Why do Americans twist the shower head around after having their shower?

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TheYellowCellPhone

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I suggest putting a hornets' nest on the shower head, so that if it's touched the wrong way then they get stingy justice delivered.

Or you could just tell them.
 

Ulquiorra4sama

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Personally i leave it in a regular position, but at the start of every shower water tends to be cold so i have to turn it away anyways.

Maybe those guys just think more ahead than i do.
 

SmashingTime

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Stealthygamer said:
SmashingTime said:
Don't get me started on toothpaste theft...
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OT: Just tell them or take baths if it pisses you off that much
That video was amazing! I actually solved this problem by keeping two toothbrushes in the bathroom; each morning I bring my tube of toothpaste from my bedroom and squeeze some onto the bristles, "pre-loading" them for the next two brushes.
 

gellert1984

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My mother does it so water doesnt drip on her hair if she' just taking a quick shower and not cleaning her hair. Maybe they dry themselves off in the shower and turn it so it doesnt drip on them while drying?
 

Dastardly

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SmashingTime said:
I live in a flat in the city with Americans, and every time one of them takes a shower they leave the shower head twisted in an odd angle. When I go to have my shower in the morning I have to move it back into place prior to turning on the water, to my great annoyance.

Is this some kind of bizarre American superstition? Do they think that leaving the shower head in a sensible position gives bad luck, like walking underneath a ladder? Do only guys do it? WHYYYYYY IIS THIIIS HAPPPPPENINGG???
So that the next person, when they turn on the shower and are about to step in, doesn't get hit with all kinds of spray (and thus also get the bathroom wet before the curtain/door is closed).
 

VladBlok28

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That's just like washing your hands after going to the toilet. Most people do it but nobody really knows why, and the people who don't are annoyed.
 

Danny Ocean

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Maybe they remove the showerhead from the bracket to spray themselves with it rather than just standing there and letting it hit them, so when they put it back it's at a jaunty angle because they're not OCD enough to care which way their showerhead points.
 

Thaluikhain

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Argh...if I'd gotten in earlier, I could have gone with the "Only in America" line.
 

Larmo

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Is he much taller or shorter than you?
my mom is shorter than me and when she borrows my showers i always have to readjust the head, that what springs to my mind.
 

6_Qubed

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As an American, it wounds me deeply to hear someone blaming another country for all the things that are "weird" or "wrong" in the world.

...Mostly because I could've worn we had the monopoly on doing that. :p
 

D_rock

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I hope this isn't only an American thing. As has been said, the main reason people would do that is to get the cold water out of the pipes so they don't get a scrotum-shriveling blast of water when they first turn on the shower.
 

hwarang

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Wow I hate to be "that commenter" but really? This has annoyed you so much and for so long that you have had to make a post on the internet demanding America explains itself? Really?
Because when you get into a shower every morning you have to spend all of a second readjusting a shower head...
Do you also complain when untying your shoelaces and one of the strings goes through the loop and you have to take apart the whole knot the hard way?
Or perhaps you write a stern letter to Nokia when your phone keypad unlocks in your pocket?

I do find it hilarious that it's most likely an act of kindness, the first blast of water in the pipes is going to be cold and so it's best to have it aimed at the wall. The yanks are preventing the next shower user from being uncomfortable.

Doubly hilarious is that you keep leaving it back in the "prone(?)" position and pissing them off with your cold water blasts. Do you think they get together and ***** about you?
 

Eat Uranium

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What idiot turns a shower on while standing within range of the water? You know it always comes out cold to start with, might as well turn it on and use the warm up time to get undressed etc.