Friday, September 2, 2011

HELP! I'm all wet and I can't get dry!

So, Jerry and I were at his dermatologist appointment yesterday (which I will blog about later) and as we were leaving, he decided he needed to use the restroom. I was not opposed to this since it was a 40 minute drive home. So, after receiving directions from the very peppy receptionist, we found the bathroom.


After Jerry was done doing his business, he washes his hands, and goes over to the paper towel dispenser to get a paper towel to dry his hands. This is where it got interesting...


Jerry makes his way to the dispenser. For visual purposes, I have included a picture of what the said dispenser looks like:





That's right! An old-fashioned, manual paper towel dispenser, for your everyday drying purposes and pleasures. Jerry approaches it and stops and stared for a minute. Then he waves his hand in front of it, then under it, then frantically anywhere he can, and yet no paper towel comes out. He looks back at me in utter amazement and bewilderment. "Buddy, you have to get the paper towel out yourself." He does not say a word. Instead he turns back to the dispenser and starts waving his hand every where again. He quickly snaps back around to me. "Jerry, you have to literally reach your hand in there and grab the paper towel out yourself...with your hand." Once again, he turns around and faces this foreign contraption, unsure of the result of sticking his hand in this opening that claims to deliver paper towels. I have found a few pictures to illustrate what I am sure was going through his mind at that moment.

















But he did it. He finally reached his hand into that dispenser and pulled one out, turned around and gave me a big smile. What has our world come to when our kids do not even know what a manual paper towel dispenser looks like? LOL! It was a good laugh though!