There are two stalls in the bathroom on my floor, and both have automatic flushing. But the one on the right is miscalibrated, so it flushes every time I lean to wipe, which is really annoying. So the one on the left is my favorite.
If it’s a sensor flusher, and you’re able to hang a piece of TP over the sensor (like it’s not built into the wall or anything), you can do that to keep it from flushing when you’re not ready.
Then when you’re all done, just remove the TP and toss it into the bowl for the auto-flush as you’re walking away.
You can hang them on the in-wall type too. Just wet a small spot on the tp (don’t use toilet water, ya gross), and stick the wet spot to the wall. It’ll adhere and drape the tp over the sensor.
At school, but yeah I used to. That building is now closed. Basically nobody else was going there because they put the doors such that they would barely fit to open. So you’d have to squeeze in next to the toilet bowl to close the doors. But nobody would bother me there. Also since they open inwards, you could just stop anyone trying to open them.
We used to have a separate floor for receiving visitors and giving presentations. The toilets there were a cut above the rest. Soft lighting, solid seats, and the thing I loved most of all: heated water coming from the sink faucets 🥰
They were a joy to use, but after Covid they repurposed and remodeled the floor. Now the toilets are worse than on the other floors.
Those heated faucets will always hold a special place in my heart :)
On a tangent, …
tldr: Hot water tends to majorly influence home/office energy use.
tl: Since living with rooftop solar here, I have noticed just how much energy is often drawn because of warm water. As in, in this house, you can see very noticeable usage spikes in the solar app whenever someone showers or washes dishes. I’ve completely given up on washing my hands with warm water and have reduced the amount of water I shower with. We’ve also started using the electric kettle for heating water because it means you usually only heat up about as much water as you actually need and the kettle has a pretty uniform 2kW power draw (which helps make it work on solar).
Obviously, there are different systems for heating water but one way or another, they tend to use a lot of energy and heat more water than necessary to higher temperatures than necessary. Unsurprisingly, other major energy wasters that most of us come into contact on a daily basis are also all about changing temperatures, namely home heating, AC and gas-powered motors (aka drivable heatings).
*sigh*
Of course you’re right that using heated water for washing your hands is a bit of a wasteful luxury. I just had some good memories of that bathroom.
I work in an old steel mill. My dept, the rod mill has a horrible bathroom and it’s heavily used. I’ll urinate there, but for other duties, I’ll take the 100 yard walk to the main locker rooms with nicer, quieter facilities
Since I WFH 95% of the time, and have installed life-changing washlet bidet this year, I absolutely try to avoid the solid waste process while away from home.
But if I’m in the office and it can’t be helped, there’s a stall way back in the back of the restroom on my floor. It’s out of the way, so no one can just casually walk up to it without you knowing or having reaction time. And the door closes completely with no side gaps as well.
