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Your dream public loo?

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Onand · 02/09/2024 12:28

Lighthearted but actually something that affects many of us…If you have to use public toilets in shops and motorway services, I’m intrigued what your ideal facilities set up is so you feel ok using them, obviously being clean is a top priority but there’s some things I hate that make them feel even more disgusting than they should be.

My perfect loos are good width cubicles, a decent toilet seat which is clean and dry, loo roll either in the individual sheets or a full roll that means I don’t have to poke around under the dispenser. Sensor flush, a sliding door lock and a door far enough from the loo that you don’t risk touching either and you open and close it. A decent gap between the cubicle and ceiling to allow good air flow. Some background music. For the sinks I like automatic taps that run for at least 8 seconds with warm water (not scalding or freezing), Foam hand wash. Hand dryer’s that you don’t need to put your hands in to (M&S ones are horrendous that splash you every time). No green or blue paper towels.

My hates are door handles to enter and exit, handle flushers and the flat button ones, cold tap water that auto turn off after 2 seconds, tiny cubicles, Mitsubishi hand dryers. That loo roll which curls round into a knotty mess as you get it. Taps with knobs or buttons to touch.

🤣 anyone as daft as me?

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AgileGreenSeal · 02/09/2024 16:07

LightDrizzle · 02/09/2024 12:48

All yours but like @Lavender14 I want a long strong hook to hang any bags or coat.

Same. I do not want to put anything on the floor.

DollopOfFun · 02/09/2024 16:14

Enough cubicles so to avoid the one out- one in scenario. Hate when you have to wait until someone exits, whilst the toilet is still flushing and if you breathe in you might inhale a strangers fanny dander.

Oh and none of those ridiculous round toilet paper dispensers, where the tissue is pulled through a tiny hole so you get a fingernail sized piece out

pinkgown · 02/09/2024 16:21

Apart from dirt, what I don't want is a squat toilet, mainly because I am so decrepit I'd have to brace my hands on the floor to get up😟.
Also a public loo on Madeira - beautifully clean, etc. - but completely mirrored - walls, floor, ceiling. Nope, I am not THAT much of a narcissist.

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Onand · 02/09/2024 19:09

DollopOfFun · 02/09/2024 16:14

Enough cubicles so to avoid the one out- one in scenario. Hate when you have to wait until someone exits, whilst the toilet is still flushing and if you breathe in you might inhale a strangers fanny dander.

Oh and none of those ridiculous round toilet paper dispensers, where the tissue is pulled through a tiny hole so you get a fingernail sized piece out

Fanny dander

🤣😂🤣😂🤣💀

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Ohdearyme72 · 02/09/2024 19:13

You're forgetting a fresh scent and no smelly traces of the previous visitor. And music. Definitely a shelf for handbag.

KendraTheVampyrSlayer · 02/09/2024 19:33

Actually, before they decided to let every perv and his mate into the women's I would have said John Lewis toilets. They're always clean, the toilet is a reasonable height so I don't break my back using it, the cubicles always lock, there's always plenty of toilet paper, a reasonably sized cubicle, hook on the back of the door, sanitary bin that is never overflowing, always soap in the soap dispenser, the water is not too hot or cold and the hand dryers always work.

deeahgwitch · 29/09/2024 08:53

AlvinStardustsGloves · 02/09/2024 13:27

Unlike you, OP, my perfect public toilet includes paper towels as I think dryers blow germs all over your hands with the warm air.

I agree. I hate those Dyson ones you have to stick your hands in to. They usually are manky at the bottom. I far prefer a paper towel and a foot operated bin to put the paper in.
Good ventilation is a priority.

Why are some people so gross, leaving the toilet in a state. 🤮
I have huge sympathy for those whose job it is to clean public toilets.

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