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Managing inventory effectively is crucial for businesses, especially those in the courier service in San Diego, California. In this bustling city, efficient inventory management can make all the difference in ensuring timely deliveries and satisfied customers. Whether you’re handling perishable goods or fragile items, implementing the right strategies can streamline operations and enhance customer satisfaction. By employing robust inventory management practices, courier services can stay ahead of the competition and meet the diverse needs of their clientele.
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don't lose your way
#practicing again#my doodles#geto suguru#jujutsu kaisen#eyes glow purple when he jujutsing#jjk#hidden inventory arc
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here are some very random martial arts headcanons for some of the jjk characters bc why the fuck not. btw yes i am aware that most of them practice more than one style of fighting i just think that these are smth that they'd really like as well!!!!
toji likes brazilian jiu jitsu – he got into that a bit later in life, he did more hand-to-hand combat training when he was younger but ever since he discovered brazilian jiu jitsu, he's been obsessed with it. he can use his size and his strength, and his whole entire body and that makes him feel very confident. he's very good at those on the ground throws,, like when he's being pinned down, he always manages to literally toss the opponent off of him and then immediately put him in a hold. it looks incredibly easy when he does it lmao
satoru likes muay thai – HE LOVES DOING SHIN KICKS idk he's so into them. he looks like a maniac when he's fighting btw he's constantly smiling and it's a little scary (it's very hot). since in muay thai there's a lot of elbow and knee hits too you can get very up close to your opponents and i think this is also something he really likes!!!!! mmm during fights he also likes to rile his opponents up lmao
suguru likes wing chun – suguru is the only one i struggled with assigning just ONE style bc i feel like he's veeery very into different types. but wing chun is very fast and it involves punches and slaps and just redirecting the hits coming your way,, wing chun fighters always look so calm while doing it and idk i really think this could be his thing. honorable mention goes to aikido!!!!!!!! he likes it when he doesn't have to hustle around too much, he likes it when he can just put somebody in their place with a mean little grin on his face.
sukuna likes kickboxing – he's all abt that raw power. he loves throwing punches and he's very similar to satoru in the sense that he too, looks like a fucking freak when he's in the ring. they both love the adrenaline so fucking much. in contrary to muay thai, kickboxing has more leg kicks, sooo you can keep your distance a bit more but he's more than fine with that bc that way he can truly show how hard he can hit lmao he has an insane right hook aaand he also really loves doing high leg kicks:333333
megumi likes judo – takes after his dad:3333333 he trained a lot with toji when he was younger but since toji rarely let him win it was mostly just little gumi being a grumpy little sea urchin lmao the fighting styles are both mostly abt grappling and ground work buuut while jiu jitsu is more abt making the other submit by putting them in a hold, judo is more abt throwing ppl around and megumi really likes that. it makes him feel really strong. (he likes to stare down at his opponent after he's just gotten the point i think he can be very mmm cocky sometimes lmao)(he learned that from toji)
yuuji likes wrestling – HE'S THEE BOY EVERRR!!!!! ofc he works out a lot but he's got soo so much raw strength and he loves it when he can put that into use. he's won like SO many competitions lmao i think he's very lighthearted abt the fights though and he has literally no beef with anybody (kind of like hinata yk?)(others definitely have beef with him though bc he's so stupidly strong lmao) he's very concentrated during the match but the second he's won he's got a bashful big grin on his face!!!!!!!!!! he enjoys the sport a lot a lot a lot!!!!
