TheLoneRanger 314 Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Now this is one I've not seen before but very obvious which door is which. DesperateJill 1 Quote Link to comment
WetDave 650 Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Not so obvious if you’re colour blind! But they still have conventional “ladies” and “gents” signs. DesperateJill 1 Quote Link to comment
univgirlkelsie 495 Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 pink used to be the guy color and blue the girl color Quote Link to comment
DesperateJill 3,793 Posted September 17, 2022 ✨ Legendary Member Share Posted September 17, 2022 @DesperateToes "pink used to be the guy color and blue the girl color" Yes that was true until like the 1940s or something like that I think which is why a lot of guys who are phobic about pink would be shocked to learn that pink was used to be seen as a more masculine color and blue was seen to be as a more passive feminine color. If they ever watch an old movie or look at old photographs they would probably be rather shocked! But yes the door still say ladies and gents on it as well as letting you know if it's bacon or occupied. The glowing lights around it were probably just meant to be decorative, and a person first approaching them wouldn't necessarily think that they were indicating which bathroom they should use. When in doubt I say always look at the door itself! Of course sometimes make even that confusing! Quote Link to comment
PhirePower 19 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 "If it's bacon or occupied" I hate it when the bathrooms are bacon NotGraeme, Antispam, DesperateJill and 2 others 2 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment
DesperateJill 3,793 Posted September 18, 2022 ✨ Legendary Member Share Posted September 18, 2022 @PhirePower "I hate it when the bathrooms are bacon" LOL speech recognition error. Vacant does sound like bacon when I talk too fast. Quote Link to comment
Jekkil 226 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Ahhh...not being an English native speaker I was wondering if bacon was an English saying for a free toilet 🙂 DesperateJill, solous.persona and NotGraeme 3 Quote Link to comment
DesperateJill 3,793 Posted September 18, 2022 ✨ Legendary Member Share Posted September 18, 2022 @Jekkil "Ahhh...not being an English native speaker I was wondering if bacon was an English saying for a free toilet" Nope, just a speech recognition software error, I've never heard anyone referring to an empty toilet as bacon LOL. When I first saw that comment above I was wondering what it was referring to when I read my response back and realized it was just a speech recognition error. I try to catch them as they are appearing on the screen but sometimes I do miss them if I am writing and posting in a rush. Frequent other speech recognition errors that might come up here is that sometimes peeing becomes being and wetting becomes wedding. Jekkil 1 Quote Link to comment
Jekkil 226 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 7 minutes ago, DesperateJill said: @Jekkil "Ahhh...not being an English native speaker I was wondering if bacon was an English saying for a free toilet" Nope, just a speech recognition software error, I've never heard anyone referring to an empty toilet as bacon LOL. When I first saw that comment above I was wondering what it was referring to when I read my response back and realized it was just a speech recognition error. I try to catch them as they are appearing on the screen but sometimes I do miss them if I am writing and posting in a rush. Frequent other speech recognition errors that might come up here is that sometimes peeing becomes being and wetting becomes wedding. Those are some nice errors:) I like wedding myself...or...I love being myself 😄 DesperateJill 1 Quote Link to comment
Showerproof 114 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 And I thought obviously they are segregating left handed and right handed users. Quote Link to comment
TheLoneRanger 314 Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 16 minutes ago, Showerproof said: And I thought obviously they are segregating left handed and right handed users. Haa haa That would be red and green. Quote Link to comment
Aaron 402 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 On 9/18/2022 at 3:19 AM, PhirePower said: "If it's bacon or occupied" There's some bizarre Ladies and Gents signs out there, but the bacon thing got me thinking ... Which door would you go through? . UrineLover1, DesperateJill and Antispam 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment
googlism2008 54 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 On the other hand, I had been confused by signs that look like this, only to find that its not a place to find relief. I have also seen other men getting similarly confused, but had not been able to observe how desperate these people were. Quote Link to comment
