Would you pay extra for premium toilet paper?

[Gritches]

I hate having to use public restrooms. It's not just the filth, or the creepy guy who wants to talk to you while you're trying to do your business. It's the toilet paper.

Toilet paper in public restrooms always sucks. Aside from the fact that you need to use a mile-and-a-half of it to get halfway clean, you might as well be wiping with a crocodile. A crocodile with sandpaper for skin.

Even that would be excusable if this crappy toilet paper actually served its purpose successfully. But no, it doesn't even do that. Now here I am, sitting slightly on my side because the pain of having used that croco-paper prevents me from sitting squarely on my ass, and I'm still not clean.

Now, I can't just go carrying around my own personal toilet paper, that would be silly. But it occurs to me: this is America. Why does my money not buy me satisfaction? I posit that, for a nominal fee, one should be able to purchase premium toilet paper in public bathrooms. I think it would catch on, because I would pay a dollar not to have to endure the burning pain and unclean feeling of using "free" crap-tape. A price for everything and for all things a price, after all.

So, my question to you: would you pay extra for premium toilet paper in a public restroom? I'm talking about some nice, 4-ply stuff, the primo. Like wiping with an Angora rabbit. Why would you or why would you not?

 

[Beguiling Orbit]

What?!?!?! There's such a thing as 4-ply TP? I need to get a hold of some of this primo stuff. As for public facilities, I would be satisfied if people would just stop wizzing on the toilet seats.

 

[kay]

I actually carry my own when traveling too far. Sometimes there isn't even a bathroom much less toilet paper. But remember to always pack it out, nothing worse than the ground "blooming" with toilet paper "flowers".

 

[the_tortoise]

Probably at some point I would because often there is no toilet paper on the rolls in public bathrooms.

 

[Fridgemagnetman]

1. Executive brief case
2 pay rise
3. Squash the good stuff in there.

 

[LucyPurrs]

We have the Toto bidet toilet seats that wash you clean then dry you. Ahhhhh, you don't know what your missing! The Japanese have it all over us in this regard.

 

[Gritches]

1. Executive brief case
2 pay rise
3. Squash the good stuff in there.

I'm fixing to start finaggling for a a bathroom just for the administrative staff. Right now we share a bathroom with production workers, so it's not even a luxurious bathroom.

@LucyPurrs I am so incredibly jealous. I've never even seen a bidet in real life. Sounds absolutely freaking crazy.

 

[LucyPurrs]

I'm fixing to start finaggling for a a bathroom just for the administrative staff. Right now we share a bathroom with production workers, so it's not even a luxurious bathroom.

@LucyPurrs I am so incredibly jealous. I've never even seen a bidet in real life. Sounds absolutely freaking crazy.

You can get them at Amazon- they aren't even that expensive and are a snap to install. If you don't mind cold water and don't need for the seat to be warmed, you don't even have to have an electrical outlet to plug it into. Everything is in the seat- no need for a special toilet. If not at work you could put one in your home. Much healthier let me tell you.

 

[OkRad]

I don't see why you can't carry your own around. It's not odd. Sometimes when you do something and people see it, they are not thinking you are weird. They are thinking, "Wow, that is a good idea". Even if they are too embarassed, they wish they could. Do what you need to do! Life is too short to use public TP

 

[Manuheleku]

Toilet paper in general sucks. That's why I have a Japanese toilet seat that cleans my butt with nice warm water and dries it with nice warm air. The seat is heated too. I had to add a plug next to it and the plumbing was a little confusing but it was totally worth it. Now, when I go on vacation I really miss the thing, toilet paper technology is so 20th century.

 

[Gritches]

You can get them at Amazon- they aren't even that expensive and are a snap to install. If you don't mind cold water and don't need for the seat to be warmed, you don't even have to have an electrical outlet to plug it into. Everything is in the seat- no need for a special toilet. If not at work you could put one in your home. Much healthier let me tell you.

I...am...so...excited...that...I...can...barely...breathe. I forgot the internet existed and was awesome. In exchange for twenty-four of my dollars, I have a bidet; or I will in two days. This is going to be the longest two days of my life. I don't know if I'm going to be able to sleep tonight. Thank you once again, Lucy.

 

[LucyPurrs]

I...am...so...excited...that...I...can...barely...breathe. I forgot the internet existed and was awesome. In exchange for twenty-four of my dollars, I have a bidet; or I will in two days. This is going to be the longest two days of my life. I don't know if I'm going to be able to sleep tonight. Thank you once again, Lucy.

Oh, you're so welcome. Haven't laughed this hard in awhile.

 

[Judge]

Sounds like an expensive proposition. An investment of that magnitude could wipe me out.

 

[LucyPurrs]

If you really like it you can upgrade to a model that has heated seat, water and air for drying and a remote control like we have.

 

[Judge]

If you really like it you can upgrade to a model that has heated seat and water and air for drying and a remote control like we have.

I had this image of someone frantically attempting to use the dryer function on the remote itself. One can only wonder how many people have inadvertently dropped their remote into the bowl.

 

[the_tortoise]

I stock up on the toilet paper I like when it's on sale (otherwise it is too expensive and I have to buy the flimsy, linty, scratchy kinds).

 

[SusanLR]

I always carry the small packs of wet wipes.
Then whatever you encounter...you've got it covered.

I pay more for the super soft mega rolls of Charmin at home, plus a box of baby wipes sit on the top of the toilet.

4 ply? Sounds great...butt...
that bidet! I think that is going to be a must have.
I never knew.

Weird post? Fits perfectly with the counting onions
that get mixed up with Uranus!
Fridgemagnetman strikes again.
dum-da-dum-dum...

 

[Suzanne]

Public toilets in France are notoriously disgusting and it is ony desperation ( always for a wee), that makes me go and I bring my own tissue with me and hand sanitizer. I wipe the seat first and sometimes put some sheets on the seat and sit on that. However, if there is toilet paper, surprisingly, it is soft and I snatch off several, before taking some to wipe myself; just the idea of other hands touching, is enough to churn my tummy.

I admit, that when it comes to door handles, I do tend to touch them as little as possible; but I would not say I am a germ freak; just being cautious, but I also know that in fact, we are more in danger of being too hygienic, because our immune system needs germs to work effective in getting rid of them.

Think of a car. If it is not used for a while, it ceases up, so you have to start it sometimes, so that he can run to its best ability. Well, that is how the immune system works.

I read also, that never getting sick, is actually no proof of the immune system working. It is actually getting a bit sick, but it doesn't last long, which proves the immune system is in good condition ie that: needing to work the car engine.

 

[Progster]

Here you are lucky to get toilet paper at all in public toilets, or in restaurants, even. They are filthy, I hate using them. People at home would never leave their toilets in that condition, it would be unaccaptable to them, so how is it acceptable to leave public or restaurant toilets in that condition? People just don't give a sh1t (pun shamelessly intended!).

 

[Mr Allen]

Here you are lucky to get toilet paper at all in public toilets, or in restaurants, even. They are filthy, I hate using them. People at home would never leave their toilets in that condition, it would be unaccaptable to them, so how is it acceptable to leave public or restaurant toilets in that condition? People just don't give a sh1t (pun shamelessly intended!).

Most of the Council run public toilets here in Sheffield are closed, and the few that remain are so disgustingly unhygienic you don't wanna go in them unless you absolutely have to.

And don't even get me started on the lack of disabled facilities, I bought a RADAR key from the Council about 9 years ago, and it's been a Godsend, but is there many places to use it? Nope.