I hate it when a restaurant forces you to use those air hand dryer thingies...

[TheShiz]

i like trees

 

[RaDragon]

Fastfood?

I've never seen a non-fastfood restaurant that just has those hand dryers; the ones I've been to always give you a choice if there's a hand dryer.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: TheShiz
i like trees

Paper is only made out of trees because hemp is illegal.

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: TheShiz
i like trees

Paper is only made out of trees because hemp is illegal.

Pointless.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: TheShiz
i like trees

Paper is only made out of trees because hemp is illegal.

Pointless.

I don't follow what you mean. My point is true.

And as a correlation, last year I was at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, arguably one the finest in the world, and the air dryers in the restrooms all had little stickers on them (obviously put there by the management) that read "Paper = Trees." My thought right then was, not if paper was made from hemp, which is also more productive and cost-efficient.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

In general I agree, but there is one hand dryer, the XLerator, that rocks the house. These things are insane - they're so powerful they feel like they might deform the bones in your hands at any time.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: sm8000
Paper towels get your hands cleaner and are more sanitary to use. Bacteria likes to live in the blower where it's warm, plus there're all sorts of it on the floor, and the blower sends it flying up in the air every time it's turned on. So you're screwed no matter what direction it's pointing when you turn it on.

Quoted for truth.

 

[xXped0thugXx]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
i just walk out with wet hands and grab a few napkins off of the next table.

I just walk out with wet hands and wipe them on my date.

 

[anno]

Originally posted by: Lady In Red
I rather use them than the paper towels because you don't know if the last person really wash their hands properly and may have left something on the little thingie you push down for the towels. With the air blower I just push it with my elbow.

If they have the motion detector for the paper towels then I will use that.

you just push the button and dispense your towels before you wash your hands.

I'll leave with wet hands (and open the door to exit with my shrittail if it opens in ) before I'll use one of those air things..

anno

 

[drum]

wheres the don't wash hands option! :evil:

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: drum
wheres the don't wash hands option! :evil:

the third option is the equivalent

 

[QurazyQuisp]

Originally posted by: DonVito
In general I agree, but there is one hand dryer, the XLerator, that rocks the house. These things are insane - they're so powerful they feel like they might deform the bones in your hands at any time.

They have those in the bathrooms at the camp I work at... it's sweet... you put a cup of water beneath it and it'll shoot all the water out of it right when it turns on.

 

[jalaram]

I don't care one way or the other. If I have the choice, towels.

Anybody remember the ones which had a cloth towel that looped?

 

[sixone]

Originally posted by: sm8000
Paper towels get your hands cleaner and are more sanitary to use. Bacteria likes to live in the blower where it's warm, plus there're all sorts of it on the floor, and the blower sends it flying up in the air every time it's turned on. So you're screwed no matter what direction it's pointing when you turn it on.

Ewww...

I don't care as much about the blowers as I do the water: if you don't have hot water to the restroom sink, I will NEVER EVER eat in your restaurant again. EVER.

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: sixone

Originally posted by: sm8000
Paper towels get your hands cleaner and are more sanitary to use. Bacteria likes to live in the blower where it's warm, plus there're all sorts of it on the floor, and the blower sends it flying up in the air every time it's turned on. So you're screwed no matter what direction it's pointing when you turn it on.

Ewww....

Did you know every time you flush the toilet (at home) with the lid open, you fling thousands of germs into the air? Guess where they land - that's right, on your toothbrush, and anything else exposed nearby.

 

[Kelemvor]

They are such a huge waste of time,. It takes forever to dry off with those things. I much prefer the motion sensor paper towel dispensers. I even like the ones that always have a sheet there and when you rip it off it automatically dispenses another one.

And the fecal matter is everywhere anyway. Doesn't matter if it's in the bathroom or not or if the toilet seat is up. Mythbusters did a thin on that one.