Gullibility

I always love to see ads for stupid products knowing that there is going to be someone out there who is gullible enough to buy said product.

Product #1 - a dispenser of liquid hand soap that you don't actually have to touch.  You put your hand underneath & the dispenser senses your hand & drops a dollop of soap in your hand. 

The theory behind this soap dispenser is that people have dirty hands when they press the pump on your average low-tech liquid soap dispenser bottle.  Over time, these dirty hands leave lots & lots of germs on the pump.  If you buy the high priced, high-tech soap dispenser your hands don't leave their germs & don't pick up somebody else's.

My thought on this product?  Ummm - why don't you just wash the low-tech soap dispenser's pump once in a while?  You don't even have to use antibacterial soap.  Just regular soap will kill most/all of the germs.  Much cheaper & at least as efficient.

Product #2 - a new towel dispenser by Kleenex.

The theory is - people have fabric hand towels in their bathrooms.  Family members & guests use the hand towel & it gets dirty.  Therefore you should use the new Kleenex individual towel dispenser & you're not having to use the same fabric towel as everyone else.

My thought on this product?  Aren't these just a different take on the same paper towels you use in the kitchen?  If you don't want to use the same fabric hand towel as everyone else, why not just put a paper towel dispenser & a roll of said paper towels in your bathroom?  Cheaper, easier.  Or just put a clean hand towel in the bathroom every day.  They're not that big & so shouldn't add a huge amount to your weekly laundry efforts.

My, my, my.  I don't know how we've survive all these centuries without these products to make our lives 'better' and 'easier'.

Cleanly yours,
Papillon