r/mildlyinteresting • u/ShoutyMcgavinV3 • Nov 26 '22
The stalls in the restaurant I’m at share a single TP roll
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u/Snowbofreak Nov 26 '22
What kind of psychopath designed this?
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u/2bunreal24 Nov 26 '22
Someone who’s parent beat them when they used too much paper because they didn’t have anything to wipe with during the depression thus perpetuating a scarcity complex. So to satisfy their complex they make everyone fear the waste of paper.
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u/APe28Comococo Nov 26 '22 edited Nov 26 '22
Yep all this instead of adopting the bidet.
Edit: I know you dry yourself after, I know you pre-wipe if it’s a crappy bidet, but here in America a lot of people especially men don’t wipe enough because they were forced to conserve toilet paper by their parents.
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u/Teripid Nov 26 '22
I agree in theory and for private use.
Still yhe idea of giving the average American access to a small hose in a bathroom stall would for sure also result in some crazy horror stories.
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u/youknowwhatstuart Nov 26 '22
I live on bumfuck mountain SC people would think it's a water fountain that's why we don't have those in the U.S. besides maybe in fancy hotels. My friend has one I thought his wife used it to wash her hair or something......no, no sir it's what Europeans use instead of toilet paper. I was shocked to say the least!
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u/eStuffeBay Nov 26 '22
THIS THIS THIS - A lot of people in Korea use bidets (along with those heated toilet seats, hehe) and whenever I read about it on Reddit, there are always people who think that it's used instead of toilet paper. Nasty!
You use tp to wipe away the bigger bits at first, then use the bidet to wash up - then use tp again to wipe away the water. Done properly, it's like using baby wipes but quicker and cleaner.
Not using toilet paper at all just because you used a bidet!?!?!? Crazy stuff.
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u/youknowwhatstuart Nov 26 '22
Okay, this is exactly what the fuck I'm talking about Americans like myself have no fuckin clue. I done told you that how many more times do I have to say it.
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u/ChronicY2kk Nov 26 '22
I'm an American and I don't want to insult anyone, but if you see something that comes out of the toilet and sprays water and think its for anything other than your ass.... Well, I just don't have a kind way of describing the intelligence of such a person.
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u/tangcameo Nov 27 '22
There’s an episode of Poirot where Inspector Japp stays at Poirot’s flat and using the bathroom, mistakes the bidet for some sort of face freshener.
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u/NotYetSoonEnough Nov 26 '22
Coming soon: a single bidet you must share with your next door stallmate.
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u/Facist_Canadian Nov 26 '22
You definitely don't, I haven't used TP at home in 3-4 years. At least if we're talking Japanese style Bidets. TP is optional.
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u/MissMormie Nov 26 '22
No you don't. Unless you have a seperate bidet which can't deal with debris.
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u/rolling-brownout Nov 26 '22
I think that's the confusion... I imagine wiping before use of a European bidet (the seperate mini bath thing) would be required for a pleasant experience. Not so for a Japanese washlet or SE Asian/Middle Eastern style "bum gun".
By the way, it's my opinion that the latter two should relegate the Euro bidet to the history books as obsolete.
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u/gmotelet Nov 26 '22
Just pour the bidet water through your Britta water filter before it goes down the pipe
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u/Queeb_the_Dweeb Nov 26 '22
You just put your pants back on over a soggy ass?
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u/MissMormie Nov 26 '22
I don't use a bidet at all. But the person before said to wipe before using a bidet, that has nothing to do with a soggy ass.
But if you go to the middle east, or other warm places they've used bidets for ages you'll find a lot of toilets don't even have paper. And yes, if you pay attention you'll see alot of people walking around with wet spots in their crotch. It's just water, it'll dry.
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u/Queeb_the_Dweeb Nov 26 '22
I misread and thought they were talking about wiping after the bidet, not before. Wiping before is pointless.
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u/danteheehaw Nov 26 '22
So, how do you dry your ass after using a bidet? Wouldn't calling the dog over be quicker and drier?
