New Toilet Paper/Towell Dispensers

Pangloss62 · 05-15-2006, 11:23 AM

We just got these new toilet paper /towel dispensers where I work. I like the old simple ones better. These new ones stick out to far. Oh well, guess we'll have to get used to them.

They don't make anything easier.

glatt · 05-15-2006, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Pangloss62

They don't make anything easier.

Not for the user, anyway.

What about for the janitor? I see the TP dispenser holds 3 rolls. Less work for the janitor to restock.. The towel dispenser probably gives out a measured length of towel, cutting down on costs. And unlike the individual towel dispensers you won't accidentally pull out 3-4 towels at once.

Pangloss62 · 05-15-2006, 11:36 AM

All true, glatt. But I miss the beauty of the single roll, you know, being able to hold it, roll it myself. And the C-fold towell is a classic, if a bit outdated. Hard to stop the ceaseless march of innovation.

TV dinners cut down on work too.

Undertoad · 05-15-2006, 11:39 AM

Nothing is worse than those major-sized rolls where there's no perforation and you have to yank off the end of the paper because the "cutter" on the dispenser isn't actually sharp or anything.

Even as a crumpler I have to complain.

SteveDallas · 05-15-2006, 11:47 AM

In our new building we have the kind where you wave your hand in front of it and it spits out a length of paper towel. We're getting them in the old place too--I don't know what went into the decision, all I know is that the old ones jammed regularly. And like UT says they often managed to put unperforated rolls in them. Why, I don't know. (Though my "nothing worse" would have to go to no paper towels at all.)

The touchless dispensers have a red LED on the front. In the same building the doors with electronic locks have ID card readers next to them that also feature red LEDs. This inspired me to make a proposal that we could fit the paper towel dispensers with card readers, thereby enabling us to track paper towel usage per person and charge back the appropriate departments.

Sadly, the suggestion was rejected.

glatt · 05-15-2006, 11:50 AM

Does the executive washroom have the good dispensers, or do they have to deal with the same crappy (heh) new ones you use?

Pangloss62 · 05-15-2006, 11:53 AM

This thread goes to show you that it really is the little things in life that are most important.

Cyclefrance · 05-15-2006, 11:54 AM

As long as it's not that shiny paper they used to have in the public WCs when I was a lad, then I'm happy with anything.

Mind you, if there's a touchless dispenser available sounds like we may be on the way to automatic wash and dry without leaving the seat very soon

(remember there being a joke about that, where the guy goes into the ladies toilet because he's caught out and the gents is full - the usual two button jobbie in the men's now has 3 buttons - presses first button and gets hot gush of water around his arse and privates, pushes second button and warm jet of air gently dries same area - curious he pushes the third button and a mechanical hand emerges, grabs hold of his testicles and throws them in an adjacent waste bin)

Stormieweather · 05-15-2006, 12:27 PM

LOL !!

wolf · 05-15-2006, 12:41 PM

Cycle, you were warned before you went in, don't press button for the ATR.

romuh doog · 05-15-2006, 07:36 PM

Jumping in on the modern potty thread .....

While passing through the airport in Akron Ohio, in the ladies restroom there are automatic, motion detection, clear, paper toilet seat covers!! I thought it was the most wonderful OCD invention I have ever witnessed in a bathroom. Now if they could just bar you from leaving unless you wash your hands BEFORE you go back to your job touching ....anything.

That's all I had.

zippyt · 05-15-2006, 08:16 PM

Those Motion detecter thingees on pissers BOTHER me , think about it , electricity +water + piss =

Or COULD !!!!

Clodfobble · 05-15-2006, 08:52 PM

My stepdaughter has always been terrified of auto-flush toilets. She makes me go in the stall with her and cover the sensor up until she's safely done and out of the stall.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-15-2006, 09:47 PM

Automatic faucets.

They won't go on until your hand is so close to the spigot that water splashes all over. they go off if you move far enough away to wash you arm or wrist. Only warm, no hot and no cold.

Oh, and a delay like a digicam shutter.

