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Taking some "me time" on the toilet should be a peaceful experience, and usually, it is, in the comfort of your own home, but what happens when you have to use a public restroom? Even the most bathroom shy of people has been caught in that terrifying moment of panic where you have to frantically search for a restroom and pray that you don't find anything too horrific inside.

The following is a list compiled by Bored Panda of the most extreme bathroom design fails that made at least one person if not everyone's' bathroom experience odd, uncomfortable, terrifying and possibly hilarious. From toilettes with no stall to inconveniently placed soap dispensers you won't believe these crappy designs. And remember don't forget to upvote your favs!

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Our Airbnb Had A Translucent Bathroom Door. I’m Used To My Impatient Toddler Stalking Me Through The Bathroom Door, But This Took It To A Much Creepier Level

Our Airbnb Had A Translucent Bathroom Door. I’m Used To My Impatient Toddler Stalking Me Through The Bathroom Door, But This Took It To A Much Creepier Level

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If you have ever been to a public restroom you will notice that the line for the women's bathroom tends to be longer than the men's. Well researchers have found that men actually spend more time on the toilet than women do - seven hours a year in fact. According to the poll men reported they used their bathroom time to hide from a nagging partner, avoid kids, spend time on their phone or just for some 'me time.'

#2

My Friend Sent Me This Picture. He Called It The Most Judgmental Bathroom

My Friend Sent Me This Picture. He Called It The Most Judgmental Bathroom

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Factoring both men and women, the average person spends at least 92 days in the toilet over the course of their lifetime. We use the toilet around 5 to 7 times a day which adds up to 2500 times a year. If you factor in the minutes spent each time, it could be possible you are spending more than three months or three years of your life in the bathroom!

#4

Taking "Porcelain Throne" To The Extreme

Taking "Porcelain Throne" To The Extreme

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#5

"We Need To Decorate The Toilet For The Disabled." "Say No More"

"We Need To Decorate The Toilet For The Disabled." "Say No More"

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There is nothing particularly entertaining about going to the bathroom, but that didn't stop South Korea from opening the first (and only) 'Restroom Cultural Park.' This odd toilet themed park opened in 2012 and includes a toiled shaped museum, toilet sculptures and toilet-related artwork.

#6

Toilet In The Meeting Room

Toilet In The Meeting Room

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Ceamm
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think this one takes the title of the most judgmental bathroom

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Sink Attached To The Toilet, Forming A Perfect Slide

Sink Attached To The Toilet, Forming A Perfect Slide

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Martti Laurson
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is why you should always pud the lid down. And of course also because when you flush, fecal matter flies around. You would not want that.

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If you have ever wondered why someone is taking extra long in the toilet it may not be for the reason that you think. Surveys that 75% of people use their cellphones whilst on the toilet, whether it's texting, emailing or even taking phone calls. With this much cell-related bathroom activity it's no wonder that 7 million phones end up in the toilet each year.

#8

This Bathroom Has A Guitar Urinal That Replays Tunes You Play For Everyone In The Restroom

This Bathroom Has A Guitar Urinal That Replays Tunes You Play For Everyone In The Restroom

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Hello it Smee
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am not a dude, but if I was... your damn straight I would wait to go pee in that urinal. Also, nice touch with the stage lights.

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#9

When You Play The Sims But Forget To Rotate

When You Play The Sims But Forget To Rotate

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Wina Jackson
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean, on the Sims, we can just fix the problem easily by rotating them again. But this?

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Going to the bathroom takes up a significant amount of our lives, but using a proper toilet is something many of us take for granted. In 2001, November 19th was named as "U.N World Toilet Day" by the World Toilet Organization, "a global non-profit committed to improving toilet and sanitation conditions worldwide." The aim of this day is "breaking the silence on the sanitation crisis."

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#10

This Bathroom Is Making Me Want To Try Unrealistic Challenges

This Bathroom Is Making Me Want To Try Unrealistic Challenges

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For a largely sedentary activity, using the toilet comes with lots of risks. A reportedly 85% of bathroom-related injures occur from someone falling into the toilet after the seat has been left up. Leaving the seat up was listed as one of the top bathroom annoyance for women - hmm looks like there is a correlation there.

#12

Rule #1 In Designing A Wheelchair-Accessible Bathroom...

Rule #1 In Designing A Wheelchair-Accessible Bathroom...

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When you are entertaining guests at your house you may not focus too much on how presentable your bathroom is or what's in there but maybe you should. It has been recorded that 70% of house guests snoop through other people's bathroom cabinets and drawers.

#14

Attention

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, I am a disabled, elderly pregnant child and I do not see what is wrong with this. Please excuse me, I need the bathroom and you are standing in the doorway.

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Super Awkward Semi-Transparent Bathroom Stall Doors

Super Awkward Semi-Transparent Bathroom Stall Doors

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Lars Lasersson
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm beginning to believe the theory according to which many solutions like this are made in order to discourage people from using public toilets, and thus causing maintenance costs...

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Juniper Harvey-Marose
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They go completely opaque when you turn the lock. Some people don't get the memo though...

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Magduska Dubovce
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was on one of those before, really weird feeling, but when you have to go you have to go😂

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Jonathon Smith
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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I came across a public restroom just like this in a motorway service station and the only thing I could conclude is that they had a problem with drug users shooting up and did this to discourage them.

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Saksham Tiwari
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They don't have to clean those that often because nobody's gonna use them

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Sol Veig
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is Just like in dreams, when u r looking for a toilet

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Marti
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'semi transparent' doesn't cover it, it is just transparent, see-through, stalkery, what kind of a person designs this and who, dear lord, gives it an OK!?

