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Miscellaneous => General Chat => Topic started by: ShadowBrain on May 23, 2008, 05:03:26 PM
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First of all, this idea popped into my head way before the glut of toilet threads swept across the FF. That being said, when you walk into your local restaurant bathroom, park "restroom facility", or school "BOYS"/"GIRLS", which kind of sink do you prefer when it's hand-washing time?
I'm an automatic sink man, myself.
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I like automatic sinks in theory, but the water is usually about 200 degrees, and the sensors are still pretty poor quality. H and C knobs are good if there's a paper towel dispenser nearby.
What I really want are those sinks that you turn on with foot pedals. If a bathroom had those sinks, plus motion-sensing paper towel dispensers, plus either doors that push out from the inside or a long winding doorless hallway, then I could actually get clean.
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One of the schools I used to go to had the automatic sinks and they worked pretty well. The auto-flushing toilets on the other hand...
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I like the H&C handles because I can control the temperature. I always wash with frigid water.
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H and C handles, because, well, they're HxC
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What can I say? The old Hot and Cold handle allows you to change the temperature, and allows the water to pour out as long as you want.
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What can I say? The old Hot and Cold handle allows you to change the temperature, and allows the water to pour out as long as you want.
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Yeah, I have to say I "dislike" automatic sinks. Seriously. We were even more advanced before that! Just because you don't have touch any knobs, doesn't make it any better. It gave me less control over how I wanted to wash my hands.
Why do I find this post funny? I was being completely serious.
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I actually wasn't even sure whether I should have added the "Good old-fashioned "H" and "C" handles." option, because... well... do you ever even really see those in many public bathrooms anymore? At least at the places I've been, they're pretty rare (probably for convinience and to discourage vandalism).
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A movie theater I go to sometimes still has them, and my old school had them (and still does, as far as I know).
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Lots of places have sinks with knobs. I would prefer not to touch anything but water, myself.
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It's cool and useful, but I still prefer temperature control and not having a "time limit" making me restart the sink all over again for more water.
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Everytime I see this thread title, I see "Favorite Public Stinks" :D
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I love the concept of "restart the sink".
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the water is usually about 200 degrees
Ahahahhaaaahahahaa... Ha... Hahahaheheh... Ha. It wouldn't be very useful for hand-washing at that point... would it?
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Well, it's still got 12 degrees before it boils. In Farenheit, at least.
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I love the concept of "restart the sink".
For lack of better phrase at the moment. :/
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No, seriously, that was way cool.
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Old-fashioned H and C handles.
Ones where you push the button and it works for a while is no good because it's usually a short time period and I have to keep pressing the button. Ones where I have to hold the button down are worthless because I can't cup enough water into one hand while pressing the button with the other. Automatic sinks are bad because the sensors are poor. I had my hands under the faucet and nothing happened, until I realized the hands had to be very close to the faucet for anything to happen. Even then, the sensors were wonky. And one handle with random temperature I don't like (yeah, it seems random at times) because it either ends up too hot or too cold, it's too much effort to get it at a happy medium.
Considering some opposition to handles because germs can accumulate on them, if only there was a self-germ-destroying handle thing, or some cover that is relatively germ-free, or like a Lysol sheet over each handle... yeah, that's never going to happen. And like Ellen Degeneres said, after you wash your hands and dry them off, you have to touch the disease-ridden door handle to get out. Might be better to have one of those push doors so you can just push it open with your shoulder or elbow. But then you'd have to hope no one's on the other side trying to enter at the same time.
The one thing I'm more concerned about regarding public bathrooms is why you still have to use that horrible paper to dry off your hands. It's hard, doesn't seem as absorbent, and my hands never feel dry using those until I use up 2-3 sheets. And if for whatever reason I try to blow my nose with one of those things (I never do because it's futile to do so), it's like sticking needles through my nose.
So I do enjoy the automatic heat dryers, just as long as they're the right temperature (not hot enough that you can only have your hands under it a half-second at a time). Plus, it's always great to have heated-up hands, it's like putting on warm clothes.
I say either make those automatic things last until we're three feet away, or make it possible to operate everything using a shoulder or elbow. But then the diseased stuff would be on our shirt... or worse, an unexposed shoulder or elbow. Imagine putting soap there.
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I'm an automatic person myself to.
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I like the good old H and C ones. The censors are annoying. It's impossible to get some to turn on and stay on. I also like the handle H and C ones because you can put paper toweling over the drain and leave the sink on so it floods the bathroom lol.
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you can put paper toweling over the drain and leave the sink on so it floods the bathroom lol.
"You did it again, didn't you? I told you not to do that, why do you do that?"
"Harry, it's our calling card! We're the Wet Bandits!"
"You're sick, Marv, you know that? You're really sick."
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I like the good old H and C ones. The censors are annoying. It's impossible to get some to turn on and stay on. I also like the handle H and C ones because you can put paper toweling over the drain and leave the sink on so it floods the bathroom lol.
qft
typos can sometimes be a way to mean different things
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To heck with the automatic sensor sinks. I want control over my temperature.