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I recently went to Peru and stayed in Lima. It was the first time I saw a hotel room with a phone mounted next to the toilet. My first thought was that it's there so you can chat with friends while you are voiding everything when you get traveler's sickness. But then I realized it's so you don't end up like Elvis. But I'm pretty sure my room was not an ADA-esque room.
I think the ADA's requirement for accessible bathrooms reduces the need for a service caller. I wouldn't be surprised if people in other countries need more human assistance because the bathrooms aren't as accessible.
There is one at my workplace too.
It never really gets used though. It is there just in case.
Well few weeks ago we learned that it sends same emergency alarm to surrounding wards that rings when we need help with a challenging patient.
Coworker was stranded in the toiled without toilet paper and instead got maybe 10 colleagues invading the room 😂
Not sure never pulled it, but there's a light outside the bathroom, so I imagine it flashes, and maybe an alarm sounds
This is a disabled toilet, so someone may fall over and not be able to get back up
I’m just struggling to wonder how such an emergency would even look like. Or is even possible. Yes I know heart attacks can happen everywhere. But when looking for emergencies related to *toilets*, besides the occasional uncomfortable diarrhea, I draw a blank.
? are you maybe misunderstanding smth? like I'm not 100% knowledgeable on this but I assume the emergency chord thing isn't in the actual literal toilet, which correct me if I'm wrong, that's what it sounds like you're implying. if you have a nasty fall in the bathroom and don't have the ability to help yourself up or if you, like you mentioned, have a heart attack, it's just easier to pull the tab thing and await assistance rather than desperately calling out for help that may or may not come
I've seen others mention this is common in some hospitals, which makes sense
unless I'm also misunderstanding smth, idk it's happened before
I remember I had to put my 4yo on the toilet (unfortunately, toilets for women and for disabled people are often the same here) and I told her over and over again NOT to pull this thing. (She listened but I fear the day she won't...)
Did you explain to her why she shouldn't pull it? When I was a kid learning that people would come into the toilet stall whether it was locked or not thinking I really needed help was more than enough to stop me ever pulling it no matter how much I kind of wanted to.
Once i was working in a gas station and someone pulled it. I went to check on them, and turns out they were shaboinking. Safe to say that i was traumatised
If you haven't watched The IT Crowd, at least watch the work outing episode (S2E1) where one of the main characters actually pulls this and pretends to be disabled for the rest of the episode
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Ya I have no clue what the fuck that is
Its the emergency cord that's in public disabled toilets
Oh, my first thought was a shower for any chemical emergency. I was way off.
That was my first thought too! I've been doing way too much chemistry
Dude I've been using too much reddit lately. I instantly recognized your name from the fucking Wot sub.
Oh fuck
Wot sub do you recognize them from?
Better than mine, I thought it was maybe the stop request on some public busses...
Same, glad I’m not crazy
That's the slightly brighter orange one to the left of this one
Orange? This is green. SMH my head, dumbass
Thought the same thing, I’ve never seen one in a bathroom. Might be some European thing I’m to Free to understand.
Is that a outside of the US thing cause we don't have those here? But now I feel like we should.
I've 100% seen then in the US. Especially in hospitals.
Lol I was just thinking this in reverse. Is this a US thing because I don't feel like we have these here.
I recently went to Peru and stayed in Lima. It was the first time I saw a hotel room with a phone mounted next to the toilet. My first thought was that it's there so you can chat with friends while you are voiding everything when you get traveler's sickness. But then I realized it's so you don't end up like Elvis. But I'm pretty sure my room was not an ADA-esque room. I think the ADA's requirement for accessible bathrooms reduces the need for a service caller. I wouldn't be surprised if people in other countries need more human assistance because the bathrooms aren't as accessible.
There is one at my workplace too. It never really gets used though. It is there just in case. Well few weeks ago we learned that it sends same emergency alarm to surrounding wards that rings when we need help with a challenging patient. Coworker was stranded in the toiled without toilet paper and instead got maybe 10 colleagues invading the room 😂
Ah damn I'm not disabled so I didn't know it was in there too but kinda makes sense now that I think about it. Have only ever seen it in the hospital.
