I don’t mind cleaning myself in the shower every day. But I do mind cleaning the shower. After discovering Mean Green Daily Shower Spray, it gave me an idea to run by the manufacturers…

Dear Green Meanies:

Your Mean Green household cleaning products are Mean! They would have to be to live up to their name, which is very appropriate, because who would buy cleaning products with a name like Polite Green? No one. So stay Mean!

My question is about your Mean Green Daily Shower Spray. The one you say, “Just Spray & Walk Away!” I like that idea. I would bet hearing that alone would have any form of bacteria, germ, soap scum or body bug shaking in their boots if they understood English, or even wore boots.

It says on the front label, “CAUTION: Eye Irritant.” That makes sense. No one in their right mind should clean their eyes with Daily Shower Spray. However, while the concept of a daily shower spray is appealing, I’m honestly not really motivated enough to want to spray my shower on a daily basis. Would spritzing myself with Mean Green Daily Shower Spray, if I didn’t get any in my eyes, offer the same protection for the rest of my body parts against whatever is breeding on my shower stall, tiles, faucet and drain lid?

Stay Mean!

CR Brands, Inc. responded with:

Thanks for your letter and inquiry regarding whether or not Mean Green can be sprayed directly on your body to keep the bacteria, etc., at bay.

The simple answer is “no.” Mean Green is just too mean for such a use. Better – would be to bathe with regular bar soap and keep the Mean Green on the tiled shower walls.

Thank you for writing!

Final Thoughts: Oh well, it looks like I’ll have to scrub that idea. But there is a lesson to be learned. Showering with someone is fun. Showering with stuff like soap scum and worse is not. Just remember that Mean Green Daily Shower Spray is meant for tiles, not torsos, toes and tushies. So don’t spray it on yourself or anyone else you shower with no matter how mean they turn out to be.

On a scale of 1 to 10 — ten being the cleanest, one being the meanest — where does your shower rate? Yes, the caulk that was once bright white and now is a color even Crayola couldn’t identify does count. Plus, if you’re carving reminders to yourself in the caked up soap on your stall wall, that’s an indication it’s probably time to clean up your shower act.

Here’s another terrific tip: Next time you visit someone’s home and use the bathroom, don’t just go through the medicine cabinet. Inspect the shower as well. Make sure to do it after you eat so you don’t lose your appetite. Don’t think of it as spying; consider it research. Now you’ll know what to bring next time you’re invited over for dinner and stuck for a gift idea — a Daily Shower Spray.

If your shower looks like a breeding ground for mean things, look into Mean Green Daily Shower Spray. However, if you want to see whether a manufacturer comes clean when you shower them with questions about their products, just Write The Company.