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Yup, that’s right I’m a slob. It has been rightly said before than I often wear my dinner.
I don’t think I have ever worn a white shirt without some kind of tomoto sauce stain on it, and certainly not more than once.
So, that brings me to this post. Many years ago I smartly started carrying a Tide To Go pen with me for those emergent stain removal needs, like after I eat or drink anything at work. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Tide To Go, it’s a magic little orange pen which contains a stain remover and you just sort of write over the stain like a marker and most of the time, when it dries, the stain will disappear. Well, it seems that pen has become either wildly popular or is not being manufactured any longer and hard to get. I had to find a suitable replacement. What I came up with was Shout Wipe and Go. This, unlike the Tide pen, is a wipie cloth. You simply pull the little cloth out of the packet and wipe your stains away and then toss the cloth. I have to say I was kind of worried about this. For one thing you have to carry multiple packets around with you. This, however, turned out not to be a huge problem. They give you a bunch in the box and you can just throw a couple in your briefcase or pocket and they are pretty unobtrusive. The other worry is that the packets would dry out. I usually carry some kind of glasses wipes in a similar packet with me, and I have noticed many times that when opened , the wipe has dried out. Having this happen to the Shout wipes in time of need would be a disaster. I bought them anyway (not a lot of choice). And then Covid hit and I started working from home. They sat for a year and I pulled one out this morning and it worked perfefctly. I guess drying out is not such a problem with these. Good packaging!
So, if you are also a slob, I highly recommend either product, but I think the Shout wipes are going to be WAY easier to find.