As the year 2011 draws to an end I would like to present the award of this year’s most idiotic product launch to – DETTOL NO TOUCH handwash system.
For the uninitiated— the handwash system consists of a battery powered dispenser stuffed with a bottle of liquid soap and when you place your hand under the dispenser it automatically dispenses just the right amount of soap.
According to the Dettol advertisement, a soap bar is covered with millions of bacteria and the no touch system is comparatively safer as you won’t be touching the ‘infected’ soap bar or a dispenser.
BULLSHIT!!!
The system will protect you from germs because you won’t be touching the pump but seriously, how do we wash our hands? We press the pump for soap and then wash the germs off.
So even if the soap bar or pump has HIV/AIDS or swine flu bacteria on it, wouldn’t they be killed? The problem is not the soap but in fact it’s the tap which we touch before washing and immediately after.
So, what we need are not automatic soap dispensers but automatic taps!
However, there are some foolish souls on this earth including some close friends and relatives who just can’t stop praising the ‘invention of the century.’
Well, if you are so damn senseless to dole out hundreds of rupees for the dispenser, batteries and refills when the same job can be done by a soap that would cost Rs. 20! You deserve to be mugged by such corporates.
