Cruel and Unusual Toilets
Going completely off of the Great Books thread... I have to take a class through an "extended studies" program so we meet at a middle school. We have classes on Saturday mornings starting at 9, and well, to put it bluntly, I needed to use the toilet when I got there.
I admit that boys bathrooms are not the most fun place to be, namely because most boys don't respect the bathroom. They don't worry about simple things like aim. Today I realized that quite possibly some boys lose their respect for public bathrooms because the designers of the bathrooms disrespect them. I also submit that the custodial staff takes some blame in part of this.
Today I entered the bathroom to find two stalls. One of which didn't have a locking mehcanism on the door, so I avoided it. The second one actually locked, but for some silly reason the wall of the stall was exactly one inch away from the side of the toilet. I had to sit on the thing side-saddle and toilets aren't designed to accomidate side-saddle sitting. This toilet wasn't designed to accomodate people with a right arm.
I also discovered that like my former employer, Stream, the toilet paper was the type more likely to leave splinters.
Then I wasted tons of water using the semi-circle sink that didn't seem to have any temperature higher than 35 degrees farenheit, and I had to walk away from the sink towards the back of the bathroom to find the paper towels to dry my hands.
This room was not designed for traffic flow, I suppose to teach kids that when you only have four minutes to get from one place to another, hold it and ask for a hall pass.
Who do we hold accountable for this sort of thing?
I admit that boys bathrooms are not the most fun place to be, namely because most boys don't respect the bathroom. They don't worry about simple things like aim. Today I realized that quite possibly some boys lose their respect for public bathrooms because the designers of the bathrooms disrespect them. I also submit that the custodial staff takes some blame in part of this.
Today I entered the bathroom to find two stalls. One of which didn't have a locking mehcanism on the door, so I avoided it. The second one actually locked, but for some silly reason the wall of the stall was exactly one inch away from the side of the toilet. I had to sit on the thing side-saddle and toilets aren't designed to accomidate side-saddle sitting. This toilet wasn't designed to accomodate people with a right arm.
I also discovered that like my former employer, Stream, the toilet paper was the type more likely to leave splinters.
Then I wasted tons of water using the semi-circle sink that didn't seem to have any temperature higher than 35 degrees farenheit, and I had to walk away from the sink towards the back of the bathroom to find the paper towels to dry my hands.
This room was not designed for traffic flow, I suppose to teach kids that when you only have four minutes to get from one place to another, hold it and ask for a hall pass.
Who do we hold accountable for this sort of thing?
posted by Josh English @ 5:24 PM
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