Subject: My fear of electric bathroom items.
Item #1: the toothbrush.
I started to fear the toothbrush when I first tried to use it. I put the toothpaste on it and turned it on, which made the toothpaste spin around really fast and then fly off in any direction. By this, I deduced that you're supposed to turn it on inside your mouth. When I did that, I couldn't figure out how to keep all the toothpaste in my mouth instead of drooling it all over my shirt while I was trying to contort my mouth into different shapes to get all of my teeth.
That was over the summer. I have since mastered the art of the electric toothbrush.
Item #2: the waterpik
The waterpik is something my dental hygienist suggested to keep my wisdom teeth clean. (My fear of the removal of my wisdom teeth FAR SURPASSES my fear of electric bathroom items so much so that it drives me to use the scary toothbrush and waterpik more often) For those of you not in the know, it's a giant handheld thing that you stick in your mouth and turn on and it forcefully expels a strong jet of water to remove all of the stuff from around your teeth. I gave it a try, and I don't know how many of my teeth it cleaned, but it certainly cleaned my bathroom. There was water all over the mirror in front of me, the faucet head, the edges of the basin, everything. But I was smart and the second time I used it, I did it over the bathtub. :) I'm getting better but it's still a pretty intimidating-looking contraption.
Item #1: the toothbrush.
I started to fear the toothbrush when I first tried to use it. I put the toothpaste on it and turned it on, which made the toothpaste spin around really fast and then fly off in any direction. By this, I deduced that you're supposed to turn it on inside your mouth. When I did that, I couldn't figure out how to keep all the toothpaste in my mouth instead of drooling it all over my shirt while I was trying to contort my mouth into different shapes to get all of my teeth.
That was over the summer. I have since mastered the art of the electric toothbrush.
Item #2: the waterpik
The waterpik is something my dental hygienist suggested to keep my wisdom teeth clean. (My fear of the removal of my wisdom teeth FAR SURPASSES my fear of electric bathroom items so much so that it drives me to use the scary toothbrush and waterpik more often) For those of you not in the know, it's a giant handheld thing that you stick in your mouth and turn on and it forcefully expels a strong jet of water to remove all of the stuff from around your teeth. I gave it a try, and I don't know how many of my teeth it cleaned, but it certainly cleaned my bathroom. There was water all over the mirror in front of me, the faucet head, the edges of the basin, everything. But I was smart and the second time I used it, I did it over the bathtub. :) I'm getting better but it's still a pretty intimidating-looking contraption.
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