Thursday, November 21, 2019
Factors influencing different types of public convenience
1. Location
separate building room sealed-off space pod
2. Intended number of occupants
one multiple
3. Male and Female
separate 🚹 🚺 unisex/gender neutral 🚻
4. 'Ladies' and 'Gentlemen' signage
text text ('comedy') pictogram pictogram (ambiguous/indistinct)
5. Cost
free fee
6. Open
24 hours sometimes victim of austerity
7. Entry from outside
no door door (germy handle) door (grubby pad) door (icky knob)
8. View from entrance
none some too much
9. Division of floor area between Ladies and Gentlemen
greater for Ladies unfairly equal inexplicably greater for Gentlemen
10. Layout
cubicles for all urinals and cubicles
11. Staff
unstaffed somebody somewhere attendant expecting tip
12. Cleaning
recent earlier today dubious
13. Urinals
a. sufficient insufficient
b. single multiple communal
c. uniform height some for children
d. regular flush auto-flush eco-friendly
e. modesty boards mutually visible
f. porcelain plastic metal hole in ground
g. mesh over drain cloggable
h. cake something else to aim at no distractions
i. something to read while you go plain tiled walls
j. Grade II listed other
14. Cubicles
a. sufficient insufficient
b. disabled-friendly unmodified
c. gap below door no peeking
d. bolt latch electronic lock
e. coat hook use the floor
f. sit squat
g. disposable seat covers seat clean seat damp don't think about it
h. bowl 'shelf'
i. toilet roll... hanging forward ...hanging behind ... enclosed ...missing
j. cistern visible cistern hidden
k. turn handle pull chain push pad
l. eco-flush option uniform flush
m. disposal bin (foot operated) disposal bin (manual) binless
15. Washing facilities
a. sufficient insufficient none
b. within cubicles communal
c. mirrors no preening
d. sinks & taps shared trough mysterious automated hole in wall
e. manual tap sensor-operated will not turn on whatever you do
f. cold water hot water scalding water
g. runs for a set time manual termination
h. squirty liquid tablet of soap foam
i. paper towels roller towel push-button blower auto-drier
j. fast slow not worth the effort
16. Additional facilities
baby-changing vending machine inspection schedule puddles cut flowers piped music inexplicable whiff
Sorry, but I used the toilets in the Design Museum (1ii 2ii 3ii 4iii 5i 6ii 7iii 8ii 10i 11ii 12i 14aii/di/kiii/li 15ai/bi/ci/diii/eii/fii/gi/hiii/iiii/jii) and it got me thinking...
