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Anonymous Rant: Short Urinals, Short Drinking Fountains |
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RantRank: 243 - True...true... (75 votes)
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Submitted by Anonymous
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In almost all restrooms for the male gender, there is a short urinal,
maybe a foot or so off the ground (as opposed to the 2.5[?] feet for a
usual one), supposedly for kids, handicapped people{?}, "little
people", etc.
I really don't mind when there is one, maybe on
the end of a string of 3,4,5, etc. Kids have to go #1 too. My problem,
in this case, is when an entire restroom is equipped with them. No,
really, at my school an entire restroom is short urinals. No handy
dandy dividers in between, or anything of the sort. I go to a HIGH
SCHOOL. Grades 9-12. Young adults. WTF? It is even more embarrassing
than standing next to someone at a normal urinal. I won't go into
details of what you have to do when you do your duty at these
improperly designed commodes.
My next problem is short drinking
fountains. This is another problem at my school. An old Elkay drinking
fountain will finally kick the bucket, the janitors will come in, kick
it off the wall, and install a new state-of-the-art Elkay. With the
drinking apparatus below waist level. I seriously have to get on my
friggin' knees to drink from these things! Do they think we appreciate
having to look like we want to be butt-raped while we quench our
thirst? I sometimes think my school was designed for an average height
of about 4'6'.
Readers have left 8 comments.  1. bonesYou have a good point on the water fountain thing. I guess it's designed for people in wheelchairs.
The urinal thing is another issue. Give the short one a try sometime... there are benefits to it even for tall people that are not apparent at first! 2. squeegeeboy DUDE bones that sounds really dirty. you better explain yourself ![[smiley=laugh]](http://www.unleashyouranger.com/components/com_jreactions/custom/templates/simple/smileys/smiley_laugh.gif) 3. bones ok ok ok... look... try it and you'll see. let me just say... splashback. or lack thereof. 4. Guest User They kind of have to accomodate everyone. That includes short people and handicapped people. I'm sure it's in the local building codes. 5. WTF Guys, gals. He's saying that they are ALL short at his school. Which is dumb.
Normally they'll have one short fountain and one normal height one. And normally there will be one short urinal only, the rest normal height. And bones, that's nasty. 6. Guest User That is a good rant. Why would they do that? Most high school students are at, or close, to their eventual adult height. They should have one short one, but most of them should be adult height. 7. bobblehead watch out for your cornhole, bud. 8. .......... I will always be a fan of the old-style urinals, that went from the floor to about halfway up the wall. Made for men of all sizes! |
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