The biggest thing that my boss was trying to accomplish by installing the automatic faucets was saving money. He might tell everyone that it was to cut down on germs but I know that truth and he told me that he would be saving some serious money on the water bill by installing the automatic faucets and he really liked that.
I suggested that he not tell the other employees that and introduce purell instant hand sanitizer dispensers all over the office, so it looked like he was trying to cut down on germs in multiple ways. We have always had one purell instant hand sanitizer in the office but now we have four of them and everyone is using them, since the flu season is upon us.