nobara likes taekwondo – IT'S SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! she loves it and she has been practicing it ever since she was little. she loves kicking and punching she's very energized all around!!!! SHE GOES TO COMPETITIONS ALL THE TIME TOO!!!!!!!!! oh and she and yuuji are constantly sparring despite the fact that their styles are so different lmao (yuuji will get his ass beat bc he's kind of.. afraid to throw nobara)(but then gets called a 'pussy' bc nobara says he should fight her with all his might)
#ALSO. please do not come for me and my beginner knowledge of martial arts lmao i did this for my entertainment#in canon satoru also does wing chun btw#like that's 100% the best example is his fight against miguel in jjk0#aaand i feel like suguru does actually does wing chun in the hidden inventory arc too#when he's fighting that old man#idk it seemed like that to me#BUT AGAINNN I KNOW NOTHINGGG i am nerding out abt fighting based on my very minimal knowledge on the topic lmao#aaand and and i do think that toji and satoru and suguru and sukuna are the ones that definitely practice more than one style overall#eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee#YEAHHHHHH idk this got so long lmao#but i like. martial arts#or like i'm interested in them#so this was very fun:333333#mickey is daydreaming#toji#angel boy#sugu#sukuna#gumi#yuuuuuuuji#nobara
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gay people falling out can never be just two people growing apart and not talking anymore. it’s always like i love you more than anyone, you’re the only person who ever really saw me but i can’t follow you on the path you’re taking because you’ve been so irreparable changed from all the things we’ve experienced and i don’t understand who you are anymore. we’re fighting on opposing sites of a war but when you’re dying in front of me my last words to you will be tender and i will never stop speaking about you with affection lacing every word. your name will make me stop in my tracks for the rest of my life. you are the best and worst thing that has ever happened to me. i was glad when i died on the anniversary of your death.
#satosugu#jjk#i caved and watched jujutsu kaisen and just finished the hidden inventory episodes#i’m a sucker for former best friends to enemies#like just smth about the whole no one know me better than you and so i know your every weakness and can use it against you thing#and one willing to do it while the other unwilling is just sooooooo *clenches fist*#also the way they BOTH practically adopted two unruly unloved kids to raise them in their own dysfunctional way.. ugh the parallels#nasatalks#manga spoilers ig#i’ve only seen the last part on reddit and tiktok tbh since i haven’t actually read the manga
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Drew my D&D character Sky’s inventory
Details beneath the cut:
Bag. I actually made this bag irl when I cosplayed her last year; made for good reference
Staff/sorcerer spell focus. Also made this irl using curtain rods
Wind chime/cleric spell focus. She got given this by an elf child the party rescued from a collapsing dwarf arena. Also made this irl using worbla, resin, and a steel straw my dad cut up for me
Ocarina. Was originally a pan flute given to Sky by the same child that gave her the wind chime, since the deity she became a cleric to is the setting’s goddess of wind and music, but my DM let me retcon it into an ocarina since I’m trying to learn the ocarina irl
10 gold’s worth of gems (about 20 or so). She’s had these since basically the first dungeon but have never found a chance to sell them
A luminous stone. Obtained recently from the last dungeon the party went through; doesn’t really have a use/much monetary value but she probably uses it as a night light
3 health potions. She has also had these since the beginning of the campaign but has never used them
Bedroll. Probably keeps it in the party Bag of Holding
Messkit. Uses chopsticks instead of a fork
Tinderbox.
Yuan-Ti sash. She got this from a yuan-ti Druid the party hunted down once
The Party Contract. Avel had everyone in the party sign it at the end of the first dungeon in an agreement to stop the end of the world; he gave everyone a magically synced copy and updates it periodically with new terms and rules and such
Scroll of pedigree.
Fancy clothes. These are actually Sky’s original clothes, of clear Lyrrhan (her home country) design
Bloodwell Vial. My DM had a whole thing about detailing what each race’s blood was like—Sky’s “blood”, as an air genasi, is literally mist. So the vial just has a swirl of her mist in it
Ring of Mind Shielding. Most of the party has one now since we kept getting scryed on
Ioun Stone—Fortitude. She bartered this from a lizardfolk merchant that was a very strange merchant obsessed with gems. The lizardfolk city was a strange city; basically fantasy Las Vegas plus dinosaurs
Signet ring. Has actually seen more use lately
2 books. She got these from Theome, the Tabaxi that turned out to be our first major antagonist, but hasn’t ever gotten rid of them; probably keeps them in her room of the castle the party has now
Journal.
