Welp - Nows as good a time as any to get this off my chest

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
08/11/2016 at 14:21 • Filed to: None

I’ve been meaning to say this for a while now

Automatic sensor activated plumbing fixtures are the worst. Seriously, what was wrong with a button, handle or knob? They’ve been trying to fix one on a toilet where I work for a year...they finally just installed a manual one. And don’t get me started on the sink the other bathroom.

DISCUSSION (38)

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > HammerheadFistpunch
08/11/2016 at 14:25

Why, you crafty mf

I came here expecting hellfire and brimstone and this is what I get

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > HammerheadFistpunch
08/11/2016 at 14:25

Kinja'd!!!

Fancied-up vanities and sinks. STOP THAT

HammerheadFistpunch > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
08/11/2016 at 14:25

I really have been meaning to rant about this for a while though.

Party-vi > HammerheadFistpunch
08/11/2016 at 14:26

AUTOMATIC FLUSH VALVES SAVE LIVES and also get me paid I love doing efficiency retrofit work it’s like printing money.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > HammerheadFistpunch
08/11/2016 at 14:27

If that’s a rant then you being happy must be the most ADHD thing on the planet

HammerheadFistpunch > Party-vi
08/11/2016 at 14:27

If its battery operated and controls the flow of water, I want nothing to do with it.

Tripper > HammerheadFistpunch
08/11/2016 at 14:28

Kinja'd!!!

Party-vi > HammerheadFistpunch
08/11/2016 at 14:29

Technically they’re battery powered and light beam operated.

HammerheadFistpunch > Tripper
08/11/2016 at 14:30

Thats probably a funny and apt reference, but I’ve literally never once sat through an entire southpark episode.

Scimitar7 > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
08/11/2016 at 14:31

Idk why, but the mental image of that made me laugh loud enough to attract attention to my desk

HammerheadFistpunch > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
08/11/2016 at 14:32

hey, at least its a mix valve. If I go to a house with intentionally installed hot/cold separate valves...that person and I can’t be friends. (in the US at least)

Wacko > HammerheadFistpunch
08/11/2016 at 14:32

those are perfect in public restrooms cause who knows who touched it before you.

But not in my house.

Voice of C. Montgomery Burns > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
08/11/2016 at 14:33

Some people really enjoy being in their bathroom.

Tripper > HammerheadFistpunch
08/11/2016 at 14:33

Haha it’s only of the only show’s that I watch because I like offensive humor and I have a terrible attention span for anything that isn’t vehicle related.

CalzoneGolem > Party-vi
08/11/2016 at 14:34

They harness the power of photons!

HammerheadFistpunch > Wacko
08/11/2016 at 14:34

I don’t even like them in public restrooms mainly because the touching of the sink valve seems like only one of 1000 ingress points for picking something up in a public bathroom so whats the trouble in worrying about it? Its like trying to not get sick when your kids are...yeah...good luck with that one buddy

Chariotoflove > HammerheadFistpunch
08/11/2016 at 14:34

We have a sensor-operated sink in our men’s room at work. One of the faucets periodically comes on for no reason. Ghost washing his hands or electrical problem? Wanna come take a look?

HammerheadFistpunch > Tripper
08/11/2016 at 14:35

I have no objection to it, some of the clips I’ve seen are pretty funny...I’ve just never actually sat down to watch one.

Stapleface > Party-vi
08/11/2016 at 14:36

The ones in my office are horrible. And I can only imagine how much water they waste. In the amount of time it would take a normal person to use a restroom stall, it will flush at least four times. How the hell is that efficient?!

HammerheadFistpunch > Chariotoflove
08/11/2016 at 14:36

The toilet mentioned would do that, and the other faucet mentioned would only turn on AFTER you tried to get it to go and then gave up and moved on to the next one....then it would stay on.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Scimitar7
08/11/2016 at 14:36

sorry eh

Party-vi > Stapleface
08/11/2016 at 14:37

They’re usually paired with a low flow flush valve, I think it’s .5 gallons IIRC.

Wacko > HammerheadFistpunch
08/11/2016 at 14:38

i even open the door with the paper towel i just used to dry my hands.

Stapleface > Party-vi
08/11/2016 at 14:41

Well, this is a government building, so we are all full of shit. I imagine it's the standard 3.8lpf variety...

Chariotoflove > HammerheadFistpunch
08/11/2016 at 14:43

So water whack-a-mole?

HammerheadFistpunch > Chariotoflove
08/11/2016 at 14:44

yup

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > HammerheadFistpunch
08/11/2016 at 14:47

Oh man here I go on this rant.

At work we have terrible sensor faucets. One guy even yelled out one day “I FEEL LIKE A MONKEY TAKING A FUCKING IQ TEST - TURN ON!!!”. I almost fell over laughing at that one.

Also at work, 2 out of 3 of our bathrooms have auto-flush toilets. This causes the random forgotten flush in one bathroom because of it. One day I walked out of the non-sensor toilet and had to stop and turn around and go back in to flush it because I almost forgot. They’re setting us up for failure here man.

I once found a bathroom with automated soup and hand towels. Manual faucet. WTF? If you have to pick between the soup and the faucet, always pick the faucet.

Urambo Tauro > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
08/11/2016 at 14:53

Careful, you might get me started, too.

I have such a hard time getting the sensors to recognize my hands that sometimes I’ll walk down the counter, waving my hands under every faucet trying to find one that works. And one of them has to work dammit, because now I’ve got soap on my hands that needs rinsed off. I’m still not sure if waving works any better than holding my hands still underneath the faucet.

I hate them as much as I hate those push faucets that spray for 1.5 seconds before you have to hit them again.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Voice of C. Montgomery Burns
08/11/2016 at 15:00

wink wink

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Urambo Tauro
08/11/2016 at 15:02

oh not the tap and have to re-tap faucets. Every time I touch em I feel like I need to start over cleaning my hands!!

fhrblig > Voice of C. Montgomery Burns
08/11/2016 at 15:06

Those people are called “married”.

Urambo Tauro > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
08/11/2016 at 15:07

I bet you don’t miss those old never-dry loop-towels!

What I do miss, though, are the foot pedal-activated faucets. I can’t remember the last time I saw one. Those are my favorite.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Urambo Tauro
08/11/2016 at 15:11

oh yeah, and I’ve seen foot activated toilet flushers.

Why isn’t this a thing every where?

uofime-2 > HammerheadFistpunch
08/11/2016 at 15:26

What I really love are the automatic ones that shoot out little tiny streams and only have about six inches of clearance between faucet and sink. You're pretty much guaranteed to be touching the bottom of the sink and that is far more nasty than any handle will generally be

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
08/11/2016 at 17:20

Getting soup from a restroom sounds kind of sketchy.

Frank Grimes > HammerheadFistpunch
08/11/2016 at 19:13

I also would like to express anger at some plumbing fixtures. At my college they have these automatic faucets which have been reliable but they have such restrictive nozzles on them that the water comes out at such high pressure it blasts all over the place leaving your pants looking like you pissed em.

Isn’t it less efficient to blast the water all over the place than using it to actually rinse hands?

jmedarts > HammerheadFistpunch
08/11/2016 at 22:48

We’ll look back someday and realize the rise of the machines began with automatic toilets flushing before we’re done.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
08/12/2016 at 09:24

GOD DAMMIT