Swiffer is My New Favorite Brand
Have you seen it yet? An actor with a limb difference who lost a portion of his arm to cancer is featured in a national Swiffer commercial. It’s SUPER cool.
There is one thing I’d like to say – He’s talking about how one-handed life can be really hard. According to a newspaper article about the actor, he lost his hand to cancer, so his perspective is different from many of our kids. Jordan is the best sweeper of our house. Without a Swiffer. But I’m totally cool with her finding additional tools that could help her do housework even better.
Hi” I just found your blog searching for the new swiffer commercial to show my husband. My daughter Jocelyn was born with a congenital amputation in July of 1989. She’ll be 25 this year. Her limb difference has never stopped her from doing anything she set her mind to and is actually a very accomplished seamstress! I will be reading your blog in the future!
It’s great to meet you, Kathleen. Thanks for dropping by and please share your experiences whenever you think it’s appropriate!
It is so wonderful to finally see commercials portraying REAL people! I just love it. Maybe we are becoming better human beings afterall?
I was impressed that they actually showed someone on national TV with a limb discrepancy, however I didn’t like the part where he says “I can’t help out as much as I used to” In the real world that we live in “can’t” isn’t a word I like or use very often. I may do things differently, or adapt but I “can” do them, and often times better than those with 2 hands!
@Maria – I agree. It’s a bummer the ad focuses on the negative when many of us understand one-hand is just as helpful as two.
I love that commercial…the fact that Jack has on;y one hand and that he is married to a woman who is not white and that he has two mullato children. Of course I will never buy anything but the Swiffer brand because of that particular commercial.