There are 4 cubicles and we have one toilet that will unexpectedly flush continuously
and won’t cease until a plumber is called to stop it.
Some time ago we had motion sensor operated soap dispensers
installed and, at the same time, motion operated paper towel dispensers. For a while these worked quite well, but
after about a year they started to get temperamental. One soap dispenser stopped working altogether
despite the fact that it had a full container of soap. One
gives the correct squirt at the correct time, then, when you have just finished
washing your hands it gives you another large squirt without any prompting
whatsoever, and if you are unlucky, that will probably land on your sleeve. Another dispenses a varying
number of squirts, rarely the same number.
The way they are supposed work is that you put your open
hand under the dispenser and the sensor gives you a squirt of foamy soap, which
is normally sufficient for a generous hand washing. Our rogue dispenser will continue to cough up
a random number, sometimes two, mostly three, and more recently it has become
extremely generous – or perhaps obsessively hygienic – and is now dispensing
four squirts in quick succession.
The paper towel however, has become very miserly and not
only does it no longer replace the sheet that is hanging waiting for the next
customer once the existing paper is torn, it will only squeeze out a Kleenex
sized piece of paper if you wave frantically at it.
So having used the toilet, to the sound of continuous
flushing washed your hands with a large handful of foamy lather from the
germ-a-phobic soap dispenser, and with hands dripping water all over the floor, you wave frantically at the paper towel dispenser to acquire a piece of paper
not really large enough to wipe your nose, then wave again to get another piece
the same size by which time all the waving has dried your hands. Perhaps that is the whole point? Save the trees! Now let's work on saving the water.
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