Taipan wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 7:01 pm
I think its women who dislike it more. Most men dont give a damn. But deffo a British thing as we've seen it for years in France, with urinals for the men but the sit downeries are for anyone. My wife is very uncomfortable about mixed bogs and would avoid them unless she absolutely had to go.
No all womens !! But it is very much a British thing for sure.
In a (reasonably alcohol fuelled on their part) conversation on Weds night, someone stood up and said "je vais pisser". It's always surprised me that the French just say I'm going to piss/pee or poo (kaka!!).
But - they are really surprised at the Brits (in general) not being comfortable with the bisous or using "I'm going to the loo/toilet" instead of the more frank French version. They laughed because in other ways the Brits are seriously up front about sex, dressing sexually etc, but the little comments embarrass us!! And then there's shared toilets
When we've travelled through France, the first time a brit woman goes into the toilet is normally amusing, "OMG there's men in there"!
It is surprising as the French are normally so formal in my experiance? Vive la différence!
Taipan wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 7:01 pm
I think its women who dislike it more. Most men dont give a damn. But deffo a British thing as we've seen it for years in France, with urinals for the men but the sit downeries are for anyone. My wife is very uncomfortable about mixed bogs and would avoid them unless she absolutely had to go.
No all womens !! But it is very much a British thing for sure.
In a (reasonably alcohol fuelled on their part) conversation on Weds night, someone stood up and said "je vais pisser". It's always surprised me that the French just say I'm going to piss/pee or poo (kaka!!).
But - they are really surprised at the Brits (in general) not being comfortable with the bisous or using "I'm going to the loo/toilet" instead of the more frank French version. They laughed because in other ways the Brits are seriously up front about sex, dressing sexually etc, but the little comments embarrass us!! And then there's shared toilets
When we've travelled through France, the first time a brit woman goes into the toilet is normally amusing, "OMG there's men in there"! It is surprising as the French are normally so formal in my experiance? Vive la différence!
It is really odd seeing the differences!! LOL But funny too
Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!!
I can't see the fuss about shared toilets, it's not like you have to share the cubicle. So what that you have to share the handwashing area, there's plenty small places that are like that.
I worked on a school being built a while ago and that had mixed toilet cubicles, the handwash area was open to the coridor above about low cbest height.
Sopposed to cut down on vandalism.
In my workplace its more like fucking tardis bogs, these from a recent site.
The patch of nettles behind the building was mixed though.
