Americans asked to rate top public crappers

Americans asked to rate top public crappers

Posted 03.06.2006 by PooperGal

For every Yin there is a Yang, it seems. Even as our own ace PoopReporter SamDamnit! was trolling the gnarliest, grottiest crappers in Austin, a sanitary supply company in Cincinnati was creating an online poll for potty connoisseurs to vote for the spankin'-cleanest, most sweetly fragrant restrooms in the land.

The poll invites lavatory lovers to cast their vote for their favorite "stall away from home" -- whether in a chic cafe, college dorm, railroad depot, shopping mall or concert hall. So far, a bistro in Michigan, a seafood joint in Rhode Island, an Illinois airport, and an Ohio restaurant are in the top billing, but your click of the mouse could change that at any time.

Mike Joseph, the owner of one of this year's nominees, All Seasons Bistro in Lansing, Michigan, is bemused by the kudos he gets for his sparkling crappatorium. "I've changed my menu 25 times in six years," says Joseph, "but I don't get nominated for that, I get nominated for the restroom. But I'm flattered to the max." According to the nominator, "This is one of a few public restrooms I would allow myself, my wife and children to use and not worry about it."

Now, that's high praise for a heavily-used lavatory, especially in view of those hair-raising stories we've read or posted on Poop Report about having laid waste (literally and figuratively) to a public bathroom at some point (or points) in time. Let's face it: customers often are not kind to restrooms that they know they can use or abuse anonymously and with impunity. Owners (and, more likely, their employees) of bathrooms made available to the pooping and peeing public must toil endlessly to keep their poop-receptacles up to snuff... and sniff.

So show your appreciation for your favorite pit stop, and cast your vote now. Some previously unsung-but-divine shitbox in a Nevada roadhouse or a ladies' powder room in a backwater beauty salon somewhere off the New Jersey Turnpike may finally get the kudos for cleanliness they deserve.

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The Shit Volcano (3740) -- 03.06.2006

I'll put in a word for the women's stall at the Esmeralda Market in Dyer, Nevada. The place is spotless and I've never been assaulted by odor (either shit or perfume) when I enter the room. It is simple, down-to-earth, with none of the fancy trimmings that make me afraid to shit in some places. Screw the suburban/urban bathrooms!

KeepOnCrappin (551) -- 03.06.2006

MY best crapper was actualy a port-o-crapper. It was just like Finding God in the Desert. New, fresh cinnomon scent, no craps in it yet. I am proud to say I broke it in.

Fart Poopie (1257) -- 03.06.2006

I hate fake plant arrangements in bathrooms. They are so tacky.

Theme bathrooms, like the sports theme bathroom in the article, are fun and have the potential to make a person's visit to the bathroom one they won't soon forget.
I believe I mentioned some ideas for themed bathrooms on a different thread, so I won't repeat myself here, but I wish that more businesses would go the extra mile to make restrooms as pleasant as possible for their customers.

Bunga Din (1239) -- 03.07.2006

Good report PooperGal. Too bad we don't get to participate up here in Canada cause I was amazed at a bathroom at a local mall here over Christmas. Rather than paper towels they had real hand towels for single use just like you'd find in a hotel. They were rolled and had a paper band around them, pretty impressive for a mall I thought.

Fart Poopie (1257) -- 03.07.2006

I wonder if it's cheaper for them, in the long run, to wash all those towels than it is to buy paper rolls. If it's not, that's a very classy thing for them to do, Bunga. That detail gives people a warm, comfy feeling and it's good for the environment because there isn't as much paper waste.

I guess it's classy whether it's cheaper for them or not. ;)

healthy 1 (1427) -- 09.30.2006

I give the men's room at Borders Books, top honors for best restroom. It is clean, odors are kept under control. Temperature is just right. The setting is not too fancy, yet has just enough to give it charm.
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