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John
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I'm not mistaken, these are similar to the public toilets in Japan, where everything is made from glass, but the glass is special as when the lock on the doors is engaged, it triggers a reaction in the glass that makes the once semi-transparent glass act like a one-way-glass. IT allows you to look at everyone around the public toilet, but they cannot look at you.

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Lisa Beatty
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

could be see-through until you put the lock on and it darkens up so you can see.. But you can see they are not being occupied

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Priya Sharma
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They need to keep an eye..what if someone is trying to steal the pot

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Ann Thibau
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That makes sense if the doors do go opaque when occupied, because then you can see which ones are unoccupied.

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okpkpkp
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Army barracks latrine had about a dozen toilets lined up in a row with no stalls whatsoever. No privacy at all.

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Marnee DeRider
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would seriously go to jail if I went in here at a time when I had very little time to wait and found this. Somebody would pay. Completely idiotic people should be carefully cared for by their family, not let loose to make major decisions in the world.

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John Kamau
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How to keep your bathrooms clean... Rule #1: Make it transparent so nobody's gonna bother to go there anyway.

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Jessica Lynn
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG I swear I have nightmares with bathrooms like this (and worse)

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未周 陸
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, At Least, they will NOT be looking at us looking at them?!

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Shirley Heyn
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like it... you don't have to look under the door to see if someone is in there! Wow!

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Tyrone Oakley
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some places have these where if you lock the door, the glass turns dark. It's so you can see which stalls are available. Not sure if this photo is what I'm describing tho

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AzKahleesi
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i hope these are those doors that once you lock them they are not opaque!

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rhyan lumilay
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know it's purpose is to not take a long time inside the stall but where's the privacy in public? When you're wiping out your a*s everyone can see how you do it. Jeez.

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R.s. Potter
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Saves a fortune on cleaning bills because people turn around and say "I can wait until I get home".

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nynyrsts@gmail.com
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A nightclub in my city has doors like that... It is super creepy and yes, you can see everything...

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Kesyra
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine the horror when this is the only bathroom and you get the most painful diarrhea. People hearing it isn't your biggest problem anymore! Everybody can also see you pleading for it to stop.

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Kerolos Saleib
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They had clear glass before this, then someone complained and that was their solution...

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Maku Hernandez
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There was a club in my town that had those doors but the worst part was: they were unisex so..creeps. 2 the door was always open and it gave a full view of the club. 3 wasted people open bathroom stalls that don't shut well and the whole club can see you peeing hovering over the toilet so you don't.get A disease. Fail at best

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Katinka Min
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I seriously have nightmares that go on and on about how I can't find a non-public place to poop. This is one scenario that was featured.

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American Joseph Gayetty invented toilet paper in 1857 and boy is the world thankful. Americans use 433 million miles of toilet paper in a year, which is enough to stretch to the sun and all the way back.

We have all found some unsavory things in public restrooms, but regardless of how many people use these toilets there are actually no more bacteria in public toilet than in a home bathroom. The air in public restrooms is normally cool, dry, and filled with oxygen which is not ideal for supporting fecal matter bacteria. Our of the other germs found in these public bathrooms 68% of them we come into contract with just by being outside.

#18

The Sink In My Hotel Was A Bit... Complicated

The Sink In My Hotel Was A Bit... Complicated

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Hello it Smee
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG, I know where this is!!!! It is at McMenamins Olympic Club, in Centralia, WA. Great restaurant & movie theater, very bohemian with eclectic art by local artists.

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#19

Not Exactly The Color Pattern You Like To See In A Bathroom

Not Exactly The Color Pattern You Like To See In A Bathroom

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University of Arizona microbiology professor Charles P. Gerba found that soap in public toilets can actually make you dirtier. There’s “so much fecal matter that you’re almost better off washing your hands in the toilet after you flush it,” said Gerba. Airborne bacteria finds its way into open dispensers and the over-dilution of soap mixtures make it less resistant to the germs living there - gross.

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#20

My Arms Are About 7 Feet Long, So This Wasn't An Issue For Me

My Arms Are About 7 Feet Long, So This Wasn't An Issue For Me

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Another Guy And I Both Walked In The Bathroom At The Same Time. After Seeing This, He Said "This Isn't Going To Happen" And He Walked Out

Another Guy And I Both Walked In The Bathroom At The Same Time. After Seeing This, He Said "This Isn't Going To Happen" And He Walked Out

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Luis Milian
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

one goes, the other waits and then goes after the first one is done. the cycle

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Hotel Henri IV. Mosaic Art In The Bathroom

Hotel Henri IV. Mosaic Art In The Bathroom

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Shelp
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it in France? Because as far I know, the HIV is called in french "VIH". Maybe they simply didn't know what it means in English.

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#24

All Toilets Must Be Centered In The Middle Of The Classroom So Kids Eating Their Snacks Three Feet Away Can Bare Witness To Their Classmates Defecating

All Toilets Must Be Centered In The Middle Of The Classroom So Kids Eating Their Snacks Three Feet Away Can Bare Witness To Their Classmates Defecating

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#26

Just What You Want To See In The Bathroom Of An Ice Cream Shop

Just What You Want To See In The Bathroom Of An Ice Cream Shop

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My New Apartment's Toilet Is So Narrow That Even My Skinny Ass Doesn't Fit In It

My New Apartment's Toilet Is So Narrow That Even My Skinny Ass Doesn't Fit In It

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This Bathroom In My Local Cinema. Peek-A-Poo

This Bathroom In My Local Cinema. Peek-A-Poo

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