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u/JetKeel Nov 26 '22
Same people that designed the open office concept. Encourages collaboration in the workplace.
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u/Bogmanbob Nov 26 '22
Oh god. I just visualized a race to finish first when two neighbors realized they are right near the end of the roll
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u/Bogmanbob Nov 26 '22
This construction looks pricey and I really don’t understand how long term the use is less. It’s just crazy.
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u/VoilaVoilaWashington Nov 26 '22
Yeah but it saved them the cost of the TP roller. Checkmate, atheists.
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u/dontforgethetrailmix
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That awful, fateful moment when you reach for toilet paper and make hand-contact with the person in the next stall.... Shudders
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u/WienerDogMan Nov 26 '22
You mean magical?!
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u/Difficult_E Nov 26 '22
and then you both bend forward to look and see if you really touched another person's hand only to lock eyes
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u/psicowysiwyg Nov 26 '22
Thay awful moment when you're almost done and you see the hand from the other side use all the toilet paper
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u/CrashTestPhoto Nov 26 '22
I'm pretty sure the thing that hands are contacting through that hole isn't another hand.
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u/FragrantGangsta Nov 26 '22
That's when you let your hand linger on theirs, and when they pull away, you beckon them with your finger
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u/PMMEBITCOINPLZ Nov 26 '22
Imagine it. You both reach for it at the same time. Your hands touch. Instant chemistry. A love story for the ages.
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u/rmzynn Nov 26 '22
yo, I can only imagine the stress of having someone on both sides while there is clearly not enough to share.
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u/joyfall Nov 26 '22
Can you spare a square?
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u/PsychDocD Nov 26 '22
No, I don’t have a square to spare
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u/FreshSchmoooooock Nov 26 '22
Oh, is it two-ply? Cause if it's two-ply, I'll take one ply.
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u/Apprehensive_Big_528 Nov 27 '22
Two-ply allows for a pair of squares to share
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u/ultrafud Nov 26 '22
This literally serves no purpose. The exact same amount of toilet paper is used regardless of whether there is one in each cubicle or not. This just means individual rolls are now just used at double the speed, which means you have to replace them more frequently. It's more work.
Adding on the creepiness factor and possible hygiene issues, this has to be one of the stupidest fucking things I've ever seen in my life.
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u/fromYYZtoSEA Nov 26 '22
Exactly. Plus the non-standard TP attachment required ad-hoc work.
Many places even have 2 rolls as standard always hanging in there. So attendants need to spend less time going in to check if there’s TP left.
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Nov 26 '22
This reminded me of when I worked at the airport and the toilet roll holders could be opened with a key. With one side open you could peer into the stall next to it. My coworkers and I always noticed the janitor following us into there. One day I went in and faked a log. Janitor rolled up with his cart and went into the stall next to me. I heard keys on the tp holder then saw some light shine through. I stood up and put my phone over the divider and snapped a pic. My dumbass had the flash and sound on so I gtfo. Got back to my store and looked at the photo and the damn janitor was bent over peering through the tp holder tryna look at my goods. Reported to airport police. They never fired the guy just moved him to different terminal. Can't imagine all the other people he's preyed on.
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u/Maleficent-Log4089 Nov 26 '22
Just a bit of curiosity...where are you??
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u/ShoutyMcgavinV3 Nov 26 '22
Red Robin
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u/Maleficent-Log4089 Nov 26 '22
Ooph! That was not what I expected you to say. I guess I figured something like old bar in....or this very ancient or poor part of the world. I feel like this should be tantamount to peeping Tom or thumbalina laws. I know that urinals are out in the open, but anything that has a closing door should continue the expectation of privacy. I am a fan of complaints when it is something so brazenly intrusive. I wouldn't even take the free meal!
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u/1PMagain Nov 26 '22
Can you spare a square?
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u/hehoheho123321 Nov 26 '22
No I can’t spare a square
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u/Colonel_FuzzyCarrot Nov 26 '22
Oh, is it two-ply? Cause if it's two-ply, I'll take one ply. One ply, one, one! One puny little ply, I'll take one measly ply.
