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Toilets

floriflee said:
...I guess, in that sense, the hole-in-the-ground toilets have an advantage. You have to squat and won't come in contact with anything (assuming you have good balance)....
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Yeah, but they're hell on your knees if you happen to have bad ones.

In other cross-cultural news. Russian toilets have a "shelf" in them so that your poo stays on a relatively dry shelf for inspection (one assumes) before you flush the toilet and water flows from the back taking the poo down the front. I imagine lots of other countries also offer the poo-patrol shelf feature.
 
Applespider said:
I'd say women's washrooms are cleaner than men's but they're not as clean as my bathroom at home.
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That's because you're not a single guy.

Applespider said:
The reason is that many women don't want to touch the seat of the toilet - so they hover. This means that their aim isn't 100% and they can 'sprinkle'
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So it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. There have been many studies (in the US at least) that show the toilet seats are pretty much the cleanest part of the bathroom. Just don't set your purse on the floor, then go home and set it on the counter.

As for me:

2. I sit. As far as I know, it's generally fairly difficult to absorb too many germs through my rear end. Plus, I wash my hands regularly and don't eat with my ass.

3. I prefer to wait, simply because reading material is difficult to come by in public restrooms. But if I need to, I will.

4. I have no idea where public restrooms are in my area, aside from restaurants and some stores. Of course, I live in the suburbs, so it's a little different.
 
floriflee said:
What about the washlet toilet? They had these in at least one of the bathrooms at the Google campus....
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When you think about it, it's kind of shocking how little technology has invaded the Western bathroom. Like isn't it amazing that the technology to build a shower that has the capability to consistently provide water, from the first jet, at a precise temperature requested by the user, is readily available and inexpensive (thermostats, small electric heaters, e.g. placed up by the shower head, electronic control systems), and yet almost no one, even wealthy Americans with $500,000 homes, has such a thing?

Toilets that could do things like clean themselves, and perhaps do some of this bidet type stuff, if you want it, have also existed, I think, in Japan for... 20 years? And it's a toilet. How often do you buy one? If I got a new home, $1000 for a toilet that never needs cleaning, and on whose cleanliness you could completely rely, without any toilet anxiety, would be a good buy to me!
 
yellow said:
[sigh]

Well there's a fantasy destroyed. :(
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Sorry about that. Even though it's not clean enough to eat with, you're still welcomed to kiss it.

Edit: No animosity intended, of course ;)
 
i never use public bathrooms unless i really really gotta go (only no. 1 though)
For guys we just have to stand their so its not as bad as women, but still its pretty nasty...
The bathrooms in my dorm are discusting. I use the bathroom on the first floor that no one uses because its always "locked" but people don't realize the trick to get in...you need to lift the handle up not down.... :rolleyes:
 
Aww...always good to see the minds at MR think about wonderful topics. I've cleaned a few womens bathroom in my days and sometimes they are messy.

I use to work to a restaurant and this chick always came in there and ordered a lot of food and after she was done...off to the bathroom to bring it up.....we use to draw straws to see who would have to go in after her.....for some reason i always lost(i think they cheated..i was management) Damn this lady puked up the whole bathroom..not even the toilet she used THE WHOLE surrounding area....the smell was horrible.

More things to come...


Bless
 
when i was a touring musician( band rule #1: no poo's in the tour bus potty), i figured out the secrets to finding clean toilets.

If you're in an airport, there's usually a bathroom just beyond the farthest gate...they're usually spotless.

If you're in a town that you're unfamiliar with-go to a nice hotel. they always have clean facilities on the first floor.
 
1. I would assume so yes. I bet its just caused by guys who don't want to put up with the nastiness of men's toilets and therefore go and make a mess in the women's stalls!

2. Sit. Its just your butt-cheeks! Big deal! I do usually put down a layer of paper first though.

3. When you gotta go, you gotta go. That's what toilets are for right?

4. I rarely go to public toilets. If I do its because I don't have a choice usually. Can't say I often go to ones near where I live though. That wouldn't make much sense!
 
I used to be totally against public facilities, but when you gotta take a D it must be done. Still, home is the desired location. I work in a hospital so we have very clean facilites with million-gallon-per-flush toilets that cannot be clogged under any circumsdtances. Plus we have those "ass gasket" toilet covers, which are nice.

