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Why it is that public (multi-person) rest rooms are almost never equipped with some sort of Muzak-style filler noise?
One would think that by the time we reached the 21st century someone would have figured out that it’s actually desirable to have some kind of noise to mask the various splashes, plops, hisses, and passages of wind that make people feel self-conscious in a public bathroom. Not to mention the benefit to the large numbers of men who suffer from “bashful bladder”.
Why is it that no interior designer or architect has ever come up with and codified this incredibly basic solution?
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I have been known to be "pee shy" from time to time.
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"It seems that Japanese women, like myself, are ultra-paranoid about hearing the bathroom noises of strangers—and they used to waste millions of gallons of water each year by running the sink taps while otherwise engaged. Therefore, many “conservation” toilets in Japan now come equipped with noise-maker buttons. For birds, press one. For waterfalls, press two. For bulldozers, press three. And so on."
And some fuller descriptions:
http://metropolis.japantoday.com/biginjapanarchive349/323/biginjapaninc.htm
And more than you ever thought could be done with the intersection of high-tech electronics and toilets:
http://www.answers.com/topic/japanese-toilet
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