Page from journal with Cure Wounds Glyph of Warding. Avel can cast a version of Glyph of Warding that lets him store a spell in it that gets activated when the Glyph is broken, and periodically makes everyone a Glyph with a spell of our choosing for emergencies
Not shown: Sky’s enchanted glass half-plate and her adventuring clothes
#my art#concept sketches#sketch#d&d#d&d art#d&d inventory#character inventory#this was good practice#artists on tumblr#character: sky#the bag was actually the first thing I learned how to make while making my Sky cosplay#mythril’s art#Hunt for the Set Beasts#HftSB
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I don't want to get e/so+ because I hate the principal of it (among other more practical reasons) but also the constant inventory management is sucking so much fun out of the game. And I usually kinda like inventory management. I just hate the idea of creating a problem to sell the solution so I don't want to give in to it, but I also don't want to deal with the problem, y'know.
#the more practical reasons is mostly just that i still dont know if im committed enough to this game to commit to a monthly subscription#permanently. especially with the problems with my hands preventing me from playing so much#especially especially because literally the only thing i want from the subscription is the crafting bag#mine#like im trying to do more crafting but i dont have the inventory space to do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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wip wednesday this week is the partial inventory of three ocs for an oc-tober prompt
#spelljammer#dungeons & dragons#d&d#wip wednesday#autumn.wip#autumn.oc#oc: hrissock#oc: euphemia#oc: rahifa#still trying to figure out what's in loor's pockets (other than brightly colored nail polish)#hrissock's inventory is mostly just shiny stuff and weird trinkets#rahifa's is ruthlessly practical#euphemia's is sentimental
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If I didn't already have multiple drawings I want to finish I'd start a series of Constant interacting with their companions. I already have ideas and everything!!
#constant being my darling tiefling druid tav. my beloved.#i'll share the activities cause i'm sooo proud of myself for finding something for everyone lol#because constant wants to make friends!! okay!! they want to be on good terms with everyone#they make up stories and chats and have a drink with wyll. they're doing fanfic but out loud#with karlach they make up little games and dances and occasionally they try to sew plushies or clothes for Clive#gale loves answering questions and constant loves asking them. match made in heaven#they share space with shadowheart. like we're both reading our own books and occasionally commenting on the stupid characters#astarion nitpicks their handwriting and they watch the sunrise together#lae'zel is a practical woman who gives fighting lessons to the companions she feels need them#but in her off time when she's sharpening blades and practicing her forms constant does inventory and such#and bonus halsin: they do various kinds of sculpting together. constant is a potter! they'd love to do some woodcarving as well#bonus 2: if they've got the energy (wildshape charges) at the end of the day and don't feel like human interaction#they'll turn into a cuddleable animal and cuddle up to someone#wow i have an ocs tag now#bg3
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Just watched the amazing digital circus pilot and my gog is it so good
The only critique I have is that Kinger would have worked so goddamn well with Richard Ayoade as the voice actor. The guys pretty damn famous so it'd be pretty difficult/expensive to get him but it would have been so goddamn worth it
#also apparently theres controversy around the current VA Sean Chiplock#but i didnt really know about it I just Knew™ that Ayoade would fit Kinger so goddamn well#also the rabbit guy is literally just Max from Sam and Max i have never played a Sam and Max game i also Just Know this#tbf i play tf2 and Max is practically a tf2 character at this poiny#poker night at the inventory
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Inventory Accounting Best Practices For Online Sellers

Track inventory using software that integrates with your sales platforms. Choose an accounting method—FIFO or weighted average—that suits your business model. Regularly perform physical counts to match digital records. Record cost of goods sold (COGS) accurately for tax compliance. Partner with an eCommerce accountant to streamline reporting and gain insights into inventory turnover, profitability, and cash flow management.
