[bubbles00]

I hate Public washrooms; specifically the ones that have automatic sinks/hand dryers. They make me feel like I don't exist

Why you may ask?
So I go to the washroom and try to wash my hands and the automatic sink won't turn on. No amount of waving or smacking the sink does the trick. If it does turn on then it turns on for one quick second (same goes for the hand dryer). When I use the public washroom it takes me about ~20-30 mins because of these issues while everybody is coming and going as they please while I’m there struggling. (Automatic toilets aren’t a big deal for me though because although they are automatic they still give me an option to flush it manually; at least at the public washrooms I use).

But seriously, these things makes me question everything. What if I'm not real? What if I'm not actually alive? What if I don't exist? What if I’m actually a ghost and my life is a lie? What if I’m actually sleeping and this is all a dream? What if, what if, what if….

Possible trigger:

Especially because I’m already having difficulties reasoning out how I really matter, this just gets on my nerves because it proves to me that I, in fact, don’t actually matter!

My dad was also telling me about how the government should change all the public washrooms’ lights to sensors so they turn on/off by sensory detections. I think that’s a horrible idea because SOMEHOW I’M NOT ACTUALLY REAL ACCORDING TO THE WASHROOMS! That would be bad as I would be dancing/hopping around in the washroom just trying to get the lights to turn on -___-

I seriously believe they should just turn the washrooms back to manual so I can turn on the sink as I please and they should put paper towels there instead of hand dryers so people like me can actually believe that they are actually alive! PLEASE AND THANK YOU!

What say?

And yes, ironically the washrooms are pissing me off.

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(And sorry about the dumb post)

Its not a dumb post at all
I had sensor lights in the ladies room I used in school..it was horrible! Even jumping around didn't turn them on :/
So i concur they should change things to have a manual option

[bubbles00]

Originally Posted by KaraD

Its not a dumb post at all
I had sensor lights in the ladies room I used in school..it was horrible! Even jumping around didn't turn them on :/
So i concur they should change things to have a manual option

Finally somebody agrees! It's really irritating when the sensors just refuse to work!

Yeah its not really sensible to have it just be sensor activated..sensors don't work most of the time

[RedBarchetta]

Originally Posted by KaraD

Yeah its not really sensible to have it just be sensor activated..sensors don't work most of the time

Well - some of those sensors are cheaply made....But actually the real issue in most cases is that the sensors themselves are dirty, therefor the electronic eye in them dose not "see" that your hands are under them.
Do you think you would see that well while wearing dirty eye glasses?
If maintained and adjusted properly, the do work fine, and has the potential to save a ton of water, but if not all they are good for is causing frustration!

[LiteraryLark]

Rather overdramatic, but I can see why it can be a little irritating.

Originally Posted by RedBarchetta

Well - some of those sensors are cheaply made....But actually the real issue in most cases is that the sensors themselves are dirty, therefor the electronic eye in them dose not "see" that your hands are under them.
Do you think you would see that well while wearing dirty eye glasses?
If maintained and adjusted properly, the do work fine, and has the potential to save a ton of water, but if not all they are good for is causing frustration!

Most of the places I've been to don't take care of the floors let alone the electronics or lenses. The point isn't what the cause of the issue is, its that its frustrating when there's no manual options me thinks.

I try my best to not touch anything to begin with. Then I make my way to a sterilizing wipe at the front door or a squirt from a bottle in the pharmacy.

[Nammu]

What I love are the automatic sinks with big signs telling everyone to wash throughly. Really! How? You get lathered up( if the soap dispenser is working) and it takes 10 minutes to get enough water to rinse because of the short little ( usually cold) burst of water that comes out. In one restroom there was a sign saying to wash at least a full minute but the water doesn't even last 20 seconds.

I heard this on the news, since the faucets don't get touched, they really don't get cleaned so they thrive in bacteria. ?

[bubbles00]

Sensor sinks are pure frustration! Sometimes I think the reason they made them is just so they can irritate people! I would go complain to the people that the sinks' sensors aren't working but they probably would say something is wrong with ME and NOT with the sinks (which is actually quite true lol).

Sidestepper, yeah the sign thing really bugs me too! The water is really cold and it just freezes my hand when I get it to work (OR it's SUPER hot and just gives my hands burns). Can't win in either scenario xD

AlwaysChanging, now that I think about it that actually might be true. They probably really should clean it and also check up on the sensors! I think this is what Red was talking about with the dirty sensors.

At the end of the day the manual option is really needed. Sensors just aren't friendly with with everybody

If the electronic "eye" has drops of water on it, sometimes it doesn't work properly. We have the hands-free sinks at work (which I think are great--I work in an ER though and I prefer hands-free if I happen to have ick on my hands) and this happens to me all the time. ALSO the "eye" runs on a battery, and it does need to be replaced once in a while. When I worked in the little urgent care, at least one of our sinks would die per week and had to have its battery replaced. What I'm saying is I promise, it isn't you.

Incidentally, the thing our nurses get medications out of (it's called a Pyxis) requires a fingerprint, read with what looks like an infrared sensor. Some nurses stand there forever pressing that stupid sensor before it finally takes their print. I've heard your finger can't be too dry or have too much lotion. It's a really necessary sensor (provides for safety and security), but it's stupid.

I love them. I just wish the doors were automatic too. Especially in restaurants

I love it when I go from sink to sink looking for a working one only to also find automatic soap dispensers that are not working or empty and tore apart with pieces everywhere to find out the automatic towel dispenser is broke or empty too.