Toilet Seats What a strange thing to be so happy about. But those who have traveled through Kenya are bound to notice that there is a problem with Toilet Seats. The long drop squat toilets don’t need seats but porcelain bowls are made for them. The Five Star Hotels have Five Star Toilet Seats. But in low to middle hotels, it is a treat to find them. The problem with the quality of the seats is so prevalent that some don’t even bother to install them in the first place. They are rather costly. $30.00 all the way to $70.00 each! Why they cost so much is simply speculation. – Value added tax, import duty, transportation, etc. There are relatively inexpensive toilets seats that begin their short life looking very nice on the new shiny porcelain bowl. But soon begins the story. The cover gets disconnected from the seat. Sometimes it is on one piece so you can lift it off and on again. Ever notice how the cover could make a nice serving tray upside down? Well come on what else is there to do while sitting there with the toilet cover on your lap? Of course the plastic cover has the tendency to crack – especially if you stand on it to reach up to the ceiling. Soon the cover breaks in two pieces so that one half remains connected to the toilet seat and the other half…..well you can lay it on the seat and lift it on and off, throw it away or create some new wall decoration. You might find it attached to a child’s toy as a seat on their trash made tractor. Or maybe it will become the roof of a tiny chicken house. Do you lift the flap that is still connected or scoot forward? Onward to the cracked seat. How it cracks is a mystery but one or both sides manage to separate as a small crack grows into a large one that lands just above the mid-thigh so the pinch is rather like a crab bite holding on as you stand up and yelp! Well, try not to yelp in the thin walled public toilets. A greater mystery occurs in the dark out house style toilets found in some campgrounds. Thinking to improve things by adding flush toilets, they forgot there is never enough water for flushing. In the darkness as you sit on the cracked seat and feel the pinch, there is that cold shiver as it feels a bit more like a spider bite than a crab claw. Progressing from the cracked seat is the half seat. The crack has finished its journey leaving the back half of the seat doggedly attached to the hinge. Now do you lift the half seat and sit on the bowl or put it down and feel the chilly ‘step down” as your thighs press on the porcelain? Such a toilet dilemma. Then of course not to forget the seat that, instead of cracking, just simply decides to break its plastic screws and disconnect from the bowl entirely. You can place it in position and sit comfortably as long as you sit still. Shift a bit and risk the seat slide. Finally some decide just to throw away the entire thing and sit on the cold porcelain bowl, which is better than the latrine squat. So I marvel at opening a toilet door to find a clean porcelain bowl, with an intact seat, toilet paper and water in the bowl and tank! WOW! Thanks for the donations!!
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:28:34 +0000
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