Automatically flushing toilets

One of my biggest pet peeves is the automatic flush toilet – you know, those toilets that have a little electronic sensor that tells the plumbing that you’re all done and it’s ok to go ahead and flush. Well, all too often you aren’t done when you hear that tell-tale swoosh, and things really go downhill from there.
 
The concept of automatically flushing toilets is a good one. In a perfect world it would ensure that a toilet never goes unflushed while allowing you to avoid touching a nasty handle in a public restroom. It’s in the implementation where the idea breaks down. Simply put, the sensors are easily tricked into thinking you’re done when you’re not, and fewer events in life are more disturbing than having a toilet flush on its own while you’re still sitting on it.
 
Now I can’t say that every model of every brand has a problem with pre-mature flushing because my experience with them is limited to the units you find in department store restrooms and the like, but I can say that virtually every automatic flush toilet I’ve ever used has left me feeling like my life was totally out of my control. I mean really, who wants to use a toilet that has a mind of its own?
 
Now, if they could just do something about those automatic faucets that turn the water off while you still have soap all over your hands!