Poll: Do you turn on the shower before you step into it?

[Kakashi on crack]

My landlord hasn't fixed anything plumbing-related in FIFTEEN YEARS!!! (or anything for that matter) Of course I wait for the water to heat up... It stays cold for like... 3 minutes...

Actually I turn on the bath water, wait for that to heat up, then hop in and turn on the shower... So technically both...

 

[Varanfan9]

Yes I will use the toilet while I wait so I don't have to go while I am in the shower.

 

[Unhappy Crow]

Always. I like to feel the water before I step in.

 

[TheLoneBeet]

I let the water get up to the right temperature before stepping in, then switch from the faucet to the shower once I'm in.

 

[Condor219]

Yes. The water starts out as cold and then warms up over time and I don't like freezing cold showers.

This was exactly what I was going to type.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

Depends. If I am really really tired and need a wake-up, I'll step into a cold shower. I yelp and feel pretty damn awake. Also, it gets pretty hot here in the desert, so I've taken cold showers just to cool off. Usually, I do turn the water on and wait for it to heat up, but it's relatively quick with mah tankless water heater.

 

[trollnystan]

Well, I step into the tub, turn on the water, pull the thingy that diverts the water into my shower head - which I am holding - wait the two-three seconds it takes to get marginally warm, attach the shower head to the wall, and voila. So... yes and no?

 

[BehattedWanderer]

I do it LIKE A MAN! Yeah! Turn those taps on! Then, admiring the curve of my bread-and-beer belly, I rub my cheeks as if pondering whether I should shave--but I usually don't! I run my hands through my hair!--because I should probably get a haircut soon. I make weird fake martial arts sounds! Hya! Hwah! Then, using only the secret arts known only to the enlightened, I tepidly stick my hand in, to see if it's warm enough! Once it is, I jump in!--one leg at a time, slowly, because I don't want to slip.

 

[itsausernamewhatofit]

Of course I turn it on before getting in. I hate steeping into a cold shower.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Who doesn't? I mean outside of movies and TV.

If I don't let the water run for a bit, it comes out freezing.

i've always been curious about that, they shrug it off like a boss and act like the water is perfect temperature immediately.

OT: if you don't, then you are retarded plain and simple, who the fuck wants to have nipples half an inch long and have a dick shriveled to the size of a pea (or vagina closed shut like a castle before it gets bombarded)

 

[Sacman]

I do... gotta wait for it to warm up...<.<

 

[AdmiralMemo]

I have this: http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/a446/
It is perfect for telling me when to get into the shower.

This is one useless contraption which I'd love to own. I'm pretty sure someone in my family can shell out 50 bucks on a Christmas present for me. Although I cannot find any decent way to drop the hint.

OT: I make sure that the water is acceptably warm before I step in, however, I just jump right in the cold water after my football practice, or on a hot, stick afternoon.

Hrm... Perhaps you've got to drop the hint about being eco-friendly, since the lights are powered by the miniature hydroelectric plant in the showerhead. Turn off the bathroom lights, turn the shower on, and save the planet. :-D

 

[nicebuffalo]

I didn't always, but now I do because the water that comes out at first is super cold

 

[PhunkyPhazon]

Definitely. I need to get the temperature right before I step into it.

 

[smithy_2045]

It'd be crazy to get in before it warms up properly.

 

[Reaper195]

During the rest of the year I do. Otherwise it's cold...like everyone else says. But during Summer, I leave the temp at cold and get in right away....because it is so hot, it's hard to sleep at night. And I have my showers not long before I go to bed.

 

[Aegixx]

Yeah because it starts out very very cold and then gets very very hot before settling at a reasonable temperature.

It's like telling everyone the site layout has blue in it.

What&#8253; It has blue in it&#8253;

+1 internets for using the interrobang.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Yes I do since they normally turn off as cold when I first turn it on and I hate cold.