All relationships have bumps along to road to long term commitment, and I’d like to think that Roomba and I have passed our first relationship hurdle. As it turns out, there are some secrets to pleasing Roomba that aren’t obvious – things that need some ‘splainin, if you will. And I, as savvy as I may be about some things, needed some relationship training.
After my rant late Saturday night, I woke up fresh Sunday morning with renewed passion for making things work between us. I’d done some late night reading – and had found numerous posts from similarly unsatisfied women mainly - openly complaining about their disenchantment with Roomba… I then visited the iRobot relationship support desk, where I saw a video that changed everything.
As it turns out “inspect and clean Roomba’s brushes” means more than I’d initially thought. I was only cleaning the surface of the brushes, and it appears Roomba likes it when I clean behind his ears too. Yes I could have read it in the manual – but I guess I skimmed that part. So the resolution is that I had to add to my regimen removing the brush ends (think of those things you put on the end of a corn-on-the-cob) and clean the gook and dog hair or else the wheels don’t spin right. I did this, and Roomba is buzzing about with renewed energy and spirit.
I know there will be rocks ahead on the road – especially as we both age, but I have renewed hope that Roomba and I are strong enough that we can weather them and happily grow old together. I’ll let you know how it goes.
On that note… I have to go – Roomba is calling me from the Master Bath and he seems upset.
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