Does anyone else find the use of sanitary-devices in bathrooms sometimes ridiculous?

Question

I find that sometimes I don't see the point of public bathrooms installing so many automatic devices with the idea of promoting sanitary practise. You walk in the bathroom, sit on the automatic-flushing toilet after putting toilet paper on the seat, flush the toilet with your foot, then you have to wash your hands using those automatic sinks and sometimes those automatic soap-dispensers and the automatic papertowel dispensers or the automatic hand-drying machines and then... you have to touch the bathroom door to exit. The same one everyone touches, some of whom don't wash their hands. I'm just thinking, "for a place so obsessed with cleanliness to AVOID hand-contact with things, they sure screwed up with the main door."

Doesn't it make it all seem useless sometimes? I mean I know some people use papertowel to touch the door handle, but sometimes there is none available.. but still. The fact that sometimes EVERYTHING is automatic except the germ-ridden front door seems a bit ironic.

Sorry... my question gets shortened for some reason. it should say "Does anyone else find the use of sanitary-devices in bathrooms sometimes ridiculous?"

And I don't use those toilet-seat covers provided either. I just put toilet paper on the seat itself. Wiping it off just doesn't do it for me anymore.. especially if I find a toilet where I had to wipe some pee off of it.. which is totally disgusting. So yes. Don't use the covers. Use toilet paper. XD

Sheesh people. I'm not saying I don't appreciate what IS there. I just find it a little silly that the door itself isn't made automatic either. And as for germs being needed to build immunity... we get enough germs touching public transit items, store items, doors, windows, handles, etc.. in any case, this is just about the door people! the Door! chill. :P

Answer 1

Yes I agree. I try to open the door either with a left pinky or push it open with my elbow. I do sometimes keep the paper towel I dried my hands off with and use it to open the door. I don't bother with those toilet seat covers either. I wipe the seat off with toilet paper. I find those toilet seat covers are so thin that liquid seeps through anyway so what's the point?

Answer 2

Many public washrooms in Calgary HAVE no doors to worry about. You just walk around a couple of walls (so people can't see in). So you get auto-flush toilets, auto-run sinks, auto-dispensing soap, and auto-dispensing paper towels. And no doors to touch!

Answer 3

Go to your local drug store and buy a trial size of hand sanitizer. I always keep it with me, and refill I at home when I need to. It doesn't take a lot of room in a pocket or purse.
That way you don't have to worry about the bathroom door.

Answer 4

Exposure to germs will make your system more resistant to germs. Like a parent that is over protective of their child's exposure to germs will leave the child unprotected in the future when exposed to a simple disease like chicken pox.

Answer 5

I agree. I hate it when there are not paper towel and just air dryers. I like to open the door with a paper towel. Yucky.

Answer 6

you must be lucky that everything is almost done for you.. It's saving you time, right? ANyway, somtimes, these stuffs suck but can you imagine going to a public toilet without all these?

Answer 7

i think they just want to earn more money or look more official with everything. and by they i mean the owners of the bathroom who dont use most of the stuff.

Answer 8

For that reason alone, you should keep some anti-bacterial hand rinse in your bag.

Answer 9

totally agree. i'm personally sick of the tiolet flushing on my butt while i'm still sitting there.

automation sucks ... and so do dirty bathroom doors.

Answer 10

And I find that the "asss-gaskets" are a complte waste of time and effort