Somewhat inspired by the latest "do you pee in the shower" thread, I've been thinking about showers with strangers and strange places I have known. For as long as I've been showering, I've bathed with the water running from the moment I step into the shower to the moment I reach for a towel, but lately I've been exposed to people who seem to do it differently. For instance, I was staying in a hostel in Belgium a little while ago, and the shower there was designed to only release water in a fifteen-second burst before automatically shutting off. I just assumed that was a water-saving measure the facility instituted, though, and didn't really think anything of it.
Then, much more recently, I was helping a coworker to bathe a patient in the shower, and my coworker didn't leave the water running on the patient while she lathered her up. I couldn't think of a polite way to ask why this was (my thoughts on it are, "Jesus, don't you think the patient is cold as hell, sitting there damp with no hot water on here while he scrub her down," which is a hard question to frame diplomatically), but it did get me to wondering, maybe I'm the weirdo for leaving the water on during my shower.
So what about you, Escapists? Do you turn the water off in the shower, or step out of the spray, or anything like that?
Then, much more recently, I was helping a coworker to bathe a patient in the shower, and my coworker didn't leave the water running on the patient while she lathered her up. I couldn't think of a polite way to ask why this was (my thoughts on it are, "Jesus, don't you think the patient is cold as hell, sitting there damp with no hot water on here while he scrub her down," which is a hard question to frame diplomatically), but it did get me to wondering, maybe I'm the weirdo for leaving the water on during my shower.
So what about you, Escapists? Do you turn the water off in the shower, or step out of the spray, or anything like that?