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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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#1
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
Shelp 6 years ago
I've seen too many translucent bathroom doors to think it's a fail. There is some translucent bathroom door conspiracy around here, and we just don't know about it.
Radrob311 6 years ago
The bathroom stalls at the gym I go to have frosted glass walls. They're awful!
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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.'
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#2
My Friend Sent Me This Picture. He Called It The Most Judgmental Bathroom
Patrick McKemie 6 years ago
This bathroom needs those cards with numbers on them that Olympic judges hold up to score an athlete.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 6 years ago
PhD Dissertations have become much more brutal over the years.
Ruth Mayfly 6 years ago
Someone needs to print out 3 sets of score cards and leave them on the chairs
Norman van Druten 6 years ago
Hopefully, the judges are impressed so that you can go to the next round.
Kelly Horrigan 6 years ago
seriously have had this as a nightmare with my family on the chairs!
#3
As If Public Toilets Didn’t Give Me Enough Anxiety
Night Owl 6 years ago
Hey, at least the "fluid" is not yellow (or red ... or brownish)
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tarebear 6 years ago
Wait.....what? Is this like a thing now designing toilets that look like they have erupted???
Elizabeth Butler 6 years ago
it DID erupt...this one flushes with a pressure valve, and if they install the wrong one, Vesuvius!
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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
farbenzirkel 6 years ago
If you have that kind of toilet - you have servants standing by holding your tissue. :)
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Lars Lasersson 6 years ago
Seriously these pics need to have a) the name and location of the place or maybe even b) gps coordinates. Life's too short not to visit this toilet.
Anne 6 years ago
Why build this extravagant toilet and then use the most boring toilet seat cover in the world?
egracec 6 years ago
After that much tile and gilt, they ran out of money and that's also why there's no toilet paper.
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Gemma Saleh 6 years ago
Why isn't the lid covered in mosaic too? Really diminishes the effect!
FortnitePlayerGirl 6 years ago (edited)
I see nothing wrong here. Except, where's the toilet paper? And is that made of gold, too?
#5
"We Need To Decorate The Toilet For The Disabled." "Say No More"
Cesi Baca 6 years ago
Actually they can do those things but with modified equipment, like hand peddles, etc. well maybe not the surfing.
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Alexandra Davis 6 years ago
Technically my 'bike' has 4 wheels not 2 and is often called a wheelchair. It's as bad as every disabled toilet having those bins you open with your foot. No one who designs disabled toilets seemingly talks to wheelchair users or is disabled themselves as I see those bins in 98% of disabled toilet and I always face palm!
Jackson Allinder 6 years ago
My Moms boyfriend has one leg, and he makes so many jokes about it
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
tarebear 6 years ago
This had me laughing uncontrollably...thank you kind internet person...
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Marti 6 years ago (edited)
I want to hear the story behind this - is it a funeral parlour, is it a movie theatre, is it an elderly home? Who took the photo? Why, I mean, why would someone put the toilet in such a big room in the first place?
Zenozenobee 6 years ago
Well, in France, under Louis XIV (The Sun King), it was considered a privilege to be allowed to sit in during the King's "session"...It seems that some people love to have an audience during this kind of occupations ;p
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Hello it Smee 6 years ago
When you need to hold a press conference and take a poo at the same time. It all about multitasking
BusLady 6 years ago
One of my worst nightmares- can't find a private toilet. For real, I have dreams like that. What does that say about me?
Del 6 years ago
Same. Not being in a private toilet - recurring bad dream.
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Hobbit Girly 6 years ago
I'm just laughing at the thought of someone actually using this...like your boss is going over pay cuts, and then there's Jimmy taking a s**t right behind him.
Patrick McKemie 6 years ago (edited)
I'd like to thank you all for inviting me to speak here today but before I began, does anyone have any air freshener?
#7
Sink Attached To The Toilet, Forming A Perfect Slide
Martti Laurson 6 years ago
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.
