Cleanliness is Next to Godliness...

Today, The Professional wishes to reflect on a couple conversations she's had recently with people who are familiar with what its like to be "on tour." Having spent about a week on a tour bus in the UK (in addition to another week in & out of hotels) she understands a little bit better what life on the road entails, though does not profess to be a master at it. In particular, the comment that she takes issue with is the over-dramatized roadie who laments: "Sometimes you go for DAYS without a shower. It's just so tough out here!"

Here's the thing: You don't have to go for days without a shower. This just isn't true. Especially on a tour like the one The Professional just returned from, where the venues are arenas. So when her tour manager or her artist's personal assistant complain about not having showered in several days, The Professional has no sympathy. Don't be nasty. Take a daggone shower!

Perhaps its a matter of personal hygiene... Perhaps there are certain people who are just ok with not showering daily. The Professional isn't one of them. She truly believes that cleanliness is next to Godliness, and no matter how tired she was, or how much earlier she needed to wake up, or how inconvenient it was to lug her day-bag from the tour bus to the showers--she'd do it in a heartbeat. Who the eff doesn't shower?!

**Sidebar: Apparently, the UK does not subscribe to using face towels. The Professional was a guest in at least four hotels within her 2 week stay, and none of them--not nary a one of them--provided face towels. She thinks that this might have something to do with the fact that she believes most white people don't use face towels. She thinks that as a general principal, white people lather themselves with soap, then rinse--but do not scrub with a face towel. Or perhaps Europeans just don't use face towels. Maybe face towels are an American thing. She indeed thought it strange that face towels were available for purchase in the airport mini-mart/pharmacies. She'd never seen face towels just randomly sold individually, but in hindsight, she thinks that savvy airport merchants know what she did not--that there would be not a face towel in sight once she hit her hotel. It was exasperating, and she will not get caught out there again on her upcoming return to the UK. Pleezebelieveit.