some like it hot

having a warm shower is unsatisfying.

i wanted to end this quiet Sunday with a hot shower. the kind of hot that makes my whole body flush and tingly. the kind of hot aqua coziness that releases a loud sigh of contentment. but someone else in my building must have had the same thing in mind and used up all the hot water, so i was left with just warm water.

not cold, not tepid, and certainly not hot. just warm near the edge of hot. a little nudge on the dial away from hot. but the dial was fully over to H and all i got was warm.

so i washed and lathered and cleaned. then i waited under a waterfall of warm for hot. hoping for once that maybe someone would flush a toilet.

i even tried to force the dial another few millimetres into the hot end. i think it might have worked for a second or two, either that or the placebo effect works with temperature perception as well.

eventually the water started moving from warm to lukewarm and i gave up hoping for hot.

in some parts of the world they have shower heaters that heat up the water right before it gets to the shower nozzle. it’s suppose to be more energy efficient and you always have hot water for a hot shower whenever you want one. sounds great to me.

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garmentlady
12 March 07

yup, in germany u could take a HOT shower for like an hour if u wanted, it was the only way to get warm...the heating in the house was so cold...not sure about energy efficient as it cost so much more there for energy anyway...

D
13 March 07

They have hot showers in Germany? Huh, guess that whole Prussian discipline thing is really finished. I'd always figured they were just waiting until we'd let down our guard, then blam, world domination attempt number 3. But hot showers... that just screams decadence and corruption. I mean, look at J's post. Decadence and corruption. Totally.

Hunter
14 March 07

Where some see decadence and corruption, others see just the whims of this generation.... I mean come on, hot shower on a Sunday evening? If that doesn't whine of whims, I don't know....

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