This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
No Hot Air Please
Mar
31
2009
I was going to write a post about how annoying the hot-air hand dryers in public bathrooms are, and how I wish every restroom offered paper towels as an option at least. But, as is often the case with the internet, someone has already written about it.
If you don’t want to leave Some Blog Site, here are my sentiments: hot-air dryers are bad, paper towels are good, and continuous-roll towels are scary.
If a bathroom has only hot-air dryers, how can you wipe up a spill? Especially if the spill is on the edge of the sink and if you lean against the sink it will soak right into your clothes at sink level and make you look incompetent (okay, that’s the right word) at using a bathroom.
If a bathroom does not have paper towels, what are you going to use to grab the door handle and remain clean of hand? Especially with small children who insist on beating you to the door and touching as much of it as they can before you get there and tell them “Do NOT touch the door. Let me open it. Slow down. No… don’t…I will get the door!”
The other option is to stand by the door and wait for someone else to open it as he enters the bathroom so you can slip out before the door closes or at least get your foot in there so you can kick it open the rest of the way. And hope no one else is watching.
No, I was not this concerned about germs and public places before I got married. I was happily oblivious to the dangers that are out there.
“I shall wash my hands in innocence, And I will go about Your altar, O LORD,”
– Psalm 26:6
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 4:39 pm and has been carefully placed in the Life category.
March 31st, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Just use your t-shirt or sweatshirt. If you have a t-shirt, put your hand at the inside of the tummy part of the t-shirt and push out, like you’re holding up a bank. If you have a sweatshirt, just pull the sleeve down over your hand. If you’re wearing something other than a t-shirt or sweatshirt, you have bigger problems than germs.
April 1st, 2009 at 11:55 am
On another note, I remember talking recently with Jeff about how much money is wasted on paper towels in the bathroom. I don’t think anybody takes just one towel; it’s always multiple towels. One can save a lot of money by having the hot air dryers instead of paper towels, but I do understand the predicament.
April 1st, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Two things:
1)The newer jet-powered (well, they sound like it!) hand dryers are amazing: they really work. They actually dry your hands as fast as paper towels. The restaurant in Chelsea’s ice arena has those hand dryers, and I think they’re great.
2)Here’s a question: are you truly better off now that you worry about germs in public places? Will you live longer? Will you have a more satisfying life? Probably not. I don’t think what I call the Purell Generation has actually helped make the world a better place; it’s just helped make people worry more.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:39 pm
I’m not really worried about living longer, but I’ve seen enough dudes walk out of STALLS and head straight for the exit that I do not want to touch anything they’ve touched, especially if I will shortly be using that hand to eat. That’s not worrying; that’s just not wanting to knowingly put fecal matter on a path that ends in my mouth.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:48 pm
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April 3rd, 2009 at 10:44 am
Here’s why I don’t spend time worrying about those guys, though: they don’t stop touching things when they head out the door, and I’ll most likely encountering the same thing I’ll encounter by touching the door handle. There’s no difference between knowingly and unknowingly picking up what they leave behind, and one way or another you’re going to touch something one of those guys has touched.
If I lived in a truly unsanitary place like a third-world country, I’d be concerned about that sort of thing. But really, we live in a relatively clean place, so I feel as safe as I can be in a dirty world (which is what the world naturally is).
Here’s to immune systems!
August 13th, 2009 at 9:59 am
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