I hate having decisions made for me. Especially when it involves how much soap or paper towel I am using in the ladies room at a facility. I really do not like the amount of product supplied by the automated dispensing units for both the soap and towels.
Because I was a sales rep in that industry I know how facilities can be cheap when it comes to disposable paper products and jan san products. The facility manager only looks at the bottom line, not the comfort of the consumer or customer. I want to be able to choose the length of paper towel and the amount of soap to use.
The sensor towel dispenser usually dispenses only about 3/4 the length of towel I need. The manager of the facility thinks he is saving money that way. Like I am going to leave with damp hands or wipe the remaining wetness on my jeans or shirt. Ha! So I always cause the machine to dispense a second round of towel.
The same with the soap. I want to lather up. Two to three squirts from the automated soap dispenser makes me comfortable. Lathering for 20-30 seconds and then a good rinse.
Don't get me wrong. I love the sensor dispenser. It's the most sanitary way, but be a little more generous with the portions please.
Now on to what put the bug up my butt about controlling the portions of towel and soap.
Automatic Toilet Tissue Dispenser Ready
Company Rolls Out Electronic Toilet Tissue Dispenser That Spits Out 5 Sheets Per Wave
ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) -- Richard Thorne grins as he waves his hand under a toilet paper dispenser in a women's restroom. The machine spits five sheets of tissue into his grasp.
A year in the works, the electronic tissue dispenser is being rolled out to the masses by Kimberly-Clark Professional as it seeks to capture more of the $1 billion away-from-home toilet paper market. The company believes most people will be satisfied with five sheets -- and use 20 percent less toilet paper.
"Most people will take the amount given," says Thorne. Waxing philosophical, he adds, "People generally in life will take what you give them." ( I found this statement insulting)
Kimberly-Clark turned to focus groups and years of internal research to determine just how much is right.
Americans typically use twice as much toilet paper as Europeans -- as much as an arm's length each pull, Thorne says. The company decided the best length is about 20 inches -- or precisely five standard toilet paper squares, though the machine can also be adjusted to churn out 16 inches or 24 inches, depending on the demand.
Let me ask the women out there this. How many times have you used only 5 sheets of toilet tissue? Especially when the facility uses a cheater sheet, which most of you do not even know exists. A cheater sheet is smaller than a standard 4x4 sheet of toilet tissue.
This article really put a bug up my butt. And it will take more then 5 sheets to get it out.
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I love the comparison to the Euro folks and their willingness to use less paper. Have you ever seen Euro TP? Holy shit, you can write a letter on that stuff.
They may take our toilet paper, but they will never take our freedom.
I think they should create a dispenser that dispenses 1 sheet of toilet paper. Every 5 minutes. But they look like normal dispensers so the user doesn't know 'till it's too late.
I use only about three on average - okay, that's when I'm hiking and I have to pack it out so I really conserve. I can tell you tips on that, but you probably could care less.
I will tell you that I went to a real restroom after being on a mountain for 23 days straight and I wrapped toilet paper around my hand at least four times - now THAT was luxury.
My mom grew up with an outhouse. A very, very clean and well kept one. My mom always talked about how outhouses, when well cared for, were just like a bathroom, except you had to exit the house to do your business.
Anywho, for my mom, toilet paper was one of life's fabulous and wonderful things. She was a miser on EVERYTHING! But not toilet paper. Like GKL said, she told me she practically wrapped her arm with it!
I think if you are deprived your toilet paper, you will use more!!
Good post, Cheer. I'm with you and the bug.
Screw those retailers (no offense) and their stupid costs. This is personal!!! ;D
The automatic hand towel dispenser at work never gives me enough paper to dry my hands. I always have to use two lots, and I have the smallest hands out of anyone I know. So god forbid how many sheets people with normal sized hands would have to use!
We got one of the automatic towel dispensers at my restaurant job last year. I have to say I like it-- it gives the perfect amount each time.
When my son was little, about four years old, he went through a period where he'd use about a quarter role per trip. I had to work with him on that-- he clogged up the toilet several times. Also, a high school friend told about a family member who would save their phone books and catalogs to give to a poorer family member to use for toilet paper. He chided them, suggesting that perhaps they could spring for a case of toilet paper once or twice a year, instead.
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