Automatic Toilet and Soap Dispensers

Author's Note: So,One time me and a few of my friends were in a movie theater bathroom. In the bathroom there were Automatic toilets and soap dispensers. And, as I was washing my hands I said to my friends "These are so stupid!" and I continued to complain about how pointless both of these things are. So, I thought this would be a fun topic to write about considering I have a very strong opinion about this and that I needed to share the stupidity of these inventions to the world. I hope you see where I'm coming from when I explain why I strongly dislike automatic toilets and soap dispensers
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Automatic doors, toilets, sinks, paper towel and soap dispensers. Most of our lives revolve around technology. Some, for entertainment, some for work, some for convince, and in this case, some for sanitation.

When you go to the bathroom most people don’t realize the germs and bacteria your body comes in contact with. It starts when you enter the bathroom using a door handle. That handle has touched over a thousand hands, and most likely has not been cleaned off in a while… same goes for the stall door. Next, is when your rear end comes in contact with the toilet seat, in public rest rooms, please make sure you use a paper cover. Who knows how many butts have touched the toilet that you’re sitting on? The once your done doing your business, you touch the handle to flush, and then you touch the stall door…again! After, you wash your hands. In the process of washing your hands you touch numerous things, such as, the sink handle, a soap dispenser, a paper towel dispenser, and the door as you walk about.  So, by the time you’ve washed your hands, you already collected as much as you had before. Technology can help. If your bathroom is supplied with an automatic soap dispenser, sink, paper towel dispenser, and toilet, it eliminates most of your unwanted “friends”.  You no longer have touch any germs. Only one problem…

There is no need for an automatic toilet. After all once you touch the knob to flush, you wash your hands 10 seconds after. So here are companies, business owners, and every other place with public bathrooms thinking that this motion censored toilet is the greatest invention since mankind. They waste money buying it and time installing it. Another rather stupid invention is the soap dispenser.  As soon as you touch the dirty soap dispenser, you wash your hands right after. I understand the reason for paper towel dispensers, and automatic sinks, because those things, are things that you come in contact with AFTER you wash your hands. Motion censored toilets and soap dispensers have absolutely no point, and in my opinion are a waste of money and electricity.  

“Everything should be as simple as possible, but not simpler” –Albert Einstein