For some reason at work we have a problem with the women's bathroom being filthy but the men's is usually pretty good. The ladies at work have had a few inter-office email flame wars about the condition of the facilities; emails with titles like "FOR WOMEN ONLY: ANOTHER MESS IN THE RESTROOM!!!" are passed about....
 
Lord Blackadder said:
I work in a hospital so we have very clean facilites with million-gallon-per-flush toilets that cannot be clogged under any circumsdtances. Plus we have those "ass gasket" toilet covers, which are nice.
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Same here... and yet I find myself going to the same bathroom 90% of the time. And it's not based on proximity to my office. It's based completely on lack of random patients and guests wandering in. Like somehow I think employees are "more clean" than random people walking off the street.
 
Dude, DITTO. I have one particular bathroom staked out that is near some conference rooms and more seldom visited...it's the cleanest one.

A tangential question for everyone...don't you hate it when you are on the pot and somebody walks in and sits down in the stall next to you? Usually they have to take a loud D too. I hate that.
 
miloblithe said:
In other cross-cultural news. Russian toilets have a "shelf" in them so that your poo stays on a relatively dry shelf for inspection (one assumes) before you flush the toilet and water flows from the back taking the poo down the front. I imagine lots of other countries also offer the poo-patrol shelf feature.
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I could've sworn that was a Dutch-only invention! As a matter of fact, I have one of those in my appartment. I have no clue why the world needs toilets like this. Especially with a #2 it becomes a very smelly and unpleasant experience, not to mention having to scrub away the tracks! (Bleh).
I've been told such toilets tend to be much cheaper than the more conventional "goods under water" toilets. One thing's for sure, I know I'll be spending a little more to get a decent bog when the time comes!
 
Lord Blackadder said:
A tangential question for everyone...don't you hate it when you are on the pot and somebody walks in and sits down in the stall next to you? Usually they have to take a loud D too. I hate that.
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I absolutely hate it when that happens. I just shut up and sit still until he leaves usually, unless it takes particularly long! :rolleyes:
 
Lord Blackadder said:
A tangential question for everyone...don't you hate it when you are on the pot and somebody walks in and sits down in the stall next to you? Usually they have to take a loud D too. I hate that.
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YES! If I walk into a bathroom with someone in one of the stalls already, I'll usually run for the next bathroom.
 
Lord Blackadder said:
A tangential question for everyone...don't you hate it when you are on the pot and somebody walks in and sits down in the stall next to you? Usually they have to take a loud D too. I hate that.
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Actually it makes me laugh.. or want to laugh. What can I say, as a man I still find toilet humor funny. :D
 
yellow said:
Actually it makes me laugh.. or want to laugh. What can I say, as a man I still find toilet humor funny. :D
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Once, I was at a boat show with a friend and we both had to go... but I only needed a No. 1. We found a restroom and I was out quickly. My buddy thought I was in the stall next to him but it was actually somebody else, who apparently proceeded to poo loudly. My friend, thinking it was me, laughed about it. imagine his face when he came out and saw me waiting for him! :D
 
emw said:
Just don't set your purse on the floor, then go home and set it on the counter.
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Quite apart from the hygiene aspect, it's also not particularly security-conscious to leave your bag on the floor where someone could swipe it. That's why the majority of ladies toilets have hooks on the door or a shelf to put your bag.

Another issue - why does it take so long for some people to pee? There are times where a friend can go in before me but come out after I've waited in line, been and washed my hands. What do some people do in public toilets that seems to take so long?
 
Applespider said:
That's why the majority of ladies toilets have hooks on the door or a shelf to put your bag.
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I've even heard horror stories of purses being swiped from the hooks! :shocked:
Applespider said:
Another issue - why does it take so long for some people to pee? What do some people do in public toilets that seems to take so long?
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Hee. :eek: That'd be I... I'm a slow pee-er. Dunno... spreading the protective sheet? I take much less time... going #2. :D
 
Applespider said:
Another issue - why does it take so long for some people to pee? There are times where a friend can go in before me but come out after I've waited in line, been and washed my hands. What do some people do in public toilets that seems to take so long?
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I dunno, you want to send as little time as possible in there, I'd think.
 
Applespider said:
What do some people do in public toilets that seems to take so long?
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Since it seems that public toilets are used only as a last resort for many, perhaps they just really have to go.
 
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