I had this great idea when our old vacuum stopped sucking. I was going to get a new vacuum cleaner and I was going to research it.
And, I did. And, I got the best rated vacuum by consumer reports.
This new vacuum sucks (in a good way). But, it is also "smart." It has some lights that tell me if my floor is dirty (and to what degree) or if it happens to be clean.
So, instead of quickly running the vacuum over the floor before friends come over (because I would never do that, my floor is always spotless), I vacuum the same spot approximately 2,523 times because the little light tells me the floor is still dirty.
I say ignorance is bliss. I liked my floor vacuumed and "clean" the old way.
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Oh my gosh… that would make me go crazy, seriously!
That sounds like the worst invention EVER.
that does not sound fun. at all.
stupid smart computers.
Mr. C's mom gave us her old vacuum with the clean/noclean lights and at first I was like "Wow! Look, it can tell when the floor is dirty."
Now I'm like "DAMMIT! It can TELL when the floor is DIRTY!!"
hee hee.
I definitely wouldn't want to know that.
Twitter: winey_mommy
July 16, 2009 at 4:48 pm
I know exactly what you mean! My parents had one and when I was visiting once I vacuumed for my mom and I was obsessed–haha!
Thanks for the tip–I could see me doing the same thing
Slow down girl before you wear a hole in your carpet!
Now I must know….what kind did you get?
Twitter: patric3_b
July 16, 2009 at 10:14 pm
lol that's too funny! I would definitely agree that in this case, ignorance is bliss! I would much rather believe that it's clean after 1 vacuum job!
That is the kind of thing that would keep me from sleeping at night. Seriously, that would drive me absolutely crazy!
I'm with you…ignorance is bliss. I only have so much time in my day to clean and I don't need a vacuum telling me that my cleaning is inadequate.
So, please tell me the brand so that I can avoid going nuts some day.
Mine does this same thing and it drives me mad. I have Hubs do the vacuuming now because I would rather think that the floors are clean than bother with the machine telling me. (And I'm VERY certain Hubs isn't even aware of that functionality!)
Happy weekend!
Twitter: Lindsay_Y
July 20, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Ha! I used to have a vacuum like that and I LOVED it….mostly because I had dogs and could never SEE the little hairs that were there….and because I'm slightly neurotic, too.
I didn't think they still make them though! Sweet. Here's to hoping our vacuum breaks now! LOL.
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