The upside down shampoo bottle

[Karate_Guy]

When there is not much shampoo left in the bottle, I put it upside down on the shower caddy. This make it easier to get out every last drop over the course of several days, or a week. If it lasts well over a week, it feels like a Hanukkah miracle!

I do the same thing with tubes of toothpaste. The tube winds up flattened and pathetic looking -- like a snake run over in the street. In fact, I do this with a lot of things. And, apparently, I am not the only one. Years ago, Heinz started making ketchup bottles that are upside down!

But, why do I do this?

Is it because I really need to get every penny's worth out of that shampoo bottle? I don't think so. I can easily afford to buy a few more shampoo bottles over the course of my lifetime if I were to do away with this ritual. So, that can't be it.

Is it because I feel like it would be wasteful not to do this? Maybe. I like this explanation because it sounds righteous. Yeah, I do it for the environment! But does that make sense? A lot of shower water is wasted while I torture that poor, near-empty shampoo bottle for its last few drops. So, that can't be it, either.
Sometimes I feel bad for the shampoo bottle. It is at the end of its life, and what do I do? Do I send it to hospice care? No, I squeeze and shake the hell out of that bottle, making it wheeze as it coughs up its last drops of shampoo. I'm such a jerk.

So, why do I do this? My guess is that I do it simply because it has become habit. Perhaps it started for one or both of the reasons set forth above. Maybe I once had self-righteous indignation about "Big Shampoo" making a bottle that is designed to deprive me of those last few drops. How dare they!

I don't remember whatever the original reason(s) were. That has been lost in the annals of time. The reason I do this now is that it has become habit, just something I do. But that does not mean I have to continue doing it.

While inertia is the strongest force in the universe, once in a while we can escape its gravity. We can reevaluate, and change course. Maybe I'll stop torturing that near-empty shampoo bottle when it gets to the point where too much shower water is being sacrificed in my continued shampoo bottle torturing. Maybe I'll stop as soon as it starts to wheeze. I don't know. There are endless possibilities.

The point is that it is worthwhile to stop and think about what we are doing, and why we are doing it. And not just continuing to do something simply because it has become habit. A lot of shampoo bottles have been tortured for me to gain this wisdom and pass it along to you. Please use it wisely.

This is not the shampoo I use, but it is an image of an upside down shampoo bottle.

[Aerissa_Jade]

I buy shampoo bottles that are always upside down... when it gets low, add a little water to the mix, shake it around and you can get more.

[ArrowheadSW]

LOL Yeah I do that also... Rinse out the last bit.

[DaveJord]

I never thought some one could say so much about so little... but I am can talk myself to death as well as the best of them.

I do it because I am lazy, when I squeeze that bottle I want instant shampoo. I don't want all that squirting and air spattering in my hand or making a mess. Make it easy to get the exact amount I need... and then when its empty you know its really empty and done. It makes my shampoo last twice as long with out me having to remember replacing it.

I usually buy Shampoo by the pack, 6 bottles at a time and that lasts me well over a year or more. Because I hate running to the store every other month for Shampoo.

Its the same with my tooth paste I hate when people squeeze it from the middle and not the from he bottom.

[Wsx2wsx2ws]

Tip: just add a little water to the bottle and shake it up good. When you go to use it again it should have settled. IF it is a squeeze bottle only and can't take off the top just squeeze it as much as you can while up right, turn over in the water and let it suck up the water reinflating.

I find shampoo far to concentrated to begin with and dilute it half and half. Or used to. I use Shaklee products now. I wash my hair only once a week or if I am in a messy job. Shampoo in the past has proven to ruin my scalp and hair. Pro tips suggested cutting way back on shampoo frequency.

[MTC29]

I grew up poor and learned to get every last bit of value out of everything. Bar soap? When the bars get too small to use, I squeeze them together or, I break then up into tiny pieces and add them to a plastic bottle, add water and shake to makes liquid.

My SO is amused by this. Fine. I'm not the one who is broke at that end of every month.

[exitseven]

I do the same thing. I try to squeeze every drop of shampoo. i take most of my showers at the gym partially to save hot water. I make breadcrumbs out of stale bread and any other food that i might find. cereal, pretzels, potato chips or some cookies. I grew up poor and always lived by my wits. Sometimes I see somebody on TV saying he has some money saving tips. so i watch and am always disappointed because I already do it.

[kmg9150]

Put a little water in shake it up, works to get all the residue that sticks to the sides, and less vein popping hulk squeezes on them bottles homie... Together anything can be accomplished, even OCD.

[Guy13]

Yep... I do what you do, add water in it when it is about half way empty, and then cut that container in half when it is "supposedly empty". Cut out the toothpaste too... damn Biden killing my ass.

[thegreenyogi]

I do that too. I use every last drop because I hate waste.

[ArrowheadSW]

Yeah I turn it upside down also at the end. I just like using it all.

It looks like they designed that Head and Shoulders bottle just for that purpose!

[Krealot]

Putting the bottle upside down is just as Chad as rinsing your milkcartong with hot water to fold it easier ;)

[bean2k21]

We have a saying where I'm from 'Is the juice worth the squeeze?'

I think that if we're talking about lube for sexual pleasure, then it certainly is.

[Hogoblin_of_Venice]

I think it is just good personal responsibility. After all why not you paid for it. The earth is abundant Butt Use it's resources responsibly. That way there will always be enough to go around for everyone.

[msc545]

Most people do this I think. I definitely do.

[boobliker]

here in the U. K. England most of out shower items are made that way it saves time in the morning when we need the time for other things like breakfast and good cup of tea.

[roy_ricky09]

For me mostly it's just laziness to go get another or get everything out of it

[Wisdomforfree]

Its just the Natur of a grown-up human brain. Waisting things is against our Nature we didn't born to waist

[Massageman]

I squirt in a bit of water, shake, and can get darn near all of it out.

Same with mustard, ketchup, creamy salad dressings.

[Kasabiian]

but why use sham poo when you can use real poo?

[Avicenna]

Excellent points!

[AviatorTom]

I do the same thing! Congrats!