Italians have no toilet seats
Why they have no toilet seats?
>>222399155Because in Italy there's this deeply ingrained idea that a public toilet seat is a breeding ground for germs, and that the shitter seat is a private clean familial object. The public bathroom lacking a bidet and frequented by strangers is perceived as an inevitably 'dirty' environment, so if I'm not going to sit on it anyway, whether it's there or not makes no difference to me. This leads a significant portion of people to never sit preferring the 'hovering' position for shitting and generally those who don't sit tend to leave drops of urine on the rim and if the seat is there on it as well. Cleaning the bowl without a seat is also objectively faster. Besides accidental breakage, frequent acts of petty vandalism occur, a seat gets detached, purposely broken or thrown away and then it's never replaced, many managers in fact stop replacing it after the 2nd or 3rd episode. The manager's priority is to ensure the bathroom is open, equipped with toilet paper, sufficiently clean and free of structural malfunctions (leaks, clogged drains, etc)
>>222400432Btw not all public bathrooms in Italy are without a seat. High-end restaurants, hotels, recently renovated venues, large chains, airports, modern stations, museums and shopping centers generally have seats present and functional. In neighborhood bars, cheap trattorias, nightclubs and high-traffic tourist restaurants it is much more likely to come across a bowl without a seat.
>>222400432Most the time they don't even have separated toilets(male/female)Are women just expect to hover above the toilet?
>>222399155If you’re going to hover while pooping anyway, maybe the Japanese-style squat toilet is easier to use than that Western-style shape.
>>222401750Which way do you face?
>>222401750white people can't squat low enough to use these
>>222402270There’s no official consensus on this, but personally, I face toward the lever.>>222402459oh yeah I’ve heard that before. Maybe their ankles are just stiff.
>>222402550>I face toward the leverIs this so you can hang on in case the ride gets wild?
>>222402594Exactly. If the poop comes out like a jet and launches me out of the toilet, that could be dangerous.
>>222401750how do the elderly handle these?
>>222402874they're either healthy enough to still squat or they stay home
>>222402270Mecca
>>222400432Do you not even have lids? Don't tell me you flush and it all just goes everywhere.
>>222400614Talk to any female and they will tell you that they always hover over the toilet, independent of whether there is or isn't a seat
>>222400432The hole in the ground is much superior for the squatting position
>>222402943Why would you need a lid for flushing? In the first world, a flush causes the water to go DOWN the drain, not out the top.
>>222402995?? What do you think toilet lids are for?
>>222403016If all your flushing water is splashing up against that, what are you going to lean back against when you take a dump? How could you even relax?
>>222400432please>>222399155this is just a filthy toilet in a bad establishmentthe owner is obliged by the law to provide the toilet but he wants to discourage the tourists from shitting in it by removing the seat the tourists will probably wait to shit until they're back in their hotel/b&bavoid places like this and look for the honest ones
>>222402943>you flush and it all just goes everywhereyou may want to call a plumber
>>222400614Wait til you find out....
>>222401750Those are common in Italy, but they're "slanted" (ironic, Japanese ones aren't) and have depressed footholds
