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[–]iheartsloths 129 points130 points ago

The worst ones are those that only work when you're pushing on them, so you have to somehow attempt to wash one hand at a time. They make me stabby.

[–]RUPTURED_ASSHOLE 20 points21 points ago

I thought that's what was in the OP? Damn tings were in every bathroom at my school.

[–]STWONG_BAD 57 points58 points ago

In Jamaica?

[–]dan2737 27 points28 points ago

in every bathroom at my school, mon.

[–]keyblur 17 points18 points ago

in every batroom at mi school, mon.

[–]SimplePhantom 11 points12 points ago

Dem blood clots be everywhere.

[–]HolographicMetapod 12 points13 points ago

Did you just confuse a bumbaclot with a blood clot?

[–]KellyTheET -2 points-1 points ago

Seen

[–]LNMagic 2 points3 points ago

Careful with the stabby. Remember, it will be tough to wash your hands of the blood.

[–]Blazza 5 points6 points ago

And when the directions poster on the wall says wash hands for 30 seconds minimum..

[–]ilikewolves 1 point2 points ago

oh man I have one of those right now!! It fucking sucks!

[–]ninety6days 0 points1 point ago

I think you'll find those are the warm taps, because they cost more to keep flowing.

[–]ABirdOfParadise 0 points1 point ago

There's the ones that are like that, but also with two taps in each sink. One for scolding hot, and one for freezing cold. So yeah... I one upped that.

[–]cpnHindsight 36 points37 points ago

Worst are the ones you have to keep pressed at highway rest stops. Basically, you end up having one hand actually clean, the other in firm contact with all the germs everyone has after finishing with their business.

[–]Riddlerforce 11 points12 points ago

Solution: Wash one hand, then use a paper towel to hold the handle while you wash the other hand.

[–]Kajillionaire 69 points70 points ago

Lol yeah, paper towels at a highway rest stop.

[–]Tarblz 10 points11 points ago

Better Solution: Use your chin to push down the button.

[–]D911 21 points22 points ago

I just use my dick.

[–]Neosilver 2 points3 points ago

I just use the part where your balls rest.

[–]DownvoteAttractor 1 point2 points ago

It's called a taint.

[–]Kr0nos 5 points6 points ago

I just use my foot. Then again, that might not work for everyone. I'm a 15 year old Romanian ballerina.

[–]KathrynTheGreat 5 points6 points ago

Unless you're really flexible, then you can use your foot to hold the faucet thingy down. I've seen girls do it before, I've always been impressed.

[–]cpnHindsight 1 point2 points ago

Female feats of flexibility are always impressive.

[–]RNRSaturday 2 points3 points ago

Agreed. It's like the concept is, "wash all of your pee (or worse) of your hands, but put some from everyone else on you". Simply gross.

[–]cunt_smasher12 53 points54 points ago

4 seconds? That's being generous

[–]lookitsaustin 19 points20 points ago

I was thinking more like 2!

[–]eXclurel 14 points15 points ago

The best I can do is 1.

[–]killroy901 1 point2 points ago

Are we still talking about faucets here?

[–]Qweffor 3 points4 points ago

In my school, we had an awesome sink that was just a huge basin that had a kind of...Step pressure-plate that you could put a foot on and the water came out in a wide arc. No hands touched, could have about 5 people at once, it was awesome. Only saw one, too. And the one near the lunch had those press buttons with the 1 second burst. Fucking hate that.

[–]xanmoth 11 points12 points ago

It is basically impossible to wash your hands in midtown NY these days because of all the motion sensors that do. not. work. This would actually be appreciated. Throw an elbow at it and get some water? Super, thanks.

[–]WigginIII 8 points9 points ago

I visited an office with everything automatic. Toilets, faucets, hand towel dispenser, even the door was automatic. I thought, what the fuck would happen if the power went out?

[–]xanmoth 0 points1 point ago

Did any of it work?

