31.5.14

Nine Second Tap

A very full sign with some very precise instruction....'Press down on the top of the tap for water the water should stop running after 9 seconds.  If it does not then please report the fault to member of staff on site'.  The right hand tap is very hot for shaving.

So the hot tap, once pressed, should come on for nine seconds....but what if it's 8 or 10 seconds, even 7 or 11.  Is that really something that someone would feel obliged to report as a fault, even if there were able to time it that accurately.  Even if it's fifteen seconds.....

In fact 15 seconds is the NHS recommend minimum time for handwashing with soap and water anyway......http://www.wash-hands.com

Ideally a little more consistent punctuation would help.  There's one lonely full stop on the second line.   So it's either loose that or make the other lines consistent with stops or maybe a comma at the end of the first line.