Air blow hand dryers in public restrooms

[cboy4]

Poll question: Air blow hand dryers in public restrooms

You know, this is the clearest sign that I may have a bit of Republic in me.

What is up with these hand blowers?

I realize they're designed to be environment friendly.

But first of all, they don't stay on long enough to dry my hands.

And second of all, if the bathroom is kinda nasty, I'm going to need to use a paper towel to grab the nasty door knob.

And it never fails that I have a runny nose in a blow dryer bathroom, so I have to go into the stall and yank out some toilet paper to blow my nose.

Can we have some paper towels please?

[Mojambo]

1. "You know when I wash my hands? WHEN I GET SHIT ON THEM!"

-George Carlin

[cboy4]

2. Is it any wonder I don't want to touch the door knob?

RIP George

[bridgit]

3. They are an improvement to civil hygiene cept the ones that blow way slow and barely warm...

Need one that is capable of blowing your fingernails off otherwise it takes too long :(:)

[DS1]

8. OMG

That's a Giger photograph if I ever saw one. Jesus Christ that's phallic

[alphafemale]

14. I was thinking it looked like something out of Dr. Seuss. nt

[Chan790]

4. I voted "I don't wash my hands after i pee."

simply because I work in food service and if my server ever said the same thing...I'd probably throw-up just a little bit. It's not true, btw.

I have the simple solution to this...I carry a hand-towel in my backpack everywhere I go. Douglas Adams would be proud.

[alphafemale]

5. Some of the newer ones actually work. They really crank out the air at some volume

You actually see the ripples in your skin.

The most disgusting thing ever was that cloth towel on a roll....ick.

Anyone else remember those?

[cboy4]

15. Ewww, those cloth towels were repulsive.

Yea, let me dry my hands all over someone else's funk.

[Skittles]

6. I've seen newer ones lately that dry hands at incredible speed

that is awesome

[MicaelS]

39. Dyson Air Blade?

You mean one of these? http://www.dysonairblade.co.uk/ Did you see them in Texas? If so where?

[Shell Beau]

46. Oh yeah! Some of them can blow the skin right off your hands they

are so strong!

[Fox Mulder]

7. Sometimes it's more sanitary to not wash your hands than to wash them.

I've seen some really gross bathroom sinks. :puke: :scared:

[DS1]

9. They are germ magnets

What I do is this:

I walk in a bathroom, wave my have over the automatic paper dispenser, take my piss, use the pre-set paper, wash and dry, throw away that paper, wave my hand over the sensor and use that paper to open the door. I then turn around and toss the paper into the bin.

Unless I'm fucked up, then I'll just piss and walk out.

[cboy4]

16. Now that's funny.

The big question is when you fire the paper towel at the bin and miss (and we all miss sometimes), do you walk over and pick it up and throw toss it in? lol

[DS1]

41. Yeah, I'm not a total slob

:)

I try not to make messes I wouldn't clean up myself, ya know?

[two gun sid]

10. Those hand dryers are blowing the heated air from the bathroom

on your hands. They're blowing a lot of that bathroom air on your hands. How many germs are in that bathroom air? Give me paper towels.

[galledgoblin]

11. I'm honestly not sure how "environmentally friendly" air blowers really are

especially when you have to hit the button twice to get fully dry.

I usually just dry my hands on my pants.

[DarkTirade]

13. Yeah, most places have to burn stuff to make electricity...

so what are we really saving that way?

:shrug:

Until we get clean, renewable power all over the country it's still not good for the environment.

[cboy4]

17. haha

I agree.

[Kali]

12. fuck the trees - I HATE those blowers

The place I encounter one of those the most often already has no air in the bathroom - add the hot air from that stupid machine and it is a freaking sauna. Plus they don't dry your hands. I just wipe on the thighs of my jeans.

[Kat45]

18. I always carry a small bottle of Purell in my purse just in case.

[XemaSab]

19. The worst story I've head about those:

My colleague took his kids, three and five, to the bathroom.

The boys went potty, washed their hands, and hit the blow dryer.

