toilet???

@easy888 (10405)
Australia
March 7, 2007 6:12am CST
Had you been to some public toilets? How was your experience? What was the worst public toliet you had been to ? How was it inside? Some people tend not to go to public toilets ,but sometimes we have no choice when something happen all out of sudden.. Few weeks ago, I had been to a toilet in a karaoke box which i think i will never go there again. The toilet was so dirty and stink, i saw alot of toilet roll scattered on the ground, and even worse , there were some female sanitary napkins in the rubblish bin which is so disguesting. I am wondering how often do the staff clean the toilet..I am afraid they clean it less than once per month...
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@ironstruck (2298)
• Canada
7 Mar 07
Yikes! I'll be sure to be careful if I ever visit. I think most restaurants here at home are very careful about keeping the public washrooms clean. I work in the food industry and toilets in supermarkets are cleaned by cleaning staff every single night. When I talk to the cleaning staff they say almost without fail, that women make more of a mess in a toilet than women do. I must say, that I was surprised at that.
@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
7 Mar 07
is it ?? that mean men;s toilets are much cleaner??
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@aissar (414)
• Malaysia
8 Mar 07
Men's toilets are reasonably cleaner without all the pads and tissues. Lol.. But I agree with the statement that if you want a cleaner toilet, you have to pay for it. Actually, from where I come from (Malaysia), the public toilets are disgusting too. Probably partly due to public mentality. So the government decided to have a 'toilet revolution' to change the public mentality and attitude towards public toilets. And it kinda worked. For one, you have to pay higher prices to go to a clean, 5-star toilet. Yeap, believe it when I say they're not like toilets at all. You could almost sleep in there. Lolx
@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
11 Mar 07
may be one day if i visit malaysia, i can stay in the 5 star toilet instead of hotel..lol.
@reezluv (377)
• Malaysia
7 Mar 07
yes.country have many public toilet.they are well and clean for visitor to come in.Our country always take care of the public toilet to avoid bad comments about Malaysia hygiene.If you want to come to Malaysia, you will need to pay 20 cents for it.But for convenience toilet, you will pay around RM3 to RM4 just to enter the toilet. Believe me, if you enter it, they are not like toilet...lol.
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@reezluv (377)
• Malaysia
7 Mar 07
what i'm impress is you can see your face on the floor.that kind of toilets are expensive..yes, in my country, you must pay first to enter it.But not every toilet.:)
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
7 Mar 07
even for the men's toilet ?? bcoz i think men;s toilets are dirtier than ladies..My brother always make the washroom messy ..everytime he......
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
7 Mar 07
oh ,,cannot imagine u need to pay for the toliet..... so how are the toilets like then??
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@20031969 (932)
• India
8 Mar 07
whenever i go for toilets which is made by Municipal Corporation of India (MCD)at serveral places (which is free of cost) are worst. but my opinion is one must be civilized oneself then we can see better improvement.
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
15 Mar 07
education is important to keep the toilet clean.
• India
8 Mar 07
well in india too public toilets arent of very good conditions, not because of the government or the general authorities takingits care./... but more because of people using it... it is very important for one to understand that no matter it is still a toilet, but then too it is their property, their country's representation...nad most of all it needs to be tidy coz of health and sanitation issues..... wish someday people woucld understand this and could hae the comfort of a stinkless toilet....
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
8 Mar 07
may be there are simply not enough toilets for the huge population in India.. And it is important to teach people about the health and sanitary issues .
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@lpipe0240 (1161)
• United States
7 Mar 07
The worst times I've used the toilet was when I was on aboat. Once I was on a casion cruise and got see sick. I went to the bathroom and the guy in the stall next to me was sick as well. The I was on another boat and I got sick again. So I was sitting on the toilet and all the water is mocing and splashin up and hitting me. I just wanted to sit there and not move but the wind and waves were out in full force that day.
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
7 Mar 07
it is disgusting...lol.
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@smacksman (6053)
15 Mar 07
On board is easier for a girl. For a man your dangly bits are liable to 'stir the pot' if you don't empty the bowl a bit first. Oh it's tough being a man if you are well endowed. haha
@ganwn071 (1116)
• Singapore
8 Mar 07
The cleaniness of Public toilets are unpredictable, some are as clean as your home toilet, while some are so dirty that you just want to do your business (can't find any other toilet around and you just have to do it and can't hold it any more) and get out and hold your breath thru out the whole process. The cleaniness of the toilet is depending on the users to help keeping it clean and be considerable, clean up your mess before leaving, but most people will just leave the mess since there is no ownership to do it right... Sad..
