A question that often quips up in conversations in these days is how you would spend your first salary (provided you get placed by ‘Team Usha’). It’s a perfect question to get a perspective of an individual’s priorities. The standard answer is to say that they would spend it on friends and family, call me a sentimentalist, I applaud that. The conceited of the lot say that they’ll spend it on clothes or a new phone or a new girlfriend, the list can be endless.
I, belonging to the latter would actually buy a washing machine, yes, a washing machine. Why? Because I consider it as the greatest invention after the automobile
Hear me out; nobody likes dirty clothes except for hobos and a few people in college who think it’s rather cool to wear them. I don’t know where they get that idea but it’s quite prevalent. So I’ve established need.
It is also one of the few innovations that have actually reduced effort. Some of you may argue that the microprocessor was a better example but think of it, your lives are more screwed up because of it. The constant pressure to keep in touch and be creative in your tweets or status messages is quite a vexation. Don’t even get me started on mobile phones. Washing machines are placid devices that don’t interfere with your life nor does it need your attention.
A front loading one is a perfect addition to any home. It’s multifunctional, it can be a table top for a round of cards, it’s the perfect height for ‘certain’ experimentations or for the more infantile pleasure of siting on top of it while it goes on spin dry. I have made up my mind though-a Siemens front loader is definitely in my list.
