Bad Taste

Via Feministe.

Does this look like a urinal to you? Well, it does the folks at Virgin Airways in New York. These are the new urinals for the men's restrooms in Virgin Airways Clubhouse in John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. I kid you not. Urinals. Shaped like a woman's mouth, complete with lipstick. I wouldnt' have believed it if I hadn't read it myself.

One wonders if they'll do something equally as insulting for the Women's
bathroom in their clubhouse.

It boggles the mind. Not that someone came up with this, but that someone actually thought it was a good idea, and approved it.

Even though they allow for high-volume servicing and back-in-a-flash trips to the john, the point-and-shoot-a-stinky-deodorizer-cake oddity known as the men’s restroom urinal has been, for women, a constant enigma. But nothing will prepare you for the men’s room in the newly-designed Virgin Airways Clubhouse in New York’s John F. Kennedy airport, terminal 4: Urinals shaped like a woman’s mouth, dolled up with red lipstick, wide open and ready for business.

“In anything that we do there has to be a smile, and that’s the smile in this Clubhouse,” said John Riordan, Vice President of Customer Services for Virgin Airways.

The urinals, called Kisses, were designed by Netherlands based company Bathroom Mania.

“Kisses - the sexy urinal, makes a daily event a blushing experience! This is one target men will never miss!,” said the Bathroom Mania team via e-mail from the Netherlands.

I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen/read it with my own eyes. My response? No thanks. I'll just hold it.

Comments

[Katharine]

I bet those are gone by next year due to complaints. What the heck were they thinking?

[sam]

I think it's funny, but having said that, I don't want to crack up while I'm taking a wiz. It's hard enough just standing still sometimes.