I know we have cabinet makers on the site, and statisticians, tekaloid technicians, projectile delivery facilitators, persons who lack youth and lots of other things too. What I need to know, do we have any sink makers, particularly those involved in the research and development of sinks, and the ergonomacy of such items?
You see, whilst voiding my vacuum coffee machine percolation vessel into my own sink, I was struck by the nature of such things. Now whilst I admit to enjoying the planning and execution stages of the clean up operation, in much the same way as I did outside the front door with red ants and black ants along the lines created by the cement between our crazy paved porch area, where I would direct each respective ant army along certain lines that were sure to lead to conflict, I mean who wouldn't enjoy that, and the similarities between that and coffee grinds in the sink, I still do sometimes think that our sinks are not quite as efficient as we might suppose.
Imagine the scene if you will. You turn on your tap, and place under it your coffee percolation vessel. Water from the tap enters the chamber and begins to agitate the ground bean lees. You then upend the half filled vessel (You can fill it more, or less than half, that's free choice, but I prefer half because that's an even number) and so anyway the beans that used to be, spill out into the sink floor. No matter whether you still do have the tap running or no, but then, jigger me sideways, those pesky wet grinds do spread all over the sink floor in a completely random and uncontrolled manner. Yes ok, some do go down the drain, but too many for my liking will spread themselves into every far corner of the sink, making the execution and clean up operation altogether more fretful and cositaneous. You all are knowing what I mean.
Now to me this is vexatious in the extreme, and is one of the things that rank high upon my "Garrrr" factor chart, which as most people know, is the chart by which we gauge the things in life which drive us to go "Garrr", sometimes accompanied by raising ones T shirt back over ones head and having a quick run around the vicinity, arms stretched out at both sides. A Good Garrr run can include aeroplane noises, I suggest perhaps a Spitfire, or a Hurricane, reserving Stuka Bombers for special occasions.
So my point is, and deftly arrived at I might boast, is why on earth do sink makers insist on putting the tap where it is least effective? Surely one would think a tap farthest from the drain orifice would be more efficient? Either that or making the drain hole be at the end opposite the tap.
Also, if I didn't already ask, does anybody know what a sink maker is called?
Lizzie xx