My DH almost bought an air purifier the other week as he currently has a bee in his bonnet about dust particles floating around in the air. 🙄
He chose a Bosch one which was described as a dust sucker with air filtration system. He was most unimpressed when I said that that would be a vacuum cleaner, of which we already had a perfectly good one. He insisted that it would be a very small air conditioning unit that he would be able to have it on his desk while working from home.
I was with him in the car when he called at Screwfix (his favourite place in all the world) to collect this prize purchase. An absolutely huge box came out and was put in the back. He assured me that it would be a tiny air conditioning unit because manufacturers always seriously overpackage.
Guess what!! It's a vacuum cleaner. It is enormous and he still won't admit that he got it wrong.
So you could say that he almost bought an air conditioner/purifier, but accidentally managed to buy a massive and very noisy vacuum cleaner. The DDs and I crack up laughing every time we hear him turn it on upstairs. 🤣🤣🤣
He tried to remain determined that he could turn it into what he wanted by just propping the hose and nozzle up into the air and turning it on. It would run quietly in the background while he worked and attended Zoom meetings, though for obvious reasons he had to give up on that notion after the first attempt.
He just about begrudgingly admits now that it is, in fact, a vacuum cleaner. He still won't admit that it was a mistake though. Determined to brazen it out and pretend that it was what he intended to get.
Ah well, at least it has provided endless entertainment in our house, and he has even done the vacuuming upstairs. 🤣🤣🤣