Last night, in the shower of all places, I had an epiphany. This wasn't something to solve the economic problem or end the world of starvation, but to truly understand the shower caddy. This is a piece of metal in some cases, encased by a white rubbery, plastic substance. It sole job is to hold bottles, razors, loufa's, etc.. Yet somehow it fails. No matter how many times you adjust the bottles, the whole caddy never seems stable. The suction cups fail to suck and just when you think they are stable, the fail and a nice swinging caddy is what you have. So I move a bottle from this side to the other, no dice. I try and position the bottle dead center to distribute the weight evenly, fail again. I stand back and look at my creation and there is nothing symmetric about it. Dangling there from the shower head, lopsided and unstable. The thing just doesnt look safe. For a split second I thought about getting Bob Vila on this thing and break out the E6000 super glue. Then I thought, do I really want a suction cup glued to a specific piece of tile forever. Hey, I could replace the tile or try and pry the suction cup with a flat head screw driver, knife and a whole lot of patience's.
Seriously, its not worth it. I will just live with the balancing act for the time being.
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