LPT: Use a (clean) dustpan to fill a container that doesn't fit in the sink

burgess_meredith_jr · 8 months

OK, now we're talking. This is a legitimate LPT. Simple, easy to execute, and actually does make your life easier. It's also something that wouldn't have occurred to most of us.

Obvious stuff like "LPT Drink water in order to avoid a hangover" was making me question the usefulness of this sub.

Well done!

jonthedoors · 8 months

I remrmber this post from a while back. My dustpan is a different shape though... :(

ch4rbok · 8 months

Alternately, your bathtub.

LeviathanTech · 8 months

The problem is, most of the dustpans I see have a hole in the handle so they can be hung up on a nail... like so.

Kraz226 · 8 months

Contract construction cleaner here (I work cleaning up what contractors and construction workers leave behind to make them look good) and I learned this from my company. Fucking awesome when you don't have a slop sink at the work place, makes filling stuff so much easier. I carry a small crappy dustpan found at Job Lot just for this purpose.

snorlaxsnooz · 8 months

This is a quality LPT. Nice work, mrfitzy.

trytheblumpkin · 8 months

I used to take the little tube out of the top of the toilet and fill my buckets that way.

gogobrent · 8 months

prison is full of legitimate LPT's like this.

SeriousDude · 8 months

repost from a original reddit post.

drtide4 · 8 months

I've lost count on how many times I've seen this on here.

mrm3x1can · 8 months

Isn't this all dependent on how big your sink is?

MoreOvaltine · 8 months

Where did I see this before??

Basilman121 · 8 months

SON OF A BITCH! I worked at Safeway for three months and we have the shittiest rolling containers for water (as pictured). If I had known this the job would have been so much easier!

coreycorndog · 8 months

This just popped up on Lifehacker http://lifehacker.com/5883886/fill-up-large-buckets-with-water-using-a-dust-pan

chethanjs · 8 months

Reddit front-page algorithm should do something about repost. Seriously.

ilikeexplosions · 8 months

This idea and picture was posted about a year ago.

IAmSilverSurfer · 8 months

JIVEprinting · 8 months

LPT: repost something informative from r/pics to get mucho karma

apullin · 8 months

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/hd37d/brilliant/

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/k51i6/this_changes_everything/

5-8 months. I really should make a histogram of this shit.

technoSurrealist · 8 months

This is a great LPT. Definitely doesn't have to be a clean dustpan, though, have you ever taken a close look at the mops that go into those buckets? They're filthy within days. I hated mopping at my first job, lol.

[deleted] · 8 months

I dont trust it

service_plumber · 8 months

As a plumber, I find this ingenious

Cabrone · 8 months

Relevant.

spp41 · 8 months

I use the bathtub, though I've seen this a long time ago on reddit.

ammonthenephite · 8 months

Saw this before on reddit......I sometimes question my personal decision not to repost stuff, I could have soooo much karma now!!

I'm not implying OP knew it had been up before, and by the comments many have not seen it before, therefor I have no problem whatsoever with it being here again. i just think of that karma.........

Or0ku_Saki · 8 months

I saw LPT and expected to see a printer.

[deleted] · 8 months

REPOST, but I still upvote.

DeliciousKiwi · 8 months

Pro enough for Lifehacker. I'm glad they link to the reddit article though.

Maday65 · 7 months

Mind=Blown

dirtymistress · 8 months

I work in cleaning. I should seriously pay you for this idea. Thank you a million times. I'm in debt to you.

PompousAss · 8 months

You can also use it to pee in the sink without making a mess.

Snozed · 8 months

You mean like this?

Which again, came from this and this.

nafetski · 8 months

First time seeing this subreddit, first post I saw. Hopes are high

scrndude · 8 months

My god, this is Genius!

Fig1024 · 8 months

Ingenuity level - Janitor

PeaceMonster · 8 months

You have to make sure it fits in the sink you're using though. Measurements, people!

h2orat · 8 months

We need a real men of genius song for this!

sparklingrainbows · 8 months

This only works on a (very) limited subset of sinks and dustpans. Personally, I use shower.

madeofdragons · 8 months

upvotes aren't enough take my Nobel prize

ciacciojon · 8 months

ಠ_ಠ

slick2400 · 8 months

Science!!!!!!

TryHardDieHard · 8 months

This is a VERY GOOD LPT my friend.

shutupjoey · 8 months

NSFW... only home.

Gmart · 8 months

Collect one Nobel Prize

incredible_paulk · 8 months

Brilliant! Done the 2 inches in the bottom of the pail thing sooo many times. That receptacle should be a gfi though.

Karpelleia · 8 months

Genius

scottyd1127 · 8 months

Brilliant. Brilliant I say.

DrunkmanDoodoo · 8 months

You can use a dirty dustpan as well because you are going to be mopping the floor with that water so it really doesn't matter.

johnrkennedy · 8 months

Mindblown

d3wayne · 8 months

I have ran into this problem before. i keep a steel pipe in my work van for this reason. But the dust pan looks like a better option.

lalalaloman · 8 months

GENIUS!

garbagePant · 8 months

i pee into a dustpan 'cause my flow so big.

WinchestersSon · 8 months

Can also use aluminum foil if you don't have a clean dustpan (or are grossed out by it). I use it to fill my bucket for brining turkey.

Kadmilos · 8 months

This is an example of a really good LPT. Thanks op :)

jrkv · 8 months

also posted in /r/bestofimgur

mollycoddles · 8 months

fucking brilliant!

FurryPancake · 8 months

Mmmm, reposts...

Hoogs · 8 months

This is genius.

nevada344 · 8 months

Or, you know, use the shower head/shower...

otroquatrotipo · 7 months

Wizardry!

hipstahs · 4 months

Wow... this is going to be so helpful for my slip-n-slides in the park. Thanks!

turnipator · 4 months

This has changed my life.

smithjj789 · 3 months

cant have dirty water getting into my filthy mop bucket!

jdb229 · 8 months

Um... freaking brilliant! I might do this just for fun. Thanks!

Lord_Von_Fappington · 8 months

That is ingenious!

HitboxOfASnail · 8 months

The pro-est of tips.

ayb · 8 months

Mrfitzy you or the people that raised you are genius! Thanks so much, I can use my Brita again (and I'm buying stock in whoever makes dustpans).

Feetos · 8 months

Or, alternatively, fashion a similar ramp out of aluminum foil. That way you can put the end directly into the bottle, AND you don't have to worry about having a clean dustpan handy. :o)

hotcars · 8 months

You should get a nobel prize for this

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