Vacuosity

Porcelain decadence

They have recently begun stocking the bathrooms at my work with tissue paper toilet seat covers.

I wasn't sure at first what I thought of this, but I've decided I like it. I'm on board (and sitting, of course). I have always thought that the idea of a public toilet was a little barbaric, anyway. I don't mind urinals (although, how arrogant and lazy do you have to be to not flush? You reach up, pull the little handle. Come on, people!) but that's a no-contact operation. I'm okay with that.

Public toilets are us making a decision as a society to share intimate contact while at one of our least attractive moments. You might as well be bum to bum.

This from a culture where natural body odour is apalling, it's impolite to touch another person's candy when sharing, and we needed "clean top" toothpaste tubes to satisfy a persnickety public. And while we're talking about irony, there are no toilet seat covers available at Indigo, where you can sit on a public toilet all you like; you just can't read a book while you do it.

posted by David @ 11:15 p.m.