Air Dryers Suck

I have a problem with public restrooms. I refuse to use them unless it is a desperate need.

However, when I must use a public restrooms, I require basic needs that must be followed. Toilet paper should be in the stall, and the manager should install gut-sucking toilets to avoid any plumbing bills later on.

And paper towels. There is nothing worse than going into a restroom, only to realize that they don't carry paper towels, but those air dryers.

Whoever thought of those needs to be shot.

Anyway, when I wash my hands, I wanna be able to dry my hands. The problem is that air dryers suck. Sure, they don't really help with drying my hands since it usually shuts off before my hands are dry, but they also suck for other reasons.

I enjoy washing my hands when I see paper towel dispensers. If there are only air dryers around, it's almost a lost cause to wash your hands, since I have to touch the door handle to open the door to get out of the restroom. Guess how nasty that door handle is? I bet there are a ton of people out there who don't wash their hands. If that's the case, touching the door handle defeats the purpose of cleaning your hands. There are three major places in a bathroom that are gross.

• Faucet knobs
• Door handles
• Paper towel dispenser handle

The faucet knob is filthy because people need to turn the knob after going to get the water running. The paper towel dispenser handle is dirty because of the people who have dirty hands from using the faucet knobs before using the paper towel dispensers. The door handles are also dirty because there are a lotta lazy people out there that don't bother washing their hands anyway before they leave the restroom. Frankly speaking, the bathroom is literally a hole loaded with germs.

Now, if you have a paper towel dispenser, you can easily get outta the restroom with your hands clean. Before you wash your hands, pull the paper towel handle a few times to have some paper towels ready for use later on. Go wash your hands. Without turning the water off, use the paper towel you have at the ready to turn off the water and pull the lever for some more paper towels. You dry your hands with the with the second paper towel and use it one last time on the handle to open the door that'll let you exit the restroom. There you have it, a surefire way of getting out of a restroom without spreading nasty germs onto your hands.

With air dryers you can't do this. This is because, without paper towels, there is no real way you can get outta the restroom unless you touch the door handle to open the restroom door. Sure, the door sometimes swing the other way, but it's not always the case. Of course, you have a few options, like using the sleeve of your shirt or waiting for someone to enter the restroom and leave when they open the door, but both of them seem a bit annoying. Using your sleeve to get out means your shirt sleeve will get the germs. While they're not on your body, they might as well be. Waiting for someone to open the door for you is also pretty useless since you have no idea how long you might hafta wait.

If we eliminate all the air dryers from all public restrooms and replace them with paper towel dispensers, that means I will feel some sense of satisfaction in cleaning my hands since that means they won't get dirty again when I try to leave the restroom.

Now, because I wrote a rant about how to keep clean when using the restroom, people probably think I'm one of those people terrified of germs that suffer from OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder). Let me assure to you that I am not a neat freak or a suffer from OCD. Once something smells funny, it's considered dirty by my definition. A bathroom always smells funny so, to me, it's always dirty.

Anyway, air dryers suck.