It’s not unusual to ask someone who’s just visited a hotel or B&B: “How was the shower?” Well, it’s not unusual for me because I love a shower but know from sad experience that their quality can vary wildly. From a drenching rainfall to a trickle from a leaky tap, I won’t be alone in having run the gamut. Yet given how essential they are to our daily lives, surely we all deserve a decent one. So what makes a shower great?
Let’s start with this question: “How long is the optimum shower?” I remember my father used to stand under scalding hot water for what seemed like forever and would then have to lie down for a while to recover. This is clearly not the way to do it. It turns out that most Brits spend between five and 10 minutes in the shower, with an average of about seven to eight minutes.
