Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”.
I bought a shower head online. The shower head should be particularly water-saving, and at the same time it should make a more powerful jet, like a massage jet. I bought the shower head immediately.
There was a note in the package saying I was now welcome to the showerhead community. That then amazed me, why had I become a member of a community now? So a community of like-minded people?
What do you do as a modern showerer? I assume that people are mainly in favor of saving water. I think I can represent that convincingly. I read that a conventional shower head uses 14 liters of water – per minute! That’s quite a lot.
I would also stand by my opinion that one should generally use water sparingly. However, I keep hearing that saving water does not make ecological sense because in many places the sewage system already carries too little water and is not flushed sufficiently. So I’m not sure I’m a truly full member of the showerhead community.
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How do I actually recognize other members of this community? That’s an important requirement. You don’t immediately see that another person has a special shower head.
A member of the shower community in the wild.
(Photo: dpa)
When I meet new people, I might have to ask if I could “use the bathroom” with them – and then see what’s going on in the shower. If I found a water-saving shower head – I don’t know what would happen. Would we then share our shower experiences?
I once bought a small electronic typewriter, a kind of electronic typewriter, on the Internet. In the process, I became a member of the typewriter community. I’ve since received emails telling me how many thousands of words other members of the typewriter community have already tapped into their machines.
That put more pressure on me. I don’t like being a member of a community where I have to feel like an underperformer. At least not just because I bought some device. I wouldn’t want to get into a shower either.
I’ve also read that saving water only makes sense if you save hot water. Because heating power has to be provided for that, and this heats up the planet.
There would probably soon emerge a group of hardheaded radicals in the showerhead community who would snub wimps like me for not being 100% behind the showerhead thing. I prefer to shower to myself.
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