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07-21-2004, 10:59 PM | #1 |
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Blow dryers in public restrooms
We seem to have discussed every aspect of excretory functions, so I thought I'd bring up a restroom pet peeve that has been brought home to me in my travels this week:
I HATE when restrooms don't have paper towels, but just use blow dryers. Here's some reasons why.
Please, add your own..... or, sing the praises of these stupid things. |
07-21-2004, 11:13 PM | #2 |
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i hate em. I've always hated 'em, and i hate the infrared activated ones worse. you don't even get to punch them. it's a fucking jip!
......but, they never run out of air like they do paper towels..... they should have both if the place they're in is worth a spit.
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07-21-2004, 11:25 PM | #3 |
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May I humbly suggest ripping one of the infernal devices off of the wall and seeing if it will serve as a makeshift drain plug?
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07-22-2004, 12:30 AM | #4 |
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The infernal machines (I call them "wipe hands on pants" devices, because that's always the step left off the directions) are infection control nightmares.
You think you're safe because you're able to activate the pushbutton with your elbow? Nah ... you're getting a face full of hot air loaded with all kinds of nasty microbes that LOVE to thrive in the humid innards of one of those things. Also, the paper towel usage is important to the whole "handwashing as a means of preventing infection" process. Don't EVER use the wall-mounted blowdryers. Anybody seen the motion sensor paper towel dispensers? Those things are COOL. I thought autoflush potties and autowash spigots were cool. Nah, those are merely neat. (one thing most people forget is that as soon as you've finished washing your hands, etc., you almost immediately recontaminate yourself ... by grabbing the doorhandle on the way out. I'm the obsessive compulsive one who opens the door with the used paper towel, and then has to search around for a wastebasket outside the restroom.)
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07-22-2004, 01:43 AM | #5 | |
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07-22-2004, 01:49 AM | #6 | |
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07-22-2004, 05:47 AM | #7 | |
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Urine is sterile, but if for some reason I manage to piss all over myself I have a child so a handy pack of wipes is always about. So how long before everyone starts carrying baby wipes around in little belt pouches or purses?
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07-22-2004, 06:15 AM | #8 |
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I just love the way hand-driers blow the water off your hands onto your crotch, so it looks like you've pissed yourself.
Fantastic bit of design, that. |
07-22-2004, 06:49 AM | #9 |
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You would do things to your contacts in a public sink them PUT THEM IN YOUR EYE?
ew.
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07-22-2004, 06:51 AM | #10 |
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I just wash and dry off. I try not to think about the door handles.
And since I played outside as a child, got very few antibiotics, have had all my shots (and then some) and tend to have a white cell count twice that of a normal person, I seem to be resistant to most germs and such. All in all, I just do my thing and care not a bit about others habits. Brian
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07-22-2004, 07:03 AM | #11 | |
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1.Enter the stall 2.Start to remove pants 3.Toilet flushes 4a.Take care of business 4b.Toilet flushes during taking care of business 5.Finish and stand up 6.Toilet doesn't flush 7.Wait a couple of seconds 8.Toilet still doesn't flush 9.Wave hand in front of sensor 10.Toilet still doesn't flush 11.Give up and kick the little button with foot 12.Toilet reluctantly flushes It's pretty uncommon that I come across one that only flushes as you're either standing up finished or leaving the stall. And I only just encountered those auto-PT-dispensers this weekend. They're friggin' awesome! :thumpsup:
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07-22-2004, 08:45 AM | #12 |
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Also, don't EVER put your 4 year old on an automatic flushing toilet. Her tiny body will confuse the sensor, it will flush while she's sitting on it, thereby terrifying her and causing her to jump up, peeing all over herself, the floor, and possibly your leg as she clings to it whimpering.
And then for the next indefinite number of years, long after she's able to go by herself, if there's ever an automatic toilet she'll insist you come in the stall with her and cover up the sensor with your hand. |
07-22-2004, 01:08 PM | #13 | |
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The one "good" thing about having kidney failure: not having to use the public toilets as much (if at all) anymore (because of the lack of urine output).
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07-22-2004, 02:20 PM | #15 |
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We've got non-washers at my office. It's a good idea to always get the snacks and goodies between the time they've been removed from the sealed container and the time the non-washer has taken some.
Or not; building up an immunity to fecal coliform is probably pro-survival. Anyway, I've seen hand driers where a graffiti artist has lovingly drawn in an icon of hands being wiped on pants. |
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