Momo Skarsgård 6 years ago
My 4 y.o knows better and always puts the lid down, I wish most adults would do the same.
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Lena Hudson 6 years ago
Not really sure why my pal Bobert is getting downvote for an idle observation about his kiddos. You guys get that he probably isn't commanding the kids to pee on the side, right?
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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
Hello it Smee 6 years ago
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.
Reilly Beryll 6 years ago
Challenge: pee in it anyways! Much more impressive!
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DP von Icecream 6 years ago
This is awesome! That is WAY better than placing a picture of a fly in the toilet (for targeting purposes)
Walter Cheego 6 years ago
Genius! I would definitely add some walls on both sides though, when you play your solo it might cause you to pee on innocent bystanders.
#9
When You Play The Sims But Forget To Rotate
Wina Jackson 6 years ago
I mean, on the Sims, we can just fix the problem easily by rotating them again. But this?
Lucinda Overhoussen 6 years ago
How do you know you're not in the sims and your player is just too lazy to rotate...
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Άρης Παπαδόπουλος 6 years ago
There is a column (or pipe) at the wall in the back
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KarmaQueen 6 years ago
They had to run special plumbing just to place this one there, why, just why?
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."
#10
This Bathroom Is Making Me Want To Try Unrealistic Challenges
#11
The Paint In This Public Restroom
Άρης Παπαδόπουλος 6 years ago
Maybe it's not paint but an undercoat that makes smooth surfaces rough. Constructors do that when they want to install tiles to plasterboard walls, for better adhension.
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...
Zoe's Mom 6 years ago
SERIOUSLY..no one saw this and realized their mistake? Maybe a ramp folds down when you open the door. I can only hope.
Philly Cashion 6 years ago
You'll be surprised how easily people miss steps. But that's small ones, this one is bloody obvious. I used to miss steps that are glaringly obvious in me now I'm on wheels.
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Michèle Gyselinck 6 years ago
And this is supposed to be a wheelchair accessible bathroom? Obviously whoever designed this never sat in a wheelchair for a whole day.
#13
Bathroom Stall In A D.C. Bathroom
Liz Sahlin Johansson 6 years ago
It would be interesting to have a chat with the one who designed this one ABOUT the thought/idea behind this one...😳
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
Captain Marvellous ♥️ 6 years ago
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.
Christina Sersif 6 years ago
That awkward moment when you realize commas would have been vital
Foxyloxylou 6 years ago
what if ur only 3/4? like an elderly pregnant child, but not disabled?
Milena 6 years ago
I am cracking up ... thanks so much, made my afternoon!
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#15
Super Awkward Semi-Transparent Bathroom Stall Doors
Lars Lasersson 6 years ago
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 6 years ago
They go completely opaque when you turn the lock. Some people don't get the memo though...
Magduska Dubovce 6 years ago
I was on one of those before, really weird feeling, but when you have to go you have to go😂
Jonathon Smith 6 years ago (edited)
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.
Saksham Tiwari 6 years ago
They don't have to clean those that often because nobody's gonna use them
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.
#16
What Is This?! A Sink For Ants?!
Kerolos Saleib 6 years ago
Making the sink smaller doesn't save water.... Like at all. Pretend you're a rackoon and fiddle your hands quickly with your face close to the tap and make rackoon noises... And look at someone awkwardly. Then walk away like it's normal.
Mary Stiles 6 years ago
Maybe this is just a sink for, like, people with really, really small hands.
Charlee Gilbert 6 years ago
more like a box of downing friends and suffering square of hell for ants.
#17
This Men's Bathroom
Reilly Beryll 6 years ago
My brother-in-law had a comic book that somehow fell into the shower. When they peeled it off the wall, it left a shirtless Stephen Amell in the corner, and he stared conveniently at your junk. It was there for weeks before they could get it off.
Niamh McVeigh 6 years ago
Not going to lie, I thought someone left their testicles in the urinal for a second. I need a new brain and eyes.
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
Hello it Smee 6 years ago
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.
