It is good to clean up spilled syrup.
Jillian accidentally drops a bottle of maple syrup on the ground and it breaks.
Jillian doesn't want the floor to be sticky.
Jillians wipes up the spilled syrup.
Jillian picks up the kitchen mat, puts it over the puddle of syrup, and leaves it there.
The floor is clean and no extra work is needed.
The kitchen mat absorbs some syrup and becomes even harder to clean up later.