It's like something out of Modern Times. In the convention center's restrooms the soap and water dispensers are automated. Put your hands near either and they are supposed to spit out their contents. The soap mechanism makes a whirring sound, the water none (unless it is drowned out).
Except there are times when you have to energetically wave your hands to flag the attention of one or the other. There were occasions when a temperamental soap dispenser that had reluctantly performed would bide its time until you were rinsing your hands and then, seemingly to compensate, whir out its soap futilely without any intentional prompting.
"One in an ACRL Philadelphia series. Collect the whole set."
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