Public Toilets

[tahrey]

Mixed I must say. Everyone here in my department and the neighbouring one at work seems to be pretty civilised. If I have to take a crap, there's no desire to simply hold it in til I get home instead.

But if I go down to the public area because all the stalls are full up, it's like a goddamn warzone in which the only weapons are tissue and human exrement. The construction itself is very modern and flash, particularly compared to our 1960s relic, and the housekeepers try to keep it clean, but we appear to let all manner of monkeys in to ruin our facilities... Far less of a pleasant experience. Plus it has no windows and the lights are on an IR sensor with a ludicrously short timer, if you get the squits then you'd better hope your phone has both battery and a torch app, and you can build up a thick enough layer of tissue on the floor (to be flushed afterwards of course) to insulate it from whatever's floating about down there.

 

[KingofallCosmos]

I think the worst I encountered was during Sziget festival in Hungary. The chemo toilets didn't get emptied till the third day. I stepped into the cubicle to find that the pile of sh*t was actually sticking out the toilet. The only way that's possible is if the last couple of visitors hung from the ceiling or something...

Also, I had a nice roommate once who I never spoke (he was a bit Hikikomori) but who always left "messages" in and around the toilet. Sometimes tracks led to his room. He said he didn't :s

 

[Scarim Coral]

Do my business in there no matter how bad of a state it is in (a man got to go). Granted however if the toliet is in a ugly state like no one flush teh toliet I would try to flush it and use the bog roll to clean the seat before seating on it.

 

[subtlefuge]

Public toilets are just bad. There's really no way of getting around it. Anyways, it's not like you always have to use them.

Since this is an observational humor thread, devoid of humor, a video:

Spoiler

 

[matt87_50]

I always find that there is some remnants of someone else offloading

TOILET PAPER!! KILL IT WITH TOILET PAPER!!

 

[Trivun]

My university has these weird urinals that are basically toilet bowls on the wall, but without seats. It's the weirdest thing, and it looks like it would just use up more water.

Spoiler: Also, have a relevant and funny video

We have those but not at my university, they're at the cinema in my city. There's a Vue multiplex in the city centre and the urinals there are just as you describe .

Anyway, at university the toilets vary but are mostly fairly clean. Depends on where you go, there are a few that I try to avoid at all times, but mostly the toilets are okay. At work, since I work in a supermarket, there's a lot of pride placed in cleanliness and hygiene, so the toilets tend to be pretty damn clean. When in public, I try to avoid using public toilets if I can, unless I risk becoming desperate. If possible I try to go to the toilet in shops if there are any, because they're usually a lot cleaner, particularly in food outlets (like the Subway I regularly go to, and Starbucks - they say customers only, but no-one ever really bothers following that rule...).

 

[Arvid Rydahl]

ITT: A bunch of insecure people who can't take a dump.

Maybe I'm overly hardened against this from doing military service, but the *state* of a toilet, if it's not yours, shouldn't affect your ability to take a shit, even if further degrades said state. After all, you don't have to clean it up. And no, you won't catch any disfiguring diseases from sitting on a dirty toilet seat.

On a related matter: why do english speaking people call it a "restroom" or "bathroom". Because I certainly don't go into one to have rest, and for it to be a bathroom, it should have a tub!

 

[Lawnmooer]

I dislike using public toilets... To the point where I held in a crap for 3 days (I ate alot of chilli during those days...) just because the only available toilets where public ones.

That said I will use public toilets on certain occasions such as:

Being desperate for a pee (Due to having too much caffiene) I tend to pee in a stall if there are other people there... If I'm alone I quickly go into a urinal.

Having a nosebleed and needing to wash my face/hands and get some tissue.

Needing to throw up, or cough up something (Either accidentally swollowing something or producing too much phlegm)

If I have certain stuff I'm not supposed to have... (At college, alcohol is forbidden... But it helps me focus)

Though when I'm in town I do tend to favour going to the college toilets (They are clean since people who use them are on college courses and therefor slightly mature. They are also cleaned regularly) even if it means walking over a mile.

 

[Soxafloppin]

When ever I use a public toilet I always make sure to piss REALLY hard so people are impressed and intimidated by the sound of my mighty urine.

 

[Fooz]

i think people that use public toilets are animals, its just a room full of disease, why would you want to do your business in there

 

[SilentCom]

I tend not to use public toilets for that reason although I will use urinals.

 

[breadsammich]

The worst are the long-ass urinals that everyone pees into that are at some sports stadiums. I don't know if they still have those, because It's been forever since I've gone to one, and I make it a point not to use a restroom at a place where everyone's loaded with beer and hotdogs. But those communal urinals were just nasty.

 

[breadsammich]

i think people that use public toilets are animals, its just a room full of disease, why would you want to do your business in there

Because if you do it elsewhere, you get to have a nice chat with one of our fine law enforcement personnel.

 

[SIXVI06-M]

Okay, here's one for you guys.

At my work there is a toilet (obviously). One of them is the cubicle type ones to do your heavy duty business one, then there is one pot-on-the-wall thing. Whenever I go into the cubicle to erm, offload, I always find that there is some remnants of someone else offloading or it is completely yellow and looks to have been used but never flushed! I find it disgusting every time that someone would do that!

