Thread by @OneFreshPillow

Today in the "fun" world of boot-strapped entrepreneurship....
Remember those sleep sprays we bottled this weekend? All 1,440 of them? By hand? Yeah..... THEY ALL LEAK.
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I didn't even freak out when we had this realization. I just laughed and refilled my wine glass and sat very still for about 20 minutes, staring off into space...
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Next step was reaching out to the mfg. This is the same mfg we'd used since the beginning with no problems. Let's just say their response to us was basically a well-worded "F-You." Once again, we're on our own.
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So we spent a good portion of our daughter's birthday dinner on Monday night brainstorming a solution while she was busy being high on cake sugar. Our Covid bubble is my sister+husband and my in-laws. All 6 of us were crowded around the dining table tossing around ideas.
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At one point, craft foam and scissors were brought out, and that is when we had our Eureka moment: circular foam gaskets to insert into the sleep spray lids. And wonder of wonders, it works like a charm!
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There is nothing available for purchase that we can use, so we will be using a cutting machine to produce the gaskets ourselves. Insert "WE CAN DO IT" gif here. @silhouetteam feel free to send me some promo blades to support our cause.
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So that's part of what we'll be doing over the next few days. In our little sleep spray sweat shop, just living the dream. The good news: I'm gonna be doing all of this with a glass of wine in my hand. The end.
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