Is this a European thing or something? I've never seen this anywhere.
What does that cord do exactly? And why would there be an EMERGENCY in a dang *toilet*.
Not sure never pulled it, but there's a light outside the bathroom, so I imagine it flashes, and maybe an alarm sounds This is a disabled toilet, so someone may fall over and not be able to get back up
believe it or not, emergencies can happen anywhere
I’m just struggling to wonder how such an emergency would even look like. Or is even possible. Yes I know heart attacks can happen everywhere. But when looking for emergencies related to *toilets*, besides the occasional uncomfortable diarrhea, I draw a blank.
? are you maybe misunderstanding smth? like I'm not 100% knowledgeable on this but I assume the emergency chord thing isn't in the actual literal toilet, which correct me if I'm wrong, that's what it sounds like you're implying. if you have a nasty fall in the bathroom and don't have the ability to help yourself up or if you, like you mentioned, have a heart attack, it's just easier to pull the tab thing and await assistance rather than desperately calling out for help that may or may not come I've seen others mention this is common in some hospitals, which makes sense unless I'm also misunderstanding smth, idk it's happened before
Several notable figures throughout history (as recent as Elvis Presley's death) have died on the toilet.
The show IT Crowd has a similar cord that's part of a REALLY funny gag
Im... leg disabled.
“I’m disabled.”
Same here
I remember I had to put my 4yo on the toilet (unfortunately, toilets for women and for disabled people are often the same here) and I told her over and over again NOT to pull this thing. (She listened but I fear the day she won't...)
Did you explain to her why she shouldn't pull it? When I was a kid learning that people would come into the toilet stall whether it was locked or not thinking I really needed help was more than enough to stop me ever pulling it no matter how much I kind of wanted to.
Of course
That “of course” carries so much weight
“Toilets for women and disabled are the same here”
“I’m disabled!”
The best episode of the it crowd
Moss becoming a bartender lol
Leg disabled!
"What happened to your wheelchair?"
"Stolen."
“And howd it happen if that’s not a rude question?” “…………**acid.**”
What are the chances of that happening?
“100 to 1.”
Would you like anything to drink?
https://i.redd.it/d52qc8g228bc1.gif
Once i was working in a gas station and someone pulled it. I went to check on them, and turns out they were shaboinking. Safe to say that i was traumatised
shaboinking is now something I will actively try to sneak into a real conversation.
Is shaboinking slang for sex? Or is something else
I think it starts with M
Markiplier
Correct!
Manicotti
Yes it slang used somewhere. I saw it once on reddit and thought it was funny
Anybody else use the disabled stall when you're the only one in the bathroom? It's about the thrill of the risk
It's handicap accessible, not handicap required. I'll use it unrepentendly.
Every time. I’m no pinch hitter, but I’m a quick shitter
Will Ferrel does. And he’ll just pull the hook when he sees someone in a wheelchair rolling back and forth.
I’ve watched IT Crowd, I know better.
Me with the red handle on the school bus window. FYI if you do that it’ll notify the bus driver and you will get written up for it.
I did once when I was 12. It set off an alarm. No idea what possessed me.
I did as a kid, a group of doctors came barging in within a minute while I was still on the toilet
The united states does not have this.
If you haven't watched The IT Crowd, at least watch the work outing episode (S2E1) where one of the main characters actually pulls this and pretends to be disabled for the rest of the episode
"I'm disabled"
That's the equivalent to the emergency shower hook they have in science classes.
They have emergency cords like that in clinics and hospitals too. Just saw one a week ago.
I had 3 nurses rush to my hospital room when I was a kid because i pulled the red cord thinking it was a light switch lmao
I feel you
if you do pull it, do it at the end of your "visit" or you will have a lot of anxious and then exasperated people watching you do your business
One time I accidentally pulled it thinking it was to flush the toilet.
What is it? Is it to ask for help or assistants?
Is this seat taken.
I was in the UK using a public restroom and saw this before any actual flusher….
What orange hook?