The wipe holder I mocked is the only thing keeping my kitchen clean
I would have laughed at someone out of the room who told me I would someday buy a wipe holder. For years I shoved my kitchen wipes into their plastic bag and every time I pulled one out, the entire stack came with me. Then I'd jam the whole mass back in the bag, rip the top and pray it wouldn't dry out entirely and then shove it behind the toaster.
My sister came for a visit and unpacked a bright pink box with a snap lid. She informed me it was a wipe holder. I chuckled, the most useless invention I'd ever seen. ""Go on"" I told her. ""Put the bag of sad wipes inside. Make a promise you'll shut the lid."" She did. Then she reached for a single wipe that slid out clean, uncreased, no tearing. She put it back in and left on the counter.
From then on, out of sheer laziness (it was easier), the box lived there. In a week I had noticed my counter wasn't consistently stained anymore. Because getting to a wipe was effortless, I'd clean the tiny spill on the spot rather than letting it set into something more difficult to manage. And the box kept my wipes moist, preventing them from turning into papery scraps.
Later on I googled a wipe holder (just to see if there was a way I could get one for my best friend whose kitchen was always a little less than tidy). Noticing the box looked identical to the one on Alibaba where I bought mine, the same mold was stamped onto a hundred brands. I thought for sure she’d bought mine from Plasco and slapped a sticker onto it. My brother commented on my new acquisition: “ wasteful plastic… just get a rag”, and maybe he’s right. But I’m actually using these wipes now, rather than letting them die in some forgotten plastic bag under the toaster; so I call it a win.