TheLoneRanger 314 Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 3 hours ago, googlism2008 said: On the other hand, I had been confused by signs that look like this, only to find that its not a place to find relief. I have also seen other men getting similarly confused, but had not been able to observe how desperate these people were. Ok now I'm confused, to me that sign would be saying upstairs for the men's room and down stairs for the ladies. Quote Link to comment
Aaron 402 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 16 hours ago, googlism2008 said: On the other hand, I had been confused by signs that look like this, only to find that its not a place to find relief. My wife boarded a lift at Tottenham Court Road underground station this year, only to find the someone had relieved themselves in it. She wasn't too impressed. Quote Link to comment
TheLoneRanger 314 Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 19 minutes ago, Aaron said: My wife boarded a lift at Tottenham Court Road underground station this year, only to find the someone had relieved themselves in it. She wasn't too impressed. Was it you!😂🤣😂 Quote Link to comment
CarmenCD 1,363 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 I saw in one of the hotels in Austria a picture of bull and cow as signs for male and female bathroom. It looked cool to me, but some more sensitive women could be offended by that. When a female co-worker saw them, was not very amused. Quote Link to comment
googlism2008 54 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 5 hours ago, Aaron said: My wife boarded a lift at Tottenham Court Road underground station this year, only to find the someone had relieved themselves in it. She wasn't too impressed. Once I boarded not one, but two, lifts at Spadina station in Toronto that were flooded with urine. I had luggage with me and I was heading to the airport to fly halfway around the world. I was similarly very unimpressed. 18 hours ago, TheLoneRanger said: Ok now I'm confused, to me that sign would be saying upstairs for the men's room and down stairs for the ladies. @TheLoneRanger The image that I posted is indeed an sign for the lift/elevator. Why must the designers make it look like a sign for the toilet/bathroom, I have no idea. Quote Link to comment
solous.persona 86 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 On 9/18/2022 at 8:58 AM, Jekkil said: Ahhh...not being an English native speaker I was wondering if bacon was an English saying for a free toilet 🙂 Omg that made me laugh for like 5mins! It made me remember all the hilariously frustrating communication barriers I had when I visited London and Paris. Quote Link to comment
Showerproof 114 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 On 9/18/2022 at 6:03 PM, TheLoneRanger said: Haa haa That would be red and green. Well at least they have the red on the port side, that's a start. TheLoneRanger 1 Quote Link to comment
Guest Simpfan4 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 On 9/17/2022 at 3:35 PM, DesperateJill said: @DesperateToes "pink used to be the guy color and blue the girl color" Yes that was true until like the 1940s or something like that I think which is why a lot of guys who are phobic about pink would be shocked to learn that pink was used to be seen as a more masculine color and blue was seen to be as a more passive feminine color. If they ever watch an old movie or look at old photographs they would probably be rather shocked! But yes the door still say ladies and gents on it as well as letting you know if it's bacon or occupied. The glowing lights around it were probably just meant to be decorative, and a person first approaching them wouldn't necessarily think that they were indicating which bathroom they should use. When in doubt I say always look at the door itself! Of course sometimes make even that confusing! One bar I've played pool at was geared towards hunters. It named the designated rooms: "Pointers" and "Setters". Quote Link to comment
Lapis Lazuli 213 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 3 hours ago, Simpfan4 said: One bar I've played pool at was geared towards hunters. It named the designated rooms: "Pointers" and "Setters". May I... ask which is which? Quote Link to comment
Guest Simpfan4 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, Lapis Lazuli said: May I... ask which is which? Decades before the public discussion of Transpeople, a Pointer was assumed to be a standing male, and a Setter a sitting female. I haven't been there in years, so I wonder if they have changed that. Quote Link to comment
Cristiano97 300 Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 I once saw that they used these symbols for the bathrooms. 🔼 🔽 In theory, I suppose it has to do with the fact that the masculine symbol ♂️ points up, and the woman's symbol ♀️ points down. Quote Link to comment
Ms. Tito 1,569 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 On 9/17/2022 at 2:08 PM, TheLoneRanger said: Now this is one I've not seen before but very obvious which door is which. /cdn-cgi/mirage/d5907af81c0a6d691252e530cc5e97fd4d4837614deddfafddd0eee8b979d14f/1440/https://www.omorashi.org/uploads/monthly_2022_09/20220917_190402.thumb.jpg.69ae2e235b24aa83f6a3a9ba2df3becc.jpg This is the RED team bathroom vs the BLU team bathroom. Quote Link to comment
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