Comments on Knucklehead!: Boeing 747 vs. Georgia-Pacific Compact 3000

Their dispensers are not ADA compliant. It takes 2...

2011-01-14T09:45:53.738-08:00

Their dispensers are not ADA compliant. It takes 2 hands to use them. You should see their 6 roll version. It's like scratching bark off a tree.

Good point! And so true. At my place of word we ...

2010-01-31T19:16:55.031-08:00

Good point! And so true. At my place of word we have the kind that is prefolded and one just pulls out a piece at a time. Or so you'd think. Usually it gets all jammed and either you pull out like 25 sheets at once, or nothing.

GRRRRRRRRRR!

Knuckles - this is brilliant. Anyway - I work in...

2010-01-31T15:20:47.246-08:00

Knuckles - this is brilliant.

Anyway - I work in a new building that is Platinum gold plated LEED certified, blah blah. It cost over 100 million dollars (only 3 floors) and it looks awesome.
Nobody on the onside of the building can work because of the glare, you can't place your hands in the faucet unless your a midget, and the tiolets have two flush options (big or little poop). But the WORST thing about going green, its the TP. The TP roller only allows you 1.5 PER ROLL. It takes you 10 spins to get enough for one wipe. Needless to say, I dont poop much at work and I cut back on the company chill

- KD from Waltsense

How funny! I think they have the same model instal...

2010-01-31T11:19:30.886-08:00

How funny! I think they have the same model installed in the bathrooms where I work. You can imagine how frustrating that is for us women who need to wrap out whole hand three or four times.

I hate when that happens! Be thankful that you don...

2010-01-31T09:42:08.232-08:00

I hate when that happens! Be thankful that you don't have to use a porta potty!

Mmmm that is exactly what I was thinking of was mi...

2010-01-31T07:02:00.481-08:00

Mmmm that is exactly what I was thinking of was miss hot Crow and her comments about one sheet. My 2O month old uses more than one sheet. Well, maybe he is the reason they invented this pos...he takes the whole darn roll off.

Anyhooo--I am a new follower. Really enjoying your blog!

I think they do that on purpose to save toilet pap...

2010-01-30T16:54:21.121-08:00

I think they do that on purpose to save toilet paper.

I don't get why they make 2 different types of...

2010-01-30T11:04:07.355-08:00

I don't get why they make 2 different types of toilet paper for the office and the home. That's all. It' not like we have 2 different asses. Oh and K? You need to cut down on your roughage, dude.

Why don't they make these units for the home? ...

2010-01-30T09:16:58.269-08:00

Why don't they make these units for the home? Or the dispensers that hold that giant roll? You won't find them at Home Depot or at Ace. By not having to change rolls all the time, this would make my life so much easier.

I hate the ones that just have the giant, one-ply ...

2010-01-28T19:23:52.469-08:00

I hate the ones that just have the giant, one-ply rolls, with no separation for squares. So you just have to pull out the length that you need, and then do some quick pulling, ripping motion to detach it from the mega-roll. I guess that's better than one square at a time though.

You are a true champion of rambling about stupid g...

2010-01-28T14:04:58.540-08:00

You are a true champion of rambling about stupid good sir. I very much approve. You know there is the much worse design that PURPOSELY limits you to one square per pull. Oh jeeze. Those ones are awful.

"Now, I'm a fairly big guy, and I'd e...

2010-01-28T12:02:05.722-08:00

"Now, I'm a fairly big guy, and I'd eaten a decent amount of roughage during the preceding 18-24 hours. The resulting download required, in my estimation, at least 8-10 squares of two-ply to get the job done."

Knucklehead, this falls into the category of too much information. I'm going to book a flight on the next 747 and get as far away from here as possible. ;)

Bravo! We have the same damned dispensers in the l...

2010-01-28T10:56:39.426-08:00

Bravo! We have the same damned dispensers in the lavatories where I work. They suck.

Excuse me. They SUCK!!!

You're right. It's not too much to expect that somebody could engineer a toilet paper dispenser to be efficient. Amazing.

@jdemott: You said "get to the bottom of this...

2010-01-28T09:40:46.448-08:00

@jdemott: You said "get to the bottom of this." Heh heh heh.

Not to focus on minutiae and ruin your funny story...

2010-01-28T09:02:33.943-08:00

Not to focus on minutiae and ruin your funny story... okay well, I guess that is what I am doing... but...

I wonder if your employer is using the branded toilet paper that is made to go with the dispenser. My hunch is that they are not. The proper product probably costs more than whatever they have chosen to buy that seems to fit the need. But, in fact, obviously, if my hunch is right, it does not FIT properly, and hence causes the challenges you experienced.

I could be wrong, but I bet if you were able to get to the bottom of this, you might find they're substituting the brands to save cost, and they're leaving you to deal with the consequences.

The folks who operate and maintain planes are trai...

2010-01-28T08:48:29.565-08:00

The folks who operate and maintain planes are trained to do so.
Who trains folks to dispense TP... except for my ex-father-in-law?

I think it must be that Al Gore/Sheryl Crow thing....

2010-01-28T08:43:20.734-08:00

I think it must be that Al Gore/Sheryl Crow thing. You know, the one-or-no--more-than-three-square toilet paper rule.

I was just saying yesterday how there seems to be ...

2010-01-28T08:32:06.976-08:00

I was just saying yesterday how there seems to be a lot of toilet humor going around these days. Go to http://www.mikenet707.blogspot.com/ and see yesterdays post (1047). It will make you appreciate the sears catalog texture.

Dude, SO TRUE!!! We have those crappy things at wo...

2010-01-28T07:59:44.268-08:00

Dude, SO TRUE!!! We have those crappy things at work too and they never give you enought TP! How is that possible? It's not like GP is some shitty little company that has no money to invest in research. They own forests for God's sake.

"It's a matter of tensile strength."...

2010-01-28T07:21:24.011-08:00

"It's a matter of tensile strength."

You took the words right out of my hand, erm, I mean mouth.

Ha!

Ha... great idea! I just posted something about...

2010-01-28T07:02:21.499-08:00

Ha... great idea!

I just posted something about the new Boeing Dreamliner composite aircraft so when I saw the title to your post I came right over to see it. What do you think about plastic planes? The title of my post is "Tupperware & Aerospace Partner Up?" Take a look and let me know if you'd ride in one.

At least there was paper in the stall! It could h...

2010-01-28T06:10:44.473-08:00

At least there was paper in the stall! It could have been worse!

What is this thing you call, 'toilet paper?...

2010-01-28T06:04:59.709-08:00

What is this thing you call, 'toilet paper?'

Given airports' automatic flush toilets and au...

2010-01-28T05:08:20.008-08:00

Given airports' automatic flush toilets and automatic dispensing soap and automatic faucets-- all of which do so with a somewhat Loki-like playfulness-- I am concerned what any further evolution of the toilet paper dispenser might entail.

Yeah, my hospital just installed these worthless t...

2010-01-28T04:02:53.309-08:00

Yeah, my hospital just installed these worthless things, too, and many staff have noted the same problem.