Shower Stories

I was in a hotel in New York recently. Nothing fantastic but clean and comfortable.I had a good nights sleep, and when I got up, I couldn't get the shower to work.It was one of those with two taps, hot and cold but the hot one wouldn't turn.I phoned down to the front desk and when the nice man answered I told him the tap was stuck.“Tap?” he said. “Yes, I replied, “The hot tap won't turn.”“Oh,” he suddenly exclaimed. “Fauc...

I was at the gym the other day. I wanted to swim for an hour, but they closed the pool for cleaning and maintenance. I settled for a nice ride on the recumbent bicycle instead. After pedaling for fifteen miles, it was time to stop. I went into the locker room, got out of my sweaty clothes, grabbed a towel and took a leisurely shower. When I finished I got dressed and left the locker room. On my way out the door past the f...

It had been more than ten days since I had a shower. It was a sweltering summer in South Korea. I worked the night shift, plotting points on maps and playing war games. During the day I sat at the gate and made sure that only the right people visited. The forest wasn’t too different than the ones I was used to in Montana. Some of the bugs were more like the ones I’d seen in Texas. When I wasn’t working, or on guard duty,...