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Are they always disgusting?

I have to clean bathrooms at work and the men's room always stinks (though I think this is an aiming issue primarily since one time I had to mop the entire place including bathrooms and without cleaning anything but the floor that bathroom started smelling much better) usually there is some gross substance on the toilet... I'm guessing either vomit or something from out the other end... there was toilet paper everywhere, some random stuff spalttered on the garbage can et c... and one of my coworkers had been in only an hour earlier to clean the damn place. Is this usual or are the customers just particularly disgusting?

No, there's a place up by Peterborough...just on the way out headed south...rather nice bathrooms.

In all honesty, looks like you got the short end of the stick when it comes to customers.

Why do you even work there?

Why do you even work there?
Because I needed a job over the summer. I start grad school in the fall so I'll never have to work at a minimum wage service sort of job, but until then I need to save up to cover my expenses (rent, food et c) until my first grad student paycheque comes in.

Us men don't believe in needing to put the effort into aiming where you excrete. ;)

Depends on the place. Churches/church halls always have nice toilets, as do concert halls and airports. Restaurants and pubs generally not so much, depending on the quality of the place. General public toilets in the street are generally the worst.

Not all of them are. In uni, most of the bathrooms are nice and clean, especially the new science building. I find grocery stores to have pretty bad bathrooms...people don't flush, they've peed all over the seat, and once, someone took a dump in the urinal.

It depends where you go.

People can generally be disgusting animals when it comes to the bathroom.

They figure that someone else will clean up so they treat it like a toxic waste dump. If they treated it like their own bathroom, you wouldn't see such levels of disregard for facilities that are meant for a wide swathe of clientèle.

From what I've seen/heard, men's bathrooms are pretty much always dirtier and more gross than women's. Not sure about family bathrooms - haven't really gone in any or worked where there was one.

blokes toilets in pubs tend to be particularly gross. restaurants (reputable ones at least) tend to be fine, but pubs... be prepared for broken toilet bowls, graffiti galore, soggy piss-ridden toilet paper all over the floor (which is sticky to boot), sticky door handles covered in.... stuff of some sort... and that astonishing smell.

drunk men + aiming (+ potential violence) = bad things

and that's even in nice pubs :p
the one i was thinking of in describing that was one called The Hobbit here in southampton, and in part one by the train station in chichester, FYI.

From what I've seen/heard, men's bathrooms are pretty much always dirtier and more gross than women's. Not sure about family bathrooms - haven't really gone in any or worked where there was one.

I've heard the opposite then again, it really depends on who you ask. My fiance who worked at Starbucks at one point thinks that women are far worse than men when it comes to the bathroom. He told me stories about finding make-up on the mirror and an assortment of female accessories that missed the garbage can. :eek:

Women can be just as disgusting in the bathroom as men... actually truth to tell I have heard more women's bathroom horror storeis but they could be exagerations. Public bathrooms are disgusting, end of story. Unless there is someone there to make sure people don't make a disgusting mess of things.

I've heard the opposite then again, it really depends on who you ask. My fiance who worked at Starbucks at one point thinks that women are far worse than men when it comes to the bathroom. He told me stories about finding make-up on the mirror and an assortment of female accessories that missed the garbage can. :eek:

I was referring more to the excretion-related problems. The smell of men's bathrooms and the chance that you might get someone else's urine on you if you touch anything seems to be higher in men's bathrooms.

But there probably is more non-excretory stuff left lying around in women's bathrooms. I wouldn't be surprised by things like more paper towels on the floor and such.

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Long answer Yes with a but, short answer No with a maybe.........................

I heard that men's bathrooms stink so much because when we urinate, the backsplash can travel to distances of about three feet....:D

Women can be just as disgusting in the bathroom as men... actually truth to tell I have heard more women's bathroom horror storeis but they could be exagerations. Public bathrooms are disgusting, end of story. Unless there is someone there to make sure people don't make a disgusting mess of things.

Nah, they're not exaggerations. I've cleaned enough houses to know for a fact that most of the bad bathrooms are mainly used by women.

I'm talking crap all over the floor (not fecal matter, just clutter and whatnot), unbelievably nasty showers, toilets that would surely commit suicide if they were living things, and mirrors that have been so abused that they can no longer be properly cleaned (hairspray does that).

However, as far as public bathrooms go, men are usually far worse in that respect. I'm as clean as I am in my own bathroom whenever I use a public one, but I can't vouch for the rest of us. It's not at all uncommon to find shit slung all over a stall in a men's bathroom. How the hell that's possible, who the fuck knows...

I heard that men's bathrooms stink so much because when we urinate, the backsplash can travel to distances of about three feet....:D

When I was being interviewed for art school, it was in an ancient old medieval building tucked behind even older ones down a really long alleyway in Edinburgh old town. While there, I needed the bathroom, and when I got in, it was probably equally the most disgusting and amusing experience ever. The bathroom looked like it was straight from the 1600s, and EVERY square inch of the walls, all the way up the double height ceiling, was covered in tiny handwritten, witty graffiti of the kind only art students can produce.

