Rant of the day

[sraun]

I like my hand-towels nice and dry when I go to use them. But I don't like to use a towel just once. So, I make certain that the towels are spread out as flat as possible when I put them on the rack - I want to maximize the surface area so that the most moisture will evaporate off in the least time.

And it drives me crazy when people put damp tools back on the rack all wadded up - they take somewhere between a long time and forever to driy, so I end up using a damp towel to try to dry my hands.

Do people like trying to dry their hands with damp towels? Surface area is really the only factor that you have easy control over - relative humidity and temperature are ... more difficult.

Comments

[pewtergryphon.livejournal.com]

Some people crumple 'em when they put them back so the next person will know they're 'used', but I take it you aren't talking about a few wrinkles? More like serious foladge?

[sraun]

Oh, any crumple bugs me - They go on to the rack folded in half, and after they're used they get put back in a single layer.

But, when they get put back scrunched up to less than half of their original width - that really bugs me.

Like I said - don't people like using dry towels? Why do they do things that increase the drying time, frequently by a substantial factor?