Tell her that she can have all the "free" water she wants in her OWN apartment. She's 18 and doesn't know that nothing is free?

That seems like a lot of work, 1. Tell her to move out or pay rent...

do what we do in our house, if one is taking too long turn on the hot water in the sink and it cuts off the hot in the shower. that'll get them out.

My parents learnt very quickly that turning the hot water off was the best way to get me out of the shower when the shower timer etc. didn't work. Sneaky bastards.

Banging on the door is the most obnoxious thing anyone can do. If someone did that to me, I would make sure their life sucks more than mine, and they'd deserve it. Had plenty of that in boarding school.

The most obnoxious thing anyone can do? I disagree. In this senario the daughter was wasting the parents money by increasing the water bill. They would have every right to bang on the door to tell her to get out. If she was paying for her OWN water, it would be a different matter...

51- boarding school ? Sounds like your parents got sick of your long showers pretty early on. It's only obnoxious if they weren't paying for the water, unless you meant the daughters behavior was obnoxious if so then you are right ... Perhaps her parents should ship her off to boarding school.

Lindahhxd - Actually, in a lot of apartments, tenants don't pay for water.

Water is pretty cheap, depending on where you live. The real cost is in the electricity or natural gas to heat it.

Wasn't this part of an episode of 8 Simple Rules?

My mom just flushes the toilet in the other bathroom to screw with the shower temperature

It's about 8 cents per shower. Sure, make her pay for it. She'll probably take even longer showers once she realizes how inexpensive it is.

You have absolutely no idea. If you think it's that cheap, then you've obviously never paid a water bill.

get rid of your detachable shower head, she will be single again...

Hot water is heated by gas or electricity, which also costs. Cutting your nose to spite your face...good call.

If you do chores like fishes and stuff before she takes a shower there won't be much left.

In my house we do not have a set amount of warm water. I have a heater that can heat all of the water coming from our well, so we never need to worry our warm water will run out

*schlick

*shluck

I like these stories.

Friend's dad used to do that!

Electricity is not, as far as I'm aware. ;)

Fairly sure he was being sarcastic, ^.

**goes outside, gets shot.**

Should be a LOT smarter than this

It comes free with my house. The area I live in water and sewage are free, electricity, landlines and other utilities are not.

Let me re-phrase that: it's built into our taxes and costs the same for everyone regardless of use, property size, income, or household size.