Kira Leseman 6 years ago
Somebody’s a faucet salesman. I really want to know the reasoning behind this.
Hello it Smee 6 years ago
It is an art piece in the bathroom of a restaurant, most of the faucets work. Kids love it.
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#19
Not Exactly The Color Pattern You Like To See In A Bathroom
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.
#20
My Arms Are About 7 Feet Long, So This Wasn't An Issue For Me
Kathryn Baylis 6 years ago
Sorry, but when it's an emergency, you really don't think that far ahead.
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Trevor Hartley 6 years ago
Was about to say the same - glad someone else remembers them.
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Kate Edwards 6 years ago
On your way in, you have to grab your tp, and hope you got enough. I’d put a roll on the tank.
#21
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
Luis Milian 6 years ago
one goes, the other waits and then goes after the first one is done. the cycle
Bob Beltcher 6 years ago
I can't go if I know someone is outside waiting for me. That's too much pressure. I'll just hold it for 30 minutes and then come back.
Load More Replies... Molly Block 6 years ago
I don't see the problem? Guys pee on stuff all of the time standing next to each other. What am I missing?
Paul K. Johnson 6 years ago
I spent four years in military school and nearly ten years in the Army. So many guys have seen my junk that this doesn't even bother me unless the other guy is a splasher or a talker.
Gerry Higgins 6 years ago
I don't understand why guys are so paranoid about peeing next to other guys. Everybody pees, get over it.
#22
Thinking Of Becoming A Mum?
Reilly Beryll 6 years ago
“We will help you to become a mum, so that you may forever sit when you pee,” said the voice from the ad. The man backed away. He did not want to become a mum. He did not want to sit when he peed.
Load More Replies... Trevor Hartley 6 years ago
With £20,000 for the op, you too can...err...oh maybe that doesn't work.
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Josh Coker 6 years ago
i'm a fedex driver and i had to deliver at a church....first thing i saw was a little boys picture over the urinal. i took a picture of it cause i couldn't believe what i was seeing!! WHY you disgusting priest!? 55831611_1...78f5a8.jpg 
Kerolos Saleib 6 years ago
Done on purpose by the Wanna get Pregnant women's united association. They like to drop subtle hints while you pee.
#23
Hotel Henri IV. Mosaic Art In The Bathroom
Shelp 6 years ago
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.
Bonnie Blue Bird 6 years ago
The message above the photo states it's from the Henry IV hotel
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Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
This was surely made before these three letters obtained a quite different meaning, although in French it is the other way around.
Peter von Fábry-Eichner 6 years ago
But you forget that HIV is called SIDA in French; but in a hôtel? Viz all ze foreigners aroun'? No, pas très smart de tout!
Jonny Chevalier 6 years ago
so well thought out.. double meaning. one for the French one for the Americans...
#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
Elizabeth 6 years ago
this *might* be in a classroom for special children and be used as an emergency resort. Depending on the age of the children that wall may even be high enough to block visibility most of the time. Not saying I love it, just saying I can see when this might actually be handy
Kathryn Baylis 6 years ago
It may block the view, but won't block the sound. Or the smell. Some of us gag at that, you know.
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Linda Something 6 years ago
It's a good preparation for those going to jail later in life...! =)
Lola 6 years ago
I thought I was the only one. I also get the ones where I need to take a shower and the only ones available are the open ones.
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DP von Icecream 6 years ago
Isn't the reasoning behind this set up: to let the other kids see how other potty-trained kids do their nr1 & nr 2 business?
Night Owl 6 years ago
Yes, a teaching experience. And to see where the food that they are currently just eating will end up later :/ :)
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#25
This Bathroom Window
Lars Lasersson 6 years ago
Exactly, the kind of a quirky detail you might actually make just for the heck of being able to do so.
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Chris Jones 6 years ago
The opened window will be bigger at least! The frame, due to regulations, takes up a lot of space. Quirky and probably really sensible in reality.
