[radio_flyer]

Just curious... and wondering if a 20 min to 30 minute shower the norm... or is it long....... ... not a biggie... just curious....

[unaluna]

What is he DOING in there???!!!

[radio_flyer]

lol hankster...... omg... How did you know? I was wondering the very same thing.....

[MoxieDoxie]

I am in there for 20-25 min. Lots of things to shave. Hair needs lots of conditioner.

[possum220]

It is a very long time for a shower. Do you have to pay for water? That shower will be costing you a bundle and using gallons and gallons of fresh water.

You can always change the shower head to a water saver.

The alternative is to take a bath with bubbles????

[tinyrabbit]

That's long! Better to have a bath if you want to wash for that much time...

[H3rmit]

I remember something about you should try to limit your shower to 6-8 minutes. Here are some stats:

Water Calculator Methodology - National Geographic

They estimate 100 gallons per day indoor use, which is 5% of your total average use embedded in products such as food, cotton, etc. Also,

>Showers According to Aquacraft [the EPA consultant], average daily water use from showerheads is 11.6 gallons per capita per day (gpcd) in a standard home, 8.7 gpcd in a conserving home.
...

>How Often You Shower, and For How LongAquacraft’s baselines assume that the average person takes five showers a week at eight minutes each.

So if someone's shower is 3-4 times as long as the average, this is pretty extreme, and might increase their indoor use by 33gallons/100gallons or up to 1/3.

[lynn P.]

I'm assuming this is the renter and yes 20-30 is too long for a man. If this was a woman with long hair and legs to shave .....20 mins would do. I agree with Hanksters subtle hint. Only trouble is getting him to cooperate. Most adults don't want to be told how long to shower. Its hard living with family let alone strangers. I know its frustrating because before I had kids, we split up a house into units for rent.

[radio_flyer]

Thanks Possum.. I doubt he'd take a bath and yes, we pay for water. The water bill isn't all that high. Just what does one male do for 30 minutes in the shower? Good thing is the bathroom upstairs should be finished this weekend .. But that is what they said about last weekend.. ugh

[radio_flyer]

Thanks H3rmit for the link.. Interesting stats. ANd he showers every day which means he is wasting a lot of water. I will mentioned it to AJ and let him talk to the renter..

[radio_flyer]

Thanks tinyrabbit... A nice hot bubble bath would do "ME" good. Bubble all the stress away...

[radio_flyer]

Yup, Lynn.. THe renter again... That is just it.. Dealing with adults isn't "in general" all that hard. Just this guy is 34or 35 years old and I feel like I am dealing with a teenager. Geesh, a teenager is even easier to deal with than this guy.

I would think he just stands under the shower? If that isn't the case, I took the Lysol bathroom cleaner and cleaned the shower stall...

Very hard living with family and/or renters........ To be honest, I'm fairly easy to get along with. I just don't like being told what to do in "my personal" space or "my personal living quarters"...... THen war breaks out....... This idiot thinks he is going to tell ME what to do...... He is learning he is barking up the wrong tree...

That bathroom better be finished this weekend... ugh

[healingme4me]

Originally Posted by radio_flyer

Just curious... and wondering if a 20 min to 30 minute shower the norm... or is it long....... ... not a biggie... just curious....

15-20 minutes for me. A woman. Long hair. Long legs. It's more the shaving process and shampoo/conditioner, process. Takes time.

30 minutes, of running water, that does seem like a bit much.

When I was a teen, my stepbrother, used to spend 30-45 minutes. Ugh, trying to share a bathroom, with him and a stepsister, was a nightmare. I used to get up, first in the house, just to get ready.

Stepsister, was more like me, in length of time. We'd each get dressed and do our makeup and hair, in our own bedrooms.

[radio_flyer]

Hi Moxie/Doxie... I can shave legs and under arms... shampoo and condition... scrub my body down... all in under 10 minutes.. After I scrub da body with soap, once a week I like to exfoliate the body with " brown sugar and olive oil" Leaves the body feeling ooooo so soft and sweet And all of that doesn't even take 30 minutes.. ooo and I only shave my legs once a week, that is if I remember to.. lol

A long hot shower is nice sometimes..... Even I indulge sometimes.... Just not every shower is a 30 min shower...

