Thoughts of a Faucet

'Hi Everybody.....
I am the Faucet (in simple words your washbasin tap). And my abode is in a Students' Hostel.

I just have a few words for the people who use me everyday. 

First of all, you people open me early in the morning (might even be 12 noon for some) even before you start brushing, and leave me open all the way through the time you open the toothpaste tube in a half-sleep state and start brushing slowly. Then you brush, brush and brush and keep look into the mirror admiring yourself without giving a thought to how much precious water you are wasting! And next is face wash (especially the girls). Few even use two to three face washes and gels and till the completion of tedious procedures of maintenance, I am not even considered. I am left open to pour out maximum volumes into the drain all the while, just because you people cannot open the tap again with soapy hands ( is a reason given by one)!! How lame can you get?

And one day when a person told another not to waste water by leaving me open unnecessarily, the reply was 'Mind your own Business'. What business are we dealing with here? Shouldn't wastage of water be a concern for everyone? We are not talking about someone's property as such here. Its a common property and the responsibility of it lies in everyone of your hands. Just because you pay the water tax or fees for water in hostels, doesn't mean that you have all the rights for its complete us(wast)age. 

An interesting event took place when the management announced that there would be a water shortage for three days due to some problem. On seeing the news, everyone started saving water in buckets. And there was so much of hype in the event. My point is, water is indispensable for your lives, then why are you being so careless about it? And if you are not bothered about it, why save water for another day in paltry amount? 

Imagine how the future generations would be if water becomes a rarity! Think how our successors will look if they are deprived of water? The same beauty which we admire today wasting water might no longer even exist if divested of water. Please give it some thought, atleast for your children, grand children and great great grand children if they have to live hale and healthy. 

Evolution is eminent to adapt to any change, but with the current rate of water us(wast)age worldwide, I doubt if there will be time for living beings to evolve new mechanisms for the change.

There was even a conversation regarding a funny cartoon strip in the newspaper which had a man commenting ' When did beer become costlier than Water??? ' The day is not too far when there will be war for water and price of water spiraling to heights unaffordable by a layman. 'Water, water Everywhere' might soon have to be changed to 'Water, water Nowhere'.

So please give it some thought. This is a kind request from my side. '