Public Bathrooms.

I cannot stand "wave-of-hand" activated bathroom stuff.

It always takes me 15 minutes longer than I have ever needed to dry my hands with the hand-wave paper towel machines at Emerson.

The water never stays on either. I always move my hand just off axis for the sensor or cause the soap thingy to go buckwild and squirt way too much soap all over the place.

They don't make things easier. You just look like an idiot and everything takes longer to do.



I also hate push-activated faucets. They had these at my high school. The whole design is that you set it to your desired water temperature then depress the faucet thing. By some mysterious force (hydraulics? wtf.), the water comes out of the faucet for a short time period that is supposed to be ample time for you to wash your hands in.

THESE NEVER WORK PROPERLY.

I always lather my hands with crappy pink soap then try to push down on the knob, only to get a short burst of water.

Now, I've got to get myself in the infinitely awkward position where I somehow manage to use my elbow to hold down the faucet device and wash my hands one by one. If someone came into the bathroom, they'd probably think I'm trying to plant a bomb in the sink.



Just give me knobs. And manual towel dispensers.