Healthier Toilet Design

[Jiro]

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

never heard of that show. sounds like I should check it out! :Ohno:

 

[Foxrac]

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.

Yes, I hate automatic flush.

 

[metalangel]

If you ever go to Greece, you will find a lot of signs in restaurants/public toilets reminding you not to flush your toilet paper. The sewer pipes just aren't big enough to cope with the paper without clogging.

Instead, there is a wastepaper basket (usually with a lid, thankfully!) next to each toilet for you to put your used toilet paper in. Better hope the maid is diligent about emptying it every day. Yuck!

 

[Jiro]

If you ever go to Greece, you will find a lot of signs in restaurants/public toilets reminding you not to flush your toilet paper. The sewer pipes just aren't big enough to cope with the paper without clogging.

Instead, there is a wastepaper basket (usually with a lid, thankfully!) next to each toilet for you to put your used toilet paper in. Better hope the maid is diligent about emptying it every day. Yuck!

every day? well I'd prefer after every use

 

[Grummer]

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!...

Speaking of 'outhouses' as you call it, in aussie tis dunny, in New zealand its shack..

anyway you should get to watch this Norwegian film "Headhunters" and watch out for the scene in the outhouse, UNFORGETABLE !!!

 

[Reba]

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

There were no fumes. All the cleaning products were rinsed and wiped down. We used pump sprayers, not aerosol cans, plus exhaust fans run continuously in restrooms. The only spray with some smell was the one we had to use around the bases of the toilets and urinals in the boys' bathroom (they seemed to consistently miss the target). Even that was temporary. People didn't use the restrooms while we were in there cleaning them.

Do you prefer using restrooms that haven't been cleaned?

 

[Reba]

never heard of that show. sounds like I should check it out! :Ohno:

Another good one is Restaurant Stakeout--they use hidden cameras, and most of the restaurants are in the NY-NJ area.

 

[Grummer]

Yes, I hate automatic flush.

you have to keep sitting on it

 

[Reba]

If you ever go to Greece, you will find a lot of signs in restaurants/public toilets reminding you not to flush your toilet paper. The sewer pipes just aren't big enough to cope with the paper without clogging.

Instead, there is a wastepaper basket (usually with a lid, thankfully!) next to each toilet for you to put your used toilet paper in. Better hope the maid is diligent about emptying it every day. Yuck!

At my grandmother's house (built in 1864), when she was on well water and septic tank, we had to limit tp use and flushing. (No limits on #2, just #1.) That is, for pee, flush every other time and don't flush the tp. It wasn't too bad, especially since there weren't a lot of people using it (mostly just my grandmother).

After she got city water and sewer, it was fine.

 

[Reba]

Yes, I hate automatic flush.

I like it because I don't have to touch the handle. I also like automatic faucets and dispensers for paper towels and soap. Oh, and the automatic door openers.