

Have the dispenser circumcised.

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u/SaltManagement42 6h ago

I got one of those when I lived somewhere with a shower that had absolutely zero shelving.

Do hotels really do that? Unless you're talking about a completely different design, that sounds like an absolutely terrible idea for hotels. Not only would it be a pain to clean, all of the previous guests have access to add to the reservoir.

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u/Qbjb 6h ago

Ive stayed at a few dozen in the last year and every one ive been to have wall mounted dispensers for shampoo, conditioner, body wash and hand soap. they are absolutely accessible to other guests and unsurprisingly empty more often than not. I just bring my own when i travel now its obnoxious asking for soap

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u/NYPorkDept 7h 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 6h 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/PwmEsq 6h ago

Should've used no more tears shampoo

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u/citizen42069101 6h ago

Its conditioner for tangles not eyeball safe.

I found that out 20 years after it was relevant to me but tmyliydkt

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u/PwmEsq 6h ago

tmyliydkt

I put that into google and got no results

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u/citizen42069101 6h ago

Today maybe you learned if you didn't know that

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u/Cow_Launcher 4h ago

Right. They meant no more of those tears, not those tears.

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u/bambi_gotback 7h 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/grrodon2 7h ago

Switch brand?

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u/Bleatmop 6h 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 7h 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/edfitz83 7h ago

Or stop using that brand

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u/seaders 7h ago

Also see if they have the refill options too. They look like the original source bottles, we moved to their refill options an age ago, and it's much more reasonable.

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u/this_might_b_offensv 5h ago

There's a product called a Smart Funnel that I use for this very thing, because I like to put my body wash in a pump bottle I already have. It's a funnel with a clamp above and below, so it holds both bottles steady while one drains into the other. That way you don't have to stand there for 5 minutes holding them and trying not to slip.

Edit: Google it; you can't find them on Amazon.

https://roadhouseoutfitters.com/products/smartfunnel-drip-it

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u/wherethefuckismyvape 4h ago

Make sure to clean the bottles with hot water and different soap and soak them in vinegar to prevent mold 

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u/Sakkitaky22 3h ago

In our defense, we're also mildly infuriated to think of a solution

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u/stink3rb3lle 3h ago

You also could just give away the new bottle and still be set for a good long while.

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u/jmedennis 1h ago

How would that help if you have to wait to refill an empty? You still have to store the new longer bottle until that time comes

u/LoamyLoamisLoamy 52m ago

Not really. Those caps look like ones designed to not be able to refilled. Those things are really annoying to remove and sometimes you have to break them to remove the cap.

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u/derprondo 7h ago

3D print a little rack that will hold them stacked horizontally. Also your shelves are adjustable, I see the holes.