My favourite is the kind of S curve that some places have, so you just walk in, but it's private enough that people can't just leer from the hallway or whatever I'm not actually sure what we're accomplishing with doors here unless it's a very tight space I guess like if the bathroom is near the area where patrons eat at a resto? Yeah I get that, door away. Sorry for rambling.
A hobby of mine is to get annoyed at hand dryers. 80% of the models I find are eyerollingly useless. Blow a faint breeze for five seconds, stop and refuse to trigger again no matter how much you try to slap the air in front of it.
Then there are those 5% that actually gets it. Blowing a jet stream that makes the water droplets sublimate so fast you forget you even washed.
Easy, just open it with your teeth, then your hands will stay clean.
There are add on "foot handles" that sort this out, but they are pretty uncommon.
I grab it with the edge of my shirt. While it's not ideal, my shirt will be washed later and it spares me having to deal with risk of fecal particles on my hands where they can immediately reach my face.
Yeah, this drives me crazy. Best thing I can do if I have a jacket or long sleeved shirt on, is to put my hand inside the sleeve and open it that way
The correct way to handle this would be to use a disposable paper product. Most places still have a paper towel dispenser along side the air hand dryer, you're supposed to use that.
Besides the point, most people don't know how to properly wash and dry their hands. There's a technique to both that actually improves cleanliness a lot and reduces overall waste.
I never use air based hand dryers. Paper towel for life. Some places use maze patterns instead of doors, which I generally like but usually requires some extra work with air handling to make sure the bathroom air stays in the bathroom, and a bit more floor space to provide the room for the maze pattern. Those restrooms are usually the ones without paper towel, I don't mind, I just have moist hands for a few minutes afterwards.
All of this can be googled. So I won't go into more detail, but the majority of people couldn't possibly give fewer fucks about handwashing or hand drying properly. So I expect most won't even try to learn how to do things better, ever. They just go with whatever their parents taught them as a child and never question it again. Bluntly, your parents probably did the same, so you're probably working off of 50+ year old advice on hand washing.
Sometimes the toilet god is merciful and someone comes in at just the right moment.
This is why I just wrap my scrotum around the handle to open it, problem solved
What about the foot puller thingy
Let's normalize revolving doorways into bathrooms
Burn the toilet down
I just stand inside the door until someone else comes in, then escape.
This works poorly in remote areas, but I consider 4 days trapped in a public bathroom worth it to avoid touching the poop handle.
At all times, gentlemen, have some old workshop towel or used tissues in the depths of your pockets.
This stuff is illegal in some countries. Do NOT use your sleeve unless you plan to wash your sweater immediately after. Carry an emergency napkin/paper towel with you.
Lots of places now have automatic doors with frosted glass
