Bah humbug !!

It's been a long time since I did one of my "bah humbug" rants about some annoying every day matter.   Politics is just so much more outrageous, especially the Republicans in this second decade of the 21st century.

But tonight, I once again encountered one of life's minor outrages that's been bugging me for some time.   It has to do with paper towel dispensers in the public restrooms, like in theaters, restaurants, etc.

You know the kinds I mean:  some of them you pull down the paper;  others you stand in front of, waving your hands like an idiot, trying to figure out which way the damned motion sensor wants you to wave -- left to right?  right to left?  up to down?   Sometimes nothing works, and I finally realize this is one where you're supposed to pull down on the paper towel.

They all look pretty much alike.  So I wind up pulling on the ones you're supposed to wave at;   and looking like a hand-flapping fool before the ones you're supposed to pull.

How about a little consistency?   Pull? or Wave?   Or, at least, make them different colors so we old codgers don't have to look quite as foolish as we feel.  It's bad enough that we've just finished having to stand at the urinal twice as long as the next guy, because it takes us longer to do what needs to be done.  And then to have to go wave at a machine.

Bah humbug !!

Ralph