Healthier Toilet Design

[Foxrac]

Your anecdote is exactly the reason why I have some kind of OCD in being in men's public restrooms, with some push from biology education.

In a public restroom, I usually roll out the paper first, then wash my hands and use the toilet/urinal before touching my junks. After I'm done, I wash hands and get the spare towel but I don't toss it away until I've used it to open the door handle.

It really sucks in some restrooms where they don't even offer the paper towel - the toilet and door handles are probably the dirtiest things in there.

Oh wow, you are in same shoe as me.

I don't want touch my butt on dirty toilet seat in public bathroom.

I tried to avoid public bathroom as possible but it wasn't easy because I couldn't hold any longer if there is bathroom emergencies - hold with those cause vein to mess and pelvis/anus pain.

 

[Reba]

... - the toilet and door handles are probably the dirtiest things in there.

Yep.

When I worked in housekeeping, we daily sprayed and wiped down everything in each stall and common area. That meant the inside and outside of the toilet, inside and outside the stall door latches, toilet flusher, paper towel holder, coat hook, sink, sink faucet and handles, counter tops, mirror, paper towel and soap dispensers, edges of stall doors and panels, and exterior door handles (inside and out). We poured a bleach type chemical down the overflow sink holes, swept and mopped the floors. If there was anything on any walls, it got cleaned up, too. Periodically, we also washed down walls, cleaned light fixtures and exhaust fans.

Now, I'm responsible for our church's guest suite, and I maintain it to look and feel comfy cozy but more sanitary than a hospital room. In addition to the usual bathroom and kitchen sanitizing, I sanitize light switches, door knobs, TV and fan/light remotes, clothes hooks, and telephone.

Nobody's going to catch a germ on my watch!

 

[Reba]

me too. my seat is always closed.

It also prevents accidentally dropping things (comb, toothbrush, jewelry, cell phone) into the toilet.

 

[Reba]

that's why I used my tshirt to open the door.

makes you wonder why they don't design the door to be opened by pushing your way out without touching a handle. this is very simple and cheap to do... and sanitary.

The best restroom designs don't use any outer doors; they have labyrinth openings. They cost a little more because the use up more space but they are cleaner and more accessible (wheelchairs, walkers, moms with toddlers and strollers). I support universal design for facilities.

Now the stall doors--that's another problem.

 

[Reba]

It might be a physics thing, I'm thinking that if you really squat you put your body closer to the actual ground can change the center of gravity whereas lifting changes the height of your feet, but might not do enough to change the center of gravity - unless the material is strong enough to be stood on.

You're making using the potty look like a major workout! Just add weights!

 

[Jiro]

It also prevents accidentally dropping things (comb, toothbrush, jewelry, cell phone) into the toilet.

exactly!!!!! it makes me uneasy whenever I see open toilet because I have dropped something in it few times. very upsetting

 

[Foxrac]

It also prevents accidentally dropping things (comb, toothbrush, jewelry, cell phone) into the toilet.

I dropped my Gameboy in public toilet when I was teenager at dorm.

 

[naisho]

that's why I used my tshirt to open the door.

makes you wonder why they don't design the door to be opened by pushing your way out without touching a handle. this is very simple and cheap to do... and sanitary.

I'm too self-conscious to get my clothes dirty with poop particles

If they had the self locking latches, those stalls are a bit better with sanitary - but I rarely see them around.

 

[naisho]

You're making using the potty look like a major workout! Just add weights!

It's a major workout when I really need to go bad.

 

[Reba]

it's a major workout when i really need to go bad.

tmi

 

[sonocativo]

Here is what pisses me the most about servers, we have went out to eat a few times, all different restraunts and the servers come out with the hot food and guess what they do... yep, reach right over the baby to set it on the table, and what else.... yep set the drinks right in front of the baby within reach... kids today either don't care or not trained. after the first few times we let it go, but after that we were like WTF???
SO now when this happens we school them on that
You DONT reach over a baby with hot food, You don't set knives/drinks or anything else in front of a baby or child within reach...ect...
They don't like it but if they walk off they get 2 things...First the manager confronted and second, no tip.

 

[sonocativo]

I'm too self-conscious to get my clothes dirty with poop particles

If they had the self locking latches, those stalls are a bit better with sanitary - but I rarely see them around.

Add a self closure door with strong springs.
Maybe with a sensor and basin inside, wash your hands, it auto opens and you walk out clean....lol Don't wash your hands, stuck there til you die...lol

 

[Bottesini]

All this discussion reminds me why I don't leave home...

