OK, so who’s brainiac idea was it to design these ginormous toilet paper dispensers in public washrooms?
I can respect the fact that they save money and have to be resupplied less frequently…but why can’t a fella get the TP off in a nice neat fold? I am tired of wrestling with these things…ending up with a ball of twisted and misalligned paper in my hand that I have to unravel and refold after I have torn it from the roll.
Why not place the roll like my one at home, where it comes off the wall at a right angle….or move the dispenser away from my knees and closer to the door so I can get a good amount off in a straight line to make a decent fold.
It’s bad enough that the paper is one degree of coarseness away from sandpaper…can’t it at least come in a dispenser that is practical?
Next time I will just bring along a copy of the Metro…
This article appears in Jun 12-18, 2008.
You can do this two ways.1. Design and fabricate a better TP dispenser, patent the design, pitch the product to a manufactuer, profit.or2. Whine about how the toilet paper gets all twisted and misalligned.
The worst thing about these monstrosities is that you sometimes have to reach inside them to try to find some paper, touching the sides of the dispenser, and you are thinking and praying the whole time “oh god whose hands were already in there and with what on them oh god I’m gonna have stranger poo on my fingers Oh god.”
the ones at my work are frustrating…. you practically have to bend over to reach up inside this thing!!! and Jammie, I never EVER thought of that…. LOL… Thanks for making an uncomfortable trip to the Bathroom even worse… (OCD much? I dont think I could stand any hotter water, for hand washing, lol)
I love it when you try to pull off some TP and all you get is ripped bits and a handfull of confetti cuz it’s all jammed up inside!
Sorry CaTLaDY. I’ve put eeeewwwy thoughts in yuor head and now they’ll never leave. But we come here primarily to share our neuroses, do we not?
Tis very True Jammie! And MiMi.. Omg… I wunna bang my head off the wall when that happens… Wiping your ass with confetti is a tad difficult! but sometimes you have no choice 🙁
I guess these contraptions probably work fine if you are a buncher and not a folder…i’m the latter, and HATE it when the TP touches the floor as I am trying to unravel the tangle to get a smooth wiping surface.
Oh great now I have to think about the filthy urine-covered floors as well as the poopy fingers of the previous occupant.I think I’ll just carry my own roll around with me from now on.I’ll get me one of those 80s / 90s fanny packs (perfect name!!) to store it in.
Has anyone ever tried a couple of hair clips or bobby pins to get the bum fluff out of the dispenser???? It works most of the time!