Taco Bell hand drier so loud it is painful

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05 Sep 2017, 11:38 am

Who is the Taco Bell corporate Einstein who thought it a bright idea to buy hand driers which when I put my hands under it created a pitch at a volume that hurts my ears?
That was before 10:50 am and my ears still hurt and sound a bit stuffy or something here at 11:30 am.
Hmm, you know what would be interesting, go back in there with a sound meter then place a call to OSHA. I wonder what the results would be?
I'll bet it's not autism which makes it so loud and painful.

And, yes, I gave customer feed back on their website.
Wonder if anyone looks at it and pays attention?
Guess we'll find out, eh.


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05 Sep 2017, 4:30 pm

Almost all public bathrooms with blow dryers near where I live have the xccelerator model

Home depot contains two dryers in the bathroom

More than once it has given me a headache

Add to that toilets flushing, customers music and talking

And it is sensory overload :D

More than once it gave me a headache


When convenient I avoid Home depot

But not many bathrooms near my petri dish, open so early. With so many toilets



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05 Sep 2017, 4:38 pm

A list of public restroom annoyances is long:

Hand dryers
Loud flushing toilets
Music, usually loud and annoying
And of course, the smell and the mess people leave (paper towels, toilet paper and other icky messes)



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05 Sep 2017, 4:46 pm

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Customers banging on the door or innocently telling you you have been in there too long

Customer that take a long time



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05 Sep 2017, 4:59 pm

I hate those loud hand driers. I just wipe my hands on the back of my shirt and go along my merry way.


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05 Sep 2017, 5:06 pm

The problem is other customers use the dryers

And it often takes me an hour to make a bowel movement

So I have to hear a lot of noise



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08 Sep 2017, 8:09 pm

Hand driers are why I prefer to use disabled facilities. I cannot concentrate one iota when someone's using the hand drier. And it hurts my ears when I'm using it.


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08 Sep 2017, 8:21 pm

sometimes there are no disabled facilities.

sometimes someone disabled verbally tells me off for using the "disabled" bathroom. :roll:

:D

and the disabled bathroom is just single occupancy.

and i got extreme chronic constipation. bowel movements about 3x per day. about 1 hour each time. precious lil "people" bang impatiently on the door, telling me i took too long.

that's why i avoid the single occupancy bathroom, unless there is no other choice.


:)

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09 Sep 2017, 2:12 am

Bring your own TP and stop using it. Or use earplugs.


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10 Sep 2017, 2:02 pm

Everyone hates those stupid air dryers. Its a shame they dont use paper towel. Probably the companys way of saving money. I hate air dryers.



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10 Sep 2017, 9:49 pm

Sarahsmith wrote:
Everyone hates those stupid air dryers. Its a shame they dont use paper towel. Probably the companys way of saving money. I hate air dryers.


Air dryers are better for the environment, and technically more sanitary in fact I wish the bathroom at my work had one so there wasn't so much paper towel waste, I guess if they made paper towels out of hemp I wouldn't care.

Maybe someone should invent an air dryer that's quieter...I am sure no one would argue with that.


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10 Sep 2017, 9:58 pm

shortfatbalduglyman wrote:
sometimes there are no disabled facilities.

sometimes someone disabled verbally tells me off for using the "disabled" bathroom. :roll:

:D

and the disabled bathroom is just single occupancy.

and i got extreme chronic constipation. bowel movements about 3x per day. about 1 hour each time. precious lil "people" bang impatiently on the door, telling me i took too long.

that's why i avoid the single occupancy bathroom, unless there is no other choice.


:)

:lol:


Well people think its rude if you spend that long in the only public restroom, I mean a lot of people have places to go and can't wait for an hour to get into the bathroom.

Also maybe you should look into that further, certainly not normal to have to poop for an hour 3 times a day...perhaps there is some kind of dietary supplement or medication that could help that. I get constipation from time to time, so I have gotten herbal tea to for helping regular bowl movements as well as a fiber supplement for when that occurs.


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11 Sep 2017, 3:15 pm

Many times I purposely go out of my own way, to go to a bathroom with more toilets

Sometimes when someone comes in I get off and wait til he's finished and get back on

Doctor 1. Told be Irritable bowel syndrome

Doctor 2 told me hemorrhoids

Doctor three acted like I was a hypochondriac

Doctor four told me laxative

Doctor five didn't answer when I told him about how much time and energy bowel movements take

Doctor six acted like 3 times a day, one hour each time was "normal".


"Normal" does not necessarily mean good.

But I get what you mean

:D

Anyways

Took laxative

Stool softener

Drink five liter daily water

Nine daily serving vegetables

Pretty obsessive compulsive and anal retentive about what I eat

:mrgreen:

Anyways

The last couple weeks or months it appears to take shorter

But. Almost every single bowel movement consists of small or large feces shaped like rocks

:ninja:

:idea:



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11 Sep 2017, 3:35 pm

I'd say if you're eating at Taco Bell, the dryer will soon be the least of your bathroom worries...