Toilets of the World

Re:Toilets of the World by codeulike on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @06:36PM (#20510859)

I've never visited the US, so I'm curious about what you mean.

The vertical gap between the floor and where the cubicle wall starts is huge. Like, knee height. So weird.

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Re:Toilets of the World by hvs on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @06:41PM (#20510889)

Knee height? I live in the US and have never seen this. I would say closer to ankle height.

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Re:Toilets of the World by montypythonxxx on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @06:45PM (#20510914)

i think the train station in Newark, NJ has them. Something about people ODing on the floor and no one finding out.

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Re:Toilets of the World by perfectstorm on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @07:14PM (#20511061)

I wonder why ODing is not a problem in rest of the world. If I were to guess it's to save money and not becuase they were concerned about some random dude ODing.

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Re:Toilets of the World by asark on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @10:19PM (#20511921)

Not sure about the super-high gap ones, but I'd bet the normal-gap (mid shin, maybe?) ones make cleaning a lot easier. A semi-permanent pre-fab wall especially is probably gonna have a lot of gross little nooks & crannies at floor level. Also means you don't need to match the walls to the room height, which probably makes them a lot cheaper.

I mean, imagine mopping one of those rooms. Bet you'd immediately be glad the partitions didn't reach the floor.

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Re:Toilets of the World by cvuls on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @02:06AM (#20512712)

either way, you need to scrub the floors, unfortunately!

source: i am a cleaner.

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Re:Toilets of the World by joegahona on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @09:28PM (#20511666)

If those knees belong to Peter Dinklage, maybe.

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