SteveDallas · 05-17-2006, 03:15 PM

Since I know you have all been losing sleep over this, I wanted to let you know that the motion-sensing paper towel dispenser was installed in the men's room down the hall from my office this afternoon. (It runs on size "D" batteries.)

05-15-2006, 11:23 AM	#1
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	New Toilet Paper/Towell Dispensers We just got these new toilet paper /towel dispensers where I work. I like the old simple ones better. These new ones stick out to far. Oh well, guess we'll have to get used to them. They don't make anything easier. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

05-15-2006, 11:36 AM	#3
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	All true, glatt. But I miss the beauty of the single roll, you know, being able to hold it, roll it myself. And the C-fold towell is a classic, if a bit outdated. Hard to stop the ceaseless march of innovation. TV dinners cut down on work too. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

05-15-2006, 11:53 AM	#7
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	This thread goes to show you that it really is the little things in life that are most important. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

05-15-2006, 11:54 AM	#8
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	As long as it's not that shiny paper they used to have in the public WCs when I was a lad, then I'm happy with anything. Mind you, if there's a touchless dispenser available sounds like we may be on the way to automatic wash and dry without leaving the seat very soon (remember there being a joke about that, where the guy goes into the ladies toilet because he's caught out and the gents is full - the usual two button jobbie in the men's now has 3 buttons - presses first button and gets hot gush of water around his arse and privates, pushes second button and warm jet of air gently dries same area - curious he pushes the third button and a mechanical hand emerges, grabs hold of his testicles and throws them in an adjacent waste bin) __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

05-15-2006, 12:41 PM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Cycle, you were warned before you went in, don't press button for the ATR. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-15-2006, 11:39 AM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Nothing is worse than those major-sized rolls where there's no perforation and you have to yank off the end of the paper because the "cutter" on the dispenser isn't actually sharp or anything. Even as a crumpler I have to complain.

05-15-2006, 11:47 AM	#5
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	In our new building we have the kind where you wave your hand in front of it and it spits out a length of paper towel. We're getting them in the old place too--I don't know what went into the decision, all I know is that the old ones jammed regularly. And like UT says they often managed to put unperforated rolls in them. Why, I don't know. (Though my "nothing worse" would have to go to no paper towels at all.) The touchless dispensers have a red LED on the front. In the same building the doors with electronic locks have ID card readers next to them that also feature red LEDs. This inspired me to make a proposal that we could fit the paper towel dispensers with card readers, thereby enabling us to track paper towel usage per person and charge back the appropriate departments. Sadly, the suggestion was rejected.

05-15-2006, 11:50 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Does the executive washroom have the good dispensers, or do they have to deal with the same crappy (heh) new ones you use?

05-15-2006, 12:27 PM	#9
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	LOL !!

05-15-2006, 07:36 PM	#11
romuh doog A person with no friends is a. lonely b. friendless c.smelly Join Date: May 2006 Location: Here for now Posts: 69	Jumping in on the modern potty thread ..... While passing through the airport in Akron Ohio, in the ladies restroom there are automatic, motion detection, clear, paper toilet seat covers!! I thought it was the most wonderful OCD invention I have ever witnessed in a bathroom. Now if they could just bar you from leaving unless you wash your hands BEFORE you go back to your job touching ....anything. That's all I had. __________________ If Washington's teeth were wooden, did Martha have splinters in her...lips?

05-15-2006, 08:16 PM	#12
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Those Motion detecter thingees on pissers BOTHER me , think about it , electricity +water + piss = Or COULD !!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

05-15-2006, 08:52 PM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	My stepdaughter has always been terrified of auto-flush toilets. She makes me go in the stall with her and cover the sensor up until she's safely done and out of the stall.

05-15-2006, 09:47 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Automatic faucets. They won't go on until your hand is so close to the spigot that water splashes all over. they go off if you move far enough away to wash you arm or wrist. Only warm, no hot and no cold. Oh, and a delay like a digicam shutter. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-17-2006, 03:15 PM	#15
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Since I know you have all been losing sleep over this, I wanted to let you know that the motion-sensing paper towel dispenser was installed in the men's room down the hall from my office this afternoon. (It runs on size "D" batteries.)

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