Do you think they will catch on

Rubytuesday
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edited September 2016 in General Chat #1

article I read this morning shows you 2 dozen clear glass public toilets that open tomorrow in China SurprisedEmbarassed do
you think they will catch on ? They have very odd inventions in China 

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  • taffyY
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    edited September 2016 #2

    Ha ha!  Catch on? No, not on your nellie!! lol

  • cyberyacht
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    edited September 2016 #3

    Is that what is meant by Pee See?

  • Kennine
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    edited September 2016 #4

    Ah, a loo with a view -- 

     

  • Navigateur
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    edited September 2016 #5

    . . . and not just of the scenery OUTSIDE!

  • Pippah45
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    edited September 2016 #6

    What a strange notion - I have a loo with a view over the Lincolnshire Wolds - but not of the contents! 

  • Pliers
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    edited September 2016 #7

    article I read this morning shows you 2 dozen clear glass public toilets that open tomorrow in China SurprisedEmbarassed do you think they will catch on ? They have very odd inventions in China 

    Bet they're better than the communal squat toilets they had when we were there though . Even the ladies loos at the airport!

    But catch on elsewhere.....only hope not!

  • redface
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    edited September 2016 #8

    Funnily enough squatting is usually an aid to evacuating the bowel efficiently. So they, and the French, are not too wrong with their hole in the floor!

  • Rubytuesday
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    edited September 2016 #9

    What a strange notion - I have a loo with a view over the Lincolnshire Wolds - but not of the contents! 

    Write your comments here...think I best make myself clear Laughingthe photos are of a young lad sat on the loo but that looks like
    a normal china toilet.  It's the cubicle that is all glass floor ceiling and all side walls Laughing so while your sat or standing you have
    a view of your surroundings, it could only be the Chinese who could come up with something like this , and yes you are in full view of those outside Surprised

  • Wherenext
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    edited September 2016 #10

    Years ago my better half paid a visit to a cafe toilet in Arles,South of France. I paid the bill and wandered outside to wait and looked around to see my wife's head through a hole in the wall. I asked her if she was enjoying herself and she replied that the fresh air was a bonus but hoped that these toilets wouldn't catch on. Thankfully they don't seem to have but the French definitely have a "Laissez-Faire" attitude to toilet etiquette.

  • IanH
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    edited September 2016 #11

    We came back on a ferry from Caen years ago. We found a public toilet in the middle of a busy roundabout and I was a little surprised to find that the external walls were all glass.

    Still, needs must........any port in a storm etc.

  • tigerfish
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    edited October 2016 #12

    My job used to take me to China quite often, and the public loos were quite the worst anywhere in the world. Similar to the older French hole in the ground but multiple holes with no privicy separations!

    Soon learned only to use the one in the hotel room!

    TF

  • Navigateur
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    edited October 2016 #13

    I don't suppose you were doing anything different from all the others there though.  I do recall that Her Majesty's Warships were not fitted with doors in these areas to discourage certain activities.

  • byron
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    edited October 2016 #14

    My job used to take me to China quite often, and the public loos were quite the worst anywhere in the world. Similar to the older French hole in the ground but multiple holes with no privicy separations!

    Soon learned only to use the one in the hotel room!

    TF

    On a trip to China our bus stopped at roadside eaterie, the ladies loo was of the same style but as a nod to western toilet culture the facilities were divided by grubby bedsheets hanging from string, judging by the howls of laughter it was a good icebreaker

  • DSB
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    edited October 2016 #15

    To answer Ruby's question:  No, not hear!

    David 

  • Navigateur
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    edited October 2016 #16

    Hear! Hear!

  • tombar
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    edited October 2016 #17

    Wonder if its for builders onlyWink

  • avondriver
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    edited October 2016 #18

    sorry to say little new here - whilst skiing in Austria this year there were several loos at the top of the slopes that were built of one way mirror glass. From the inside a spectacular view of the mountains and ski slopes from outside ... a spectacular
    view of the mountains and ski slopes.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited October 2016 #19

    Ha ha!  Catch on? No, not on your nellie!! lol

    Hey, who's this taking my name in vain?Wink

  • DSB
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    edited October 2016 #20

    sorry to say little new here - whilst skiing in Austria this year there were several loos at the top of the slopes that were built of one way mirror glass. From the inside a spectacular view of the mountains and ski slopes from outside ... a spectacular
    view of the mountains and ski slopes.

    Now that sounds more like it.  A loo with a view.

    David

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