• atrielienz@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    This is the kind of thing that could only be successful in a place like America where the privacy walls aren’t properly designed because somehow it’s cheaper that way.

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      6 days ago

      It is not about it being cheaper. US bathrooms are literally designed to be hostile to keep people from loitering.

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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      6 days ago

      I like the stalls with the privacy gaps more. I’ve been in too many European bathrooms that are damp and smell like shit due to inadequate ventilation.

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        5 days ago

        But it’s usually open at the top or there’s a ventilator of sorts, always one of the 2. Come to think of it, it’s probably a requirement.

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          I’ve been in enough to see that there isn’t much air movement at all, usually made worse as there is a door to the stall with an undersized louver or no louver at all.

          It may be a code requirement now, but I’ve seen a lot of places where it either isn’t working or isn’t there.

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        5 days ago

        And we’ve all been in stinking, poorly kept stalls. They’re kind of separate issues.

        • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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          5 days ago

          I’ve found the quality of stalls in the USA is far better than Europe in public places, especially when it comes to smell and moisture.

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            2 days ago

            I’ve never been to the US so I don’t know if you’re downvoted because of the sentiment or because you’re actually wrong, so I’ll just stay out of this

            • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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              2 days ago

              Based on my and other responses, you can see that a lot of public restrooms have more open stalls, many of which have thin vertical gaps which people can see through if they look hard enough. The stalls also doing go up to the roof and fully down to the floor. Recently, some stalls have additional pieces of metal to cover the vertical gaps, but the gaps at the roof and floor aren’t covered.

              You’ll be out of the sight line for pooping, but it isn’t fully private and there is nothing stopping others from hearing what you’re doing. A lot of people have a visceral reaction to that.

  • MunkyNutts@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I like to stick my finger through the gap and ask the passerby to pull my finger, it’s the only way to release the gas.