Nov 20, 2008

Why I Hate Public Bathrooms

In an effort to increase the cleanliness of public places there are all sorts of automated gadgets in public restrooms but in my opinion they have the ability to make things more awkward. How you ask? This is how:

1. Automatic Flushers
Alot of toilets how have sensors that automatically flush the toilet when a person gets up. This is good because it keeps the toilets clean. This is also bad, have you ever leaned forward and because the sensor sees movement it tells the toilet to flush? All of a sudden you have a very gross bede.

2. Automatic Sensor Lights
Great idea to conserve electricity and save money but the lights should be programmed to stay on longer than 20 seconds without movement. The first time the lights went out I thought that I was stuck in the bathroom with the power out. You shouldn't have to continually wave your arms around while on the john to keep the lights on.

3. Automatic Soap Dispensers
Automatic sinks usually work but automatic soap dispensers never work and when they have automatic dispensers the don't have manual ones. You usually end up scrubbing your hands and trying to make it look like you used soap.

4. Hand Dryers
These never stay on long enough to do anything. You always leave with wet hands and end up drying them right before you leave the bathroom

5. Conversations
The bathroom is not a place to meet new people. Don't talk to me in the bathroom if we've never met. And always observe the Man-Rules.

2 comments:

Taylor said...

man rules? as in leave a stall inbetween? my wife laughed so hard when i told her about that little rule

Jonathan said...

Exactly, one stall in between, don't slap someone on the back, don't talk between stalls etc.