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
8 Mar 07
If everyone is considerate to other people, there will be no problem on the sanitation hygiene of the toilets.
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@pagli84 (1850)
• Netherlands
7 Mar 07
i hate using public toilets. they are so disgusting! but sometimes i just gotta use em cause i cant hold it forever. i always put toilet paper around the toilet seat though. i think the worst toilet ive ever been to was a few months ago. i cant really remember where i was, but there was crap ALL over the toilet seat. like i dont understand how they missed the toilet! it was sooo totally disgusting.
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
7 Mar 07
it is still disgusting even you put toilet paper aound the toilet seat....as the smell of the toilet stinks...may be you need somehting to cover your nose and mouth..lol.
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• India
8 Mar 07
Public toilets in the roads and railway stations are dirty.But toilets in sight seeing places are resonably good. I had been to germany few years back.Few ladies came to the toilet, one put some money and her friend was holding the door that is not completely closing it.They all went just without paying!cheating is there everywhere! In Moscow the metro system is the best with golden pillers and toilets are the worst!
@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
8 Mar 07
everyone is cheating,,even when they are going to the public toilet....
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• United States
7 Mar 07
agh thats so gross! my turn! lol. Well i travel a good deal during the summer which means i use a deal of rest area restrooms. oh they are horrible, a large majority of them anyway. i cant tell you where the worst have been, because its not like i mark down all the worst. well ive been to some where people cant figure out where the proper place in the stall is to go! i mean theres piss like on the seats and once, this was gross, there was a piece of poo on the floor. not even near the darned toilet! it was disgusting! theres places where toilets are clogged, for who knows how long and places where its like no one cleaned to place since the opening of the place way back in the 1800s! its ridiculas! arent taxes supposed to pay for clean facilities and rest areas? it drives me nuts. and even at schools i noticed they can sometimes get dirty. but thats the students faults. why? because no one taught them how to flush. but thats for another time. all im saying is that public places need cleaned up, so my trips arent ruined by filth and so i dont have to hold it in for 2 more hours because i dont want to sit my bum on a dirty stool.
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
7 Mar 07
omg.... do not how can people can just leave the toilet without flushing the stool.....it is disgusting.. i think it is better in the female toilet,,at least ,,women will push the button after finished..hahaha
@adidas7878 (1891)
• United States
7 Mar 07
public toilet at the gas station is the worst i would say, no one ever clean the toilet there and it is mess alot of time, the bigger the city is the worst it get, one time i went to one of the public restroom, it is nasty there, toilet is not flush and floor is dirty and it smell and fill with flys nasty
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
7 Mar 07
sometimes ,,the floor is so slippy which is like ice skating...
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@makaira (1158)
• Philippines
8 Mar 07
i think ive been into a lot of worst public toilets because of my work since we travel a lot. i really hate it when it's not clean but then i have no choice, i have to use it. the cleanest public toilet i've been to are those found in the airports... usually international airports not so much on the domestic ones.
• United States
9 Mar 07
my worst experience in a public toilet was using a dirty toilet in a gas station. it was along side an outhouse in general smell, oh lord did it stink! there was no toilet paper or anything, and there was feces on the floor too. but i so had to go...
@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
9 Mar 07
so if u do not get ant toilet paper, what can you do when you finished??
@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
10 Mar 07
it is important even for guys to bring your own tissues in case of emergency
@jcvernz (477)
• Philippines
10 Mar 07
One of the embarrasing moment of my life happened when we went to my co-employees wedding on the evening after our office hours. Gush!!!how could i ever forget it,i went to the comfort room and found out with no light at all but i continue because i'm about to urinate then, im wearing a dark blue slacks, inspite of it was so dark i manage myself but one thing i never notice is that the floor was wet with some water/urine on it, when i got out from the toilet i found out the tip of my pants was wet with those water/urine...it was so disgusting but i manage as if nothing happen for it cannot be idealy seen.But sad to say on our way home on the vehicle, were on a closed fully aircon kia van,it smells terribly awful...:D so i have no choice than to tell to my co-employees the truth...though embrassing but i still have to tell them....we opened the kia to let the fresh air comes along..so embarrasing but ive learned from it, so everytime i went to a comfort room/public comfort room i used to pull up my pants to prevent it from happening again.:D
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
10 Mar 07
too bad...going to a sitnking toilet is alread bad, i cannot imagine how will be the sitation like if without the light on and the floor is slippery.