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We're live with Yugioh Master Duel - Ocean Dragon Lord - Neo-Daedalus practice: Ranked Mode + Viewer Matches.
Poker Night at The Inventory 2 at 8:15 P.M. CST.
Team Fortress 2 Pyro Practice from 10 to around Midnight:
#Yugioh: Master Duel - Neo-Daedalus Gameplay#Yugioh: Master Duel - Kairyu Shin Gameplay#Poker Night at The Inventory 2#The Eagle's Perch#Team Fortress 2 - Pyro Practice
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Simon never thought his body was anything special—not really.
He's just keeping fit because it's part of the job, sweetheart, so body worship wasn't on his bingo card when you invited him over for some rest and relaxation.
Well, not his body, yeah?
Your eyes lit up like it was fuckin' Christmas when you saw him. Simon had just gotten out of the shower, hadn't really had time to put his towel on, and what the fuck is it with him losing track of time when he's with you? All Simon remembered was hearing you mutter "Bloody hell..." under your breath (heh, he's rubbin' off on ya) and next thing he knows, Simon's laying on your bed. Naked. Under you. Wait a fuckin' minute—
His mind goes blank when he watches you watch him; you look at him like he's a fuckin' masterpiece, like he's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen, body hair, cuts, bruises, burns, dents and all, drooling without the drool or what the fuck ever, but shit, it's enough to make Simon's face hot. If he wasn't embarrassed then, he's sure as fuck embarrassed now, and he'd bet every pound he had that knobhead Johnny would have a field day with this.
It's the way you kissed, nipped, and sucked everywhere you could (Christ, you even played with his nipples), making him feel so good, making him feel so bloody seen. Rough skin against your softness, and he's never felt so self-conscious before. You were so damn careful with his latest set of bruises, so fuckin' kind and considerate that he felt his heart jump.
It's the way you ran your hand down, all the way fuckin' down, until it wrapped around his cock. His cock that you're lazily stroking, his cock, hot, heavy, leaking, just... what the fuck are you doing to him?
It's the way you kissed Simon's Adam's apple, soft, gently, and he was afraid to swallow because he thought he'd lose something but he sure as hell felt the goosebumps on his skin and shivers run down his spine.
But it's the coup de grâce, you swopping down to kiss the scar dangerously close to his lips, that shatters Simon completely. Breaks him down so fuckin' much that he's practically holding on to you for dear life. He leans against your touch, wonders what the fuck it would feel like to have your lips against his, and he barely registers the fact that he came, not earth-shattering but a warm blanket over him, and it feels like his very first time.
Fuck, this should've been his very first time.
"Aw, you do turn bronze when you tan, Simon!" He looks down, takes inventory of his tan lines (when has he ever lied to you, sweetheart?), looks up at your beaming smile, snorts, and rolls his eyes. If this were anyone else, he'd probably be pissed that the mood was broken.
It's you, though, and it makes everything feel right.
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Turning Simon Out series
#turning simon out series.#nsfw-ish.#cutie 𝓠.#call of duty#call of duty modern warfare#call of duty modern whorefare.#simon ghost riley#simon riley#simon ghost riley x reader#simon ghost riley x you#simon riley x reader#simon riley x you#call of duty x reader#call of duty x you#cod x reader#cod x you#x black reader#x poc reader#x plus size reader#x gn!reader#task force 141
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Those were the days.

Inventory
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Things are bad right now.
As many of you know, way back in 2020 we weren’t sure if our business was gonna make it. Our factory was already on break for Lunar New Year–a month-long holiday for many businesses in the area–and with the announcement of COVID19, everything shut down indefinitely. We knew immediately we were in for a bad time. Despite our fears, our sales grew so far beyond anything we ever expected, to the point where we had to hire two employees just to keep up with demand!