[–]WigginIII 2 points3 points ago

It wasn't at a ballpark, or public facility, so yes :)

[–]xanmoth 0 points1 point ago

lol ok

[–]AdmiralSkippy 5 points6 points ago

I fucking hate those motion sensor ones. Never once have I put my hands under and had it pump water the entire time.

[–]MaritMonkey 11 points12 points ago

Fun fact from somebody who spent 6 summers showering in high school gyms:

They also make showers with this awesome "function." Fuck EVERYTHING about those showers.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

Whoah, people shower at high school gyms? I thought that was just in movies.

[–]MaritMonkey 4 points5 points ago

I never saw a shower on while I was in school either, I was in a drum corps for 6 years. We "lived" at various high school gyms whenever we weren't on a bus.

It was a tossup between the timed fuckers and the showers with "somebody's pissing on your head" water pressure as to which ones we hated more.

[–]jpdrums 1 point2 points ago

I was thinking drum corps the entire time! What a small world.

[–]thetones 15 points16 points ago

FUCKING THING SUCKS.

[–]csirke4 1 point2 points ago

Fucking in, fucking out, never a misscommunication.

[–]ADozenArrows -5 points-4 points ago

Cake day upvote.

[–]OmniaII 16 points17 points ago

You couldn't find a larger image to repost?

[–]zeitistjetzt 1 point2 points ago

CDC says you need 20 seconds

[–]Sean1708 2 points3 points ago

NHS has an entire hand washing routine.

Edit: I have a feeling this might be intended for hospitals but I have seen it in schools and other public places.

[–]Sgt_Sweetness 1 point2 points ago

What surprises me is that no one has mentioned that some models have a locking feature. All you have to do is push down and then turn it right and the water will stay on. Then you just turn it left and it turns itself off.

[–]Zipalicious 4 points5 points ago

Holy shit... I actually saw this on facebook before i saw it on reddit...

[–]Bfeezey 1 point2 points ago

Look out your window....

[–]GameOnPantsGone 1 point2 points ago

What about the ones with the little sensor in them, where you put your hands in front of it and nothing happens. Then you spend a couple minutes waving your hands in the sink like a moron while nothing still happens. Then, as you finally walk away, the godamn thing turns on.

[–]SirDerpingtonThe3rd 0 points1 point ago

Only the 4chan branded ones, gotta check manufacturers before attempting.

[–]SirDerpingtonThe3rd 1 point2 points ago

Oh, you wanted to sanitize your hands? Why not touch this diseased actuator instead that keeps you from adequately sanitizing said hands.

[–]Fortesque22 4 points5 points ago

This is so fucking true, I never even have time to wash the soap off my hands. Fucking flawed design if I ever saw one.

[–]wesman212 0 points1 point ago

I WANT FIVE SECONDS YOU STALIN OF THE STALL

[–]IrrelevantLeprechaun 0 points1 point ago

The motions sensing ones are worse. I'm standing there waggling my hands under the faucet like a spastic monkey getting nary a drop of water. I wave it off to the side and suddenly the faucet decides it wants to work when my hand isn't anywhere near it...

[–]bobzelfer6595 0 points1 point ago

Does anyone actually know why they make faucets like these?

[–]Dumpstababy 0 points1 point ago

so that people dont leave the faucets in public bathrooms running. you have to pay for water, limiting the amount people can use makes perfect sense if youre on a budget. christ this is such a firstworldproblem thread that it hurts.

[–]bobzelfer6595 0 points1 point ago

Well can't they at least make them run longer than 4 seconds?

[–]Loofster 0 points1 point ago

Wait! I might be misinformed, but I was sure that these sinks did this on purpose.

That way, you use the least amount of water necessary to wash your hands!

It saves money, ASK WALMART!

[–]MajorWeenis 0 points1 point ago

Faucets with motion sensors are fucks.

