• diabolicdame said on May 15, 2008....

  Goodmorning Ed! I'm glad you got some good sleep.. and thats hilarious about the toilet flushing on you thrice! hahahahaha.. lol.. are you sure it didn't have a grudge on you or anything? Or maybe it was possessed! lol.. I have to say I've never used automatic toilets but I wouldn't like being flushed on either!  :-D

• CayenneMan said on May 15, 2008....

          Anyone outside the door think's you've got problems. You go guy! Don't be late.

• Twylarants said on May 15, 2008....

  I think they're a great invention, Ed.
  Automatic toilets, auto faucets, auto towel dispenser, and no door...hence, no handle to touch!
  It's a germ-o-phobe's dream!
  

• Mamie said on May 15, 2008....

  oh so that's where my sleep hours went to, I did the opposite and how annoying!
  Re: auto sinks, I think it is funny when I stand there waving my hands under the faucet and then finally figure out it is a typical faucet that needs the knob turned...same with the auto or not paper- towels...I am sure it is hilarious to watch!
  have a good day!

• the_infernal_optimist said on May 15, 2008....

  Wow! I'm impressed with your sleeping -- that has to feel good!
  
  I loathe automatic toilets. I have a thing about toilets anyway, but I would much rather press the button/handle with my foot than have the stupid thing auto-flush before I'm ready. :-p I like automatic sinks though.
  
  ~Infernal
  

• nytquill17 said on May 15, 2008....

  The problem with automatic toilets is they turn into a bidet when you're least expecting it!
  
  Plus all those multi-flushes are wasteful of water.  Until they can control the mechanism better to where it reliably flushes only once, I think it's a bad idea.  I'm all for auto sinks, towels, and dryers though.  I'm with Infernal, you can just flush the toilet with your foot or a little extra toilet paper, solves the problem.
  
  And after all that hands-free germ prevention stuff, when you leave the bathroom you still have to touch the actual door handle that everyone in that bathroom has touched...including the people who DIDN'T wash their hands ;)
  
  There are some bathrooms around here that have hand sanitizer dispensers in the hallway after you leave the bathroom.  I think that's a great idea.  Solves the door germs problem and cuts down the traffic at the sink (in women's bathrooms, that's an issue!)
  

• soaringraven said on May 15, 2008....

  Congtats on the long needed protracted sleep.  Your boby must be at long last making its adjustment to your change in schedule.  (see, I do go back and read stuff that happened before my arrival)  Or perhaps its a fluke!  You did stay up rather late last night!

  I have long distusted anything that activates without direct input from the user.  I don't even like automatic doors.  After so many years of them being out there though I have grown accuntomed to them.  So much so in fact that I have on occation run into a door I thougt ought to have been automated.

  soaring

   

   

• evil_twin said on May 15, 2008....

  I slept better last night too! Cheers to good sleep :-) And no, I don't like automatic toilets. Once I walked into a bathroom and the toilet just flushed because I was standing there. I think they malfunction too much! I don't mind the automatic water faucets, but I don't like the auto soap dispensers. They squirt out all over the place!
  
  -Kyle
  

• uniquely-ironic said on May 15, 2008....

  Well I slept like shit, but I don't like the automatic toilets either.  They scare me.  It's not like I'm afraid of falling in, but I hate loud noises and they tend to be loud.

• skald said on May 15, 2008....

  Glad you could sleep Ed. Catching up you can do later. Sure I would hate an  automatic toilet too. lol 

• blondee0718 said on May 15, 2008....

  I hate automatic toilets.  Like many, I hover over public toilets and everytime I straighten up, it flushes, and most often when I still have paper in hand.  By the time I throw it in, it's done and no amount of dancing or waving around gets it to flush again, so I have to hit the button anyway.  It usually scares the crap out of me...LOL (okay, bad joke...heehee).

• Eilan said on May 15, 2008....

  My five-year-old is terrified of automatic toilets, to the point where if one of the damn things flushes while she's on it, she'll leap across the stall.  That's kinda messy sometimes.  The girls' school has automatic toilets, but it seems that the kindergarten teachers figured out a way to keep the toilets from flushing while the kids are using them.

• vacantmind said on May 15, 2008....

  I hate them because they always seem to flush before you are ready. Then they are super powerful and if your not careful you can get splashed...Ewww! I would like to have them in my house for the restrooms the kids use because it is better than not flushing!

• pickersplock said on May 15, 2008....

  Ed!  You're sleeping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Over sleeping even!!!!!!!

• starlightstarbright said on May 15, 2008....

  Hi ed,
   
  I'll give you one thing; you always have interesting posts.  Automatic toilets--we used to have them at my old work, and I think I got a little too used to not having to touch that icky flusher.  I don't mind the flushers, but I hate public restrooms. 
   
   
  Why is it that people can never seem to flush?  But I'm starting to rant.  Better stop now.  Otherwise, you're gonna see me get on my soap box.  Dirty public restrooms are one of my biggest pet peeves.

• cakebottom said on May 15, 2008....

