Recently I checked into my hotel after a long day of travel. It's not unusual for me to be on 5-8 airplanes in a week so when I get to my hotel, I always welcome a fresh, clean and inviting room. Little things mean a lot to a road-weary traveler. After I unpacked I decided to take a shower and settle in for some reading before bed.
In the bathroom there was a sign that said the hotel had gone "green" and they were doing their part to concern our precious natural resources. In this case - water. The sign informed me if I wanted to reuse my towel, I could hang it up on the rack and that would be the indicator to housekeeping that they would not have to replace it. If I want to have the towel replaced, then I should leave it on the floor.
As I was getting into the shower I wondered if campaigns like these are really effective or if they are just the hotel's way to jump on the "we've gone green" bandwagon. I didn't think about it long though. For as I turned the water on, I realized the shower head was no ordinary shower head. Oh no. It was the Speakman S-2222-HS-CP dual showerhead with two full spray 50-jet nozzles and massage spray features attached to a solid brass manifold with chrome plated plungers.
After what seemed like an hour in the bliss of this shower Nirvana (an exaggeration of time.... I'm sure it was no more than 30 minutes... ok 40 minutes max), I got out, dried off and hung my towel on the rack. I wanted to be sure to do my part to conserve our precious natural resources, in this case - water.
Fire Chief (ret.) Richard B. Gasaway, PhD, EFO, CFO, MICP
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