Monday, November 9, 2009

Toilet Time (also known as toilet talk in Canada) JUST DON!

For my toilet of exploration, i ventured to the far off toilets of the Maudes. the Maudes is an exotic and far off coffee dispensary retailer and employer of several UF students. SO as to the topic at hand, the Toilets. First, the toilets at the Maudes are not actually at Maudes, instead, they are in an adjacent mall, protected by 4 doors, further, the final door is LOCKED!!! so After, confusedly searching for the elusive toilets, you eventually come to find the final door is locked, and must walk ALL THE WAY BACK to Maudes, and ask the unfriendly staff for a key. This brings me to my first critique of the Maudes toilets; They are dang difficult to find, and require alot of opening of doors-none of the doors have handicapped assisting motor devices, so I would imagine it cold be difficult for persons in a wheel chair, or with a walking device to actually get to the bathroom(not laid to mention the doors are kinda heavy). 
NOW, once you finally actually, ultimately, eventually, finally make it into the bathroom, you are greeted with a very bland, seldom clean bathroom. BUT! now the maudes bathroom's merit begins to change. The entire space is very well out, 4 stalls, each with handicap bars, good locks, and ample toilet paper, 2 well spaced flushless urinals (no barrier between them, but they are far enough away to over-come the threat of a roaming gaze), AND 3 nice faucets with good counter space and a decent mirror. Basically, the bathroom works well, but i would have to say, once again, that the stall sizes are far too small to accommodate a wheelchair, even though they have handicap assisting bars. Also, there were no small signs on the wall with descriptions of the room in brail(this is a bazar concept for me aswell, i never understood how the blind find these small signs on walls)...
Finally, the flushless toilets dont abide by me...im all for conservation, but ive grown so accustom to a flush, when its missing, its so strange... 

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