Exasperation Pt. 5: Waving
Admit it, how many of you feel, as I do, infernally stupid trying to get faucets to turn on in public restrooms?
They could at least have some sort of light that comes on when the sink’s out of order, so you’re not standing there waving furiously for nothing. My kids have had a fear of self-flushing toilets their whole lives. Those poor little two-year old bottoms would trigger the toilet sensor too early and they would literally scream as the toilet roared to life. I’m lucky I haven’t lost a kid down the toilet (to date). And then the sinks…their hands are smaller, and kids can barely reach the sink, so they are incessantly waving in front of the faucet and it hardly ever comes on for them. Then we turn to the paper towel dispenser…it’s like some sort of prayer object lesson: “The answer could be yes, no or wait!”
Oh, for the good ol’ days. (And don’t even tell me if you don’t wash your hands after using the restroom. I will not ever ever be your friend again.)
NB: By the way, the song playing today is one of my top favorite songs of all time. I thought it kinda went along with the whole waiting for answers to prayer comment.
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January 15th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Washing hands? What’s that?
January 15th, 2009 at 10:59 am
And then there’s those sinks that turn off as soon as you let go of the handle. To paraphrase Bill Cosby (I think): “The person who designed those sinks didn’t have washing your hands in mind.”
January 15th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
I’m with you and your kids on all of the above. It’s so sad when you have to have a certain IQ to use a public restroom.
BTW, I’m so sorry about Ariane. I’m going to miss her. I thought that other gal shoulda been booted – Leaha?, the one who threw Ariane under the bus. I’m glad your TV started working, but I don’t think you can call 911 when it doesn’t. However, you could slit your wrists, slightly so you wouldn’t really kick the bucket, THEN you could call 911, but they’d still only send out medical help not TV or cable help…
January 15th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
ESPECIALLY in bathrooms that smell like fruit loops. baha. yes i hate those automatic toilets. cold water spouting upwards……when you’re still sitting there……is not so fun………*ahem*. anyways. i hear you
January 16th, 2009 at 10:48 am
beth – you and your froot loop bathrooms.
janet – i’m still shocked. she had done so well in the past, and leah never has… maybe that’s why she got cut, cuz she was on their minds – had made herself stand out, you know?
anyway, hosea is losing footing in my placement as well. blah. men without a backbone. bleck. go home.
January 16th, 2009 at 10:48 am
(and thanks for the tip on 911. at least in the hospital, they have tv.)