# Would you be willing to use a toilet on the hidden side of of one-way mirror? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 27, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866 "2012-08-27T21:59:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/21 "2012-08-28T04:42:39Z")
Not a problem. In fact, I’d be in favour of a flashing light or something mounted on top that operates when it’s in use. Just to see how many people go out of their way to avoid it when its occupied. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/22 "2012-08-28T04:49:26Z")
Wouldn’t bother me. Though I’d be tempted to stand outside and look in with a disgusted look on my face, just to mess with people. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/23 "2012-08-28T05:22:37Z")
I would probably clam up. What’s maybe worse are toilets like the [Sanisette](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanisette). They give you 15 minutes, upon which the door opens (I think there are warnings). When traveling, you have air pressure changes and a new environments, so that plus if you have IBS means 15 minutes may not be enough. I don’t know if it was the same brand, but I saw one that dispenses 3 tiny pieces of TP per person. There’s frugal and there’s cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/24 "2012-08-28T05:24:09Z")
Uh, yeah, 3 little pieces can be barely enough for, ahem, “damage assessment”, especially for a woman during her period. 15 minutes might also be an issue for me. One annoying symptom I tend to have near the start of a period is serious intestinal cramping. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/25 "2012-08-28T06:03:34Z")
> [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](#): > > After seeing the Dutch version of a [Port-A-John](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=I0P9wR89hEk&NR=1) at a 2003 airshow, an enclosed toilet of any kind is no big deal. They had these things set up next to the food tents with families all about. That day, I discovered what a prude I am. So, there was no way at all to wash hands? Nothing? Ewwwwwwww! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/26 "2012-08-28T06:12:42Z")
I guess I’d use it if there were no other facilities available. Then I’d probably get naked, strut around, and schwing my schwang at a few people. Though I’d keep my socks on. Christ only knows what the sexual deviants would get up to in there. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/27 "2012-08-28T08:58:09Z")
I actually have; for a while they set one of these up in Rotterdam. [The Greatest Public Toilet Ever — Pop-Up City](http://popupcity.net/2009/05/the-greatest-public-toilet-ever/) ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/28 "2012-08-28T09:12:26Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > Most random hypothetical ever. Why? It’s not even a hypothetical. Many posters have named many real-world examples in this thread, including the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/29 "2012-08-28T09:50:52Z")
Since I know that one-way glass isn’t always entirely one-way, and I’m pee-shy, anyway…ah, I think I’d hesitate unless I really, really needed to go. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/30 "2012-08-28T13:13:51Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > You left out the middle ground between “no problem” and “only if desperate.” > > I’d be mildly reluctant, but would manage to overcome this by a process of reasoning. Ditto. And I’d only go pee in it. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/31 "2012-08-28T13:39:16Z")
I would think you’d have issues with people having sex inside of them for the thrill of doing it in ‘public.’ > [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > I would probably clam up. What’s maybe worse are toilets like the [Sanisette](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanisette). They have those in San Francisco. Last time I was in one I’d never seen so many used needles in one place before. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/32 "2012-08-28T14:13:14Z")
> [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](#): > > After seeing the Dutch version of a [Port-A-John](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=I0P9wR89hEk&NR=1) at a 2003 airshow, an enclosed toilet of any kind is no big deal. They had these things set up next to the food tents with families all about. That day, I discovered what a prude I am. Last time I flew to Amsterdam, I read an article on shy bladder syndrome. When I got there, I saw those urinals all over the city and quickly learned I do not suffer from this ailment. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/33 "2012-08-28T14:28:54Z")
I’d be worried the glass was electrochromatic and they would make it transparent at random intervals. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/34 "2012-08-28T15:44:59Z")
> [@Patch](#): > > They have those in San Francisco. Last time I was in one I’d never seen so many used needles in one place before. :eek: And the intention of those is to keep junkies/transients out! Yet you still can’t use a BART toilet in the City AFAIK, because of a terrorist act 11 years ago in New York. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/35 "2012-08-28T16:03:13Z")
Probably easier to tolerate than [this bathroom](http://homeklondike.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2-bathroom-with-transparent-glass-floor.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/36 "2012-08-28T16:08:31Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Probably easier to tolerate than [this bathroom](http://homeklondike.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2-bathroom-with-transparent-glass-floor.jpg). Oh God, I would pay SO MUCH MONEY for that bathroom in my house. Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/37 "2012-08-28T23:09:16Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > And the intention of those is to keep junkies/transients out! Yet you still can’t use a BART toilet in the City AFAIK, because of a terrorist act 11 years ago in New York. BART’s solved that problem – [the homeless are now defecating in their escalators instead](http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Human-waste-shuts-down-BART-escalators-3735981.php). Haven’t had the urge to try it myself, though. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/38 "2012-08-29T00:42:23Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Probably easier to tolerate than [this bathroom](http://homeklondike.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2-bathroom-with-transparent-glass-floor.jpg). Depends what is at the bottom possibly looking up … ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/39 "2012-08-29T01:08:33Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Wouldn’t bother me. > > Though I’d be tempted to stand outside and look in with a disgusted look on my face, just to mess with people. Ditto on both counts. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866/40 "2012-08-29T15:28:50Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > Most random hypothetical ever. I don’t think this counts as a hypothetical. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866.md?page=3)