I've heard the opposite then again, it really depends on who you ask. My fiance who worked at Starbucks at one point thinks that women are far worse than men when it comes to the bathroom. He told me stories about finding make-up on the mirror and an assortment of female accessories that missed the garbage can. :eek:
I've never had too much of a problem with the women's bathrooms. The worst I get there is the occasional wad of toilet paper from someone who didn't want to wait for the hand dryer.

Are they always disgusting?

I have to clean bathrooms at work and the men's room always stinks (though I think this is an aiming issue primarily since one time I had to mop the entire place including bathrooms and without cleaning anything but the floor that bathroom started smelling much better) usually there is some gross substance on the toilet... I'm guessing either vomit or something from out the other end... there was toilet paper everywhere, some random stuff spalttered on the garbage can et c... and one of my coworkers had been in only an hour earlier to clean the damn place. Is this usual or are the customers just particularly disgusting?

Try cleaning a bathroom that's used by Muslims. See my previous threads on it.

Here's a trick to help,

Go and buy some small stickers, best would be targets though you can use anything I suppose - it just needs to be fairly small.

You stick these in the urinal - if you have a good male friend, get him to practice to see which spot causes the least splash back.

Men, being the single minded creatures they are, will aim for the target naturally rather than spraying willy-nilly - to excuse what might be a bad pun. That means you'll have less to mop up.

It's a start.

The moral of the story is: Men need purpose or they create a huge mess.

women are worse.

i cleaned stalls in a cafeterai chain, and every day the women had crap smeared on the stall walls, and bloody nylons left in a heap on the floor

or stuffed in the commode

guy's mess is ordinary and predictable

women's mess is incredibly horrendous

Toronto is widely known (or should be widely known) as being notorious for it's lack of public restrooms. This means that more often than not, you'd need to step inside a nearby eatery or lounge in order to find ablutionary relief. Well on one occasion I was walking along Yonge Street in the afternoon when I felt such a need, and so I stepped into the first restaurant that presented itself (a McDonald's set into a storefront).

I had to ask the counter-staff to buzz me into the locked-off basement area, and I made my way downstairs. I was surprised when I walked into the toilet, as it was very large, well-lit and well-ventilated, with plenty of stalls and urinals. Smelled as clean as a Dentist's office. But appearances really can be deceiving - and you know, that's when things started going horribly wrong.

Stall 1: Wet shit on the toilet seat. Wet shit on the toilet. It was worse than that, but you get the idea. Did I mention the toilet was well-ventilated?

Stall 2: Plugged with what looked like an entire roll of toilet paper. Turds and urine and non-flowing water filling the bowl to the brim. No remaining capacity in stall number two.

Stall 3: No toilet paper. No toilet paper dispenser. No toilet at all, in fact. Just an ominous hole in the floor where a toilet used to be.

Stall 4 (and let me remind you, my need had been keen, and was becoming ever more acute with each successive disappointment): Occupied. No sign of life, though. Would they make their egress soon? Two more stalls left. My buttocks are clenched in the ever-increasingly vain attempt to forestall the inevitable.

Stall 5: Occupied. My options are limited, but the situation could be worse. One of these two might leave at any moment, after all, and there's still -

Stall 6: Discarded adult diaper, anyone?

By this time, I'm seriously eyeing the wastepaper basket. Luckily, I hear a flush from stall five. When the stall door opens, I try acting nonchalant - even though I'm practically falling all over myself to get inside and take a dump. I slip inside past this fellow, only to discover that absolutely everything inside that stall (and I do mean everything - floor, seat, walls, handles, dispensers, the lot) was literally dripping with freshly sprayed urine.

I was totally taken aback, totally shocked. I didn't know what to do. I was angry, though. Angry because there was no way in Hell I could reasonably take a dump in a toilet with six frickin' stalls. I backed out of the stall and from the corner of my eye I caught the former occupant slipping out the exit. I steeled myself to my physical needs and went on after him.

I caught up with him just outside the restaurant. Tapping him on the shoulder I asked him if his wife allowed him to urinate all over their bathroom at home. I proceeded to give him Hell for what he'd just done, to the tremendous amusement of passerby. The shopkeeper next door, having heard my harangue, kindly offered me the use of his facilities instead. And congratulated me for publicly humiliating that godawful slob.

So to anyone who gets their jollies pissing all over toilet stalls: watch out. I might be next in line. And you wouldn't like me when I'm next in line...

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Because I needed a job over the summer. I start grad school in the fall so I'll never have to work at a minimum wage service sort of job, but until then I need to save up to cover my expenses (rent, food et c) until my first grad student paycheque comes in.

You spelled paycheck wrong.

Paycheque? That's even worse than fyre, tyre, or calibre.

You spelled paycheck wrong.

Paycheque? That's even worse than fyre, tyre, or calibre.

That's how paycheque is spelled in Canada. And calibre. At least, that's how I was taught. A cheque is something you deposit in the bank. A check is what you mark in a box. And a Czech is someone from central Europe - but I digress.

