Automatic Flushing Toilets

MIltonBradley1
MIltonBradley1 Posts: 688 Member
edited April 2019 in Chit-Chat
They are everywhere and it makes the courtesy flush more difficult.

To the engineers that designed them, thank you for forcing us to listen to the after-lunch burrito blowouts from our co-workers.
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  • wyeth84
    wyeth84 Posts: 35 Member
    this thread is golden LOL
  • CoffeeAndContour
    CoffeeAndContour Posts: 1,466 Member
    As a woman, I’m going to say no to automatic flushing toilettes. They sometimes assume you are done, does an automatic flush while still peeing, and suddenly I’m being showered but not in the good way :s For this reason, I avoid public restrooms like the plague.
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  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member
    We have auto-flush toilets in my office, and frequently the button doesn't work even if you can twist in such a way as to hit it.

    But the smell of feces is nowhere near as annoying to me as the number of people talking on the freaking phone and now it's hard to flush and drown out their conversations.
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  • Reckoner67
    Reckoner67 Posts: 3,344 Member
    I read this as "Atomic Flushing Toilets" and thought we'd finally entered the age of the Jetsons but look here, another day and another disappointment. UGH.
  • NotSo_LittleRichard
    NotSo_LittleRichard Posts: 1,004 Member
    @_TomCat_ wrote: »
    I'm putting in the low flow Swiss Madison St. Tropez model in the bathroom I'm remodeling this weekend. Very excited to get that project done.

    Courtesy flushes tho. I just use a squirt of poo-pourri in the bowl and it traps those odors safely underwater. No extra flush needed. I can say I'm saving the planets water supply one flush at a time.
    Your welcome.

    It's not really a scent issue but a nose issue.

    Now it is
  • CharlieCharlie007
    CharlieCharlie007 Posts: 246 Member
    I have less issue with the poop, and more issue with the savages that pee all over the seat. Lift the seat or use the urinals. If I knew who it was, I would go pee on their chairs.
  • go_cubs
    go_cubs Posts: 1,183 Member
    They’re all good and everything until they don’t flush or they do flush while your still sitting down!
  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    As a woman, I’m going to say no to automatic flushing toilettes. They sometimes assume you are done, does an automatic flush while still peeing, and suddenly I’m being showered but not in the good way :s For this reason, I avoid public restrooms like the plague.

    Maybe this is one way to get @caco_ethes to shower

    Even automatic flushing toilets keep their distance 🤷🏼‍♀️
  • Momepro
    Momepro Posts: 1,509 Member
    SwannySez wrote: »
    girlinahat wrote: »
    what do you actually GAIN from a courtesy flush?

    It's a 'I know what you're do-ing' sound and wastes water.

    We eat, therefore we poo. get over it.


    ps. the Japanese have taped flush noises so you can press a button rather than wasting water

    I have always thought that the idea behind the courtesy flush was to not sit there on a bowl full of fecal matter filling the restroom with the scent of your own waste.

    Actually, the flushing spreads the fecal matter residue all over everything

    When I'm having an ibs episode I'll courtesy flush, sometimes 2 or 3 times. Not so much to cover the sound (or smell) but because I've managed to clog the toilets a couple times, and I'd a million times rather someone think I'm just being paranoid, than trying to outrun a clog in a public bathroom.
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  • _Paparazzi_
    _Paparazzi_ Posts: 463 Member
    I’m glad they have them .
    There are nasty people who refuse to flush after use .
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  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
    SwannySez wrote: »
    girlinahat wrote: »
    what do you actually GAIN from a courtesy flush?

    It's a 'I know what you're do-ing' sound and wastes water.

    We eat, therefore we poo. get over it.


    ps. the Japanese have taped flush noises so you can press a button rather than wasting water

    I have always thought that the idea behind the courtesy flush was to not sit there on a bowl full of fecal matter filling the restroom with the scent of your own waste.

    my understanding as well
    As a woman, I’m going to say no to automatic flushing toilettes. They sometimes assume you are done, does an automatic flush while still peeing, and suddenly I’m being showered but not in the good way :s For this reason, I avoid public restrooms like the plague.

    agreed! No one likes to get unexpectedly sprayed

    All in all, I hate all the automations in bathrooms. Toilets, sinks that don't start when you are trying to wash your hands, can't get the stupid soap out. I guess it it helpful that people aren't leaving the water on and stuff, and supposedly cleaner, but I would rather be able to wash my hands than worry about touching the faucet
  • JohnPaulEightyOne
    JohnPaulEightyOne Posts: 127 Member
    I read "atomic flushing toilets." Set myself up for serious disappointment...