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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:55 PM Original message |
Poll question: Here's a question I've wondered about for years regarding public toilets. |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Money. |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. But in Europe they're everywhere. |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. So is free healthcare and college. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Era of the Restroom Attendent should be brought back... |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Except that they usually charge. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Psst. "Genteel" |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. That was an unfortunate misspell, wasn't it....LOL. |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. I agree. I don't think people would be nearly as disgusting as they are in public restrooms |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. It will never come back to any extent... |
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sanguinivorous (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 11:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
59. Ugh... |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. Actually, I think it has to do with sanitizing. In SOME public facilities, |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. True. It DOES make it easier to sanitize the place. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. They don't enclose them because that would encourage anonymous sex |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. Europe still had unisex lavatories last time I was there, too. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Unisex bathroom is all US needs for the full happiness. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I have a problem with it |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I would have a problem with unisex toilets |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. I don't care where they tap their feet. |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. I Think Your Safe. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. I look at it this way: |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. And Potential Criminals Are Not Criminals. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Can you go back and look at the post I was responding to initially? |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Ah. No Wonder We Weren't Getting Anywhere. My Bad. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Well, there you go |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I Don't See How Women Are Being Treated Unfairly In That Situation. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Well you wouldn't go right up to a stranger on the street, |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. The Difference is the Intrusion. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Okay, stay with me here |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I'd Imagine He'd Be Pissed (I Myself Would Be Flattered) |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. That intrusiveness is how women feel |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Nope, Can't Agree. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. It's not really something to "agree with" |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:32 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I Meant the Definition of Spying. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:44 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. You said you were pissed |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. I WAS Pissed. I Got Over It.. Now, It's Just an Amusing Story to Share. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:05 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Did you see the polls I posted a while ago related to that? |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:45 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Those Polls Predate Me. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
57. "famous survey?" |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:41 AM Response to Reply #57 |
64. For those who don't feel like googling |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:58 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. From an issue of Ms. Magazine? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
42. Well, the fact of the matter is .... |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. In the 21st Century there is no such thing as total privacy |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. In some of the new restaurants here, they have what you describe... |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Some department stores have them as well |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. The alter of greed ,is a bigger need than privacy. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. You mean for guys pissing? Urinals seem like enough privacy to me. |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Well, being a woman, I don't do urinals. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. oops (blush) |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. No problem, you couldn't have known! |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. Such stalls are just really cheap hotel rooms |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. So you think stalls are exposed a bit to keep out the homeless? |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:41 AM Response to Reply #21 |
74. Well, it's certainly one of many good reasons |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. Other. |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. What I'm talking about is not sexual behavior. |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. How Much More Privacy Could You Want? |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Whatever friend. |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Seriously, No Offense. |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
52. I'm a 50 yr old SWM |
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trudyco (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. Where in the world do you live? All the women's bathroom stalls |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. No, where do you live? I have yet to see a completely enclosed |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:58 AM Response to Reply #28 |
70. I didn't make the claim, but perhaps the poster is referring to the fact that... |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. You've been in both men's and women's stalls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. Huh? there is space above and below the dividers in most women's bathrooms. nt |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
32. It's a SAFETY issue. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. That's fine for a foot gap |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. Yeah... |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 02:15 AM Response to Reply #50 |
71. There actually is a standard minimum gap that is required... n/t |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
61. And on the flip side... |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
36. Because Halliburton doesn't have the contract yet!!1 n/t |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
38. It helps air circulation. nt |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
43. I could only imagine the smell of opening the door to a toilet that is totally enclosed. Yuck! n/t |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
46. The only places I find totally enclosed bathrooms are in expensive restaurants and hotels/resorts. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
72. if stalls are sealed off top to bottom who are you gonna ask to hand |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
73. They should cause for one thing for women |
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