Comments on: a tip for toilet designers

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:57:59 +0000

“Stop flushing when people are STILL, um, SITTING on you.”

Oooooh, yes, I hate that. The school toilets do that here. And they spit, too. I always have to leap up right away and stand smushed up against the stall door to avoid an untimely and rather nasty shower.

By: Little Willow

Little Willow — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:45:29 +0000

I went to a restaurant where the bathrooms had speakers, sharing Italian lessons.

Dear automatic toilets,

Stop flushing when people are STILL, um, SITTING on you.

Thanks!

By: Justine

Justine — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 20:53:38 +0000

Chris said: one thing that just confuses me in some people’s homes is the arrangement of the bathroom so that you are essentially forced to look at yourself in the mirror while you are sitting on the toilet

I know! That is so very weird. I will never understand why.

Veejane asked: why in a decade plus has that bathroom not been renovated into oblivion (or at least inoffensiveness)??

Oh, that I can explain. Inertia is a powerful force.

Jennifer said: the last fancy restaurant toilet i went to was painted darkest red and was illuminated only by a tiny dark red lightbulb

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen this. The designers are just messing with us. This is their idea of fun. They must be destroyed.

By: PixelFish

PixelFish — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 20:49:23 +0000

In Calgary, there used to be toilets at one restaurant with transparent doors. The doors would go opaque when you shut ‘em–due to some weird current running through ‘em. But the first time I saw them, I had no way of knowing that.

But mostly after living in downtown SF, all I look for in a toilet these days is a modicum of cleanliness and no pee on the seat.

By: jennifer, aka literaticat

jennifer, aka literaticat — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 19:40:35 +0000

the last fancy restaurant toilet i went to was painted darkest red and was illuminated only by a tiny dark red lightbulb. I literally had to feel along the walls to find toilet paper or paper towels. argh! and also ewwww!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:52:37 +0000

bwahahahahahahahaha!! made my day. i was in the middle of eating my lucky charms too.

By: veejane

veejane — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:24:05 +0000

My father bought a house some ten or fifteen years ago now, which his family still lives in today, where the only bathroom on the first floor contains a black toilet/loo.

And textured wallpaper. Textured leopard print wallpaper. With eyes. Eyes that stare at you while you try to pee.

Leaving aside the matter who who on earth thought it would be okay to have textured wallpaper with eyes, the real question is, why in a decade plus has that bathroom not been renovated into oblivion (or at least inoffensiveness)??

By: Chris McLaren

Chris McLaren — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:57:06 +0000

You know, this doesn’t apply generally to commercial bathrooms, but one thing that just confuses me in some people’s homes is the arrangement of the bathroom so that you are essentially forced to look at yourself in the mirror while you are sitting on the toilet. That layout always makes me wonder about the fundamental sanity of the home’s owners.