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Sebastian Praus 6 years ago
The intention of this window is great. The question though is: can you turn the handle to open it???
Neven Pesić 6 years ago
I imagine worker that have to install this. And one who created it... LOL
BusLady 6 years ago
It took hours, because the worker couldn't stop laughing.
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#26
Just What You Want To See In The Bathroom Of An Ice Cream Shop
Beeps 6 years ago
Well she is putting it all in one cup, I mean container.
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#27
My New Apartment's Toilet Is So Narrow That Even My Skinny Ass Doesn't Fit In It
Ben Lewellen 3 years ago
You’re clearly supposed to spread your cheeks and position your a**s above the bowl.
Liz Sahlin Johansson 6 years ago
Hm. This looks like a morfed, stretched pic... Never EVER seen anything even remotely like it during our three house building...😳
#28
This Bathroom In My Local Cinema. Peek-A-Poo
GiantSpaceTiger 6 years ago
And clearly destined to end up back there pretty soon.
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Kathryn Baylis 6 years ago
I could see this as a funny prank if it was actually a really clear picture taped to that part of the door.
#29
This Waiting Area For The Toilet
#30
Bathroom Mirror At A Bar In Italy
Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
Only when you are not as think as drunk as you are.
Load More Replies... Walter Cheego 6 years ago
It's made this way so you don't spend all day in front of the mirror. Just do your business, wash your hands, and get out.
Lisa Sollenberger 6 years ago
now you can see what it would look like to be painted abstract ^_^
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Bluebell Rizzi 6 years ago
For the people who got here after the trim... You're not missing anything.
BusLady 6 years ago
I hate that new trend on BP. Why are they doing this? It's just pissing people off.
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Aila Beatriz 6 years ago
Why did I just spend roughly 10 minutes of my time staring at toilets?
Mary Jaye 6 years ago
WELL IT WAS YOUR CHOICE--AND MINE TOO. I THOUGHT THEY WERE FUNNY!!
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mistouko les 6 years ago (edited)
Ok, I have to make the question: Does anybody in here already used a toilet with someone else, in the same room, watching? Is this a common thing to do?
Lingon 6 years ago
Yes, when I was younger and went partying, women prefer going in pairs. You can chat, one holds your drink, borrow eachothers makeup and it is safer as there are rapists that force themselfes into the toilet with you.
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Jo B. Ventura Gurule 6 years ago
OH MY GOD!!! I couldn’t believe my eyes seeing most of these reading rooms!!!! YUCKY POOP AND PEE!!!
Aleksandra 6 years ago
Most of this stuff is literally like from my nightmares.. Srsly i have awfull dreams of toilets in the middle of the room etc, i have some kind of fear or something?? idk?
Bluebell Rizzi 6 years ago
For the people who got here after the trim... You're not missing anything.
BusLady 6 years ago
I hate that new trend on BP. Why are they doing this? It's just pissing people off.
Load More Replies... Aila Beatriz 6 years ago
Why did I just spend roughly 10 minutes of my time staring at toilets?
Mary Jaye 6 years ago
WELL IT WAS YOUR CHOICE--AND MINE TOO. I THOUGHT THEY WERE FUNNY!!
Load More Replies... mistouko les 6 years ago (edited)
Ok, I have to make the question: Does anybody in here already used a toilet with someone else, in the same room, watching? Is this a common thing to do?
Lingon 6 years ago
Yes, when I was younger and went partying, women prefer going in pairs. You can chat, one holds your drink, borrow eachothers makeup and it is safer as there are rapists that force themselfes into the toilet with you.
Load More Replies... Jo B. Ventura Gurule 6 years ago
OH MY GOD!!! I couldn’t believe my eyes seeing most of these reading rooms!!!! YUCKY POOP AND PEE!!!
Aleksandra 6 years ago
Most of this stuff is literally like from my nightmares.. Srsly i have awfull dreams of toilets in the middle of the room etc, i have some kind of fear or something?? idk?
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