A while back the stopper in my bathroom sink broke. No warning, no backed-up pipes, it just broke. Being that my pipes are in a tight spot (that’s what he said), I haven’t taken the time to fix it. Instead, I removed the broken stopper and replaced it with a plastic drain protector.
Although this device technically protects the drain, it doesn’t protect much else. The other day, while primping, I dropped my eyeliner. The plastic drain protector was not centered over the drain and the eyeliner went straight down it. I peered into the drain, hoping to see my eyeliner, and saw nothing (other than the calcification of the pipes).
I centered the plastic drain protector over the drain, thought one last time about how much I liked that eyeliner, and called it good.
Two days later, I was doing a little ‘cleaning,’ when the Rabbit (I know, so last year) fell off the shelf, into the sink, causing the the plastic drain protector to move and the battery compartment to open, and two of my four AA batteries went down the drain. I, again, peered down the drain and, this time, saw the damage. There they were – stuck in the p-trap and completely out of reach. Guess if the batteries from my vibrator are going to get stuck in a p-trap, I prefer it be this one.
R.I.P – Trap. AAs. Although it might have been bumpy at times, we had a good ride.