Hasta La Ideas

A company called Purleve is producing a “hygienic door handle solution,” prompted by these statistics:

When exiting a restroom,

– 30% of people don’t wash their hands
– 66% don’t use soap
– 84% don’t wash long enough to kill germs
– 100% touch the doorknob.

Their retro-fittable doorknob re-design moves the opening mechanism to a joystick-like handle at the top that’s covered in a sort of antimicrobial condom. After each use, mechanics in the doorknob automatically re-wrap the handle with a fresh one.

I can’t decide if it’s necessary or overkill. I also can’t figure out why 84% of you are such filthy bastards!

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