another bathroom post

our bathrooms now have automatic soap and paper towel dispensers. this is pretty cool, except that it breaks up your whole bathroom flow!

1. soap (automatic)
2. water (not automatic)
3. paper towel (automatic)

so then you feel stupid because you put your hand into the sink, and the soap dispenser attacks it with foam, and then you move your hand a little to the right, thinking that the water will come out automatically, and then you realize you're staring at the faucet and nothing's happening. 

this automatic soap dispenser is feisty, too. as soon as you turn the water on, it attacks your hand again! and then, while you're washing your hands, it tries again! 

but i think it's ok. i figure, it's like the fire swamp in The Princess Bride -- it makes a noise before it tries to get you, so you know it's coming. at least there's a warning. 

dog name of the day: foofoo (might be spelled fufu, but i don't care enough.)

i'm really tired. my drive axle is in the processing of breaking, and it's going to cost almost $500 to fix. i got ok'd for overtime, but these 10 hour days are killing me -- and i've only done two in a row! my plan for tonight after dinner is to make a good cup of tea and settle down with a novel that doesn't make me think too hard. 

Office moment of the day: discussing dress code in a meeting, one of the supervisors started laughing and said, "sorry, i just got an image in my head from The Office!" to which the COO responds, "we are not having casual fridays." 

i really do like the people i work with.