- Secluded - this is more important than anything, even cleanliness. Busy bathrooms are usually a recipe for disaster, plus they attract creeps. You gotta find that secret bathroom that no one knows about. It is usually cleaner and is free of riff raff.
- Locking stall doors/urinal dividers - These are essential, especially in a busy bathroom. I can't believe people will unload the dumpster on a toilet with an nonfunctional door. Ever see those doors that have the lock missing? It makes me think that the guy from No Country For Old Men just blew out the lock.
- Cleanliness - This is very important but not at the very top. I can always lay 3-5 layers of toilet paper on the seat or dance around urine splashed on the floor, but I can't survive the free wheeling man at the urinal next to me who keeps glancing over since there is no divider. Call the cops on that guy!
- Automatic toilets, soap dispensers, sink, and paper towels - A happy bathroom patron is one who doesn't have to touch anything other than the bare essentials.
- Cleaning charts - This just makes me feel good. I'm pretty sure people are cleaning the bathrooms regularly when these charts are filled out. Even if some punk is just walking by and signing them without cleaning, at least I know I only have to lay on the floor unconscious for 4 hours if I am brutally attacked.
- Missing entrance door - Call me crazy, but I love the bathrooms with no entrance doors. This prevents perverts from locking me in and allows people to hear my screams if I am attacked or slip and fall into some bathroom byproducts.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Public Restrooms: Finding A Secluded Spot
You know someone is an expert on public restrooms if the person can quickly list the best bathrooms in whatever building they're in. When I went to college and at each of my jobs, I always identified the best public bathrooms. How do I define the best bathroom? Let me list in order my criteria:
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Usually the best bathrroms are the remote ones far away from foot traffic. Tips for creating a secret bathroom: turn off the bathroom lights and put an out of order sign on the bathroom or stall door.
while in college i learned to find the best bathrooms and usually they were in office buildings and were single toilet bathrooms.
In case you are not lucky enough to have a bathroom with no door (I totally agree these are the best!)... A great tip for a bathroom you use regularly (like your favorite one at work) is to find an extra trash can and leave it right inside the bathroom door. Then you can swing the door open with a paper towel and quickly throw the paper towel away in your strategically placed garbage - your clean hands will stay germ free.
Another tip...I am a fan of putting layers of T.P. on the toilet seat, however, this can lead to clogging of your favorite toilet. I have found that if you flush first and then kick in the toilet paper it goes down great, usually w/o a second flush.
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