What do you call this?

[crispins]

I went to the hardware store for more today.

I have always known it as "scotchbrite"

They had no ****ing idea what I was talking about.

I found it there then asked them what they called it and none of the guys that worked there had any idea.

So wtf is it?

 

[D Nelly]

Scotchbrite pad or scrubby pad

 

[M92PV4U]

scotchbrite

scotchbrite.

 

[Penetrode Offroad]

 

[SomeGuy]

Yup, scotchbrite or scouring pad as a more generic term.

 

[BUCKLAND]

Its on the package- a PIG FRGE or a tampon.

 

[Poke]

Scotchbrite

 

[shortbus4x4]

Butt hole scrubber.

Always called those Scotchbrite pads.

 

[Sceep]

Xeleventy on (insert color) scotchbright

 

[crispins]

Ok, so I am not stupid.

All 3 of the guys working there had never heard of it being call scotchbrite and I was starting to think it was some **** we called it back in Florida.

 

[Sceep]

FWIW "Scotch-Brite" is the 3M trademarked brand name.

Scouring pad would be another name I would use.

 

[KarlVP]

We call them greenie weenies in the USN.

 

[eraser5]

Scotchbright is a registered brand name owned by 3M. Scouring pad, scuffing pad, polishing pad- all of those. Calling it a tampon is a new one on me.

(I'm a slow at typing.)

 

[Dead Pool]

Weird how regional differences are. I went to home depot in the chicago burbs when I lived there looking for chicken wire and a sharpshooter. They are called poultry netting and a drain spade. Not that I really needed help finding the stuff, but my buddies up there looked at me like I was an alien when I was telling them the names of the things I was going to get.

 

[Stuck]

Scotch-Brite is a brand name like Kleenex. Scotch-Brite also sells steel wool and other items. Its a scouring pad.

 

[Stuck]

Weird how regional differences are. I went to home depot in the chicago burbs when I lived there looking for chicken wire and a sharpshooter. They are called poultry netting and a drain spade. Not that I really needed help finding the stuff, but my buddies up there looked at me like I was an alien when I was telling them the names of the things I was going to get.

Chicken wire I know. Sharpshooter or drain spade is a new one. Dad called it a skinny spade.

 

[Ebs]

Time to find a new hardware store.

 

[crispins]

Time to find a new hardware store.

Being they are the only hardware store in town, that would be hard

 

[64Trvlr]

Scotch Brite or green weenie

 

[mrblaine]

Being they are the only hardware store in town, that would be hard

Hardware stores do exist online, just in case you may have overlooked that salient detail.

 

[Here4memes]

Scotchbrite is the equivalent to other trademark names we generically call things like:
Ajax, Aspirin, Bubblewrap, Kleenex and Astro turf.

I was involved in a large conversation about this once. Was very enlightening.

 

[SomeGuy]

Ok, so I am not stupid.

All 3 of the guys working there had never heard of it being call scotchbrite and I was starting to think it was some **** we called it back in Florida.

Why exactly did you think the minimum wage idiot who has never even hammered a nail before would know anything about scotchbrite? You can't assume hardware store employees know anything anymore...this isn't the days of the old general store where the guy behind the counter had more life experience than all the yuppies in town combined.

 

[MigGunslinger]

I call em scratchy-pads because I am apparently 8 years old.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Why exactly did you think the minimum wage idiot who has never even hammered a nail before would know anything about scotchbrite? You can't assume hardware store employees know anything anymore...this isn't the days of the old general store where the guy behind the counter had more life experience than all the yuppies in town combined.

Hit the right hardware stores and thats generally not an issue.

 

[ThePanzerFuhrer]

Hit the right hardware stores and thats generally not an issue.

Go talk to the old grumpy looking gray hair he’ll know where it’s at

 

[Coyote]

Nylon Mesh Cushioned Sanding Pads​

 

[Motorcharge]

Ok, so I am not stupid.

All 3 of the guys working there had never heard of it being call scotchbrite and I was starting to think it was some **** we called it back in Florida.

You're stupid for expecting retail employees to know anything.

 

[white-rhino]

No worse than going into the auto parts store and asking for a 1310 u-joint and have the clerk look at you like you are an alien.

 

[clodhopper]

Why exactly did you think the minimum wage idiot who has never even hammered a nail before would know anything about scotchbrite? You can't assume hardware store employees know anything anymore...this isn't the days of the old general store where the guy behind the counter had more life experience than all the yuppies in town combined.

This. The box stores are generally staffed with live bodies that have no brains. Ace seems to still find/hire semi-experienced people, even if they are on average 70 years old. Auto parts stores have the same problem. Back in the day, the guy behind the countere going through the parts books used to turn wrenches and knew a thing or two. Today, if you dont know the year and make of the vehicle you are outta luck for the most part. Napa used to have the corner on talent, but even they are down to the young/dumb staffers.

My choice of hardware and auto part stores is made on the abilities of the people that work there. When that one guy that was decent happens to quit, I am off to check the competition to see if their staff has gotten better.

 

[TheLivingBubba]

You're stupid for expecting retail employees to know anything.

This, you have to ask for the most common item that would be next to it. I would have asked them where the sand paper is and looked to the left and right.