Dispenser Truly Sucks

Pangloss62 · 07-17-2006, 12:24 PM

After a month or so of operation, it's clear that this dispenser sucks. We all hate it.

Undertoad · 07-17-2006, 12:52 PM

From yesterday's Fark thread, Theme: Photoshop the cover or a page from "The Fark Guide to Personal Hygiene"

Pangloss62 · 07-17-2006, 12:56 PM

Yep. The stupid thing jams. We put one of its replacement rolls on the counter and just use that.

Thanks for the automated b-day message, btw.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-18-2006, 05:26 AM

It seems to be a trend....or a goal. Every new model is a little more frustrating than the last. At least the old ones, a couple models back, had work arounds so they wouldn't leave you stuck. Now they don't give a crap if you're stuck.

Beestie · 07-18-2006, 07:46 AM

I'm glad somebody brought this up. What in the flyin' hell is up with everything in public bathrooms being electric now? Automatic toilets, automatic water faucets, automatic towell dispensers - seriously - I do not get it. I do not think until convinced otherwise that water is saved over manual flushing and how is having paper dispensed to me better than me grabbing it.

And my favorite question about the electric bathroom - what happens during an extended power outage?

Happy Monkey · 07-18-2006, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beestie

I'm glad somebody brought this up. What in the flyin' hell is up with everything in public bathrooms being electric now? Automatic toilets, automatic water faucets, automatic towell dispensers - seriously - I do not get it.

So you don't have to touch anything.

Shawnee123 · 07-18-2006, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beestie

I'm glad somebody brought this up. What in the flyin' hell is up with everything in public bathrooms being electric now? Automatic toilets, automatic water faucets, automatic towell dispensers - seriously - I do not get it. I do not think until convinced otherwise that water is saved over manual flushing and how is having paper dispensed to me better than me grabbing it.

And my favorite question about the electric bathroom - what happens during an extended power outage?

I must agree. I hate electric/automatic everything. The towel dispensers where the little towelies just hang down are fine; I don't have to touch anything and I don't have to wait a half an hour while the stupid machine goes "Whirrrr, whir whir, whirrrrrrrrrr" just to get a square. The nasty asses aren't washing their hands anyway. Auto DOOR HANDLES is what we need.

AND I can flush my own toilet, thank you very much, even if I hit it with my foot. Not much worse than sitting on a toilet and having it decide (because you leaned over to fart or something

) that it's time to flush. It splashes all over your butt. Or the other side is someone is waiting for the stall and you are desperately waving your hands around trying to force a flush so you don't leave a lovely view for the next person.

Don't even get me started on electric car windows!

(Whew, I feel better now!)

Pangloss62 · 07-18-2006, 11:48 AM

Yeah, I'm a foot flusher and a foot seat-put-downer, too.

I recently got a new used car (96 Maxima), my first with electric everything. The remote door locks/unlocks have created a weird situation:

Would you believe that I've recently caught myself trying to use my car remote to open the door to where I live? Talk about mind weirdness. My mind says "Use this button to unlock doors" and I forget that it's ONLY for my car doors.

bbro · 07-18-2006, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pangloss62

Would you believe that I've recently caught myself trying to use my car remote to open the door to where I live? Talk about mind weirdness. My mind says "Use this button to unlock doors" and I forget that it's ONLY for my car doors.

I do the same thing! In fact, I wish I could get an automatic door unlocker/opener for my place. It would make it much easier when I go to the grocery store hungry and have way too much food!

Pangloss62 · 07-18-2006, 12:50 PM

...I thought I was abnormal there for a moment.

Shawnee123 · 09-01-2006, 12:28 PM

Speaking of dispensers that suck, our cafeteria here at work has these nozzly holdy things with ketchup, mayo, and mustard in them. I've been telling them for 2 years that mustard easily becomes musquirt, and perhaps they need to mix it every day or let us have little mustard packets. They don't listen to me. Today I pumped that sucker about 10 times, shook it up, and still got nothing but bright yellow liquid.

Ibby · 09-01-2006, 12:46 PM

There are few things more FOUL and DISGUSTING than mustardpiss.

limey · 09-01-2006, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ibram

There are few things more FOUL and DISGUSTING than mustardpiss.

Painful, too .....

Trilby · 09-01-2006, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ibram

There are few things more FOUL and DISGUSTING than mustardpiss.

I dared not believe in Ibram's wisdom...until now. No truer words have ever been so eloquently spoken.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-03-2006, 12:59 AM

Okay, this isn't as much fun but sometimes it's handy: our condo's clubhouse has a magnetic card you touch to the detector on the door to unlock it. The card only needs to get near the detector, which is mounted rather low. Now I just hitch my hip on the wallet side of my pants up towards the detector if I've got both hands full. Open she clicks.

07-17-2006, 12:24 PM	#1
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	Dispenser Truly Sucks After a month or so of operation, it's clear that this dispenser sucks. We all hate it. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

07-17-2006, 12:56 PM	#3
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	That's about it. Yep. The stupid thing jams. We put one of its replacement rolls on the counter and just use that. Thanks for the automated b-day message, btw. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

07-18-2006, 05:26 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It seems to be a trend....or a goal. Every new model is a little more frustrating than the last. At least the old ones, a couple models back, had work arounds so they wouldn't leave you stuck. Now they don't give a crap if you're stuck. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-18-2006, 07:46 AM	#5
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	I'm glad somebody brought this up. What in the flyin' hell is up with everything in public bathrooms being electric now? Automatic toilets, automatic water faucets, automatic towell dispensers - seriously - I do not get it. I do not think until convinced otherwise that water is saved over manual flushing and how is having paper dispensed to me better than me grabbing it. And my favorite question about the electric bathroom - what happens during an extended power outage? __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

07-18-2006, 11:48 AM	#8
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	Foot Flusher Yeah, I'm a foot flusher and a foot seat-put-downer, too. I recently got a new used car (96 Maxima), my first with electric everything. The remote door locks/unlocks have created a weird situation: Would you believe that I've recently caught myself trying to use my car remote to open the door to where I live? Talk about mind weirdness. My mind says "Use this button to unlock doors" and I forget that it's ONLY for my car doors. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

07-17-2006, 12:52 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	From yesterday's Fark thread, Theme: Photoshop the cover or a page from "The Fark Guide to Personal Hygiene"

07-18-2006, 12:50 PM	#10
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	Thank goodness... ...I thought I was abnormal there for a moment. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

09-01-2006, 12:28 PM	#11
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Speaking of dispensers that suck, our cafeteria here at work has these nozzly holdy things with ketchup, mayo, and mustard in them. I've been telling them for 2 years that mustard easily becomes musquirt, and perhaps they need to mix it every day or let us have little mustard packets. They don't listen to me. Today I pumped that sucker about 10 times, shook it up, and still got nothing but bright yellow liquid. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-01-2006, 12:46 PM	#12
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	There are few things more FOUL and DISGUSTING than mustardpiss. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

09-03-2006, 12:59 AM	#15
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Okay, this isn't as much fun but sometimes it's handy: our condo's clubhouse has a magnetic card you touch to the detector on the door to unlock it. The card only needs to get near the detector, which is mounted rather low. Now I just hitch my hip on the wallet side of my pants up towards the detector if I've got both hands full. Open she clicks. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

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