By Courtney Johnson
What a fantastic way to start the day.
Waiting almost 45 minutes on one of my roommates to finish primping in the bathroom.
My other roommates and I shower at night, simply so we won’t have to wake up at the crack of dawn the next morning. We’re teenagers. Anything before 8 a.m. is early.
Our roommate, on the other hand, seems to enjoy waking up at unknown hours in the morning and waking all the rest of us up from our tranquil slumber with her deafening ruckus.
Her morning routine starts with a rather lengthy shower, lasting 15 to 20 minutes. Hearing each individual droplet of water pounding against the plastic shower floor is reason for a headache in itself.
But it gets worse when it’s time for her to decide on her outfit.
She has to unzip every suitcase and bag she owns, open every drawer in the room and slam each drawer shut to find the perfect apparel.
But, of course, she changes her mind on the outfit at least once. Sometimes twice. Or even three times. It gets pretty ridiculous.
Next comes the constant clanking of her puffy makeup brushes against her Bare Minerals foundation container, or any of the additional plastic canisters filled with colored powders — some electric blue and others carnation pink.
After the 15-minute makeup routine, it’s time for hair.
What really irks me is the monotonous rhythm of her blow dryer buzzing its way through her hair, which goes on for about 10 minutes. And on top of that, there’s the clamping and unclamping of her black Chi straightener on and off her hair, which lasts another 10 minutes.
Just deal with it? Trust me. My roommates and I have tried everything.
Covering our heads with pillows to muffle the clamor of our bathroom-hogging roommate isn’t effective. We’ve tried knocking on the bathroom door and shouting, “Hurry up!” Her reply is always, “Just a second!” Believe it or not, that second always turns into five, 15 or even 30 more minutes.
But when she finally saunters out of the bathroom and is done with her prolonged morning schedule, the rest of us only have about 15 minutes to spend in the bathroom before we have to leave for our camp sessions.
If my math is correct, that leaves about five minutes each for the three of us to get ready. That is, if we were splitting the time evenly and fairly, which doesn’t seem to happen in our room.
What’s funny, though, is her attitude when she waits by the door to leave each morning. She looks agitated if we take any longer than our allotted 15-minute prep time.
Yeah. Waiting on someone is a pain.
Courtney Johnson is a junior at Paola High School and a student in the advanced writer class at the Flint Hills Publication Workshop.
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