Usually the showers around here are pretty predictable. Scalding early in the morning, progressively colder as guys wake up, hot again around noon, then chilly going into the evening. It works out nicely because I can wake up and take a shower before work while the water is still piping hot. If I wake up too late to shower before rushing out the door, I can shower during my lunch break when the water warms up again.
Lately, however, the water temperature has been as unpredictable as summer weather in Texas (or any season for that matter.) Even when I woke up extra early I was blasted by a jet of icy needles. Obviously something is wrong with our water heater, but instead of fixing the problem, the administration just introduced new ones.
The "solution" is to allow us to shower in dorms down the hallway that have working water heaters. This creates more work for the officers who have to keep track of who is coming and going, and the inmates, who have to ready an entire clean wardrobe instead of just soap, shampoo and a pair of clean boxers.
And for me, it's weird enough taking a shower in the middle of a dorm filled with guys that know; it's much weirder showering in front of perfect strangers. at least we have 2-foot tall curtains for our nethers. Still, there are some strange folks in prison.
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