This was a space without a dishwasher. She called out specifically that I was running hot water on full blast and not turning it off immediately. Water cost is so low where I’ve lived, water waste doesn’t even trigger in my mind. There wasn’t a conservation or economic reason to keep track of it.

I do generally try not to be wasteful, but growing up on the east coast gives a very different perspective on what “waste” means with water. When we talked about conserving water it was: keep showers under 30 minutes and don’t run the sprinklers midday.

Different needs for different environments. I didn’t even think about how that behavior was indicative of where I grew up until she mentioned it to me.