@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
10 Mar 07
too bad...going to a stinking toilet is already bad, and without light on, i cannot imagine the situation.
@pelo26 (1552)
• Philippines
11 Mar 07
I don't really mind going into public toilets. Yes I have some bad experiences but all you have to learn really is how to hold your breath until you are done doing what you came to the toilet for. I guess, being male makes a lot of difference. Because we don't need to make contact with any part of the toilet fixtures.
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
12 Mar 07
Women need longer time to finish than men ,men ca nhold their breath but women cannot.lol.
@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
12 Mar 07
i just calculated i need 3-4 minutes to finish.. i cannot hold my breath for 4 minutes
@smacksman (6053)
15 Mar 07
You aint seen nuthin till you see some of the loos I've used in Africa. haha A hole in the ground is luxury and the atmosphere you can cut with a knife! I think the reason woman's loos are dirty is that a lot of women don't like to touch the pan (don't blame them) so they squat over it and take as good as aim as they can. As aiming is more difficult for a woman than a man (although some men are hopeless) there can be more wee atound the pan than in it! Oh yes, and they don't raise the seat when they do it either! haha
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
15 Mar 07
a woman can be as dirty as a man sometimes..lol.
• Philippines
16 Apr 07
Public toilets in the malls are definitely clean and suitable for use. The ones which we can find at the conference halls are also well maintained. Most of other public toilets are horrible, they have found ways to improve the system by hiring a maintenance group which will charge us some fee for its use. However, I have noticed that the public toilets in gasoline stations have improved, too.
@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
27 Apr 07
True, i feel uncomfortable when I am using the public toliets.
• Romania
7 Mar 07
i was i public thoilet and is not so clin.home is the best.if you want to see a good toilet go japan
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
11 Mar 07
I want to stay longer in the toilet in my home but i would like to go as soon as possible in the toilet.
@kas2ri (149)
• Malaysia
28 Apr 07
The best toilet of course at home, but i always use public toilet while away from home...many of public toilet so dirty, some of user don`t flush their s**t.i din`t know why they don`t flush it..it make the toilet stink and bad smell....the best public toilet so far was at KL International Airports,Malaysia...the toilet always clean and in good condition.I`m sure foriegner that come to Malaysia will notice this...that`s whay KL International Airports, Malaysia can become The World Best Airport for 2 years since 2005 till 2006(For category below 25 Millions passengers )
7 Mar 07
my worst exxperience in a public toilet was at the download festival last year.. they were sooo disgusting! the smell was awful i was sick! but the public toilets at my work are great lol
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
10 Mar 07
but sometimes you cnnot even find any cleaning gel in the toilet..lol...i mean no one does the refill for the machine.
@vixel83 (212)
8 Mar 07
Oh agreed, they were utterly vile. I discovered a trick - everyone was too damn lazy to walk very far, so the further away from the entrance to the toilet area you got, the cleaner they were. By the third day I just headed towards the back corner and they were still relatively useable. I still think I used about 5 times as much of that cleaning gel as I was meant to every time though!
@lyndee22 (1210)
• Philippines
16 Mar 07
it's very uncomfortable using public toilets. it's very dirty and stinks but you have no choice if the nature calls for it. i'd rather go to fastfood chain with washroom.
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
16 Mar 07
same in fastfood chain
• Philippines
16 Mar 07
It used to be that thirld world countries held the reputation of having the worst public toilet hygeine among nations. But now, there is increased public awareness of health hazards from dirty toilets as well as increased tourism to these countries helped make government conscious of the state of the public toilets. Nowadays, you can go to a third world country and find that the public toilets are pretty decent and clean, especially in malls. On a recent trip to the US, i was appalled by the state of a public restroom i had to use. At least i can say that 3rd world countries dont hold the monopoly of having dirty public toilets.
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
16 Mar 07
public toilets are equally dirty in every countries.