Let's talk about bad design.
Brief rant: I feel so strongly that when you wash your hands in the bathroom, you should be able to ensure a reasonable temperature. If as a sink designer, and your aim is to do that, then you would not be doing yourself a favor by separating the tap that provides hot from the tap that provide cold. Nevertheless, that is the standard situation in England. You have to turn to separate taps, and then the hot water is boiling, and the cold water is freezing. So you end up cupping your hands and wiggling wildly in discomfort as you alternate between burning your hands and freezing your fingers.
Why? Well, it has been explained to me that historically you were supposed to plug up the sink and fill it with a mixture of hot and cold, thereby creating the perfect temperature in the standing water. But firstly, who has the time to do that? Secondly, how do we overcome the grossness factor when we're using a public toilet. We don't want to wash our hands with the scum from the last person's hand-washing activities that are all over the sink bowl. I have clearly thought about it a lot. But, I think it is a deeply flawed design. And I urge sink designers to reconsider.
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