I’ll go first. After your turn the water off in the shower but before you get out, use your hands to wipe off any standing water on your body. Maybe even give your legs a bit of a shake. This way, you won’t drip nearly as much when you get out, keeping the floor and your towel drier.

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    If you’re having a hard time opening a jar or bottle, wrap a rubber band around the lid, then use that to grip and twist it. I don’t know why it works so well but it does.

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      I don’t know why it works so well

      Because the torque you can apply to the lid is usually limited by grip strength/friction, not arm strength/leverage.

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      And if that doesn’t work, you can bop the side of the lid with a butter knife a few times, tends to release the most aggressively stuck lids. Downside is the lid is permanently dented, but small sacrifices.

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      I usually just use a kitchen rag, and when that isn’t good enough I run the lid under hot water for a few seconds, carefully tap the circumference of the lid against the counter, and try again.

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      Also use a towel or cloth on top of the rubber band so it’s gentler on your hand / skin.

      Why it works: this fixes the problem of poor friction; metal doesn’t grip well against skin (especially if your hand is wet or oily). The rubber band grips well against the metal of the lid and your skin (or towel).

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      Even better: purchase an inexpensive strap wrench with a rubber strap (something like this) and keep it in the kitchen for stubborn jar lids. For the jar lids that even a strap wrench alone can’t quite open, I’ve had success by using the strap wrench on the lid while holding the jar itself with a silicone oven mitt (or oven mitt with rubberized grip–the rubber band trick might work here as well).

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      I pop the bottom of the jar with my palm and it usually loosens up with a loud “schloop!” noise.