Unfortunately, even after our factory reopened, our problems were not over. Their quality drastically declined almost immediately, to the point that a significant amount of our fabric would literally fall apart in transit between the factory and our office. Because of this, we discovered that our sales rep had no idea what she was doing and knew nothing about the factory she was representing, so when we told her the fabric was garbage her response was “👍 factory said it’s good!” At the beginning, only roughly 10% of our new product was defective and we were able to sell the affected items with a reasonable discount. By the end of our relationship with that factory, 40% of our midi skirts and 70% of our miniskirts were defective, some affected so severely that they practically fell apart when touched. And still, our rep said everything was fine and there were no problems and the fabric composition had not changed.
So in 2022 we changed factories. We hired Ash to handle this since I was way too busy managing fulfillment to do the amount of research and communication necessary to find us a factory that met our criteria. Finding clothing factories that can make clothing over a size 2-3X is significantly more difficult than one that can’t because it often requires larger and more expensive machinery. But Ash did it: she got us set up with a new factory that has excellent certifications for both their labor practices and their methods for textile production, that delivers consistent, high quality sewing on well made fabric that can be printed without suffering loss in detail–and she was armored with the knowledge for what makes a quality garment so she could check them if they tried to screw us on quality. Their minimum orders were way higher than our previous factory’s, so we decided to focus on ordering more units of fewer designs. We ordered way too much our first round–some of those designs were in stock until the 2024 blowout sale! But it worked out, and slowly we had a warehouse full of stuff to sell.
Fast forward to 2024, business is slowing down between the economy being bad and what seemed to be a general skirt fatigue amongst our customers. We tried expanding into shirts, which would’ve been successful if our minimums were lower. In the late spring we realized we were in trouble if we didn’t make drastic changes and we ultimately decided to end in-house fulfillment and transfer to a third party fulfillment center that would support domestic shipping in Canada and eventually the UK, EU, and Australia. In order to make that transition affordable we drastically discounted everything and that sale was super successful! We were able to begin shipping from the fulfillment center with an almost clean slate, even if it did mean having to close the store for almost two months and thereby missing out on two very important months of sales.
Unfortunately, we were stupid. We continued to order new designs on an every other month schedule instead of switching to an every month schedule, forgetting that having a backstock in a variety of designs is what previously helped us float between orders and now we quite literally didn’t have enough inventory to match the sales we made for last year’s holiday sale.
That brings us to now.
We’re a little stuck. We have a round of skirts in production (yay!) but they won’t get here until February (boo!). To get back on that monthly cycle we would need to order the next round of skirts right now, but we can’t pay for production until that next round of skirts gets here; if the current sale goes well, it’s paying payroll, not production. We are currently in the very difficult, horrible situation of not having enough money for next month’s payroll unless we are somehow able to make significant sales with our very sparse inventory.
We’re scrappy and we do our best to adapt to disasters and I’m sure we’ll find a way to adapt to this one as well, it’ll just take us some time to get there. Basically we’re going to be okay eventually–hopefully later this year–but in the meantime if we seem frantic, now you know why.
If you’re been considering trying out our viscose shirts but haven’t been able to justify paying full price, they’re on clearance PLUS half off right now! That’s $9-$15 for the viscose tops, and other tops on clearance are $20-$45. Some of the shirts we’re having a LOT of trouble selling are now priced below cost to help us recoup some of the money we spent making them.
Any amount of support helps right now. Sharing posts, telling your friends, buying a $9 shirt–all of it helps. If our clothing isn’t your thing, we also have a Patreon you can support for as little as $1 a month. https://www.patreon.com/mayakern
Thank you so much for reading, and I hope you have a great rest of your day and that 2025 is a brighter, kinder year for us all.
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I was telling my coworker Tyler about my weekend and he was in hysterics listening to my cascade of bad and bizarre decisions. Since most of my coworkers know I have some small notoriety here he asked, “Did you put this on tumblr?”
“No! I’m too embarrassed!”
