My Faucet Is Out To Get Me

We got our kitchen remodeled last year. Among other upgrades, the designer recommended a touch-activated faucet for the sink.

It sounded like such a handy idea. You know when your hands are all messy from dipping chicken into egg-then-flour coatings? Touch the faucet with your elbow and, voila, water to wash up with but no smeary gunk on the handles. Touch it again and it shuts off. Modern magic.

My husband appreciates the faucet. He enjoys the high-tech responsiveness. My grandsons ask to please wash the dishes — because the faucet is such fun to play with.