I had lunch at the new Eastwood Mall today. I went to the ladies room and after washing my hands decided to retouch my make-up and tidy up my unruly hair. While I was doing so, I had to stand between the two sinks (mirrors were only directly on top of it) and use my own compact because if I stood in front of the mirror, the faucet would keep on running.
Running faucet while that lady fixed her hair! There are places in the world where they don't even have clean water to drink!
This has to be the most wasteful faucet design EVER. During the time I was retouching, at least 2 of the 3 faucets were running continuously because…
- Almost every woman who entered the toilet would use the mirror at some point.
- Only two (out of about 8 women) retouched will standing as far away as possible so that they wouldn’t be detected (at least they were aware of what was happening and did something about it!)
- Everyone else just stood in front of the mirror and fixed up, while letting the faucets run.
- There was no separate “vanity area” for girls to fix up – in this set up this is a must AT THE VERY LEAST!
I don’t know how the Eastwood Mall is okay with this. Aside from not being environmentally responsible, they must be spending a lot more on their water bills!
I really hope that they either relocate the sensors to make sure the faucets turn on ONLY when someone’s hand is in “washing position” under the faucet.
OR
That they provide a separate mirror area, so that those who DON’T want to waste water can use it!!!
P.S.
I hope that this post somehow gets to someone connected with Eastwood.
You’re right! It’s quite annoying when people are that environmentally insensitive. I had an analogous episode (incidentally also in Eastwood, but in the old theater) where the faucet was broken in the bathroom, and the water kept on running. I don’t know how long it was broken, but everyone else before me acted like there was nothing wrong! sheesh!
What did you end up doing sweety? =)