Those Damn Automatic Paper Towel Dispensers

Published on February 21, 2008 By jdkeepsmiling In Humor

Ok, it is officially time for me to rant. Sometimes on this blog I have pointed out useless products... take for example my blog on <a href="http://americanlife80.blogspot.com/2007/11/another-senseless-product-odor-alert.html">Odor Alert Cat Litter</a>. I have something similar to rant about today: automatic faucets and paper towel dispensers. Does this not seem a little over the top?

Half the time you walk over to a sink and start doing the karate chop dance to try and get the damn thing working right, or it suddenly stops sensing your hand in the middle of scrubbing. The other half of the time you are caught seriously examining the faucet for the stupid hidden sensor, when there is not one at all.

The other day I was in a movie theater and was frantically waving my hand in front of a paper towel dispenser, only to find out that it had an old fashioned crank on the side. The reason I was confused was because the faucet WAS motion sensor activated...talk about confusing, and way too much work.

I just want to wash my hands in peace and be able to confidently walk over to the paper towel dispenser and get out the right amount...this should not be that difficult. So instead of inventing new ways for me to make a fool of myself in a public bathroom by doing the karate chop paper towel dance, someone should be focusing R & D budgets on something important.

Comments

amunchkin

on Feb 22, 2008

LOL! I totally know what you mean!

I think I did that at Walmart or somewhere else the other day... I waved my hand in front of the paper towel dispenser and ... nothing.

Then I saw on the front, it said, "If there are no paper towels, crank the knob on the right."

*smack!*

Hehe!

Zoologist03

on Feb 23, 2008

Just hold it 'til you get home...it's the only way for sanity's sake.

Yeah, I wish they'd at least make the robot sinks and stuff a little more accurate. I don't like something else deciding when I'm done washing my hands or how many paper towels I need. I have big hands, damn people.

Also, have you ever used an automatic flushing toilet? You have not been mindfucked until that thing starts flushing halfway through some business.

~Zoo

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