There was a FUCKING WASP NEST IN THE BLOW DRYER. :scared:

[csziggy]

20. When the humidity is 99% those dryers do not work

So I really hate them here in Florida. There was one I wish I could have collected that was in a downtown restaurant before it closed. There were the manufacturer's instructions on a plate: "1. Press button, 2. Hold hands under dyer, 3. Rub hands together until dry." Then there was a user's addendum scratched into the face of the dryer underneath the plate, "Dry hands on jeans as you walk out." :rofl:

[cboy4]

21. hahahaha

I love dry humor...even if it defaces property.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. Why not keep a small microfiber towel in your pocket or bag?

A handkerchief sized towel would do the job, and yo could keep it in a small ziplock bag to keep moisture away from your clothes. You can use it over and over again, and just launder it when it gets funky.

[cboy4]

24. Ughhh, I have enough in my pockets with my wallet and keys

and cell phone!!11! lol

[GoddessOfGuinness]

26. Time for a waist pack

Men used to carry purses, long ago. And they never got backaches from sitting on a walletful of credit cards and cash. ;-)

[bluesbassman]

28. So I can look like this guy?

No thanks!:rofl:

[cboy4]

30. LOL. No thanks is right.

Although maybe I should start carrying around the bucket to pee in. :think:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

31. The waist pack is not what's making that guy look doofy...

Consider this look, for example:
Here's another:
Or for the office, maybe something like this:

[cboy4]

32. Oh I like the one with the jeans and belt.....it looks hip and

the black makes it blend in nicely.

I'm not sure if I'd actually go through the ritual of puting it on when I went out, but it's not bad.

[LostinVA]

38. Damien? Fanny pack?

:rofl:

[cboy4]

42. Yea, what am I, a lesbian?

[LostinVA]

49. I got a can of Pepper Spray through security at Newark airport

It was in my fanny pack. The TSA person was a lesbian, who hit on Haruka.

[cboy4]

50. hahaha

:)

[ghostsofgiants]

23. I love them, especially if they're motion sensitive.

[Common Sense Party]

25. I need paper towels so I can use a clean one to open the restroom door.

After going through all the trouble of washing and drying my hands, the last thing I want to touch is the germ-ridden doorknob that Buford pawed when he exited the privy post-number-two without dutifully sanitizing.

[cboy4]

27. The other thing they need to do is in restaurant-type bathrooms

where the main door doesn't lock ... all of those doors should open outward so you can use your foot to push, rather than grab the handle!1!

[JCMach1]

29. Man, they have these new HYPERPoWERED air dryers in Germany

They actually work!

[quakerboy]

33. I have as yet to meet one

that worked. Invariably a blower = hands dried on a shirt hem.

[Lil Missy]

34. I prefer paper towels if not at home.

But today, I couldn't wait and used a restroom at a Walgreen's. They did have paper towels, but had one of those waste cans that you have to push the flap open to dispose of the paper towel.

It was filthy and disgusting, and there is no way I was going to touch it. I just laid my paper towel on top of the basket and left.

[cboy4]

35. Gross. Why don't they use the waste cans that you can open

with your foot? Ughh.

[6000eliot]

36. Those things give me a migraine headache.

I always have to use toilet paper to dry my hands.

[montanto]

37. Blower instructions: "Push Button,

Wipe Hands on Pants."

[femmocrat]

40. I voted for paper towels.

The best kind are the ones that come out automatically with the motion sensor. I hate the ones you have to crank or keep pushing on the lever to advance. Very unsanitary... I use my elbow to push the lever.

Like others have said, I want a clean paper towel to use for the door handle. Yuck.

[cboy4]

43. I should have taken a poll to see how many people use a

paper towel to open the door. LOL

[bigwillq]

44. I hate them.

I would rather wipe on my shirt than use them. They don't dry your hands. Give me a paper towel; I'll only need one piece.

[Rhiannon12866]

45. You've got my vote!

Those damn things don't get my hands dry, either. I usually end up also wiping them on the seat of my pants... x(

And I agree about the doorknobs. I wash my hands, then feel like I need to wash them again after touching the doorknob on the way out...:shrug:

[SacredCow]

47. Reminds me of my favorite line from "Crimes of Passion"....

Amy Grady: Didn't your mother teach you to wash your hands after you went to the bathroom?

Bobby Grady: Nope, she taught me not to piss on my fingers.


:rofl:

[JBoy]

48. Hand dryers have enabled some of the most amusing graffiti: