I’m starting to question the hygiene of the waterless toilet. The concept is that the magic of gravity waives the need for flush valves or water. The company I work for installed these urinals in the washrooms that were most frequented by visitors and upper level management, but just recently I’ve seen them installed in the areas that I like to mark my territory. To my delight, I now have a relatively short distance to walk to get to these toilets. I am not impressed by the shape or size, as the they are meant to look like regular urinals, but the fact that urine swishes around the bowl and beads up as it approaches the trap. The web sites that feature this marvel of technology claim that this ultra-hygienic and odorless.

From what I know about being a man…. it is not possible for a urinal to be odorless. Understand that the odorless aspect only covers the vapors coming out of the trap, and though my building isn’t teeming with drunken clumsy executives smells and stray…… stuff is inevitable. I’m going to go have a goat cheese and asparagus salad with a watermelon for dessert.