In my current profession, I have the joy (or dismay) of traveling across the country. With this, I have the pleasure of living out of hotel rooms about 300 days of the year. More and more I am seeing “green” things starting to shine their sometimes good, but often, ugly heads.
My current gripe comes from the “green” shower heads that I’m seeing. The current room I’m staying in has the water flow of a tsunami in the bathtub, but the moment I turn the shower head on, it’s like someone with stage fright trying to urniate in front of an audience.
Doesn’t that means it’s doing it’s job right? Well, yes and no. Yes, the water flow has been restricted, so basically nothing is coming out; thus making it “green” and good for the environment. The problem is, that I find myself staying in the shower 2-3 times longer than I normally would, to get the same feeling of clean. In a proper bathroom the water isn’t restricted. This gives me the joy of standing under a waterfall, making myself feel cleaner faster. In showers with these stupid ”green” shower heads installed, I can’t even get my entire head wet with it being directly under the nozzle. For me, less water flow means I’m in longer to get clean; which eliminates the purpose of the shower head to begin with.
We need to do things to help the environment, it’s the only one we have. Sometimes it seems like we’re making “green” products for the sake of doing it. With these products we’re trying to help; but in all reality, we’re just making it worse. My odd thought is to use things in moderation, but why punish ourselves in the process? The water going down the drain gets recycled anyways; so do what feels good.
That’s my odd thought today
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