jfgw wrote:The electric hand drier has already been mentioned. I wish to nominate a related but even more useless item - the hand wash drier. These are usually either stainless steel or fake stone (plastic). Inserting one's hands into the cavity causes the UPoE (useless piece of equipment) to make a noise and, in some cases, dispense a blob of soap. The UPoE then dispenses enough water to spread the soap over one's hands but not wash it off. A short puff of air finishes the cycle. It is then necessary to activate the UPoE again but avoid the soap in order to finish washing the soap off of one's hands. Drying is performed naturally while walking down the road.
Julian F. G. W.
Tip when you fear that soap.
If there's loopaper to hand, use it to catch the blob of soap. Then just throw it away when the water comes.
No loopaper? Have you got anything in your pocket, bag or wallet? An old ticket, a flyer you failed to resist, a wrapper from something?
Without the soap, the water provides an adequate rinse (for normal cases). Then just retreat when the dodgy air follows.
