toilet layouts – bad design
Here are some plans of less desirable toilets.
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ap hellThis is just too cosy and would send most AP sufferers straight for the cubicles! It has got a divider though. |
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big looThis one has dividers and a decent number of urinals and WC's. |
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no dividersIt's a basic human need to want privacy. However AP sufferers can't rely on toilet design changing and therefore most AP sufferers work on changing themselves. |
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typicalA very typical layout – at least they haven't tried to squeeze 3 pee pods in as sometime happens! No dividers again. |
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easyThe easy choice here for the male or female AP sufferer is to use the disabled loo! A ladies urinal has now been developed. Although this has won a design award it is unlikely to prove popular as most cultures would not be ready to accept such a radical change. |
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showerThe cash was available to build a shower room but not for a couple of inexpensive dividers. |
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not badThis one has the urinals at an angle which gives a better feeling of privacy. Both the male and female toilets in this scheme feature proper cubicle walls (rather than a sheet of cardboard!) and floor to ceiling doors – Quality! |
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ap heavenThis design is typical of a lot of new buildings where there is no difference between the male and female toilets. This of course is the exception rather than the rule and whilst making for a nice surprise for most AP sufferers, would not help in confronting the problem. |
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Funky Toilet DesignThis is an example of a very funky design - which would be considered rather
challenging for AP sufferers, to say the least!!! |
It was interesting to note that at the recent UKPT meeting on two occasions when 3 members went to the toilet (there were four urinals), members of the public on finding only one free urinal decided to use the cubicles. What does this mean?
- The AP UK members should have stopped mid-stream and tried to recruit new members?
- Even people without a problem sometimes feel uncomfortable 'sandwiching' themselves between fellow human beings when carrying out one of life's more private tasks.
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