Cork's showers
Jun. 2nd, 2010 09:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bebootsOne thing that I've noticed in my travels is that bathrooms are not standard. Taps (by which I mean faucets, because apparently even the names aren't standardized) seem to be different everywhere. One would think that one tap for hot, one for cold, twistto turn on, twist to turn off, would work admirably for most purposes.
I'd even accept a push-on, pull-off kind of scenario, or even one tap that one twists in different directions to get the exact degree of temperature. That may be ideal, in fact.
I'm not a fan of timed taps. The ones in the bathroom at Cork run for exactly 14 seconds, it seems, which wastes water, in my opinion, especially whe you just want to quickly rinse off your toothbrush or whatever.
It's worse in the shower. In there, there is one large mysterious button, labelled with a small red dot. You can't twist it. It can only be pushed.
I was the third in the shower yesterday, and both Erin and Kelsey professed to the coldness of the shower water (complete with theatrical shivering, which we Canadians may have mastered due to our fondness of relating superhuman survival of sub-zero temperatures with maniacal glee), so I was worried that the hostel had just run out of hot water or something. I mentally braced myself for a cold shower, after a day of drenching rain.
It was my turn. Sure enough, the water soon turned off (just like the sink taps). Sad-face was I. I pressed he button once more, and again I had a pretty short burst of cold water.
Then, because I'm an impatient person and I like inanimate objects bending to my will, I pressed the button several times in quick succession (frustrated muttering may have been involved), and lo and behold, the water got warm.
It turns out that one must press the button several times before the water stops to get warm water. Of course! Why wasn't that apparent to me immediately at first glance? :P
I'd even accept a push-on, pull-off kind of scenario, or even one tap that one twists in different directions to get the exact degree of temperature. That may be ideal, in fact.
I'm not a fan of timed taps. The ones in the bathroom at Cork run for exactly 14 seconds, it seems, which wastes water, in my opinion, especially whe you just want to quickly rinse off your toothbrush or whatever.
It's worse in the shower. In there, there is one large mysterious button, labelled with a small red dot. You can't twist it. It can only be pushed.
I was the third in the shower yesterday, and both Erin and Kelsey professed to the coldness of the shower water (complete with theatrical shivering, which we Canadians may have mastered due to our fondness of relating superhuman survival of sub-zero temperatures with maniacal glee), so I was worried that the hostel had just run out of hot water or something. I mentally braced myself for a cold shower, after a day of drenching rain.
It was my turn. Sure enough, the water soon turned off (just like the sink taps). Sad-face was I. I pressed he button once more, and again I had a pretty short burst of cold water.
Then, because I'm an impatient person and I like inanimate objects bending to my will, I pressed the button several times in quick succession (frustrated muttering may have been involved), and lo and behold, the water got warm.
It turns out that one must press the button several times before the water stops to get warm water. Of course! Why wasn't that apparent to me immediately at first glance? :P
Hi from home
Date: 2010-06-03 02:55 am (UTC)Sorry I missed your calls today. Glad to hear the trip is going well. I really like reading your blog. We are all fine.
Love Mum