Comments on: We can put a man on the moon, but…

By: Stefani

Stefani — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:09:51 +0000

The robotic space arm is, in fact, Canadian. Coincidentally, I have never met a Canadian hand dryer I didn’t like.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 21:47:13 +0000

There was a long elaborate discussion in the database at Microsoft when these came out. Was the same time as the Kinect and it’s “Wave to engage” feature.

By: ash

ash — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:03:48 +0000

Everyone I know that works/worked at JSC never mentioned anything about freeze-dried food products.

By: redheadwglasses

redheadwglasses — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:27:22 +0000

Zsa, this made me laugh out loud!

By: Hane

Hane — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:08:36 +0000

The one at my old office used to go off and spew towels if someone happened to walk by it.

We also had one of those zillion-decibel hand-dryers. I used to love using it whenever someone in one of the nearby toilet stalls was talking on her cell phone. Because I’m a bitch like that.

By: Poltergeist

Poltergeist — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:50:45 +0000

You’ve spent a little bit too much time thinking about this, dwarf named bitchy.

By: The Elf

The Elf — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:08:11 +0000

Yes, I hate it when machinery doesn’t acknowledge my existence.

I think, therefore I am. Respect that!

By: The Elf

The Elf — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:07:06 +0000

Yeah, you forgot to spray Lysol on all the work surfaces if anyone has the sniffles. You’re gonna get sick now.

By: Zsa

Zsa — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:54:40 +0000

I would rather walk around with wet handprints on my ass than be forced to acknowledge that the towel dispenser is smarter than me.

By: bitchy the dwarf

bitchy the dwarf — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:47:06 +0000

i think people use fewer towels with these machines. One you have the first one you have to pull forward on the little bar or rip the towel off before the motion sensor resets. I think most folks lose patience after the 2nd towel. Plus you can set the length of the towel on these machines. I know this because they shortened the ones in our bathroom so now instead of getting one towel that would work just fine you end up getting 2 smaller ones that end up longer overall than the single long one you used to need.

By: Ginamonster

Ginamonster — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:41:13 +0000

Actually, Goldie, that model doesn’t have a handle on the side. (I used to work in maintenance) But the batteries do need to be changed once in awhile. It takes DCells…

By: Noelegy

Noelegy — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:14:16 +0000

Yeah, and the blow driers may not kill trees, but they do recycle fecal mist!

By: Noelegy

Noelegy — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:13:33 +0000

I loathe automatic faucets, because 1) they rarely acknowledge my existence, and 2) they only run for a couple of seconds. Kind of hard to do the CDC-recommended 20 seconds of hand washing.

By: pxmidnight

pxmidnight — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:01:41 +0000

I’m not sure what the point of these machines is. The hospital where I work now has them in most of our bathrooms, and I really don’t see where they are any better than the old, low-tech dispensers that held the trifold paper towels. You got your towels, one at a time, only touching what you used – and there was no electric motor to break down and drive you nuts!