Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Another hot water issue |2:12 AM| The shower in this place does not make sense.
Pretty standard handle, right? If I turn it to the right, and turn it on, it's cold. Turn it to the left, and turn it on, and it's warm. So you'd think. By "turning it on" I mean, pull it up, the higher up the higher the pressure. Here's the issue, if you attempt to adjust it while you're in the shower, there's no way to predict what temperature will actually come out of the shower head. Turn it to the right, to make it colder, and it will often get hotter. Turning it the other way will usually get rid of any cold water you had and god help you if your hand or feet or genitals are in the path of that stream of water, apparently heated via the core of a captive star.
I futz with the shower controls like the joystick in Street Fighter. The fireball motion results in chaos, the uppercut may yield the colder water needed. Screwing up results in poetic cursing, I'm surprised the combinations of foul language I've spewed as my wrist is heated up to near fusion levels has not yet summoned evil spirits, or possibly ended the earth.
It's like there's a slot machine back there, a random number generator that a turn of the knob is equal to the pull of the handle. Somewhere 3 columns spin 'round, and then come up "BAR" "CHERRY" "FUCKING HOT" and I'm sent a stream of agony.
The only solution I've found so far is to turn it off completely, and choose a point along the dial, and turn it on, and possibly praying. Holy water is never dispensed.
Another hot water issue |2:12 AM| The shower in this place does not make sense.
Pretty standard handle, right? If I turn it to the right, and turn it on, it's cold. Turn it to the left, and turn it on, and it's warm. So you'd think. By "turning it on" I mean, pull it up, the higher up the higher the pressure. Here's the issue, if you attempt to adjust it while you're in the shower, there's no way to predict what temperature will actually come out of the shower head. Turn it to the right, to make it colder, and it will often get hotter. Turning it the other way will usually get rid of any cold water you had and god help you if your hand or feet or genitals are in the path of that stream of water, apparently heated via the core of a captive star.
I futz with the shower controls like the joystick in Street Fighter. The fireball motion results in chaos, the uppercut may yield the colder water needed. Screwing up results in poetic cursing, I'm surprised the combinations of foul language I've spewed as my wrist is heated up to near fusion levels has not yet summoned evil spirits, or possibly ended the earth.
It's like there's a slot machine back there, a random number generator that a turn of the knob is equal to the pull of the handle. Somewhere 3 columns spin 'round, and then come up "BAR" "CHERRY" "FUCKING HOT" and I'm sent a stream of agony.
The only solution I've found so far is to turn it off completely, and choose a point along the dial, and turn it on, and possibly praying. Holy water is never dispensed.
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