Mirror! Mirror! Am I Beautiful?
Hotels and bathroom
mirrors. Do they have to be so big, so
shiny?
I freak out
when I go to hotels because mirrors are everywhere. Who told them that we love looking at
ourselves in the mirror? It’s pure
torture. It is enough to make me
suicidal.
People take
extra care when they know they will check into a hotel. Hair is done, nails done, smooth chins courtesy
of Braun electric shavers, no grey nose hairs winking at passers-by, clean
underwear for a change and credit cards that will not lead to embarrassment.
All that
confidence gets a technical knock-out when they decide to take a bath or shower
because mirrors reveal the truth, the naked truth.
Very few
people love seeing themselves below their face.
That is why passport and I.D. photos are strictly faces only. Super models are cool with their bodies
because they have water for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and lettuce, when they
dine out.
Actresses
too. They have personal trainer bodies
because they are still hoping for a juicy part, just one part that will make
them part of movie or television history.
Restaurants
are very unhappy when they see celebrities because they are bad for
business. Period. But what can they
do? They grin and bear it for the sake
of publicity for their eating establishments, but that is another story.
Choice
Sorry. My bad!
Back to bathroom mirrors. A real
killjoy! That is why guests should have
options and be allowed to choose rooms with or without bathroom mirrors.
Well! Not without, but with smaller mirrors. Hotels could drill two mirrors the size of
the full moon in bathrooms. This would
allow guests to admire their beautiful faces, the result of Estee Lauder or
Clinique ‘age defying’ products.
Men would admire their faces, the result of
all those grooming tips from magazines such as Men’s Health.
Guests who
are comfortable with their bodies because they are under 21 or have ‘fixed’
anything below their chins can have the full bathroom mirror.
It would be
interesting to conduct a survey on the choice of mirrors.
“Full bathroom mirror or moon mirrors
sir?” says the front
desk person who is having a bad day.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
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