Today I brought home a new member to my growing robotic brood. I bought a Scooba, iRobot's robotic floor mopper. Now you might think this is a geeky enough thing to warrant posting over at aftergeek, but things got a little out of hand when I introduced Roomba the robotic vacuum to Scooba. I snapped these photos before turning the garden hose on them. Bad robots! Bad!!!
First impressions--getting things started was not as much of a cake walk as they were with Roomba back in March. I followed the instructions, measuring out the specially formulated Clorox cleaning fluid, pouring it into tank, then filling it the rest of the way with cold tap water. I pushed the power button, then the clean button, and there was a brief whirring and a "WAH WAAAAH" error sound. Damn! I followed the trouble shooting guide, checked that the battery was installed correctly and that the tank was seated correctly, and tried again. WAH WAAAAH! I pissed around with it another 15 or 20 minutes then looked online and found some information that indicated I might try cleaning the fluid nozzle. But what possibly could be blocking it? The damn thing is brand new! Regardless, I gave it a shot. Wouldn't you know, it sprang to life! I don't know that this will be as life changing as Roomba, but it certainly will be nice to have something that will actually scrub the kitchen and bathroom floors with soapy water (I was also pleased to read in the instructions that you can use white vinegar instead of the special Clorox cleaning solution if you so desire).
As far as how well it cleans, time will only tell since I just had my floors cleaned on Saturday. We'll let some pee dry on the bathroom floor for a few weeks and see how well it attacks that. I'll also let the semen, blood, and feces streaks on the kitchen floor set for a few days before letting Scooba loose in there. All I will say about the kitchen situation is that a drunken hobo may only charge $5 for a blowjob, but hoo doggy! You still end up paying for it.



4 comments (leave yours):
Uh-oh. There is evidence of fluid exchange in the last photo. Have you had the talk with them?
Scooba squirted some cleaning fluid in Roomba's eye. Roomba pretended to be into it because it was Scooba's fantasy, but Roomba actually thought it was pretty gross. Scooba knew Roomba was pretending, but appreciated the effort.
Reminds me of last Friday when my celebrity client finished off by giving me a facial, unfortunately a little bit did get into my eye which is another disease scare no matter how clean he says he is. Back to the Red Door clinic I go.
Hilarious post btw!
Jesus! I just assumed you didn't do the splooge in the face thing with your clients. Mostly for the reason you just described, the risk of getting it in the eye, up the nose, in the mouth, whatever, and possibly getting a nasty case of eye AIDS.
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