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Anyone remember continuous hand drying towels in public restrooms?
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As a public service to thread readers, may I suggest shaking your hands and wiping them off on your pants.
If you used one, you are probably immune to everything!!!
Zurich airport bathroom are pretty nice and clean.
But the meals hyper expensive.
But the meals hyper expensive.
I used to change the one out when I worked at a car dealership in high school. It was 2 rolls, one empty and one new clean one. I remember it being a pain to get it started on the empty roll.
They did away with the air-dryers (near me) long ago and went to paper towels.
Now the challenge is, how too 'open' the door without touching the doorhandle.
Because not everybody washes their hands.
Look how many responses after yours missed this though.
Simple - keep the 1-2 paper towels you used to dry your hands to open it.
Somehow the subject with my 15 year old was of sanitation when drying hands. But when I was younger, I remember when a lot of places would have this mechanism with a captive cloth towel that was pulled down. I don't know exactly what it was supposed to do when it recirculated, but I would hope that it would somehow dry it some way. What I remember most about them was that they were often wet. I'm sure that they were supposed to be serviced regularly, but a wet towel would seem to be a breeding ground for assorted stuff.
They shouldn't recirculate, they unwind from the top and roll up on the bottom, like a cassette tape.
I changed many of these. It in no way recirculates. It is a fresh roll on top and the used roll on the bottom. You pull a fresh section of towel down and the internal mechanism rolls up the used towel to be sent to the cleaners to be washed. It is far more sanitary than air dryers.
Right, it rolls up the used part, feeds it through the wall to the women's restroom and there it gets discarded.....
Years ago, I read somewhere that they blow fecal matter in restrooms. I have no idea if that’s true, but it was enough to make me avoid using them.
Even flushing your toilets at home atomizes contents into the air so your immune system has had lots of practice
Toilets at home have lids. Why toilets in public do not is a mystery to me other than it's just one more piece of the toilet that will collectEven flushing your toilets at home atomizes contents into the air so your immune system has had lots of practice
and also need cleaned.
True, but mostly practice with family, not thousands of strangers. Some of whom could be dealing problems like C-diff, which may be why they urgently needed to take a dump in a public restroom.Even flushing your toilets at home atomizes contents into the air so your immune system has had lots of practice
When I was young, I didn’t think about stuff like that but at 73, it’s harder to get over what ails you.
Haven't seen one since the 70's here in NY. Then the air dryers started coming around. That lasted 20 yrs or so. Now everything is going back to single use paper towel dispensers . Barely see any air dryers anymore, but there are a few around still.
You wonder why I don’t wash my hands in public cans??
Maybe I am different, but I wash my hands before using the blow dryer. So, my theory is a am blowing moisture around when I use the blow dryer.
If you are the one buying the paper towels, and you watch so many pulling off five towels to dry their hands, you will quickly understand why blow dryers exist.
If you are the one buying the paper towels, and you watch so many pulling off five towels to dry their hands, you will quickly understand why blow dryers exist.
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