US Toilets

Tony255 · 21-06-2009 04:18PM #1

Just came back from a trip to the US and what is up with the big gap between the door in the toilet cubicles, its is extremely wierd and I felt like i was putting on a show for everyone when I went in to use one.

Got into an arguement with a waiter there too about a tip I think it is mental that you are expected to give a tip regardless of the service, this guy was the rudest guy ever so the bill came to 50.10 and i made it 50.50 to make a point, the the fireworks started and in the end the manager offered to comp our meal but I just left, have you ever done anything like this and how did it work out?

phasers · 21-06-2009 04:20PM

What?

Edit: I like the toilets in Disneyland

xOxSinéadxOx · 21-06-2009 04:21PM

so basically this isn't even about toilets it's about tipping in the US. and what do you mean a gap? I don't get it

Crotchety · 21-06-2009 04:21PM

Well they weren't unisex toilets were they? So what's the problem! I doubt people were putting their eyes in through the gap.

Rabies · 21-06-2009 04:21PM

phasers wrote: »

What?

Edit: I like the toilets in Disneyland

that is only because of your Mickey mouse

GhostInTheRuins · 21-06-2009 04:23PM

It's because americans are fat.

TheZohanS · 21-06-2009 04:23PM

Rabies wrote: »

that is only because of your Mickey mouse

or maybe his Minnie Mouse.

galwayrush · 21-06-2009 04:23PM

Looks like the restaurant you picked was a right old toilet.:rolleyes:

21-06-2009 04:25PM

You object to a nice big spacious comfy toilet? Right so, well that's your loss - or else you've just learned to put up with sh!t conditions too long.

As for tipping... I dislike the whole tipping culture in the US. You can have a tip if you do something right (make sure I never run out of food and drink, walk past every now and again so I can call you if I want help, but go away and stop bothering me unless I call you) or if you're an attractive female (what can I say .. I'm human .. ). Otherwise you get no tip. I would have given them the amount on the bill (€50.10) and not €55.50 as you did - you gave them a 40c tip! Regardless of the point you were trying to make .. you tipped! (in their eyes)

ScumLord · 21-06-2009 04:25PM

I thought the toilets where god awful too. The ones in Vegas have a shelf that all your poo sits on. I had one monstrous ****e one morning and put me hand right into the poo when wiping. Not nice at all.

Xiney · 21-06-2009 04:27PM

I prefer the American style toilet stalls with the raised door off the floor. It makes it easier to mop the floor so there's a better chance it actually gets done, imo.

I suppose I prefer crazy drunk girls not being able to attempt to crawl in with me under the gap here though. I mean honestly, what is the point of 5 girls sharing a toilet stall? It's not like that's going to save any time, is it?! mental.

Ruu_Old · 21-06-2009 04:28PM

Tony255 wrote: »

Just came back from a trip to the US and what is up with the big gap between the door in the toilet cubicles, its is extremely wierd and I felt like i was putting on a show for everyone when I went in to use one.

Got into an arguement with a waiter there too about a tip I think it is mental that you are expected to give a tip regardless of the service, this guy was the rudest guy ever so the bill came to 50.10 and i made it 50.50 to make a point, the the fireworks started and in the end the manager offered to comp our meal but I just left, have you ever done anything like this and how did it work out?

I paid at the counter myself instead of waiting around but left a penny on our table for the chap who wasted our time and couldn't be arsed being there it seemed. I tip if they deserve it. I hate public toilets in any country but I find the cubicle walls very short and I'm only 5' 7".

marbar · 21-06-2009 04:30PM

the gap in the toilets is to prevent drug use.

as for tipping, they really do get screwed over there for wages and, because tipping is customary, in alot of cases the employers pay alot less. basically not tipping is like taking money from their wages

Cool_CM · 21-06-2009 04:30PM

ScumLord wrote: »

I thought the toilets where god awful too. The ones in Vegas have a shelf that all your poo sits on. I had one monstrous ****e one morning and put me hand right into the poo when wiping. Not nice at all.

Don't go to Germany
http://homepage.mac.com/mes/iblog/B337353584/C1870282643/E1866785319/Media/Pasted%20Graphic.jpg

rossie1977 · 21-06-2009 04:31PM

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

so basically this isn't even about toilets it's about tipping in the US. and what do you mean a gap? I don't get it

gap like this i suppose

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisas-lounge/361146180/sizes/l/

Tony255 · 21-06-2009 04:33PM

marbar wrote: »

the gap in the toilets is to prevent drug use.

as for tipping, they really do get screwed over there for wages and, because tipping is customary, in alot of cases the employers pay alot less. basically not tipping is like taking money from their wages

yeah I understand that but if they want to make money from tips then they are expected to do a good job at it, if the waiter is throwing food on the table and starts out by saying "I normally work in better places that this" and looks down his nose at everyone then he is not getting a proper tip from me nad the 40c was my way of expressing that. You get a proper tip if you provide proper service, end of.

