Not sure about other states, but every once in a while, California sends out a low flow shower head to it's residents. Now, I have no hard data on this, but I'm pretty damn sure most of those remain in the box. I feel bad. I mean, they're trying. Saving water is a good thing. I want to be able to shower in real water in the future, not take a dust bath like a chinchilla. (Darn, those little guys are adorable.)
But here is the thing. I have long hair. Always have. I wrapped it around donut-shaped frames to be Princess Leia when I was a kid. I twisted it into braids. I had a gym teacher who used to grab my pigtails and tell me he was riding a motorcycle. (I know that sounds dirty now, but I swear it wasn't.) It's part of my identity and after an especially disastrous hair cut in sixth grade that had me crying in a bathroom, telling my mom I looked like a blond Annie, I will always have it. Long hair requires washing and I'm sorry, but using a low flow shower head is like standing under a drooling ogre. Just doesn't getcha clean, know what I mean?
Have any of you been in Europe lately? Ever seen those double button toilets? The ones that have an option for the amount of water you want to use? (I'll discuss troll boogers and the spiders in my basement for hours, but I don't think you need me to be graphic here, do you?) Anyway, why the hell don't we have those in America? Seems logical, right? If you have to flush a low flow toilet more than once, it kind of defeats the purpose. And in that vein, why don't we have a low flow/high flow option on our shower heads? I don't think people want to waste water. I'd be perfectly happy to switch over to a lower setting while soaping my hair and singing Bill Murray's lounge lizard version of the 'Star Wars' theme.
I'm just saying, if you want people to adopt something, don't be stupid about it. Now, I'm off to eat my last bag Sun Chips in the now-0fficially-banned-biodegradable-extra-loud bag.
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hard to believe you would have zero comments given your job and media exposure.
ReplyDeletegym teacher riding you like a motorcycle - no matter how you explain it - sounds like a lawsuit.
controllable showers - 2 thoughts - Navy shower and older faucets allowed the flow and temp to be controlled.
Posting during Thanksgiving weekend after posting THIS: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jenna-busch/may-the-force-be-with-kat_b_786657.html?ref=fb&src=sp might explain it. :)
ReplyDeleteI swear, Mr. Forker (yes, I know...awful name) really did joke about my pigtails, saying they were motorcycle handles. You'd never make a joke like that now, but believe me, he WAS joking. :)
I've seen the dual action toilets now in the hardware store. Only took a good decade after I found out about them to actually get them in the stores here. There are a couple low-flow shower heads that are decent on the market and make you feel like you are taking a shower instead of just dripping on you, but they are pricier. Another point is that calcium build-up in the holes for the outgoing water can make a decent shower head turn into a crappy one. Make sure to wash in white vinegar every few months to keep the build-up down.
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