Squirrels and Sweaters
Squirrels don’t wear sweaters because they know life has ups and downs like seasons, some manageable others barbed wire. Squirrels’ nightmare is landing in a celebrity’s handbag or having their own rooms in LA, Chicago or New York mansions, as pets. They see what happens to dogs. They wear sweaters and doggie shoes, part of the multi-billion pet industry.
Humans are not like squirrels. We don’t want hassles, hardship, inconvenience or a 30-second cold front while drying the body after a shower. We want life to be one long honey ride. That’s what I thought when I saw an ad for bucket towel warmers.
We are so allergic to stress, somebody somewhere decided to manufacture them for a hit and run room. That is what bathrooms are. We spend a few minutes there and off we go to the comfort of the bedroom to apply make-up.
Most bucket towel warmers cost $200 before tax. We don’t need them because of how we dry the body. When we leave the shower, the body is warm, fog all over the bathroom. We rub it with towels and we feel another dose of warmth. Even kids, who hate getting out of the bath tub welcome the nice hug of a towel.
Harming The Environment
How do we recycle bucket towel warmers because like every other item we don’t need, they’ll end up in the dumpster? Their time is coming, like face towels also known as face cloths. We use mesh-like balls for bathing now.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
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