I've been cleaning the Facility in the Middle of Nowhere, preparing for The
Kids' father arrival on Wednesday night (he's on shore leave from the Middle
East for the next two weeks and he's taking the kids with him! Woo hoo!).
Kitchen, entry hallway, downstairs bathroom yesturday, cleaning and
vacuuming the dining room, living room and computer room today. And laundry
in between. It was doing the laundry that I noticed an odd thing. The last
box of detergent claimed enough detergent to do 40 loads of laundry (not
that I counted) and the new box, same brand, same size, claimed only 33
loads.
As far as I can tell, the only difference between the two is the
inclusion of Color Safe Bleech™ in the new box. Could that
really account for a difference of -7 loads? Especially since the
plastic scoops in both are the same size?
Or is this some nefarious marketing scheme to sell more detergent?
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I've been cleaning the Facility in the Middle of Nowhere, preparing for The
Kids' father arrival on Wednesday night (he's on shore leave from the Middle
East for the next two weeks and he's taking the kids with him! Woo hoo!).
Kitchen, entry hallway, downstairs bathroom yesturday, cleaning and
vacuuming the dining room, living room and computer room today. And laundry
in between. It was doing the laundry that I noticed an odd thing. The last
box of detergent claimed enough detergent to do 40 loads of laundry (not
that I counted) and the new box, same brand, same size, claimed only 33
loads.
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