Had one of those moments in a motorway services loo where one of my boys screamed loudly at the sudden blast from the hand drier next to the sink we were using. My Starbucks went everywhere (nicely the lady gave me a replacement for free!) and there was huge embarrassment – froth everywhere and screaming kids!
So, to help remedy similar future situations for our families we’ve installed hand driers in our loos at school over the half term!
Shame the installation team came with incorrect fuses, so we’re back to using those horrible paper towels (the ones that don’t even come out of the dispenser properly) for maybe a week or two… and then the important education of children will begin and coffee will not be spilled.
Mine’s an American, one sugar thanks. 😉
Well, apart from reducing the amount of coffee spilled in service stations, the hand driers will actually be cheaper in the long run than the dreadful waste of paper towels that we are having at the moment. The cost of paper towels has increased while their quality has decreased dramatically – this means that you either get no paper towel out of the dispenser when you have wet hands, or you get a whole “wodge” (technical term) of about 20! Also, the hand driers will be so much more environmentally friendly and might have the added bonus of encouraging children to wash their hands after visiting the loo! Apparently, other schools have reported much lower levels of sickness bugs after they put hand driers in.
Bit of a shame they don’t actually work yet!
Mine’s a latte, no sugar, please!
Educating children, AND environmentally friendly! Brill!
better have a hanky ready (and not one of those useless un-absorbent scratchy paper towels) for those who will burst into tears…
…yes, already a few screams!