I think you are taking the statement too literally. The expression does is not meant as an authoritative statement that every single person does X but that in g

I think you are taking the statement too literally. The expression does is not meant as an authoritative statement that every single person does X but that in general X is the most common. I understand it is often used as an underhanded method of supporting ones argument, but the statement itself typically isn't literal. Likewise, in situations like this, counter points often fall prey to exception does not make the rule. Living abroad in Russia and traveling across Europe, the parent is true that handheld shower heads are by far more common. In Russian apartments at least I suspect it's because showers tend to be very small so the angle for a fixed shower head wouldn't be possible except for straight down, which is also not how most showers are installed to deal with. Again in Russia at least many building are renovated USSR built ones, and the apartments were built to last - redoing plumbing is a challenge, so it's easier to just attach a handheld shower head to the existing faucet than it is to add plumbing to concrete walls.