there is a certain blissful contentment achieved by a proper shower. living in san francisco one gets used to lame plumbing. pressure sucks, valves leak, showerheads are to low for vertical achievers. one friend i know has had his shower stem/valve, head disintergarte twice in as many years becasue his landlord is cheap.
so my pressure to my showerhead has been steadily decreasing over the couple years i have been here. monday morning it had achieved trickle status. there have times where it was weak, the hot water overwhelmed the cold. the adjustment for proper temp was an act of feather gentle rubbing of the hot lever to find the minimal sweet spot a sixty-fourth broad. either side of the mysteriously moving line of perfect temp would either scald or freeze depeneding on the will of the fates. ten minutes of flawed attempts was the minimum. who can guess how many gallons are lost thru the city of fog to such dilemnas. so i calmly entered the manager's office monday and calmly get it together until i had her full attention. once i knew she was completely present and of full attention on what i had to say i calmly and quietly explained where i was coming from. i explained how i had requested in the first week of november attention to the fact that the lever and the showerhead were leaking. i explained the slowly dropping pressure issues. i explained how i had been mentioning the pressure issue for a while now. for years... i defined the perplexing 5am shower i attempted to take with time issues under a fucking piss stream. i identified it was now time to resolve this now, tuesday morning. she agreed and wanted to see what the residential manager was scheduled to do at that very moment. i explained to her that i was now returning from work and the issue could be addressed tuesday morning while i was working.
so i have a new showerfixture. i didn't have to fuck with the levers for fucking ever to achieve temp. i had a stronger spray than i can remeber having in a while and was able to take a challenge free shower and wash my hair with an easy instead of frustrating rinse... it was so good i might even consider a trim of the hedge. a little wack job to clear up the nonsense that has been festering for more than three??? years. <shrug>
i wll need a courageous person who will work with me as well as getta work out with my nappy curls...
i'm clean good night.
aloha,
j
so my pressure to my showerhead has been steadily decreasing over the couple years i have been here. monday morning it had achieved trickle status. there have times where it was weak, the hot water overwhelmed the cold. the adjustment for proper temp was an act of feather gentle rubbing of the hot lever to find the minimal sweet spot a sixty-fourth broad. either side of the mysteriously moving line of perfect temp would either scald or freeze depeneding on the will of the fates. ten minutes of flawed attempts was the minimum. who can guess how many gallons are lost thru the city of fog to such dilemnas. so i calmly entered the manager's office monday and calmly get it together until i had her full attention. once i knew she was completely present and of full attention on what i had to say i calmly and quietly explained where i was coming from. i explained how i had requested in the first week of november attention to the fact that the lever and the showerhead were leaking. i explained the slowly dropping pressure issues. i explained how i had been mentioning the pressure issue for a while now. for years... i defined the perplexing 5am shower i attempted to take with time issues under a fucking piss stream. i identified it was now time to resolve this now, tuesday morning. she agreed and wanted to see what the residential manager was scheduled to do at that very moment. i explained to her that i was now returning from work and the issue could be addressed tuesday morning while i was working.
so i have a new showerfixture. i didn't have to fuck with the levers for fucking ever to achieve temp. i had a stronger spray than i can remeber having in a while and was able to take a challenge free shower and wash my hair with an easy instead of frustrating rinse... it was so good i might even consider a trim of the hedge. a little wack job to clear up the nonsense that has been festering for more than three??? years. <shrug>
i wll need a courageous person who will work with me as well as getta work out with my nappy curls...
i'm clean good night.
aloha,
j