THANK YOU. Not even the hurricane-force dryers can match the awesomeness of a Paper Towel dispenser.
And it has to be a hand pump dispensor. The automatic ones just give you a little sliver of towel, and you have to wave your hand 40 damn times before another sheet prints out.
I personally wouldn’t call that awesome. I would say that it’s the opposite of awesome when I have a really runny nose, need to expel boogers very badly, I’ve run out of tissues, I go to a bathroom to get paper towels…but they only have the blow dryer. ARGH! Why? Paper towels are horrible for blowing noses anyway.
Do what I do; if its a hurricane blower feel free to stick your head under and let it go to work. At least you can have a laugh. (See Youtube how to mess with people in the Bathroom for more fun)
Registered just to comment on this. Great Post! nothing more frustrating than a lame blow dryer in a bathroom. i could blow on my hands and get them dryer than this!
Towels rule because most the time blow dryers don’t completely dry your hands so the door handle to the bathroom is perpetually moist from other people. Those with OCD love the towels.
How do you follow the hygiene tip of using the paper towel to open the door (so as to avoid contamination from those who don’t wash) if there is only a blower? Paper towel dispensers rock!
Ok, you guys obviously haven’t tried the hand dryers at IKEA. They are made Dyson, the vacuum guys. 7 secs, and your hands are dry. And it’s fun. I promise. Go try it.
I only like the hand dryers if they’re the G-Force dryers. That’s not what they’re called, lol, but they exist. The air makes dents in your hands. they dry really quick.
Otherwise, I prefer to get most of the water off with paper towels and then use the hand dryer. Either/or doesn’t cut it. Need both tbh.
I like having both. The paper gets them mostly dry, then the blower finishes the job. It’s also great on a cold day – hands get nice and toasty; I even sometimes pull my shirt up so I can soak some warm air right up the front. Yum.
I totally have OCD so I use that papertowel to open all doors… stalls, and when leaving as well as handles…taps toilet etc….Paper towel is my BEST friend in public washrooms…i thank the person profusely who invented it…. :)
i like paper towels best…. i hate the people that go straight from washing then get tree towels and hardly use them… 1 mostly dries my hands (1 used to fully dry but now my hands have grown since… 6 years ago lol), and 2 to just finish the job. There are paper towels strewn across the floor behind the door at the C Block toilets at my school. like prolly 10 of them. i say, wrap one around the handle- its better for the environment, and everyone’s (hopefully) just washed and dried their hands so its still clean.
The only hand drier ive ever found that did the job was last year in the toilets outside our classroom and the year 11 locker bay. It dried them perfectly in exactly the time it took to turn off after pushing the button, plus an extra bonus: the head could swivel to any position, so youd turn it on your friends’ faces, and sometimes for a laugh youd leave it on facing the door for the next person to walk in… my best friends got me once haha…
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February 26, 2009 at 12:25 am
THANK YOU. Not even the hurricane-force dryers can match the awesomeness of a Paper Towel dispenser.
And it has to be a hand pump dispensor. The automatic ones just give you a little sliver of towel, and you have to wave your hand 40 damn times before another sheet prints out.
February 26, 2009 at 12:27 am
BTW, I just noticed that, not counting the obligatory “AWESOME,” the entry was 10 words long.
It would be AWESOME for me if I can use it for one of my entries. With proper credit, of course.
February 26, 2009 at 1:14 am
I personally wouldn’t call that awesome. I would say that it’s the opposite of awesome when I have a really runny nose, need to expel boogers very badly, I’ve run out of tissues, I go to a bathroom to get paper towels…but they only have the blow dryer. ARGH! Why? Paper towels are horrible for blowing noses anyway.
April 8, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Do what I do; if its a hurricane blower feel free to stick your head under and let it go to work. At least you can have a laugh. (See Youtube how to mess with people in the Bathroom for more fun)
February 26, 2009 at 3:07 am
How about….
the final few seconds of tangling a big knot?
This site is the best.
February 26, 2009 at 7:30 am
ahaha YES!
this instantly became one of my favorite entries.
SPOT ON!
February 26, 2009 at 7:38 am
YES. Also, when you’re given a choice.
