Originally Posted by cmd320

With the possible exception of auto accidents, these items affect me in about zero ways on a daily basis. On the other hand, I'm in hotels 50+ nights a year which means on average at least once a week I have to use these products.

Originally Posted by JBord

I think fear would be a better word than terror. But right or wrong, facts & evidence or not, hotel rooms and soap dispensers are things that most of us have much more real and direct exposure to on a daily basis. They're also things that are easily remedied (or in this case, not placed to begin with). So we discuss the pros and cons.

There's also little I can do on a daily basis to prevent the other things you list. The one that I can prevent is auto accidents, and therefore I drive as little as possible.

Whether it's natural to fear things that we encounter every day is another issue. I don't oppose the dispensers because of typical germs we encounter every day. I am concerned with tampering to a small extent, but my opposition is based on functionality and effectiveness.