i hate to vent on my journal, because i feel like i am always complaining about something and come across as someone who does not appreciate anything. but sometimes the things that people do… really pisses me off. so here goes another venting session… altho this one is acutally “legit” and for a good cause….
the other night i was just doing my rituals in the bathroom: showering and brushing my teeth…etc. after i was done showerring, i turned off my water and stepped out of my shower stall. but for some reason i could hear a large amount of water running down the drain. i thought i haven’t completely turned off my water . i checked, and it wasn’t me. i look below and i could see streams of water dripping from the other side. there was someone there across from me, so i figured may be she wasn’t done yet. maaay be she would notice that loud dripping sound and check to see if her shower stall’s water is completely turned off. so she did her business…. and took her stuff to the sinks. LEAVING THE WATER DRIPPING… …more like running… POURING down the drain.
i was like… what the heck?! i took my things to the sink to brush my teeth and listening to that pouring water sound. the whole time i was wondering … if that continues, pouring through the night, the amount of water that is gonna waste and hoping that she would do something about it. but nothing happened! water continues to pour… she continues to mind her own business.
in my mind i was reallly ticked off. i didn’t realize i would be that mad about this. but i was, i really wanted to yell at her or something. i mean…. are you serious right now? if that amount of water continue to pour through the night…. not even, just the water that was already went down the drain after she was done showering, all the water would be gone to waste. all that water could be used for something else. in hong kong there is not enough water, so every summer there would be a period of time when the government had to 制水 — there’s no water for the community. and here she is don’t even bother to check if she had completely turn off her water yet!!!
i was really angry. but i remember something that one of my teacher said, “you have every right to be angry. but turn that anger into something productive.” so after i was done doing my business in the sink, i went to the shower stall that she used previously and turn that dang running water off. then went back to my side to gather my stuff and head out of the bathroom. *grumble grumble* at least the water wouldn’t be running throughout the night.
today… the same thing!! i think it was a different person tho. and i think somebody else was about to use the stall, so i didn’t bother. but seriously … people should be more… aware of the amount of water that they are wasting if they don’t fully turn off their water. there was a reason why the people came and fix the leakages that were there before.
oh, another thing about public showers in the dorms…. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PEE IN THEIR [SHOWER] STALLS WHEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE ALSO SHOWERING!! that unpleasent aroma of pee permiates all over the bathroom …taking place of the lovely smells of the body washes and shampoos!! gross.
