"Other duties as assigned"

[Les]

I understand the desire for auto- toilets and sinks in K-12 educational facilities. With some kids, anything that can be left on, open, or unflushed just defaults to that state. Probably promotes apathy, but if you can't beat 'em join 'em. I gave up on keeping our pantry light turned off years ago, and I'm still coming to terms with the thermostats...

Not a fan of battery-powered everything though, especially built-ins. The fewer the regular maintenance calls, the better.

 

[TimMc]

I suspect a lot of places did this sort of conversion during the early covid times when it was thought that the virus was spread by fomites (I think that's what they called them) on hard surfaces, so it was thought that contactless everything was the way to go. Now thought not to be the case.

There's still an argument for contactless lavatories and taps, as people can be slapdash with handwashing. Just not a very good argument.

The other is Disabilities Act compliance.