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u/RogerRabbit1234 Nov 26 '22
This is actually insane…like why? Of what value is it? Saves a worker 20 seconds once a day to check and makes the potty going experience for every person that uses it awkward AF…
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u/psicowysiwyg Nov 26 '22
Doesn't even really save any time, as it will just run out twice as fast so it needs to be checked more often, it's such a bad idea in every way.
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u/acidbass32 Nov 26 '22
When their fingers grazed one another reaching for the TP, it was immediate sparks. The tension could’ve been cut with a thread as they both wiped and exited their respective stalls. As they both walked up to the sinks to wash their hands, the air became pungent with the smells of their previous acts. It was at that moment, they knew they weren’t meant for each other.
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u/thebeecharmah Nov 26 '22
Time to name and shame this is unbelievable.
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u/ShoutyMcgavinV3 Nov 26 '22
Red Robin
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u/thebeecharmah Nov 26 '22
Searching for their official Reddit account yielded some interesting results.
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u/HAM_PANTIES Nov 26 '22
Engineers.....could this design concept potentially be extended to have one roll service 4 stalls? 8....? More.....?
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u/archampion Nov 26 '22
"Hi mate!"
"Oh hi mate!"
Remove the roll and started playing thumb wrestling
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u/Mello-Fello Nov 26 '22
That special moment when you both reach for the roll at the same time and your hands touch
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u/Aggressive_Lecture29 Nov 26 '22
It would make me so upset if someone touched my hand in the bathroom stall. I can’t think of a shittier situation.
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u/SlightlyBetterThan Nov 27 '22
What if our hands touched..? At the restaurant, after a massive stinky poo.
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u/trailing_white_space Nov 26 '22
Mate, I have to use this last piece because I need to meet my future wife after this shit
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u/Paintmebitch Nov 26 '22
Airport?
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u/ShoutyMcgavinV3 Nov 26 '22
Red Robin
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u/Paintmebitch Nov 26 '22
These are all over the Chicago O'Hare terminal. Gay men suck cock through them. Or so I have heard...
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u/Other_Candidate_3857 Nov 26 '22
I don’t what’s worse. This or the slit by the door. Either way, if you make eye contact then you gotta exchange numbers
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u/ely105 Nov 26 '22
Man, what’s the etiquette for sharing TP like that? You get 2 squares, I get 2 squares. Sounds like we need a Seinfeld episode to explore this — can you spare a square??
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u/Balerionmeow Nov 26 '22
This photo is actually really cool. Something about the tile peeking through and the metal top makes it look like a video at first. I swear it was all moving for a second.
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u/jamiecam1 Nov 26 '22
Unsanitary AF also! What if you're both going wipe-for-wipe and someone's poo-particulates are running rampant on the bit you're then going to grab?! All this, ALLLLLL the potential unsavory, awkward... strangeness of this shytstem, to save, quite literally, a few bucks on loo roll?
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u/dystropy Nov 26 '22
Doesnt this apply to all types of public tp though? the previous guys poo particulates on the tp before you are about to use it.
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u/NitsugaNi Nov 26 '22
Finally, the toilet paper roll upside-downside is the correct side debate comes to an end.
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u/mayners Nov 26 '22
Euww, imagine reaching for some toilet paper and the person next to you has brown finger and reaches at the same time. Fuck that, I'm waiting until I'm home
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u/youknowwhatstuart Nov 26 '22
This kinda looks like there was a glory hole and then they cut it out and did this to hide said glory hole.
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u/Winter-eyed Nov 26 '22
Welcome to the first annual shitter war. May the odds be ever in your favor.
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u/Perused Nov 26 '22
This could present a challenge for people who prefer the paper unrolling from over the top or from underneath.
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u/fruitpunch327 Nov 26 '22
When you touch hands with your neighbor, sounds like some Disney movie shit no pun intended
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u/joolyus Nov 26 '22 •
Glory roll