"When your dreams turn to dust, vacuum!"

[lumy12]

A discussion with a coworker today has inspired me to conduct Scientific Research (aka, LJ poll!):

[Poll #1634263]

Comments

[gizzi1213.livejournal.com]

My last two vacuum cleaners, my current beloved Dyson and before that the Hoover Beast, are both bagless. Prior to that I DID have a vacuum with a bag and I would throw out the bag and install a new bag. Reusing a bag is yucky!!! You've got germs, pollen, and who knows what in that bag that needs to be thrown out!!!!

(I'm betting you're a reuse the bag person, right!?)

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Well, I wasn't going to show my hand just yet and possibly skew the poll, but really, how many people are going to even bother voting in it and beyond THAT how many will even look at the comments... and beyond even THAT, why would my vote sway them???

You would THINK that I would, wouldn't you... but no, I change it, it's too gross to bother with! Good point about the germs in there, I hadn't even thought of that.

Regardless of what you personally do, it IS rude to borrow someone's vacuum and then when you return it, comment on how GROSS it is that there's cat hair in the bag, no? I mean, HELLO, it's a bag, it's SUPPOSED to hold stuff! (and no, no one borrowed mine recently, I was telling an old tale!)

[six-demon-bag.livejournal.com]

Wow, that really happened? People are beyond me once in a while. You don't do anything but show gratitude when returning something you just borrowed. wtf?

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Exactly! He was a douchebag. I think he must have given up trying to get in my pants by that point, because telling me how gross I am for having cat hair in my vacuum bag is not the way to my heart. LOL

[six-demon-bag.livejournal.com]

*makes mental note not to tell you or other girls they're gross if trying to get in pants* lol

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Haha! Such sage advice will serve you well, young Grasshopper!

[azur-dreams.livejournal.com]

you know what i hate? cats. well, time to do it now right?

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Poor hated kitties, what did they do to you? :P

Time to do what?

[azur-dreams.livejournal.com]

lol!! that was "worst wendy pickup line ever" from a guy, not me XD

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhhhhh gotcha! LOL - yeah, "I hate sand" works much better ;)

[azur-dreams.livejournal.com]

oh yeah lol you HAVE to watch this!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz1L63TdhC8&feature=related

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHA that cracked me up! Except for the stupid basher chick at the end, that was unnecessary "WEIRD CREEPY COMMENTS" ... of course that's hot when it's Anakin saying them! LOL

And he didn't have to beg for sex with Palpatine *snerk*

[azur-dreams.livejournal.com]

oh yeah it's part of a really long series and that woman at the end he is keeping in the basement and she says something at the end of all of them. lol i laugh every time i watch it!!
*murders women and children* *brings a corpse home*
*goes on a psychotic, megolomaniacal rant*

[travelswjaney.livejournal.com]

okay that was hilarious.

[archerstar.livejournal.com]

I use a bagless now, but when we had a bagged vac, you always ALWAYS change it when it's near full/full. There is so much bacteria and gross in those bags after you've used them.

And looking at the comments, WTF. Like, it's a vacuum. WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE THE CAT HAIR TO BE?!

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

It says right on there not to re-use the bag, but I could see if someone wants to say "oh they just say that to sell more bags" ... still, this person was on the side of the jerk in my story, saying you ARE supposed to empty it, and it never even occurred to me that simply changing the bag when it's full might not be as common a practice as I thought!

(and he was a jerk for other reasons besides this, but this was the last straw of our extremely short-lived relationship. LOL)

[remisims.livejournal.com]

I have one of those bagless vacuums, with a thing that attaches to the handle that's supposed to catch most of the dust/dirt before it goes into the main filter which is supposed to extend the life of the main filter (but in reality, just grosses you out and makes you feel bad about how long you wait between vacuuming..)

I'd want to limit my contact with the dust/dirt and general yuck that one finds in a vacuum bag. I've lost count of how may times I've had to empty the thing to get back something I've vacuumed up by accident. :S

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

I wanted a bagless vacuum once and the salesperson talked me out of it. I'm probably better off not seeing what's in there... and I DO wait too long, yeah!

EWWWWWW if I've vacuumed something up I don't think I want it back!

[azur-dreams.livejournal.com]

yeah i know sometimes you vacuum up an earring or something, but then by the time it's time to empty it your like "well i dont really like that earring " lol. bags seem expensive but the problem with bagless is that it usually has some area where the hair can get stuck in and you are forced to like, pull the hair out w your fingers

[vespalicious.livejournal.com]

I HAVE ONLY EVER USED A SHOP-VAC. I'm not sure if it had a bag or not. My mom is the one who does the bag changing and stuff.. if there is any. I would probably make it explode.

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

I... can imagine you exploding a vacuum, actually! Ha!

[zigsternenstaub.livejournal.com]

Via the highly scientific method of asking my mother, I have deduced that the 'best thing to do' is change the bag when it's full/near full. As for me, house elves do my vacuuming.

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

I'm honored that you gathered information to make an informed decision! What a good voter you are :) Crap, I deleted my "vote Palpatine" icon

[zigsternenstaub.livejournal.com]

I always like to make an informed choice. Palpatine for Prime Minister!

[azur-dreams.livejournal.com]

wow i didn't know they had the bag kind. but reusing it, especilly with all those cats would be pure horror. like my sister used to rinse out ziplocs. that is just, too much!!

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

LOL you probably won't be surprised to learn I re-use ziplocs sometimes... WITHOUT rinsing them out. If I have to rinse them out, time to pitch 'em. But sometimes they're so CLEAN it seems wasteful not to re-use!

Have you ever watched Party Down? It's totally a Kate show... people in L.A. wanting to be actors/performers and working catering in the meantime!

[azur-dreams.livejournal.com]

yeah lol there's a difference if its like oh hey i just had some crackers in there gonna put in some more crackers but rinsing them is horible. no, i never watched that. i'm actually at my friend's house in Miami right now too

[unholypassion.livejournal.com]

Ok, I voted that my house elf vaccuums for me, which is partially true. But, we normally throw out the bag after it's so full it won't pick up anymore. In some situations, for instance bugs, you're supposed to dump the bag after every use so they don't hatch. Ew~

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Ewwwwwwwwww - I pay my bug guy handsomely to keep those things outta here! *shudder*

[caffeinatedkate.livejournal.com]

Personally, I've only ever used a bagless one but my mum used to use one with a bag and if I remember correctly, the phrase used was always "change the bag" rather than "empty the bag". They're probably not very easy to empty anyway.

Incidently, the current one at work empties by having the bottom fall open on a hinge, so you need to be holding it over the skip before you pull the trigger. As I was used to one which opened at the top, I tried to figure out where the opening trigger was indoors and had it empty itself all over the floor.

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

They do look like they'd be hard to empty -- at least every kind I've had. They're not designed for it. The shit would all float up into the air.

Awww, how annoying!

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

How rude! I don't give up my bed to anyone except kitties (they certainly don't complain, and if they don't like it, they just leave!)

Scorpions, ick! Haven't seen one of those since my last apartment. Did you know most cats have a natural immunity to their venom?

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Don't believe everything you read on the internet, young lady :P

So scorpions like clutter? It's a wonder I don't have a problem, huh!

[laariii.livejournal.com]

Throw out the entire vacuum?

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Disposable vacuums? Sounds expensive!