Originally Posted by
pshuang
I think foam soap is quite capable of doing an excellent job of degreasing your hands. As to why hotels use it -- I wonder if the economics kick in. It seems to me that liquid soap is an immense waste, the way most people use it, they dispense three squirts, most of which misses their hands, and then wash for 3 seconds. I don't think the soap is that expensive, but not having to pay for personnel to refill the containers mid-day might be a worthwhile saving?
Because they rig the system to give you so little.
At home I use one squirt, it does the job fine. Outside I always go for two because I know that one won't be enough. They think that cutting back on the amount delivered will save money but people will compensate.