It's nice to find an all-automatic "hands-free" restroom: self-flushing urinal, automatic soap and water dispensing, motion-activated paper towel dispenser — and a door that swings out as one exits. Now here's a self-flushing urinal — itself a tourist attraction – at the Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo, CA.



This is worth noting: "according to researchers...who tested all kinds of public surfaces...shopping carts were loaded with more saliva, bacteria and even fecal matter than escalators, public telephones, and even public bathrooms." My Safeway provides disinfectant wipes next to the shopping carts.

Or this: "...the average desk has 100 times more bacteria than a kitchen table and 400 times more bacteria than the average toilet...bacteria on an ATM machine would represent a public health threat"