Dirt Fools

There's a commercial for a motion-activated soap dispenser.  I find it appalling.  This is what they say to convince people to buy the dispenser:


Ever worry about how many germs live on your push-down soap dispenser?  Those pump-soaps are touched by so many dirty hands, it's disgusting!  But not anymore!  Now there's soap with a motion sensor!  No need to touch, just put your hand there, and viola! Bacteria-free dispensing!

Now that's not a direct quote, but you get the picture...so now that you get the picture...

Does ANYONE see anything wrong with the logic this product is based on?

If you don't, allow me to enlighten you: you don't need to worry about the bacteria on the soap dispenser.  Why?  Let's walk through the simple and effective way that we wash our hands.

Wet hands.  Get soap.  Wash hands.  Dry hands.

See it now?  If you don't, try it this way:  Wet hands.  Get soap.  WASH HANDS.  Dry hands.

You don't need to worry about the bacteria on the soap because YOU WASH IT OFF RIGHT AFTER YOU TOUCH IT!  If anything, you should get a motion-activated faucet, because that's the thing you touch before you wash your hands (thereby contaminating it) and then after you wash your hands (thereby contaminating them).  But you don't even need to worry about that much.  Chances are that your hands are soaking wet when you turn off the faucet, so flick off the extra water after you turn off the faucet and dry your hands, then settle down because you just flicked and wiped off whatever minuscule amount of bacteria you caught from re-touching the faucet.

REALLY people.  The only reason anyone should buy this soap dispenser is if they like how cool motion-activated stuff is.  That's justifiable.  If you want something cool, spend more money to get it, that's fine.  But purchasing it because it's healthier?  It's not!  It's just a stupid trick.

Besides, dirt isn't going to kill you.  People who are afraid of dirt are going to end up spending more money in their lives, and this product proves it.