He exclaimed, “You write about your UTI’s and dildo bathrooms and this is too embarrassing!? Pillows??”
So fine. Here’s my embarrassing pillow story for your enjoyment.
I have been struggling desperately to find a new pillow that I love. My Tempurpedic Symphony was over ten years old and disgusting and I needed to stop sleeping on a biohazard so I finally tossed it. I tried to replace it with a new one but Tempurpedic changed the density and the new one is shit.
Thus began the saga of pillows. My parents got me a Purple Harmony. I liked it very much in store. At home it was too tall. I exchanged it for the low. This was too low. Frustrated I called my mom to ask if she liked hers to which she said no so I asked to give it another shot.
Enter, the villain. My mom’s house does not smell bad. But it does smell strongly. It’s hard to quantify and again it’s not a bad smell it is simply powerful and foreign. The pillow I took from her was saturated with what my beloved and I began to call Mom Smell.
The pillow still smelled like mom’s house weeks after coming into our home, even after being slept on and with protectors and pillow cases, the smell permeated. The pillow was still too tall. So then I entered an experimental phase. The purple pillow is made up of a latex insert with a gel grid around it on the outside. The inset was too tall, but I could use the gel grid external to wrap around a pillow that was too low!
I stuffed every conceivable iteration into the purple grid. I tried the new symphony. I tried existing pillows in my home. I even borrowed a pillow from the back room at work which wasn’t in inventory so it was okay and the worst part was that was the perfect height but too soft to stay that height and ended up disappointing me and being surreptitiously returned.
I then tried an IKEA pillow that a Reddit thread suggested was similar to the original symphony and was delighted to learn that it came in three pieces so the height could be adjusted. This kicked off a new round of experimentation after I realized the pillow itself was rock solid and hurt my ears. The 1” insert could be added to things to try to bring too low pillows to the correct height. I still need to try to return this pillow.
I then turned to my friend who also owns a mattress store and asked if he had a Technogel pillow to trade for one of the Purple pillows. He agreed and I ended up with a Technogel that’s 5.5” which is sliiiiightly too tall. Then I remembered:
During this frenzy of pillow madness I’d foisted two pillows onto my mom in exchange for the purple pillow and belatedly realized that one of them was a Technogel that had been too low. Now with an insert I realized it could be perfect. So I got the pillow back but I faced a problem.
The Mom Smell.
I didn’t want to wait two or more weeks for the smell to pass normally. So I got the pillow back and indeed, it had Mom Smell. I then remembered that my beloved had been gifted something called “pillow mist” from their employer ages ago that had a sage smell I liked.
So I took the pillow, sprayed the inside of the dryer and set it to low to coat the nice sage smell into the foam.
This was a mistake.
The dryer suddenly reeked of sage and musk, the heat having amplified the mist out of all proportion. The whole upstairs screamed the contents of the innocuous bottle and my head instantly hurt. Now not only did the pillow reek of a new louder smell, so did the dryer.
I looked around and spotted vinegar and decided to wipe down the dryer with it in hopes of wiping out the overpowering mist smell. Afterward it smelled like hot vinegar which was something of an improvement. I regarded the pillow and could practically see animated smell lines coming off it. I wiped that with vinegar too. Then it smelled like SAGE Vinegar Mom.
I finally collapsed in a puddle of defeat, having created and defeated several problems but ultimately having made a pillow much stinkier than before.
My beloved came home.
They listened to my tiny tale of woe with increasing amusement.
They asked, “Why didn’t you use the Febreze?”
“What? They don’t have Febreze that’s unscented, do they?”
My beloved walked into the bathroom and came out with a bottle of unscented Febreze that would have solved my problem instantly. I facepalmed hard enough to cause brain damage.
I sprayed the pillow. It sat for a few days, ready to join my parade of pillow experiments. The sage and vinegar are both thankfully gone.
It does however still smell faintly of my mother.
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