Wednesday, April 20, 2005

i hate automatic faucets

Does anyone else have problems with automatic hand-sensing faucets in public bathrooms? We have "automatic" faucets in the bathrooms at work. I despise them. Every time I try to use them I hate my life a little bit more. Basically I get one of the following scenarios:

  1. The faucet ignores the fact that i've been standing there for 10 seconds waving my hands at it like a tool and doesn't turn on at all
  2. Same as #1 except now I move to the next sink over upon which the first faucet turns on now that no one is standing there anymore. I curse.
  3. The faucet turns on long enough for me to wet my hands and cover them with soap, and then turns off. Return to scenario #1, this time with soapy hands.
  4. The faucet repeatedly turns on and off in intervals of about a second as though i was standing there holding my hand in front of it, taking it away, putting it back, etc. I'm not. Keep giving me water you dirty, dirty bastard.
  5. This is a special case in which one particular faucet in the bathroom by the break room almost always operates appropriately, yet produces a stream of water so weak it would take me 5 minutes to actually wash my hands in it. I probably should just stop going to that sink, but I always forget. I guess that's my fault, but that doesn't make it not suck.
Sometimes as I leave, all of the faucets turn on for no reason. I enjoy that too. I realize I may be the only person who cares at all about this, and you all think I'm just whining. Well I am, and I don't care. Something as trivial as washing my hands before I leave the bathroom should not be such a pain in the ass. I curse those things every day and I finally decided to vent. I thought it might help, but I'm still angry. I'll spare you any further ranting. Also, I'm sick and I hate it. My throat feels like sandpaper and I have to blow my nose every 5 minutes. It's an all-around good day.