Public toilets that aren't clean
18-March-2010
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It's something I really detest and there is absolutely no need for it.  Everyone on the planet must have used a public toilet at some point in their life.  Why is it some people though, feel the need to urinate (have a pee) all over the toilet seat?  I guess I'm very specifically talking about men here because I would imagine that women would find it quite difficult to make that mess since they don't pee standing up.  Correct me if I'm wrong though, it's just I don't spend time in the ladies toilet these days.

Another disgusting toilet, please learn to pee IN the toilet, not on it!

I've been to all manner of different public toilets from motorway service stations and train stations to pubs and nightclubs.  You can be pretty certain that half of them will have a cubicle containing a yellow stained dripping bum seat at some point.  Absolutely disgusting, and from experience I'd say the pubs and clubs have the worst, especially the closer you get to closing time.  Some men (ok, some women too!) after a few beers just plain loose the ability to pee straight.  The floor usually gets this treatment as well so you end up standing in a stinking puddle too scared to move or touch anything.

Some public conveniences have sanitary wipes or tissue seat covers.  Very good idea in my opinion, although sometimes it's so bad it might be a lost cause.  How many of you have carefully placed a neat ring of tissue around the seat before lowering your derriere?

Bottom line, peeing on a public toilet seat should be made a criminal offence and a fitting punishment for these chaps would be to send them back to potty training school!

Other web sites on this subject:

Toilet Seats Get a Bum Rap, Experts Say
This is an entertaining read.  The toilet seat gets a bad rap and aren't quite as germ infested we though and you're more likely to catch something from the door handle.  Sound familiar?

Public Toilets Are Many Mothers' Worst Nightmare
59 percent of all parents look for a cleaner cubicle if they find a dirty toilet seat.  24 percent of all parents will do the best under the circumstances and put their toddler on the dirty toilet seat.  Well I feel sorry for the 24 percent and no wonder women wish they could pee standing up!

The Footpull
Curved and Padded underneath so it is comfortable on open toe sandals and is safe for all shoes.  The footpull is the perfect solution for opening a toilet door!  Installed in Hospitals, Schools and Universities, Office Buildings, Restaurants and Establishments across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico


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I think I have found out why there's sometimes a large puddle of water on the floor in the gents where your trousers go when you are doing a number two,

I caught one of our colonial friends wet handed doing his feet washing ritual, I mean, they don't use toilet paper but consider pork unclean,

(All stalls were full and he was doing it on the floor leaving a good puddle) I am not racist by the way, just commenting.
*Gainsborough lad.  19-Feb-2010 09:59

 
nowadays the public toilets are not very clean though.I had a experience in the girls toilet after my shopping,i was urgent and need to go to the toilet,I shut the door of the toilet and wanted to sit down and pee,but there were bloodstains and some urine on the toilet seat and I had no choice but to pull my skirt up and pee squating.Another time was I was in the toilet and the toilet seat is dirty but I used the toilet paper to cover it and seat on it to pee
*rachel  19-Feb-2010 09:01

 
Sorry can't stop laughing , well at least they have technology over there , in this country they would be banned because of health and safety .
*G  14-Dec-2009 17:43

 
Revolving loo seat you say, I nearly sh@t myself again in Erfurt zoo toilets this year when the seat started revolving and spraying water whilst I was pulling up my shorts,

Wasn't expecting that at all, all pre-warnings were probably in German.
*Gainsborough lad.  19-Nov-2009 19:12

 
I cannot understand why they have toilet seats in public toilets as I rarely see one put down it would be better to design something that was sanitised in between uses say like a revolving loo that went into the wall say and came out clean or a lid that steam cleaned in between customers then if no one had bothered to put the seat down it would only take a few seconds to do it yourself! oh I forgot the morons who have nothing better to do would damage them ,oh well back to the drawing board;
*G  19-Nov-2009 13:39

 
I went in to the motorway services last night in between junction 26 & 25 on the m1 southbound and it was absolutely empty and after using their toilets I realised straight away just why this was; it smelled so bad in there that I was almost sick ,i certainly would not have gone in to their restaraunt after stomaching that.
*G  19-Nov-2009 13:31

 
FannyGuard- is this some kind of 21st century chastity belt?

Oh no- I gather you must me American where ,as to quote The Office, fanny means your ass, not your minge :)
*r. p. may!  18-Nov-2009 09:00

 
This may be all fun and games to many people, but I have always had issues with using work or any public restrooms. I WOULD NOT sit on a seat where someone else put their butt. I would hassle with TP covering the seat when an extreme emergency arrose. I would be relieved when the stall would have toilet seat liners, however if they did the dispenser was usually empty. My wife also has similar concerns and recently found a product that we found extremely usefull. FannyGuard.com sells personally packed toilet seat liners that can fit in your pocket or purse. I am truely relieved. Check it out! We don't "Go " any where with out them! I feel more comfortable putting a layer of protection between me and the previous user of the dredded nasty seat! FannyGuard.com - THANK YOU!!
*Happily Seated  18-Nov-2009 02:04

 
I hate public mens/boys restrooms, especially at my middle school. It smells horrible 24/7 and every urinal and toilet isn't flushed. The worst part is I see someone pee or poo all over the seat, walls, and floor, then they walk out and don't wash their hands! I go in the bathroom and flush all unclogged toilets and 5 min later it is a mess. And what is with the intentional peeing on the floor and toilet paper clogging the toilet? Also, they like throwing items in the toilets. They include, but are not limited to: food, clothes, dirt, paper, school supplies, empty containers, plastic stuff, wood, and glass. They only clean it once a day, just before school begins. So that means whatever was left in there yesterday was there overnight. Then they clean it. Kids arrive. peepee poopoo blah BLAH!!!! There should be laws about this!
*Anonymous  01-Sep-2009 10:15

 
Santiago

I was told to be on a lookout, when I visited the island state, for one of these inspectors who could be lurking about, even standing beside me pretending to relieve himself. Interesting, huh?

Some civic-conscious myrmidon has to carry out the mission. His job description is probably a one-liner: nail him if his aim were out of whack and not clean up after him. Just joking - I don't know. Your guess is as good as mine.
*Sam, the tiger  29-Jan-2009 00:28

 
Sam.

What a horrible job - official Khazi inspector and willy-watcher in Singapore's public facilities. I would hate to read the job description.
*Santiago  28-Jan-2009 17:49

 
Our family has a policy when it comes to pigging out. When we enter a restaurant, any restaurant, I'd pay a quick visit to the restroom; and if unsanitary, we'd make a hasty retreat.

In Singapore, "sanitary" officers employed by the government regularly drop in unannounced on public facilities to inspect the behavior of the users. A fine of $500 will be handed out to those who fail to flush the urinals and toilets after them.

How would you like to have the same sort of rules to curb anti-social behaviors like spitting, urinating in public elevators, road raging, throwing gum on the sidewalks, so on? Ever heard of insidious MRSA in what appear to be the cleanest state-of-the art hospitals in our own country?

Love The End of Time's jeremiad.
*Sam, the tiger  28-Jan-2009 17:18


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