Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?
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@catsalad when you yank on the cloth it dispenses like 50cm of fresh towel, nbd
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Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?
@catsalad Oh, the ones that were always already damp when you went to use them?
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Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?
@catsalad I always quite liked them?
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Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?
@catsalad Unfortunately they are real.
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Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?
@catsalad
Some went from a spool to a roller and then got washed, so were OK, but I was at a campsite once with two ordinary towels stitched together around a couple of towel racks... -
Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?
@catsalad og doomscrolling
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@catsalad It's a treadmill for bacteria! (They don't actually loop.)
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Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?
@catsalad I HAVE SEEN ONE sorry for caps. I was at the banquet for my neighbor's firstborn in Chinatown and the restroom, which was of course in the basement, had the cloth loop hand towel thing. It looked exactly like the one with the paper towel roll inside, but it had this cursed loop of white terrycloth with a blue stripe in the center.
*edit: I forget if it had a lever to advance or if you were supposed to pull the towel
I declined to use this thing
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Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?
@catsalad folx got really worked up when I'd blow my nose on them

Like, they go through the magic box, it's fiiine...
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@catsalad folx got really worked up when I'd blow my nose on them

Like, they go through the magic box, it's fiiine...
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@catsalad folx got really worked up when I'd blow my nose on them

Like, they go through the magic box, it's fiiine...
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Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?
Several folk here have said they weren't a looping towel.
Some of them.
As a child and teenager, I specifically remember them as being damp already. So yes, nasty.
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@emily_rugburn that's gotta be a truck-stop euphemism...

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@emily_rugburn that's gotta be a truck-stop euphemism...

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Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?
@catsalad
Last saw one in a London tube station about 48 years ago. Had seen them in the movies, so knew what it was, but it was horrifying.On the other hand, when I was about 10, went with a neighbor to Haymarket in Boston, he got some oysters off of a cart, and wiped his hand on a little towel that was *nailed* to the cart.
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@emily_rugburn @alice @catsalad telling you about my snot rockets from a corn cob
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Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?
@catsalad Those existed.
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Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?
@catsalad yes. I think they were supposed to only go around once...
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@emily_rugburn @alice @catsalad ahh that's also very common in soccer
or at least I hope so because I'm doing it there all the time
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@catsalad Oh, the ones that were always already damp when you went to use them?
works every time!