February 26, 2009 at 8:29 am
I dunno…paper towels probably take the same amount of time to dry your hands if you want them truly dried.
February 26, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Maybe, but you can walk and dry with a paper towel. None of that awkward communal drying and standing in line with drippy fingers.
February 26, 2009 at 12:37 pm
awesome…when the hand dryers doesn’t work!
February 26, 2009 at 2:21 pm
This is why they invented pants. To complement the blow drying effectiveness.
But I do agree, some good pepertowel is always a fun find
February 26, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Registered just to comment on this. Great Post! nothing more frustrating than a lame blow dryer in a bathroom. i could blow on my hands and get them dryer than this!
February 26, 2009 at 5:32 pm
I agree, the only problem is when the dispenser is empty or the paper is jammed up inside!
February 26, 2009 at 6:53 pm
I like the hand dryers. Makes less of a mess since no paper is needed to dry your hands.
February 26, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Oh definitely. I hate hand dryers. :( And they’re supposed to be not so hygienic either.
In some toilets there are both a dryer and a hand towel. That’s great.
February 27, 2009 at 12:17 am
Towels rule because most the time blow dryers don’t completely dry your hands so the door handle to the bathroom is perpetually moist from other people. Those with OCD love the towels.
February 27, 2009 at 1:04 am
Nice!
February 27, 2009 at 3:11 am
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February 27, 2009 at 11:54 am
Ha! Indeed. A bar without paper towels in the bathroom is defenetly not on my A list. :D
Awesome!
February 27, 2009 at 12:01 pm
i hate hand dryers.
February 27, 2009 at 9:28 pm
How do you follow the hygiene tip of using the paper towel to open the door (so as to avoid contamination from those who don’t wash) if there is only a blower? Paper towel dispensers rock!
February 28, 2009 at 1:23 am
I agree!
May 6, 2009 at 11:23 am
There are two hurricane force brands that actually work great AND give your hands that cool rocket sled look and feel.
June 6, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Ok, you guys obviously haven’t tried the hand dryers at IKEA. They are made Dyson, the vacuum guys. 7 secs, and your hands are dry. And it’s fun. I promise. Go try it.
July 9, 2009 at 11:52 am
I totally agree. I prefer the paper towels. The only blower I’ve found that works good is the XLERATOR found in some places.
October 15, 2009 at 3:55 am
I just made a comment about those. lol Couldn’t remember what they’re called.
July 28, 2009 at 6:20 pm
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July 30, 2009 at 4:14 am
Hand dryers are good and hygenic
October 15, 2009 at 3:54 am
I only like the hand dryers if they’re the G-Force dryers. That’s not what they’re called, lol, but they exist. The air makes dents in your hands. they dry really quick.
Otherwise, I prefer to get most of the water off with paper towels and then use the hand dryer. Either/or doesn’t cut it. Need both tbh.
October 15, 2009 at 3:56 am
They’re called XLERATOR dryers. lol
March 30, 2010 at 2:33 pm
I like having both. The paper gets them mostly dry, then the blower finishes the job. It’s also great on a cold day – hands get nice and toasty; I even sometimes pull my shirt up so I can soak some warm air right up the front. Yum.
May 14, 2010 at 9:26 pm
I totally have OCD so I use that papertowel to open all doors… stalls, and when leaving as well as handles…taps toilet etc….Paper towel is my BEST friend in public washrooms…i thank the person profusely who invented it…. :)
June 13, 2010 at 3:59 am
i like paper towels best…. i hate the people that go straight from washing then get tree towels and hardly use them… 1 mostly dries my hands (1 used to fully dry but now my hands have grown since… 6 years ago lol), and 2 to just finish the job. There are paper towels strewn across the floor behind the door at the C Block toilets at my school. like prolly 10 of them. i say, wrap one around the handle- its better for the environment, and everyone’s (hopefully) just washed and dried their hands so its still clean.
The only hand drier ive ever found that did the job was last year in the toilets outside our classroom and the year 11 locker bay. It dried them perfectly in exactly the time it took to turn off after pushing the button, plus an extra bonus: the head could swivel to any position, so youd turn it on your friends’ faces, and sometimes for a laugh youd leave it on facing the door for the next person to walk in… my best friends got me once haha…