I'm not good at math or measurements

 .. so I stay out of certain industries.

However, someone failed to do their job correctly when mass producing an organization system.

The machine wasn't correctly level or numbers not properly put in correctly to make the overall inside rods fit in the holes.

Okay, back up for a minute. 

At some point last year, my mother saw on her Facebook feed, a random user bought a "True Living Compact Closet Shelves" organization system and converted it to a bottle holder. It was purchased by the user at Dollar General for around five dollars (it's now listing at close to nine) and she liked the idea enough, she decided to try it out for herself.

The only thing I could find on Amazon is the Whitmor 4-Tier Compact Closet Shelves - Gray. It looks really similar to what my mother ended up buying but the A to Z version is "not currently available" to purchase, unless you use a third party vendor. 

The reasons for Amazon not making it available for purchase with them?

"No featured offers available

We feature offers with an Add to Cart button when an offer meets our high standards for:

Quality Price,

Reliable delivery option, and

Seller who offers good customer service

“No featured offers available” means no offers currently meet all of these expectations. Select See All Buying Options to shop available offers."

Apparently this doesn't meet their standards, and based on what I'm going to say, I think they're right. Especially since I've stumbled on other bad reviews of this same looking product (even the DG version).

Although "hindsight is always 20/20", she bought the Dollar General contraption so we could clean up our washer and dryer area a little bit. Cases of water are everywhere, and there seemed to be a lot of positive reviews about turning a shoe rack into a more economical bottle bottler rack. 

Once home, she puts the thing together, it lasts okay, and now that we're using the bottles more frequently (because the "best buy date" is coming up... yes.. plastic bottles!! We also don't drink as much as we should from the plastic containers as we use the contraption in our fridge for H2O consumption), we are noticing some defects in the organizer. 

Overall, yes, it's nice and slim, but the rods aren't long enough. They keep sliding from the holes, making everything fall into the middle and mound upwards. It's a big pain in the butt because nothing is lining up properly and holding steady. 

It's like whoever designed this organizer, didn't expect things to sit in the middle. If they did, they were expecting feathers. The rods are literally a hairpin short on each side, so the second you get it lined up right, it falls out the second you turn away. Let alone when and if you try to balance something on it.

So this week, I got tired of looking at the water bottles piling up and decided to take action. 

I got some tape, made little arms from the tape, and then stuck it in each end of the rods. Then I taped around the rod ends and onto the little arms I made, making a little more stability. From there, put the rods back on the holder. 

Seems to be working. 

It's like, "how can you mess up something this badly and mass produce it?", like the upside down "Made In America" sticker on my laundry machine. (Someone failed to quality control that one too). 

Why is this okay? Because it's "cheap enough", people won't mind? 

I fail to see the logic behind it. Why should I have used tape to secure the thing together? Like bubblegum and shoe strings, this thing got Macgyvered (for those who may not know the reference, do yourself a favor and watch the Richard Dean Anderson series). 

On another note, I got new shoes!

Ground Up came out with a new pair of Nightmare Before Christmas shoes, but they're not on Amazon, sadly, but there are new Crocs.

I wore them today, and they're comfortable. I just need to wear them in a little more and break them in. They're not canvas like the other ones I have. They're a leather material, so they squeak a bit when I stand still and move my feet a bit. More reason they need to be worn and broken in.

The bottom back says "Pumpkin King" and the inside has Oogie Boogie. The tongue says "JACK" and has a pumpkin on it. It looks like the eyelets, bats and "Pumpkin King" may be glow in the dark, but I don't know. I'll have to see if I notice it tonight, since I have that other pair that surprised glowed for me. 

That's about it for now. Photos taken on an iPhone 11 and put into Photoshop to have my name on them. My window is open and it's been cool in the mornings. Summer is trying to show its face, but the humidity hasn't stayed all day yet. It's coming, though... it's coming. 

Guess for now, stay warm if you're in the colder regions, stay dry if you're in the wet regions, and do take care of yourselves. Be happy and research everything (before you buy it)!!

Cheers;