That's how paycheque is spelled in Canada. And calibre. At least, that's how I was taught. A cheque is something you deposit in the bank. A check is what you mark in a box. And a Czech is someone from central Europe - but I digress.

Man that's messed up.

Cheque...

Tehe.

Are they always disgusting?

I have to clean bathrooms at work and the men's room always stinks (though I think this is an aiming issue primarily since one time I had to mop the entire place including bathrooms and without cleaning anything but the floor that bathroom started smelling much better) usually there is some gross substance on the toilet... I'm guessing either vomit or something from out the other end... there was toilet paper everywhere, some random stuff spalttered on the garbage can et c... and one of my coworkers had been in only an hour earlier to clean the damn place. Is this usual or are the customers just particularly disgusting?
You work at Timmy HoHo's, no?

I'm kinda surprised. Timmy's is a place were the bathroom is tidy.

But basically, a sober man will treat a bathroom with as much respect as it appears everyone else has given it. If someone misses and pisses on the flower, the next dick could just no care enough to check and see if he is hitting the toilet.

That's how paycheque is spelled in Canada. And calibre. At least, that's how I was taught. A cheque is something you deposit in the bank. A check is what you mark in a box. And a Czech is someone from central Europe - but I digress.

And in the UK.

Well, I can say that the bathroom in dorm I was in the previous school year, at least, was pretty good. Though I guess that's only semi public, and we all had to live down the hall from it, so we mighta taken better care of it.

I understand that the Danes(?)(or the Dutch or one of those extremely hygenic Northern European countries, I read this years ago and the details are a little unclear) paint little black flies in the urinals. They seem to understand that the psychology of men is such that they must aim at something and hit it in order to be manly. They are supposed to have quite clean public bathrooms

I understand that the Danes(?)(or the Dutch or one of those extremely hygenic Northern European countries, I read this years ago and the details are a little unclear) paint little black flies in the urinals. They seem to understand that the psychology of men is such that they must aim at something and hit it in order to be manly. They are supposed to have quite clean public bathrooms

It was Schipol Airport in the Netherlands - hence my earlier post with advice - it was very a successful solution.

I have found, not surprisingly, that mens' public bathrooms are as clean as the establishment wishes to keep them. :p As you near large cities, you get a lot of gang grafiti, but otherwise, they're usually decent, judging by gas stations, fast-food outlets and retail washrooms. Not exactly fascinating, but those are my observations. ;)

Men's bathrooms may *look* dirtier, but really they're no more dirty than any other bathroom. Women like things to look nice and pretty, that's all. Just because they put de-odorizers and make the faucets sparkle doesn't mean that there's less poo-particles floating around.

Men's bathrooms may *look* dirtier, but really they're no more dirty than any other bathroom. Women like things to look nice and pretty, that's all. Just because they put de-odorizers and make the faucets sparkle doesn't mean that there's less poo-particles floating around.

That's about what I've seen, too. I've had to clean bathrooms, male and female, for a few jobs, and I might even generalize that women leave more things like toilet paper lying around after they leave. Obviously you're mopping a bit more urine when you clean the mens' bathroom, but the women will leave more litter around, I find.

Male toilets are generally more putrid than their Female counterparts.

Though I have heard that unisex toilets without urinals manage to stay pretty damn clean all by themselves, despite being used by both genders.

As always there are exceptions to the rule. A pub I occassionnally frequent in Whitstable has the cleanest Gents I have ever seen in any pub. Ever. The pub itself is a bit of a rough looking rockers pub, yet the gents looks like the bathroom at my nan's house. It has a full selection of (albeit it very cheap) deodarants and aftershaves by the sink, furry covers for the toilet seat and cistern and even one of those knitted toilet roll cover things. I asked the landlady about it and she said it started with the covers for the toilet, which was the best way she could think of to stop people snorting coke off the toilet liud and cistern (the covers are glued on). From there it just took off. For some reason, the customers respect the place more and leave it spotlessly clean.

I asked the landlady about it and she said it started with the covers for the toilet, which was the best way she could think of to stop people snorting coke off the toilet liud and cistern (the covers are glued on).

lol, i like that idea :P

But when you're a man, the world's your bathroom...

But when you're a man, the world's your bathroom...

So? The world is my toilet when I'm camping. See that tree? *nods* Got a lady's "touch" on it. ;)

But when you're a man, the world's your bathroom...*pees on Newer Burmecia's shoes*

So? The world is my toilet when I'm camping. See that tree? *nods* Got a lady's "touch" on it. ;)

yes but the world is a man's toilet even in the city. maybe not so much during the day (indecent exposure, anyone? :p) but at night on the way back from the pub a man has free range of where to pee. it rocks :)

yes but the world is a man's toilet even in the city. maybe not so much during the day (indecent exposure, anyone? :p) but at night on the way back from the pub a man has free range of where to pee. it rocks :)

Got to be careful the police aren't behind you or you get fined £40 (and in my case even before i'd got to pee)