WDW toilets "foreign" to some

[Gary M]

I saw the hole in the floor "toilet" at a restaurant in Northern Italy about 15 years ago. I just had to do #1, so it was not difficult.

About four years ago I flew into Tokyo and went to the restroom at the airport and a lady was in the men's room cleaning it. I also found women cleaning a couple of men's restrooms in Europe.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

I find American toilets strange, the water in the pan is too high so when you wipe yourself the paper alwqays gets wet, In the UK we have toilets where water level is much lower, I can't understanmd how you Americans can put up with them !

Also they use too much water, very environmentally unfriendly ...

Kev

 

[BonnieA]

Do they have handicapped "holes" ? I would need rails to hold on to, if I had to squat that's the only way I could get back up.

 

[PrincessAurora]

Originally posted by kevin_cambs_uk
I find American toilets strange, the water in the pan is too high so when you wipe yourself the paper alwqays gets wet, In the UK we have toilets where water level is much lower, I can't understanmd how you Americans can put up with them !

Also they use too much water, very environmentally unfriendly ...

Kev

The paper gets wet? Kev, if the paper gets wet after you complete your business, you're doing it wrong. Rise from the throne when your audience is concluded. Then finish. No wet paper.

Also, the majority of American toilets *were* changed to low flow, enviro-friendly models in the 70's after the water shortage. What I wouldn't give to have one of my old toilets back. These "whimpy" ones sometimes need two flushes and that doesn't save any water, it in fact wastes more.

 

[Melora]

Two brief comments... Although I completely agree that if you have managed to make it all the way across the world to Disney World, you really ought to be familiar with the american toilet, ever so often someone might bring a parent (maybe a much older poarent) who isn't familiar with americanized standards... but never the less..... ewwwwwww if some of the things people are saying actually happened!

Second comment.... We have a live in for my mother who has advanced Parkinsons disease. The lady is Phillipeno (hope I spelled that close) and for some odd reason they do not put their used toilet paper in the toilet (only the wet stuff).. she puts it in a trash can she keeps next to her toilet.. fortunately she has her own bathroom because I could just not stand that if I had to look at it.. she throws it away regularly so I assume it really doesn't get too smelly.... but it must smell some and why in the heck can't she throw it down the toilet... my mother told me it was cultural thing, but I still don't get it. Maybe in the Phillipeans the toilets can't handle paper, but they can here so it makes me wonder.....

 

[nativetxn]

I imagine American bathrooms are just as strange to people from other countries as their bathrooms would be to us.

I'm going to move this to our community board for you.

 

[dcgrumpy]

I'd hate to be the maid for their hotel room.

 

[disykat]

Not buying it. I've used squat toilets in other countries. I've also spent lots of time (in the early 80's) working with refugees from other countries where they had very different hygiene habits than us. No one has ever had difficulty grasping the toilet idea - it was mastered before making it through customs. I agree that for someone to make it in to our country and all the way to WDW they should have already been aclimbed enough to use a toilet.

 

[NotUrsula]

"Maybe in the Phillipeans the toilets can't handle paper, but they can here so it makes me wonder....."

Even in the US, it depends on the septic system. Sometimes if you have a septic tank, plumbers will advise not putting paper products into the toilet. Lots of people who live in really rural areas keep a separate trash can for the toilet paper; these are areas where there is no trash pickup; you burn your flammable trash, and you take things you cannot burn to the local dump.

 

[DonnaS]

We used to get a lot of people from less developed countries at the hospital where I worked. They would not go on the floor, although some were seen standing on the toilet seat and squatting.

Princess Aurora-- I've seen those shelf toilets all over Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. They definitely necessitate frequent courtesy flushes.

 

[FOJMO]

Originally posted by peg2001
including the woman who squatted and had a BM into her hand, the the BM left on the stall floor. (Not acceptable, obviously, as he/she should have laid something on the floor first and cleaned up after himself/herself.)

I wish this thread would have a WARNING on it -- this is disgusting.

 

[Fantasia Girl]

They do have special toilet paper for the septic tanks though, we use it in our motorhome on vacation...

Number 2 in your hand... I'm not feelin' that one, I agree that if someone has travelled that far to come to Disney they must have encountered a toilet somewhere. I certainly hope I did not touch something a 'hand pooper' touched while I was in WDW. Yuck.. think of the diseases...

 

[Talking Hands]

Honestly if my daughter could go overseas and learn to squat they can come over here and learn to use our porcellin thrones.

 

[genealle]

Originally posted by dBugged
I gotta "hand" it to the lady for her creative resolution to the situation, albiet a little inappropriate.

One would think she might Turn over a new leaf !

 

[Fantasia Girl]

If a "bird" in the hand is worth two in the bush....I wonder what a... (oh, nevermind)

 

[WeirdEyes]

This thread has given me the biggest laugh I've had in a long time. It's gross, but funny!

 

[RUDisney]

Originally posted by DonnaS
We used to get a lot of people from less developed countries at the hospital where I worked. They would not go on the floor, although some were seen standing on the toilet seat and squatting.

Princess Aurora-- I've seen those shelf toilets all over Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. They definitely necessitate frequent courtesy flushes.

Standing on the toilet seat and squatting is what we were told to do if we had to go on the train in Russia. Our translator called it "sitting like the eagle sits."

We also got to experience the shelf toilets while we were there, and the squatters.

Just remember... that which does not kill us makes us stronger.

 

[DISshopkeeper]

Originally posted by PrincessAurora


For the more quirky among you, check our this site on German toilets. My sister travels abroad a great deal on business and sent this to me. She has SEEN them in person and experienced what was on this web page. Her German friends don't understand what the big deal is. I don't understand how they think this works.

http://www.spies.com/~scott/misc/toilet.htm

OMG!! Thanks for the great big laugh, PA!! VERY funny link!!

 

[ncligs]

Originally posted by FOJMO
I wish this thread would have a WARNING on it -- this is disgusting.

 

[DocRafiki]

Originally posted by PrincessAurora
For the more quirky among you, check our this site on German toilets. My sister travels abroad a great deal on business and sent this to me. She has SEEN them in person and experienced what was on this web page. Her German friends don't understand what the big deal is. I don't understand how they think this works.

http://www.spies.com/~scott/misc/toilet.htm

OMG! I love it! The sitzpinkle?! I was laughing so hard I've got that site bookmarked to send out to my 'quirky' friends! Now I am scared to go to Europe!!!