Scenario:

  1. Put a copious amount of soap in hands and create a nice lather
  2. Put hands under faucet
  3. Faucet turns on
  4. Attempt to rinse hands
  5. Faucet turns off after 3 seconds
  6. Wave hands to trigger sensor
  7. Faucet does not turn on
  8. Repeat step #6 three times
  9. Punch faucet
  10. Go to emergency room

[–]superatheist95 0 points1 point ago

Did you do this?

[–]Backupusername -1 points0 points ago

You know that old line "if it looks stupid, but works, it's not stupid"?

Keep it pushed down with your forehead.

[–]herpderpcake 3 points4 points ago

/r/adviceanimals

[–]Hight5 2 points3 points ago

/r/whofuckingcares

[–][deleted] ago

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[–]herpderpcake 0 points1 point ago

Are you new here? Advice animals is for memes in general, not just animals/advice.

[–]GroundWalkingGarbage -2 points-1 points ago

They speak the truth.

[–]Prepare2game -2 points-1 points ago

Whoosh

[–]redacted187 -1 points0 points ago

I just reach under the sink and turn the knob

[–]faggotree -1 points0 points ago

Needs more .jpg

[–]jackpype -1 points0 points ago

where the hell did you find one that went for 4 seconds?!

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

And trying to clean out a shaver using one of these pieces of shit is damn near impossible.

[–]lolzatkittehs 1 point2 points ago

/r/AdviceAnimals

[–]donandino -1 points0 points ago

I read the title in a Christopher Walken voice.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

What gets me upset more than these faucets are the ones that are extremely short. So short in fact you have to actually touch the sink to wash your hands. It seems so counterproductive.

[–]captainburnz 0 points1 point ago

At my school, we used to put whiteout or toilet paper on the sensors.

Worse, though is the public toilet. I hate it when I take a shit, stand up to wipe my ass, and the flusher goes off, leaving some shitty TP. I usually just leave it for the next guy.

[–]MKorostoff -1 points0 points ago

Push it with your forehead! That's what I do.

[–]mtux96 0 points1 point ago

One of these days I'm going to learn how to weld, so I can go around town and weld them all down so the water stays on.

[–]thommotron 0 points1 point ago

/r/taps would enjoy this

[–]pronebark 0 points1 point ago

The first time I encountered this was at work. A cold office that gratefully offers the perfect temperature of warm water in the office's automatic sinks. I hate having to reset the faucet....but believe me I do. Thrice.

[–]jelly_cake 0 points1 point ago

My school has these. It was horrible until I realised that if you hold the button down, it'll run for a proportionally longer time. May not be applicable to all of these

[–]OhNoMellon 0 points1 point ago

A repost from Advice Animals onto r/funny

[–]Hight5 0 points1 point ago

Then once you've managed to wash your hands, you make your way over to the automated papertowel dispenser.

Wanted more than 3 inches of paper towel? Sorry.

[–]Darpa_Chief 0 points1 point ago

repeat x100

[–]Arcade_West 1 point2 points ago

http://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/ym736/scumbag_tap/

thanks for stealing that

[–]TossTime 0 points1 point ago

Nice repost. The best part about it is that you used a tiny image.

Original: http://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/ym736/scumbag_tap/

[–]Piemonade 0 points1 point ago

probably the fourth repost of this image.

[–]Tijuana_Pikachu 0 points1 point ago

4 seconds? what magical wonderland do you live in?

[–]Captain_Aizen 0 points1 point ago

Welcome to every ethnic public school in California.

[–]milky_coffee_way 0 points1 point ago

you are complaining about one of the best invention to save water in public? well too bad.

[–]Chungadoop 0 points1 point ago

  1. Fill sink with a Hot/Cold mixture. 2. USE THIS TYPE OF FAUCET SYSTEM AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE USED!

[–]downvotemeplss 0 points1 point ago

Not as bad as the nearly identical shower version in many European hostels. No temperature control and shower intervals of 9 sec.

[–]sommergirl 0 points1 point ago

And you think that is sucky? This is my shower on my boarding school.

