I hate shaving. I absolutely abhore it. I also HATE arty bathroom sinks like the one in the picture. This is the sink in the Crown Towers hotel in Melbourne. It is a 5 star hotel. I am honestly not saying this to let everyone know I stayed in a 5 star hotel, I am saying it to make a point that even at the allegedly highest level, bathroom sinks can be utterly stupid.
I do not use an electric razor – I “like” to have a wet shave. The process starts with me filling the sink, then I wet my face by cupping water with my hands and bringing it up to my face. My bog standard sink at home looks like exhibit A – the genius “two taps” classic. Note how there is a cold tap on one side and a hot tap on the other, and notice the gap between the taps that makes it extremely easy for me to bow my head down towards the sink to allow me to splash water onto my face without any drips ending up on the floor around the sink. So let’s consider the practicality of exhibit B, a beautiful and modern five star sink. Notice the beautiful mixer tap that is fixed in its central position making it impossible for me to get my head anywhere near the sink for any splashing-on-face purposes.
Let’s continue. I don’t know if you can tell from the picture, but my bog standard budget two tap sink is concave. This helps enormously because the majority of my removed facial hair will go down the plug hole without any encouragement. My budget sink also has a rubber plug on a chain so I can pull the chain to empty the sink and I can pop the chain around the tap on the right to keep it out of the way and to avoid having to reach into the sink to empty it. The beautiful modern five star sink is totally flat and is requires emptying by reaching in and pressing the ceramic “plug” down. This results in removed facial hair getting all over the dipped hand and then, to add insult to injury, the flat bottom collects a lot more facial hair, increasing the time it takes to clean the sink exponentially.
Oh – and can you see a shaving mirror anywhere in the five star sink picture? You have to lean across the sink to use the mirror in the far wall behind the sink – and – oh – there’s that gorgeous immovable mixer tap to make that job impossible too. I hate shaving. Even when it’s made easy it is tedious and annoying. When it is made impractical by moronic modern “beauty”, it becomes aggravating and very bad for your back and shoulders as well.
