Why do English people like sinks with two taps?
Why the English insist on separate hot and cold taps in their sinks is one of the biggest anthropological issues this blog has tried to tackle. It required more research than Avoiding Rubbish, more field interviews than Property Shows, and more dedication to the cause than Mayonnaise, which nearly killed two of our researchers. First let’s state the obvious here. From the point of view of a foreigner or an English person who has left this island at least once, the two tap phenomenon is one of the best examples of complete inefficiency you’ll ever encounter. As opposed to have two adjustment knobs and one faucet, you have two completely separate taps: cold water will only come out of one, hot water will only come out of the other. This might not seem to be an immediate problem, as waterly duties do sometimes require smoldering hot or icy cold water. But human consumption requires something in the middle, and that’s why other developed countries have conventions for this kind of thing. S
