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| Image from here. I bet THEY don't have THEIR water turned off in the middle of a shower. |
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have your
water turned off in the middle of a shower?
How about in the middle of washing long hair? That first really
lathery wash before you wash all the shampoo out with the next wash?
I wonder if you’d emit a scream of horror that sends your
partner syphoning every millilitre of water from all reservoirs (the tea jug
and coffee machine in this case) in the house.
Would it be worth pouring that tragically pitiful, luke-warm
trickle over your head? Just so you can get dressed and stomp out to the guys
working on your pipes without looking like a rat that had been drowned in a
really, really soapy bath?
Ever wondered how it would feel if, after drying your soapy
skin off and brushing your heavy, greasy, shampoo-laden locks, you discover
that you can’t even sooth your ravaged nerves with a cup of coffee because you’ve
poured the last water in the house pointlessly over your head?
Have you felt the rising dread of realising that a large
digger is parked in your driveway and now you can’t even go out and BUY a
coffee? (Or water, for that matter).
Ever stomped out to the water supply dudes in a white-hot
rage to have them profusely apologise that they had to turn off the water FOR
30 SECONDS while they changed a fitting?
Have you ever realised that if you’d not panicked, if you’d
just waited, and tried again in 30 seconds, you’d be sitting at your desk calm,
content and ready for the day, with clean hair and a successful cup of coffee?
No? Never had that experience?
Just as well then, that in the spirit of community service,
I had it for you and I can report back that it sucked.
You’re welcome.
