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[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 87 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Seriously though, one of my biggest pet peeves is when they get every other aspect of touch-less design correct, and then fail with the door.

#designfails

[–] farty@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Or when the soap dispenser is touchless but not the tap.

[–] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 5 points 10 months ago

That’s solved with getting extra soap, scrubbing the tap, rinsing the tap with water when you rinse your hands.

The door thing is still the biggest

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

As long as there's paper towels you can lather, wash, dry with a clean paper towel, and then use that to turn off the faucet/open the door without touching them. It sounds germophobic, but it really is the best way for us to use public restrooms and protect each others' health.

[–] HeapOfDogs@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The best design is no door. You walk in and around a corner / wall.. Think airport.

[–] Chobbes@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

My understanding (which may be false) is that this can come about from competing design considerations and regulations. Like... It's ideal to be able to push the door open from the inside of the bathroom so you don't have to touch a nasty doorhandle, but you also don't want somebody to be able to put something in front of the door, potentially trapping you in the bathroom (particularly in the event of a fire... Dying in a fire is probably worse than touching a nasty doorhandle), and you also don't want doors to unexpectedly swing open into busy hallways. This drives me nuts too, though.

[–] jkjustjoshing@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Eh, there's an easy solution that a lot of places are starting to use. A foot pull. Probably costs $5-10. No real excuse for any place not installing these.

[–] Chobbes@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I mean hell yes I’m for this. Just the obvious solution of “make it push” might not work.

[–] Surreal@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How about a door that swings both way

[–] Chobbes@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Potentially an issue of smacking people in a busy hallway.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

A handle you can hook your arm around would solve this.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

In some restaurants I've seen double swing doors on the toilet entrance.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Touchless booth door but then its occupancy detector is faulty ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡ °)

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 5 points 10 months ago

Don't think you need it that much. You're going to wash your hands after. There's a small chance you could contract something before using the bathroom from it, unsure on the likelihood of that transmission.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Given that it has a blow dryer instead of paper towels I doubt the door handle is an issue