Comments on: Slipper Genie

By: MoonCake

MoonCake — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:20:09 +0000

no excuse for the limited size except that they haven’t gotten around to it yet. don’t worry, it will come. and when it does, men and children from around the world will say “wife/mom, you are great and we don’t appreciate you enough. let’s split up the household chores so that you feel like we actually contribute to the integrity of our family. thank you honey/mommy dearest for cleaning up for me in the past, but now with the use of the handy-dandy slipper genie, I will clean up after YOU!” oh man, this is totally just perpetuating gender roles in the household, but it just goes to show you how ridiculous product development is and that genuine equality will never be reached with these stereotypic mentalities. i know this takes the post to a different spectrum that nobody really enjoys being forced to read, but i just wanted to point out how ingrained gender roles are. i’ve been inundated(sp?) with gender crap this quarter at school, so even i am hoping my gender-equality comments die down a little bit… i just get really mad sometimes and take it out on neatorama and all of its lovely readers.

otherwise, these slippers are neat! gives me more of an excuse to slide across the floor!

By: L

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:49:21 +0000

They don’t come in children’s sizes because, generally, children’s footwear has sticky spots so they DON’T slip on the floors.

They don’t come in men’s sizes because, if the men fell and hurt their bums, their wives would have to put up with whining for weeks.

Not sure why they don’t come in sizes for larger ladies, though…

By: D-san

D-san — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:35:21 +0000

Exactly Otterly.

And you could make one yourself with some yarn, glue, and regular slippers.

By: otterly

otterly — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:20:03 +0000

This is an old idea that’s been patented since the turn of the century.. Brush shoes, dust mop shoes etc etc.. These things never work out.. Why? Because your bust your ass! No one likes the though of landing on their tail bone because they’re to lazy to do the floors.. Especially with these! Spray some “Glo” or Polish cleaner on the floor and you’ll be on your ass in no time flat.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:12:43 +0000

I believe that the size of the shows is intentional. Women with feet of size 6-9 are MEANT to clean.

By: rob

rob — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:46:50 +0000

Yeah. But will they blend?

By: VonSkippy

VonSkippy — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:52:46 +0000

Peggy Hill does NOT approve.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:23:29 +0000

Oh, conforming to socionormative family roles…

By: oakling

oakling — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:23:23 +0000

This is ugly, but it is a better idea than what I am currently doing, which is walking around letting my actual socks pick it up. Thick socks are unreasonably good at this. (Of course, sweeping is just as effective, ime….)

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:59:38 +0000

It’ll need a blade in the toe to shift dried-on catfood.

By: Capella

Capella — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:34:19 +0000

Im sure the children and the men are REAL disappointed that they can’t clean the house ALL the time. =)

By: Robert Bardou

Robert Bardou — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:00:24 +0000

But you can easily motivate children to wear such slippers. It will be interesting for them. And they move on all rooms more and more often than adults.

By: SW

SW — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:38:42 +0000

absolutely brilliant! it would be way more fun to skate around the house than to use a dust mop