RaNDom Musing #21 (18 Dec 2011): Bathroom Automation

So there I am, in the bathroom and a bar to remain unnamed on Main Street in Scranton - well, technically, Dickson City.

I go into the bathroom do my do and then step up to wash my hands.  The sink is manual, the soap dispenser is automatic and the paper towel dispenser is manual.  WTHk?!


Seriously, if you have an automated soap dispenser, I would've thought that AT LEAST the paper towel dispenser would be too!  Otherwise the savvy germaphobe's* way of washing is all thrown off and looks something like this:

1. Manually turn on faucet
2. Swipe hand under soap dispenser
3. Wash hands
4. Wave hand in front of paper towel dispenser, realize it isn't automated
5. Manually crank out enough paper towel to dry hands, shut off faucet and exit bathroom
6. Wave hand BACK under soap dispenser
7. Wash hands (again)
8. Grab paper towels
9. Dry hands
10. Shut off sink (with paper towels)
11. Exit bathroom (with paper towel barrier on door handle)

Am I the only one that is annoyed by mis-matched or non-sensical bathroom automation selections?  Go all out or not at all.

*just sayin'*


*Thanks to my newest friend, Ms. J, for the savvy germaphobe technique