  I hate automatic toilets!  It seems like they never flush when you're actually finished, but wont stop when you're still doing your thing. 
  
  Granted, I also hate the thought of touching the real handle.  I got accustomed to using my foot to flush while living in the dorms.  *shudders* Those are memories I'd rather not revisit.
  

• bluegum said on May 15, 2008....

  Are you burning the candle at both end sperhaps,or it might be the change of season, or your body clock could be still adjusting to your new job.On the subject of automatic toilets i haven't used one and i don't know the exact extent of their role in ones toilet needs .
   
  blue.

• RollingC said on May 15, 2008....

  I've changed posts and shifts so now I work the midnight shift and my body clock needs adjusting for sure.   I've worked midnight before (for years actually) and it's really addictive once you get used to it.  The worst shift is the swing shift as every other day you have a different time to go to work and sleep...etc.
  The body adjusts to anything....soon you'll be back to the swing of things.
   
  I also personally don't like automatic toilets.  I guess I like to dictate when to flush, not have some machine with a timer/sensor decide when to do it.
   
  Rc

• silverwhisper said on May 16, 2008....

  diabolic: thanks about the sleep! not sure what that was about--weird! and no, i don't think it's got a grudge against me but who knows what lurks in the minds of porcelain gods? :D
  
  cayenneman: see, that bothers me but not as much as being prematurely flushed!
  
  twyla: i didn't realize you were a germophobe--somehow, i only knew that daily is! everything else being automated i like--but the toilet and premature flushing is a bit of an issue for me!
  
  mamie: bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! it's like walking up to a store's door only to realize it isn't an automatic door, isn't it? :D sorry you couldn't sleep, though. :<
  
  infernal: it felt good, yeah, but i was a bit sluggish for most of the day--maybe i slept too much? and yeah, i feel the same re: automated toilets. i understand the need for 'em, but jeez!
  
  nyt: that's precisely my problem with them! toilets should not suddenly change into bidets, damn it! :D as i said, i'm OK with everything else being automated and i've had the same thought re: the doors! :> fortunately, the office doesn't use doors, they just design the entrance so that it bends.
  
  soaringraven: thanks! and yeah, maybe my body's adjusting--although given that i was up at 5:15ish this morning, perhaps not? hm...is there a particular reason you mistrust automated things? and yeah, i've done the same w/ automated doors!
  
  kyle: woo-hoo, more people getting sleep! :D i don't have that problem w/ auto soap dispensers generally, and yeah, auto toilets are definitely wasteful of water!
  
  u-i: sorry about your lack of sleep--you and mamie should commiserate! and you know, i hadn't noticed auto toilets being particularly loud, to be honest, but as i think about it, i think you're right, although i wonder if it isn't partially b/c of the acoustics of bathrooms that would have auto toilets...
  
  skald: heh...i always like it when i can make you laugh. :D
  
  blondee: bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! and yeah, i find that i usually have paper still in my hand w/ the damned things, too!
  
  eilan: if you ever find out the secret password or whatever it is that stops premature flushing, i'd really, really appreciate it if you passed along that secret knowledge!
  
  vm: yeah, who wants to get splashed with that water?! is that really an issue with kids, though?
  
  pickers: i know--it's wacky! :D
  
  starlight: heh...zayda had a rant entry last year about the same issue: dirty public restrooms. and what's wrong with some people? i mean, is that how they are at home? i shudder to think! it's one of my pet peeves, too. :> and you know, i think you should post a rant about it yourself. :>
  
  cb: hi! yeah, i have the same problem myself with 'em! i don't mind so much touching the handle, cuz usually it's placed low so i can push it with my foot if need be.
  
  blue: ah, an automatic toilet uses a sensor that somehow tries to figure out when someone is done using it, and flushes automoatically. re: sleep, i honestly can't say anymore. weird!
  
  rollingc: ah, so that explains the timestamps on your comments! how long do you suppise it might take to adjust to the new schedule? and yeah, i can see swing shift being murder on the old body clock. and i can understand that about wanting to be the one to tell it when to do what.
  
  ed

• CayenneMan said on May 16, 2008....

      I wonder what the "Tidy Bowl Man In The Boat" would have had to say about this ?

• RollingC said on May 16, 2008....

   
  Now that you mention it Cayenne....
   
  I wonder if the " Tidy Bowl Man in The Boat " ever goes fishing...yuck....what's he doing in a boat and what did he do to get put there?
   
  Rc

• soaringraven said on May 16, 2008....

  I don't know what the Tidy Bowl Man did to get that assignment, but I sure wouldn't want to be him.  Just paddling along in my little rowboat and someone comes along and drops a big one square on my head.  Not a pleasant way to earn a living.

  soaring

• queenparanoia said on May 17, 2008....

  hahahah yeah it's annoying... =)

• silverwhisper said on May 18, 2008....

  cayenneman: OK, that was pretty disturbing! :D
  
  rollingc: and what's that say about the boat?!
  
  soaringraven: man, that's a mental image i so didn't need!
  
  sis: ain't it just?!
  
  ed

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