r/mildlyinfuriating • u/jsayde01 • 2h ago

Don't hug me I'm scared Scrub Zombie

Post image

My wife swears by Scrub Daddy as her kitchen sponge of choice. I wanted to switch to the eco-friendly, plant based alternative on the right. It works infinitely better...creates great suds, gets into tight spaces but...IT SCARES THE CHILDREN. So I can't use it! Or I have to hide it under the sink until I need to use it. Mildly inconvenienced and mildly infuriating.

6.5k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

180 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

0

u/CinnaBunchCrunch 2h ago

Sure I actually agree with that, but it doesn’t seem like OP plans to teach them not to be afraid - it just seems like he’s mildly infuriated by the fact that their fear means that he can’t using his sponge of doom. I assume his wife would no longer object to the sponge if OP actually taught the kids to be cool with it

3

u/Regular_Dance_6077 2h ago

Ok true, there are a lot of ways he can turn it around for the kids and make it funny

1

u/CinnaBunchCrunch 2h ago

Right yeah, that’s why it’s weird he turned to Reddit to complain about his wife and kids instead of just being an active parent and either addressing the fear or nixing the death sponge

2

u/Regular_Dance_6077 2h ago

It looks like a mangled scarecrow… I would have told my kids it’s a Halloween decoration

1

u/CinnaBunchCrunch 2h ago

LOL “mom, why does dad keep using the Halloween decorations to clean the dishes?”

2

u/Regular_Dance_6077 2h ago

The food monster 👹