[tokiwartooth]

I'm in there for 20 minutes on average. But then again I'm a woman with long hair and legs to shave. Men shouldn't be in the shower that long unless they have long hair and shave their legs as well

[radio_flyer]

healingme4me... that is what I thought. 15 minutes is a decent shower for a man.. when a woman can shower in that same time limit and shave, shampoo and condition and wash their body. What would a man do for 30 min.. How long does it take to wash an arm, leg, face and shampoo... ?

[radio_flyer]

tokiwartooth....he has very short hair and he doesn't shave his legs. lol.. so that leaves 15 minutes or so wondering what one does during that time when in the shower// ugh

[radio_flyer]

ok........... so am wondering if I got along with the renter if I'd even care or even notice how long he showers. He is so rude and tries to "control" or "tell me what to do" which then surfaces are my "not liking this guy one bit" feelings.... The other night he tried to lock me out of the house. Guess ringing the door bell for 5 mins got his attention to open the door..... just stuff like that... and he takes 30 min showers... ugh I have asked him to help me take the trash can to the end of the driveway several times and he always would say his back hurts, or he was too busy "smoking his cigarette" or he'd help me tomorrow.. he's a pig...

I don't like him...And I am sure he doesn't like me.. shrugs shoulders.... I am sure if I got along with the renter I would not have noticed how long he showers. Now I am thinking... when he is showering and after 10 minutes how can I get only the cold water to shower down over him... wake him up and move him fast out of the shower.. grins

[IchbinkeinTeufel]

Nothing wrong with that. I shower for about 30 minutes, usually. I'm just kinda thorough, I guess. Nothing wrong with it, either way, you end up clean.

EDIT: Wow, having seen some of the other comments, I think some people are kinda making something out of nothing - so what if he/I shower for however long is necessary? I for one, wouldn't shower that long if people were waiting to use the bathroom, or if the bills were a problem, but otherwise, I take about 30 minutes. I do have OCD, so maybe that's part of it, but I doubt it. Can't honestly imagine getting anything done in less than 10 minutes; it makes no sense to me, unless you go in there like it's a race. If water usage is a problem for you, fair enough; I'd probably rush as well, if that were a problem.

Just asked my brother, and he showers for 5 minutes. Lol I don't get it! It's a complete mystery to me. I take my time and I'm thorough, seems to be the reason. I see no problem in that, though; if man can, man should!

[lynn P.]

Oh yes I forgot he was stilling using your bathroom. Would be nice if he was faster. Must be awful sharing your bathroom with the renter.

[radio_flyer]

Akuma.... Prob isn't right to say it isn't ok for a man to take 30 minute showers... Guess if a man wants to shower 30 mins who am I to say that it is wrong for him to do so..........When one doesn't get along with another person, even a 4 minute shower would be too long........

[lynn P.]

I agree ((radio flyer)). When we don't like someone, everything they do in aggravating. My husband used to be pals with this plastic surgeon guy, who would stay for a night at our house when he was in the area. He was impolite and not even ask "how are you"or bring sleep clothes or say "thank you for letting me stay." H would lend him some loose pants and he would leave them on the floor. For some reason I just despised him even before he did that - turns out he fled to the U.S because 66 people are suing him.

Lets pray your son gets the bathroom fixed.

[radio_flyer]

Lynn.... would be nice if he wasn't such a jerk... and show "consideration" to others esp when he is using MY bathroom... He needs some "manners" too........ ugh It has gotten to the point that when I even see this guy, my tummy churns... I really don't like this guy... one bit.....

Keeping fingers crossed... the guy that will be doing the tile work will be here this afternoon to make sure everything is ready for him to start Friday or Saturday..

Small remodeling job turned into one big job... .

[IchbinkeinTeufel]

OK, this thread is making a tiny bit more sense... you rent out a room and he's the guy living there, and Radio hates him? Something like that? This "renter" thing confused me, but if it's what I just said, then HAZZAH, I will have something understood.

[radio_flyer]

Akuma.... sorry for the confusion.. Yes, we rent a room but the renter pretty much has access to the whole house... so it should be more like sharing a house than renting a room..

It isn't so much that I hate the renter. He started it.. He is rude and wants to tell me what to do.. He is a taker... He will take and take and take.. And he gives nothing. You ask him to help lift a chair and he cries his back hurts. I cooked extra so he could also eat two meals a day and he cried and huffed over washing his own dishes and cleaning up after himself.. I am not his cook as I now refuse to cook anything extra for him.. ANd any food left over he can't have either. He must cook what he wants to eat... ANd I'm not his maid.... and he pisses me off big time.. and yes I hate him... what can I say..other than a 30 minute shower is way too long for that creep...