To Pull it or to Push it?

You'd think that as times goes by, things that we build are more and more functional and specially with plenty of common sense. Toys with sharp edges or small pieces that can be swallowed were eradicated long time ago; once brick-size cell phones have been reduced to a half-handful size and packed with every possible advance out there (minus hot water); fabrics in clothing match different occasions and tennis shoes have as much research these days as the Apollo missions.

But why is it that public restrooms have not being part of this wave of smart-assism?!

There've been advances in this area of course: you don't have to flush the toilet, it is automatic these days; don't have to touch the faucet, just put your pee-stained hands under it and warm water would come out; don't even need to touch anything to get soap [where I work at it's automatic] and even in some places the paper towels would also have a proximity sensor. Even more so, a very bright person came up with the idea of having a toilet-shaped paper towel in case you really have to get rid of that burrito with extra guacamole you had few hours earlier so that you don't have to put your bare butt against that cold and pee-wet toilet, as it usually is in the men's restroom. There's even all kind of chemical sprays that could kill any odor inside those four walls and many public restrooms are equipped with automatic sprays.

So if everything is so perfect, and has had so much thinking, and is so functional, why is it that you still have to push the door to get in, and PULL it to get out, ah? It should be the other way around for crying out loud!

It doesn't matter if you have to push or pull the door to get in, anyway you're gona end up with pee in your hands after shaking it [and if you shake it too long, maybe something else] but at the end you don't have to touch anything to flush, get water, soap and a paper towel. So why is it that once you're done with it, your bladder ready to stand a two-hour movie, your hands perfectly cleaned and your wind-tossed hair in perfect place, you have to grab the handle with your hand and pull it open?! A handle that can have anything from few drops of pee from that bastard who didn't wash his hands, to only God knows what.

Have I just discovered the last link in human evolution or am I just peeing all over the toilet?