So what's your experiences with public / work toilets?

I don't even understand how some people could miss that badly. Then again, I can understand the stream doesn't always travel the way some people would like them to and it does something totally odd instead... But still.

I can't function on a full bladder or what not, so I search for the cleanest stall and deal with it.

In any case, if it was some wet spots here and there - I can still deal with it, just fold up a good lot of toilet paper and wipe it up till it's dry, and the seat will still be serviceable (and I won't catch any diseases). Of course- some I just say no to - like if the whole damn toilet; seat, cistern, floor, etc was soaked in piss - thats a definite no, no amount of toilet paper is going to save that. It goes without saying, but - there's no one in their right mind that will sit on a vomit encrusted seat either.

And who has come across a toilet seat with shit on it? I seriously have to question the degree of civility a person has to SHIT ON a toilet seat and not THROUGH it. I do also wish that if anyone accidentally splashes a bit on the freakin seat, come on, grab several ply of tp and clean up after your own goddamn excrement.

Don't get me started on the freaking troglodytes that wipe shit ON THE WALLS. YOUR MOMMA RAISED YOU WELL, good going, bravo, that will surely get you far in life -_-.

Oh and a quick thing about what I do if I have to piss in a stall - I life the seat first, coz it's for sitting on, not pissing on. If it's dirty, i lift the seat up with my foot. Also, I always, ALWAYS flush.

 

[Griffolion]

Okay, here's one for you guys.

At my work there is a toilet (obviously). One of them is the cubicle type ones to do your heavy duty business one, then there is one pot-on-the-wall thing. Whenever I go into the cubicle to erm, offload, I always find that there is some remnants of someone else offloading or it is completely yellow and looks to have been used but never flushed! I find it disgusting every time that someone would do that!

So what's your experiences with public / work toilets?

I don't even understand how some people could miss that badly. Then again, I can understand the stream doesn't always travel the way some people would like them to and it does something totally odd instead... But still.

I can't function on a full bladder or what not, so I search for the cleanest stall and deal with it.

In any case, if it was some wet spots here and there - I can still deal with it, just fold up a good lot of toilet paper and wipe it up till it's dry, and the seat will still be serviceable (and I won't catch any diseases). Of course- some I just say no to - like if the whole damn toilet; seat, cistern, floor, etc was soaked in piss - thats a definite no, no amount of toilet paper is going to save that. It goes without saying, but - there's no one in their right mind that will sit on a vomit encrusted seat either.

And who has come across a toilet seat with shit on it? I seriously have to question the degree of civility a person has to SHIT ON a toilet seat and not THROUGH it. I do also wish that if anyone accidentally splashes a bit on the freakin seat, come on, grab several ply of tp and clean up after your own goddamn excrement.

Don't get me started on the freaking troglodytes that wipe shit ON THE WALLS. YOUR MOMMA RAISED YOU WELL, good going, bravo, that will surely get you far in life -_-.

Oh and a quick thing about what I do if I have to piss in a stall - I life the seat first, coz it's for sitting on, not pissing on. If it's dirty, i lift the seat up with my foot. Also, I always, ALWAYS flush.

Just to let you know, I typically charge $30/hour for counselling, clocks ticking. ;D

 

[Gralian]

On a related matter: why do english speaking people call it a "restroom" or "bathroom". Because I certainly don't go into one to have rest, and for it to be a bathroom, it should have a tub!

I suppose it might be for two reasons.

1) You go in to give your bladder or bowels a 'rest' from holding in all that human waste. After all, it's a feeling of relief when you bleed the lizard after a couple of beers!

2) You could argue that sinks are like mini bath tubs. Some people use the toilets, or 'bathrooms', not necessarily to take a whizz but to wash their hands, face, or both. If i'm about to eat at a restaurant and have been outdoors or somewhere unsanitary for an extended period of time, for example, i might want to wash (or perhaps in a somewhat literal sense, 'bathe') my hands before a meal, or even after it if it was messy.

OT: I actually have a bit of a problem with public toilets and avoid them at all costs. I have to be absolutely desperate, on the brink of an exploding bladder, to warrant using them. I've never taken a dump in a public shitter, and frankly, i never plan to. I don't want to go into why i have such an issue with public toilets since it's personal, but i would say it's probably not helped by my anxiety disorder.

 

[Dastardly]

I only pee in public restrooms. I find it unbelievably uncomfortable to do anything else in public restrooms.

Hah! When I glanced by this, the first sentence had no context. The way I read it was, "I only pee in public restrooms." I thought it was some kind of fear of peeing alone or something.

Then I read the rest, and I'm in agreement. Yes, the rest of the world knows, deep down, that I poop. But I don't want to be aware of that knowledge any more than they do.

 

[ace_of_something]

I lived in a dorm for two years where a public restroom was the only option, got over that hang up real fast. Now I don't care too much. I just wipe the seat down and if possible use one of those wax covers provided.
Obviously if it looks like a war crime has occurred I will move to a different stall.

Also, this.

 

[ace_of_something]

edit: nevermind double post. dang it.