Every bathroom in my high school had them… The worst was when they were jammed and you tried to dry your hands on the already sopping wet stuck section 🤢
Better than almost every other option.
I recently talked to someone who’s small family business was in their 3rd generation of making these. What they said is that there was a big market in south east Asia.
Like we learned early covid, a lot of hygienic paper goods are made locally (not worth enough to ship), and they said that there just aren’t as many trees to make paper from there, so despite being very far away, this little family shop made and shipped these.
The person I talked to wasn’t involved in the business directly, so they/I might have some of that wrong but I thought that was interesting. Like I guess it’s enough to keep them in business but probably not enough to attract new comers?
I hate those “dryers” who just blow it all straight into your face much more
They are soooooo noisy as well.
And I thought I was the only person who had this problem! I have large hands, so lots of water splashes in my fave when using of these (•_•)
and they dry my hands too much, i need my hands moist but not dripping, and there’s no such option
Just don’t hold it under for so long…
i have no idea how to explain it but drying my hands with a towel vs a hand dryer is a completely different experience for me. and the dryer just makes me feel weird
(i do have some slight OCD around washing my hands though so that might be it)
I think the hardness of the water might also play a role… At least I know that it feels way different to dry off after a shower in soft water vs. hard.
Not true. My 2 year old just started daycare a few months back and the missus and I have been sick constantly. We’ve had all kinds of weird viruses, sores, ulcers, cough and rash.
My God. Daycares are biological warfare.
Just wait until they start kindergarten.
Hopefully your toilet is close enough to the tub or sink so you can puke out of both ends.
Parenting is just wonderful.
This was a problem when my daughter was in a private dayhome, but a licensed dayhome has been a much better experience. Seems like they actually prioritize hand-washing and other hygiene practices. My kid gets sick at about a tenth of the previous rate.
These were a feature up into the mid 80’s in some places around here. They were for the most part pretty hygienic on the first pass. It was the asshole who would rewind them that made them bad.
Is that some kind of joke I’m too living-in-a-third-world-country to understand?
(Honestly, no idea what that is. Is it some kind of towel?)
I’ve only seen these used in the movie 12 Angry Men. That movie feels so modern in many ways that when there’s a scene in the washroom and one of the character uses these, I’m reminded that the movie came out in 1957
I’m pushing 40 and I’ve only ever seen these in movies. I feel like they haven’t been in use since the 60s.
No I’m 50 and I’ve seen them, definitely wasn’t alive in the 60s.
OK, so it sounds like they died out in the 70s?
I’m 30, and I’ve seen them twice in my life in-person. However, I believe that they were in very old buildings. Can’t remember exactly where, though, since they were both over ten years ago.
30s checking in, local gas station had one up until 10 or 15 years ago. I moved, haven’t been back since to check if it’s still there 🤷♂️
The shop I work with has one. Seeing these comments made me wonder if its the same rag from the 70s they just clean from time to time.
I did see them around as a child millenial. Not totally uncommon in older and public buildings until early 2000’s. The airblade dryers seemed to come in right as the last of these were phased out.
I once met a guy that went blind from drying his face with one of these at a truck stop.
I only time I wash my hands in a public bathroom is if I get a substantial amount of shit on them.