Sandra Bullock in The Net is now my permanent ideal.

 

[Tousi]

I'm too self-conscious to get my clothes dirty with poop particles

If they had the self locking latches, those stalls are a bit better with sanitary - but I rarely see them around.

Looks like some of the ones we had on the farm...in the barn and at fence gates.

 

[Reba]

Here is what pisses me the most about servers, we have went out to eat a few times, all different restraunts and the servers come out with the hot food and guess what they do... yep, reach right over the baby to set it on the table, and what else.... yep set the drinks right in front of the baby within reach... kids today either don't care or not trained. after the first few times we let it go, but after that we were like WTF???
SO now when this happens we school them on that
You DONT reach over a baby with hot food, You don't set knives/drinks or anything else in front of a baby or child within reach...ect...
They don't like it but if they walk off they get 2 things...First the manager confronted and second, no tip.

What kind of restaurants are you eating in? They sound like candidates for the TV show Restaurant Impossible.

 

[whatdidyousay!]

I dropped my Gameboy in public toilet when I was teenager at dorm.

You need to be careful about dropping anything in a public toilet today as most them of flush automatically when you get off them. I really do not like that , I have to be careful not to drop anything in that kind of toilet.

 

[rockin'robin]

Remembering the old days....the "out houses"...they were high off the ground...and if anyone thinks today's toilets are nasty....be thankful you never had to use an outhouse....outhouses were never cleaned and I had to crawl up to get onto the basin of the toilet....And no toilet paper either...we used corn cobs and Sears & Roebuck catalogs to wipe...and no running water to wash your hands....This was way back in the backwoods of Carolina....when I was around 8 or 9 (I believe)...we finally got an indoor toilet....it was amazing!...

 

[Tousi]

Remembering the old days....the "out houses"...they were high off the ground...and if anyone thinks today's toilets are nasty....be thankful you never had to use an outhouse....outhouses were never cleaned and I had to crawl up to get onto the basin of the toilet....And no toilet paper either...we used corn cobs and Sears & Roebuck catalogs to wipe...and no running water to wash your hands....This was way back in the backwoods of Carolina....when I was around 8 or 9 (I believe)...we finally got an indoor toilet....it was amazing!...

We had an outhouse on the farm for a while and we used the tissue paper that Florida peaches were wrapped in. Had relatives down around Boca Raton way who would send us those wood crates with thin balsa wood slats for the top that the peaches came in.......

 

[Reba]

Remembering the old days....the "out houses"...they were high off the ground...and if anyone thinks today's toilets are nasty....be thankful you never had to use an outhouse....outhouses were never cleaned and I had to crawl up to get onto the basin of the toilet....And no toilet paper either...we used corn cobs and Sears & Roebuck catalogs to wipe...and no running water to wash your hands....This was way back in the backwoods of Carolina....when I was around 8 or 9 (I believe)...we finally got an indoor toilet....it was amazing!...

I have a photo of Hubby when he was a very little boy, using the outhouse at his grandparents lake front house in Michigan. The door was left open so that he had enough light to read by. (He was sitting on the seat with a large magazine strategically covering anything private.) I made a large copy of the photo, and my daughter has it framed in her powder room. Most people don't realize who it is.

When Hubby went on a missions construction trip to Ukraine years ago, he discovered that the church there still used an outhouse. What made it special was that it had a window on the side, at seated eye level, so one could wave and chat with people as they passed by to and from the church.

 

[whatdidyousay!]

Yep.

When I worked in housekeeping, we daily sprayed and wiped down everything in each stall and common area. That meant the inside and outside of the toilet, inside and outside the stall door latches, toilet flusher, paper towel holder, coat hook, sink, sink faucet and handles, counter tops, mirror, paper towel and soap dispensers, edges of stall doors and panels, and exterior door handles (inside and out). We poured a bleach type chemical down the overflow sink holes, swept and mopped the floors. If there was anything on any walls, it got cleaned up, too. Periodically, we also washed down walls, cleaned light fixtures and exhaust fans.

Now, I'm responsible for our church's guest suite, and I maintain it to look and feel comfy cozy but more sanitary than a hospital room. In addition to the usual bathroom and kitchen sanitizing, I sanitize light switches, door knobs, TV and fan/light remotes, clothes hooks, and telephone.

Nobody's going to catch a germ on my watch!

I would not want to use that bathroom with all the fumes in there , I would get a horrible headache.