[–]oD3 0 points1 point ago

Annoying yes, but it's because of stupid fucks who leave the taps on and just walk away.

[–]Dwev 0 points1 point ago

There's a shower like this in the Lufthansa lounge in Frankfurt. 10 seconds of shower and then you have to press the button again.

Good luck if you want to wash your hair.

You'd think that if you've given enough money to these airlines to earn lounge access, that they could provide a proper shower.

[–]Phuck_Nugget 0 points1 point ago

What was the logic behind these taps, seriously?

[–]plugsocketpoker 0 points1 point ago

Incase you ever wanted to know, this type of tap is called a "percussion tap". So now you know the name of your nemesis.

[–]Nyan69 0 points1 point ago

These things at my school spray everywhere :(

[–]Savage_Llama 0 points1 point ago

Oh, you wanted to see something that isn't reposted?

WELL THATS TOO FUCKING BAD!

edit: I accidentally a letter

[–]uSeeWhatiDidThere 0 points1 point ago

This is a repost form /r/AdviceAnimals, at least give the OC credit...

[–]Bruneianreditor 0 points1 point ago

Whoever design this thing are fucking retard.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Scumbag sink.

[–]vmos 0 points1 point ago

In italy they have foot operated taps and toilet flushes. Allows you to wash your hands at your leisure and helps stop the spread of germy hand based diseases

[–]DRUMSKIDOO 0 points1 point ago

Oh, you wanted provide sanitary services whilst paying attention to water wastage in the workplace...

[–]awesomebbq 0 points1 point ago

What makes it worse, is that either you hold it down to get the water out, or the ones where it sprays JUST below enough water for you to wash your hands.

[–]tamakitty22 0 points1 point ago

One time I got soap on my hands and I tried to get one of these to work but it wouldnt. So I ran around the building for an hour looking for one that woul work, only to find out that they weren't automatic.

[–]Pnewustink 0 points1 point ago

My biggest fear as someone with OCD

[–]robynclark 0 points1 point ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3cgnJZAxC0

[–]newtonp01 0 points1 point ago

Tip: hold down the tap with one hand while you get that hand wet, then quickly switch to the other hand. Soap up, then repeat process to wash suds off. Works like a charm.

[–]TheNinjirate 0 points1 point ago

the funniest part of this... was that the link timed out on me and I didn't get to see the post.

[–]aghastmore 0 points1 point ago

Wash one hand at a time, in the marine corps they teach us not to piss on our hands.

[–]artacuno53 -1 points0 points ago

While extremely true, not very funny

[–]CZR_BOSS -3 points-2 points ago

And a repost

[–]overcastday 1 point2 points ago

Or... you could just press it again!

[–]vertigo1083 1 point2 points ago

But then you get soap on it, and then every time you rinse your hands every 4 seconds, you're reapplying dirty soap to your under-rinsed hands.

Conundrum, I tell you.

[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points ago

You do know that you don't need constant running water to wash your hands, right?

  1. Wet hands.
  2. Add soap.
  3. Lather and wash for 20 seconds.
  4. Rinse.

You only need a few seconds of water for 1 and 4, and none for the rest. Stop letting it run the entire time and pouring it down the drain.

[–]yankeewhite 5 points6 points ago

Nice try, push-button faucet salesman.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

But my commission is per-button-press, cut me some slack!

[–]plasmatic -1 points0 points ago

You have two options: freezing or boiling

[–]tmotytmoty -2 points-1 points ago

kudos for proper use of "too"!

[–]metalmike00 -2 points-1 points ago

Because for some reason it's too hard to keep mashing it every 4 seconds with alternating hands and quickly rinse in between, learn to adapt motherfucker.

[–]vansnagglepuss -2 points-1 points ago

This repost is getting EXTREMELY old. It was funny the first 25 times.

[–]AngryKae -3 points-2 points ago

Well... you know... you could just -- press it again?

[–]Halcyon13 -1 points0 points ago

That's too damn bad!