To ask son to reduce water consumption

[VestPantsandSocks]

My adult son leaves the water running whilst shampooing his hair and soaping himself during his 20 minute shower.

AIBU to ask him to switch off the water at these times?

Fyi - masturbating is not "misbehaving"

What an archaic attitude

The easy solution to this is that he pays some money towards the bills, thats reasonable and fair.

Can anyone say what the saving would be if he had five minute showers instead?

Dying to know if all this angst would save a decent amount or, like, 20 quid a year.

Well since we’re going down the navy example you could do what they used to do. Everyone got a bucket of water at the beginning of the day. You used it for everything; washing, drinking, laundry, etc. When you ran out that was that.

Pfft you kardashians with your 2 min showers.

Probably pennies, more if its an electric shower they can ramp up the cost but on a normal combi boiler and tap arrangement, very little I would have thought

Yikes! Maybe it's living abroad combined with boarding school, but this sounds incredibly wasteful. Wasting resources is a massive turn off (excuse the pun), I'm surprised the younger generation don't know this? My parents would have (not literally) murdered me if I'd left the shower running while I was in it.

How is it a waste, its serving a purpose?

The air is room temperature, but it feels cold if you've been under a lovely hot shower? Because you're wet... It's science

That's what mine is like. I never turn it off I'd have to step out and wait to get it hot again, maybe my house is cold, I'm in Wales.

If he pays towards the bills he can run the tap as long as he likes, otherwise leave him alone. How do you know what he is doing in the shower anyway?

10 minutes is plenty long enough. I would not turn it off between soaking and shampooing, who can be arsed with that nonsense? But he definitely should be contributing.

@UrbanFan OP said that he doesn’t contribute financially. That’s why I suggested showing him the utility bills - my teenagers were shocked at what utilities cost!

Oh god no! I couldn't stand there in the cold shampooing/conditioning & then go through the palaver of getting the temp right, it goes from scalding to arctic in nano seconds!

Shorter showers is the only answer

Right, I googled it.

According to Ideal Home a gas heated 20 min shower costs about 70p. (It was the first result).

The difference.

Well someone asked about the difference in cost. I felt the difference would be pennies

So if its 70p for 20mins, then its 35p for 10 mins

Therefore saving £2.45 per week if he cut down to 10 min showers.

Charge him a fiver a week for his showers then for taking 20 min showers.

I've never heard of anyone who stands in the shower lathering with the shower off. I mean, it's a matter of 60 secs.

Pick your battles, this one is definitely not worth it.

You'd be saving less than £2.50 a week?

Fucking hell just let him have the shower.

I suppose an electric shower would be more expensive.

Can you tell him @VestPantsandSocks that you are going to transfer the bill to his name? Show him some past bills and see if that focuses his mind.

But it's less than a tenner a month; bit of an overreaction I think.