Monday, March 21, 2011

electronic toothbrush : (

I was given an electronic toothbrush for Christmas. It wasn't the particular model I requested but it sufficed. I soon became quite attached to my electronic toothbrush due to its superior brushing capabilities in comparison to manual toothbrushes. I was pretty much hooked and completely smitten with my new toothbrush. My teeth felt dentist clean after every brushing.
I kid you not, this isn't a commercial for electric toothbrushes, I just really liked mine.
In the past when I used a manual toothbrush, I found myself brushing multiple times in one sitting because I just didn't feel satisfied with my level of clean. With my new toothbrush I only had to brush once after every meal. I was on cloud nine.
Then one day, it stopped working properly. In the middle of the night I would hear it going off on it's own with out me pressing start. It would refuse to start when I pressed "on" and would be on a delay. I was worried. Things didn't look good.
Then things just stopped. The electric portion of my toothbrush no longer worked. Yes, I could still use it as a manual toothbrush but why bother?
I was devastated. No amount of mouthwash/floss/sugar free mint gum could come close to getting my mouth to feel as clean as it did when my brush was working.
I turned to my mother for help.

Mom, please send me the receipt for the electric toothbrush you bought me for Christmas. It has only been two months and it has already stopped working.

Oh, that sux. I threw it out.

I am very passionate about my oral hygiene and I am a bit peeved. Why should I have to buy myself a new electric toothbrush costing $80 because my mother threw out the receipt. Am I spoiled? Maybe. Do I care? No. I want a replacement toothbrush. So, I explained to my mother that I was feeling rather jaded that she threw out the receipt for an expensive gift and now the gift receiver has to replace the failed merchandise. It's just not fair.
So I get an e-mail saying that a replacement brush had been purchased and sent in the mail.

Now I am happy again; blissful teeth cleaning is only days away.

But then, the toothbrush comes in. This is not the same toothbrush. This is a crappy $8 version of an electric toothbrush that I am going to have to replace the batteries of constantly and is not compatible with the replacement heads that I already have.

I am peeved again.

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