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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

Despite the crappy economy and layoffs, my company has changed all of their hand soap and paper towel dispensers to electronic automated units. At any given time, it seems that about 50% of these units are inop with their little red lights blinking. When they do work, I have to flap my arms until it dispenses enough napkin sized pieces of paper towel that I can actually dry my hands.

WTF?! Did someone determine that it was too hard to operate a lever to receive soap or a paper towel?! I don't ever recall a mechanical paper towel dispenser with dead batteries. And how does the math make sense on these stupid things? They have to cost double what the conventional ones do. Or is this another piece of "green" stupidity? Green people seem to be able to rationalize anything.

Electric soap dispensers? Wow, never seen those.

I have seen the electric paper towel dispensers. Usually they are in an airport. I do see a benefit to myself, I don't have to touch anything to get a towel. I also have to stand there to get 3 instead of just the 1.

I'd be willing to fight with those two to never again have to see one of those warm air blowing hand dryers that seemed to be all the rage in the 80s. Those things are useless.