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

[SmashingTime]

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???

 

[jakko12345]

Just ask them, Geez. Are they really going to get offended? No.

 

[Lukeje]

Unless one of your flatmates happens to be a regular on here, I'm not sure what help we can be.

Edit: thinking about it, how do we know that he's not twisting it around to the normal way, and it's then you that are having strange showers?

 

[b3nn3tt]

Probably the same reason people make sweeping generalisations based on a single instance.

Maybe it's a weird quirk that that one guy has? Why not ask him, he'll know better than anyone here why he does it.

 

[Jedoro]

Because you touch yourself at night

OT: Maybe they like for the water to hit them a different way. No way to know unless you're more specific about the angle, which could be kinda difficult in text. And I'm sure they find it equally annoying to have to move it back after you're done, so lose/lose.

 

[KiloFox]

i've never heard of something like that... maybe they're trying to change the spray setting or something?

 

[HappyNoodleBot]

Like Jakko says, just ask them if it bothers you that much. Sometimes people just have odd habits, maybe they are moving the head to clean the rest of the shower after use out of politeness. If this is the most annoying thing your flatmates are doing I suspect that you're onto a winner though and I'd just grin and bear it. It's not the worst thing in the world by a longshot. My flatmates dog has done a number on the carpet everyday for a week now.

 

[The Lugz]

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???

what the..

okay, perhaps it's to stop blazing hot or cold water hitting them when they first turn the shower on?

other than that, i dunno.

seriously ask them not us

 

[MiracleOfSound]

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.

First world problems - ain't life tough!

 

[Floppertje]

that's not just americans. my flatmates do it too and they're all Dutch.
maybe it has to do with the fact that we live on the 18th floor and the water takes a full minute to head tup to showerable levels and noone wants to turn on the shower and get blasted by an ice ray.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

I remember this from high school actually. (we had an American at our boarding school)

Did exactly the same thing. Then again, so do my parents, so it can't just be an American thing.

 

[RADlTZ]

Maybe they angle it so that water dosnt drip out of the shower head when nobody's using it. Probably wont be an issue if your taps and pipe joints arent too old though.

 

[Elijah Ball]

i have no idea. i just leave it where it is

 

[SmashingTime]

Probably the same reason people make sweeping generalisations based on a single instance.

Maybe it's a weird quirk that that one guy has? Why not ask him, he'll know better than anyone here why he does it.

Yeah, it's probably just this one guy's idiosyncrasy. But still, I share this flat with new American students every 6 months (it's not a very stable living arrangement), and every single one of the guys has had this weird habit. An equally bewildered Englishman, also living in the apartment, made this same comment the other day. And it's not like these Americans put the head back in a slightly odd position where it is still possible to direct water onto the body; they fix it in impossible angles so that the head is point-blank perpendicular to the tile wall (i.e. stream directed at the wall).

 

[warprincenataku]

It's simple really. Turning the shower head up is a way to make it sound like he's taking a shower, because more often than not the water is hitting the wall or going over his head. This is usually because he's hiding the fact he's masturbating in the shower. If he's in the bathroom for a long time and there's no running water it's more obvious.

 

[SmashingTime]

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.

First world problems - ain't life tough!

Don't get me started on toothpaste theft...

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

I've never twisted a shower head around in the shower before unless it wasn't adjusted to the right angle.

 

[SmashingTime]

It's simple really. Turning the shower head up is a way to make it sound like he's taking a shower, because more often than not the water is hitting the wall or going over his head. This is usually because he's hiding the fact he's masturbating in the shower. If he's in the bathroom for a long time and there's no running water it's more obvious.

LOL. Actually, it is pretty obvious if that's what's going down, because then they take their laptops in with them... Also, they play music on their laptops in the tiny bathroom while taking a hot shower, presumably leaving the computer covered in water from the steam. Weird.

 

[Stealthygamer]

Don't get me started on toothpaste theft...

Totally Relevant

OT: Just tell them or take baths if it pisses you off that much

 

[MiracleOfSound]

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.

First world problems - ain't life tough!

Don't get me started on toothpaste theft...

Haha, that actually would bug the shit out of me!