Tuesday, 26 May 2015

On Shower Curtains

I hate shower curtains.

I hate the way they attack you when you're in the shower. Like a creepy dude at the bar, they seem to just want to be close to you.

I believe it's because the warm air in the shower cubicle rises, which means colder air must move into the space in order to equalise the pressure. Since the shower curtain is flexible, it comes in with the air.

In Dungeons and Dragons, there is a monster called a Trapper. It lurks in dungeons, camouflaging itself as a bit of floor like some sort of subterranean stingray. Then when some Intrepid Adventurer comes along and walks over it, it rises up to engulf them. 

That's how I feel when I have a shower in a cubicle with a curtain. The smaller the cubicle, the more I feel like the curtain is trying to wrap itself around me.

I've found that it's possible to alleviate this a little bit by leaving a gap so air can get in around the curtain. That way the curtain isn't drawn in to the cubicle as much. It still is, but not as much. The problem here is that the incoming air is cold! What's the point of having a nice hot shower when there's a stream of cold air coming in around the shower curtain?

I hate shower curtains. In my house, I want a bathroom with a proper cubicle, with a proper screen.

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