Hand Dryers
@allknowing (153529)
India
August 13, 2021 4:45am CST
In most well appointed restaurants and hotels one finds hand dryers in their rest rooms. A first time experience is pretty complicated as there are no instructions how one uses it.
Having said that I find no purpose served as it is not just the hands that we need to wash and dry but many times our face as well. I never use these hand dryers but carry with me my faithful hand towel and wipe my face and hands and all this gets done in a jiffy unlike the hand drier which takes ages and sometimes there is a queue as well
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13 responses
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
13 Aug 21
I too rely on my fresh and clean personal towel. I am concerned about the power that it consumes. And it keaves my skin quite dry.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
13 Aug 21
It is so satisfying when we use our own hand towel
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
13 Aug 21
In seconds!! that must have been a super dryer
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@Anqaya (3031)
• United States
14 Aug 21
@allknowing Yes. I thought all hand dryers are just as fast.
@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
13 Aug 21
I use them sometimes but love to use towels and toilet paper 
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
17 Aug 21
The dryer does consume a lot of time. I do not like it at all
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
13 Aug 21
Hm, interesting. I've never found them to be complicated. The good dryers actually dry the hands pretty quickly.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
14 Aug 21
I noticed that too. Rather than wasting paper towels the best is our own hand towel
@Vikingswest1 (7443)
• United States
14 Aug 21
It makes it impossible to leave the restroom without contaminating the hand you use to open the door.
I have also seen many programs showing how filthy hand dryers are.
I prefer towels. Ready towel, wash hands, use towel to dry, shut off water, open the door, discard towel.
Public restrooms are breeding grounds for bacteria.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
14 Aug 21
You are so right. Public wash rooms are sure breeders of germs 
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@asianlady (2692)
• Ireland
13 Aug 21
I like this kind of hand dryers because it can dry your hand faster than the other model.
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@lazydaizee (6732)
• United Kingdom
13 Aug 21
I am old enough to remember when we had to dry our hands on paper towels, and even worse, a roller towel that other people had used before us. But I do agree that these modern hand dryers can be difficult to use.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
13 Aug 21
Once you know how to use them there is no issue there but the practicality is what I am concerned about
