I hate using public restrooms. You never know what to expect.
Around here, most places have an electronic paper towel dispenser. You wave your hand in front, and a piece of paper shoots out. You tear it off, wave again, and it gives you another. Your clean, freshly-washed hands never have to touch the contraption. Just wave at it. I don't like having to pull the lever over and over again to get paper. Water from my wet hands runs down my forearm. In this instance, I usually get hte paper towels before washing, tuck it under my arm, then wash. That way the paper is right there near me, no pulling of levers required.
Airports are famous for using those water dispensers that you have to push to turn on. You get a 5-7 second blast, then it cuts off. The trick is to do your final rinse without having to touch the faucet push button again, theoretically getting your hand dirty again. I guess they think people will leave the water running for grins and giggles. The Salt Lake City airport made the least sense. It had 2 push-button faucets. One hot, one cold. But they didn't meet where the water came out. So if you wanted warm water, you had to scald one hand then cool it with the other, hoping the water flow stayed on evenly. Made no sense at all. Just put a single cold tap and be done with it.
Around here, many faucets are also ones that you put your hands under and warm water comes on. Remove your hands and it shuts off. These make the most sense, and I like them because I don't have to go back and turn off a dirty knob with my clean hands, or leave the water running while I go get a paper towel then walk back to turn it off with the used paper towel. I don't like Walmarts' faucets however. They are far too close to the bottom of the trough, and as you are rinsing your hands, you touch the trough, dirtying your hands again. What's the point of that?
Finally, let's discuss toilets themselves. Long gone are the ones with a knob you push (with your foot) to flush. No, they all have eye beams. They sense when you get up and automatically flush. These work only if you sat down in the first place. Most ladies I know do the "hover-pee." (Our mommas scared the bejeebies out of us as to how nasty public restrooms were and no telling what unmentionable disease we would catch from a toilet seat, and it stuck.) So if you hove-pee, expect to have to flush it yourself. Good luck finding the special button to do so. It's usually hidden, recessed, right next to the eye beam. (I'm still not convinced that the eye beam isn't a camera tied into a porn website.)
Around here, most places have an electronic paper towel dispenser. You wave your hand in front, and a piece of paper shoots out. You tear it off, wave again, and it gives you another. Your clean, freshly-washed hands never have to touch the contraption. Just wave at it. I don't like having to pull the lever over and over again to get paper. Water from my wet hands runs down my forearm. In this instance, I usually get hte paper towels before washing, tuck it under my arm, then wash. That way the paper is right there near me, no pulling of levers required.
Airports are famous for using those water dispensers that you have to push to turn on. You get a 5-7 second blast, then it cuts off. The trick is to do your final rinse without having to touch the faucet push button again, theoretically getting your hand dirty again. I guess they think people will leave the water running for grins and giggles. The Salt Lake City airport made the least sense. It had 2 push-button faucets. One hot, one cold. But they didn't meet where the water came out. So if you wanted warm water, you had to scald one hand then cool it with the other, hoping the water flow stayed on evenly. Made no sense at all. Just put a single cold tap and be done with it.
Around here, many faucets are also ones that you put your hands under and warm water comes on. Remove your hands and it shuts off. These make the most sense, and I like them because I don't have to go back and turn off a dirty knob with my clean hands, or leave the water running while I go get a paper towel then walk back to turn it off with the used paper towel. I don't like Walmarts' faucets however. They are far too close to the bottom of the trough, and as you are rinsing your hands, you touch the trough, dirtying your hands again. What's the point of that?
Finally, let's discuss toilets themselves. Long gone are the ones with a knob you push (with your foot) to flush. No, they all have eye beams. They sense when you get up and automatically flush. These work only if you sat down in the first place. Most ladies I know do the "hover-pee." (Our mommas scared the bejeebies out of us as to how nasty public restrooms were and no telling what unmentionable disease we would catch from a toilet seat, and it stuck.) So if you hove-pee, expect to have to flush it yourself. Good luck finding the special button to do so. It's usually hidden, recessed, right next to the eye beam. (I'm still not convinced that the eye beam isn't a camera tied into a porn website.)
1 comment:
LOL!!! I got so sick of horrific public bathrooms that A and I started carrying a little bag filled with everything we would need that was never completely there. Toilet paper, wipes, handwash, handsanitizer, potty seat covers, paper towels, etc. etc. You get the idea. I now feel in control instead of it contolling me!! Ditto on the Wal-Mart handwash...love your observations!!
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