[Libs-Or] WARNING: touchless hand sanitizer machine alert!

[Max Macias]

This is fascinating.

You should check your machines and make sure they work with dark skin tones.

Sometimes soap dispensers, and other 'smart' technologies don't perform
for, or even recognize darker skin tones.

Respectfully,


Max Macias


On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 10:41 AM Rhonda Alderman <RAlderman at clatsopcc.edu>
wrote:

> Omigosh, thank you for that, Dan... I really needed a laugh today.
> (Though it probably wasn't a laugh for y'all at the time...)
> Great detective work!
> Cheers,
> R
>
> *Rhonda Alderman*
>
>
> *Dora Badollet Library, Technical Services *
>
> *Clatsop Community College*
>
> *1680 Lexington Avenue*,* Astoria, Oregon 97103*
>
> *503-338-2508   ralderman at clatsopcc.edu <ralderman at clatsopcc.edu>*
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Libs-Or <libs-or-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> on behalf of dan cawley
> via Libs-Or <libs-or at omls.oregon.gov>
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 9, 2020 10:34 AM
> *To:* LIBS-OR at omls.oregon.gov <LIBS-OR at omls.oregon.gov>
> *Subject:* [Libs-Or] WARNING: touchless hand sanitizer machine alert!
>
> Hello:
>
> Fun times in Seaside.
>
> Part of our morning protocol is to test the touchless hand sanitizing
> dispensers.  Oddly, neither machine was functioning this morning.
>
> We switched out the C batteries.  Still not working.
>
> Hurm...
>
> In the past, we had several new boxes of worthless/expired C batteries.
> Maybe we were putting bad batteries back into the machines?*
>
> Our office hand soap dispensers are also touchless and run on C
> batteries.  Oddly, neither of the hand soap dispensers were working this
> morning, either.
>
> What are the odds?  Infinitesimal.
>
> After trying every battery in the building, we made a special trip to
> Rite-Aid for fresh, fancy, Duracell C batteries.
>
> Even with Duracells, all four dispensers still not working!!!
>
> *(Insert foul language here).*
>
> To make a long story longer....we miraculously deduced that the touchless
> laser switches do not respond to jet-black nitrile gloves.
>
> Both persons attempting to fix the machines were wearing black gloves.
> The batteries didn't need replacement.  The gloves needed replacement.
>
> Fun fact:  they work just fine with blue gloves.
>
> Don't be like Seaside.  Test your soap and sanitizer machines without
> black gloves.
>
> TLDR,
>
> dan cawley
> hand sanitizer technician
>
>
> Daniel D. Cawley
> Seaside Public Library
> 1131 Broadway
> Seaside, Oregon  97138
> 503.738.6742
>
> www.seasidelibrary.org
>
>
>
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