Tony255 · 21-06-2009 04:34PM

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

so basically this isn't even about toilets it's about tipping in the US. and what do you mean a gap? I don't get it

its a bit of both, the gap is down either side of the toilet door a little under half an inch i guess and it was everywhere not just in one place

marbar · 21-06-2009 04:35PM

Tony255 wrote: »

yeah I understand that but if they want to make money from tips then they are expected to do a good job at it, if the waiter is throwing food on the table and starts out by saying "I normally work in better places that this" and looks down his nose at everyone then he is not getting a proper tip from me nad the 40c was my way of expressing that. You get a proper tip if you provide proper service, end of.

lol!

"don't judge me!"

21-06-2009 04:41PM

I get what the OP means about the toilets now .. he means the doors as you've said .. right so well I've revise my post.

I like how they're nice and airy and I don't pass out after passing a massive load lol. Sometimes they can be too extreme though!

ScumLord · 21-06-2009 04:44PM

Tony255 wrote: »

yeah I understand that but if they want to make money from tips then they are expected to do a good job at it, if the waiter is throwing food on the table and starts out by saying "I normally work in better places that this" and looks down his nose at everyone

That's not really fair, he's standing over you how else can he look at you.

Agamemnon · 21-06-2009 04:45PM

Cool_CM wrote: »

Don't go to Germany
http://homepage.mac.com/mes/iblog/B337353584/C1870282643/E1866785319/Media/Pasted%20Graphic.jpg

Urgh. Do they like to have a good look at it before flushing? Possibly take pictures of it, give it a name, stroke it and make baby-talk with it? "Who's a lovely sheiße? You are, yes you are. Coochie-coochie-coo." Barbaric.

Ponster · 21-06-2009 04:45PM

Tony255 wrote: »

yeah I understand that but if they want to make money from tips then they are expected to do a good job at it, if the waiter is throwing food on the table and starts out by saying "I normally work in better places that this" and looks down his nose at everyone then he is not getting a proper tip from me nad the 40c was my way of expressing that. You get a proper tip if you provide proper service, end of.

No. That's maybe how it works in Ireland but not in the USA.

It should be called a "service charge" and not a tip IMHO.

big b · 21-06-2009 04:47PM

Some things are different in other countries.
Fucking outrageous.

Ruu_Old · 21-06-2009 04:48PM

Ponster wrote: »

No. That's maybe how it works in Ireland but not in the USA.

It should be called a "service charge" and not a tip IMHO.

I've seen it added on "for your convenience" in some parts. Very nice of them!:mad:

Enii · 21-06-2009 05:00PM

Its called a service charge - you pay 15-20% to get the food delivered to your table.

It is so cheap not to pay for this - that waiter earned NOTHING for seving you when you refused to tip him.

Manic Moran · 21-06-2009 05:05PM

There is often a gap an inch, inch-and-a-half wide between the door and the frame (on each side) going the height of the door, in addition to the gap at the bottom.

Never caused me any bother. Then again, I've been in places where there's not as much as a curtain between yourself and the guy to your right or left. (Army has a wonderful way of removing inhibitions)

NTM

phasers · 21-06-2009 05:05PM

Enii wrote: »

Its called a service charge - you pay 15-20% to get the food delivered to your table.

It is so cheap not to pay for this - that waiter earned NOTHING for seving you when you refused to tip him.

He gets wages doesn't he? If he wants to earn more, he'll make the extra effort and be an amazing waitor

To me, a tip rewards excellent service. I'm not going to tip somebody because it's customary or any of that shyte.

Wertz · 21-06-2009 05:09PM

Enii wrote: »

Its called a service charge - you pay 15-20% to get the food delivered to your table.

It is so cheap not to pay for this - that waiter earned NOTHING for seving you when you refused to tip him.

Then he/she needs to get a better job or start a union movement or something. I fail to see what's cheap about not wanting to leave a gratuity that in the eye of the customer hasn't been earned...

marbar · 21-06-2009 05:18PM

never mind the army, there was one bar i was in that didn't have a door on the front of the jax at all. not only did everyone using the whole room see you, but when teh door is opened to go out/come in of the mens, everyone that was outside could see straight in
one of the strangest ****s of my life

Delta Kilo · 21-06-2009 05:27PM

Pffft, the toilets in Venice are just a hole in the ground... Quite good for target practice actually!

FlutterinBantam · 21-06-2009 05:30PM

Murphy's Law in Myrtle beach SC, no fcuking door and every time someone went in there was this bearded cnunt straining on the pot.

On one occasion his facial expression changed suddenly and was obviously after unloading a severe dump of spoil after a struggle.

Don't get me going about American shítters.

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