This is why I take baths. If I’m gonna sit depressed in water for 2 hours, I’m gonna lay down and it’s gonna be quiet.
the noise of showers are also somewhat relaxing though. they need to invent noisier baths
yup. when I was a kid I was upset because I couldn’t lay down in the tub like my siblings and immerse (tall kid). told myself, when I adult, gonna get a nice big tub.
stayed in a few hotels with tubs large enough to immerse me, haha it’s nice but the hour it takes to fill the fucker and the way it cools down as it’s filling are pretty naff.
“Water saving baths” are all so pointless because they’re too small for me to sit in without impaling myself on a faucet, they may as well not exist but they’re becoming the norm here. The rare treat of being in a house with an actually large-sized bath is lovely.
Four minutes?! I’m in trouble
Four minutes does sound rough. I think I can work with 10…maybe 8 but anything less would barley feel worth it. Unless you are rationing water for environmental reasons (fair enough in that case)
A little switch on the shower head that turns the water off while you don’t directly need it can bring the total water running time way down. It keeps the temp constant so you don’t have to fiddle with the knobs every time. Lathering, conditioner leaving in time, shaving, exfoliating, teeth brushing, they don’t need water constantly running.
If you’re really concerned with water conservation, only turn the shower on when you need the water:
- Step in, turn the water on to rinse/wet your body
- Turn water off, apply shampoo
- Turn water on to rinse off shampoo
- Turn water off, apply conditioner
- Turn water on to rinse off conditioner
- You can probably wash your face without turning it off because that shit takes like a second
- Turn water off, apply soap to your body (including genitals and anus)
- Turn water on to rinse soap off
- Turn water off, exit shower
It’s not at all relaxing, but it cleans your body and minimizes water usage.
Or, we could have built homes to conserve water in the first place by using grey water multiple times before using it to flush our toilets.
Growing up my dad went through a phase of wanting me to limit showers to 7 minutes and I’m still not sure whether it was to save money or prevent jerking it.
