Making flying even more uncomfortable

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan

I'm looking at what the woman in the photo is doing (and not just for the obvious reasons...): That seat is simultaneously forcing her legs apart, and causing the back of her skirt to either ride up or be forced between her legs on that saddle arrangement. Uncomfortable and immodest... What woman will want to sit on that?

Might as well give us all orange flight suits and put us in those upright rollercoaster seats and strap us in with 6-point harnesses...

Yes, her skirt is too short for that seat. And a skirt/dress that is longer looks like it may get creased. The only way really for women to sit in those seats is to wear pants.

[dsvick]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I can see class action law suits happening. So no, I would not want to sit in those seats.

One good bump and the men would all be rolling on the floor in pain! Then we could sue them!!!

[Alexander Turcic]

Originally Posted by suecsi

My train company has toilets but:-

Slightly OT, but: If you go to Switzerland, don't be surprised to find a toilet tissue and even poop on railroad tracks. We call it "Plumpsklo".

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic

Slightly OT, but: If you go to Switzerland, don't be surprised to find a toilet tissue and even poop on railroad tracks. We call it "Plumpsklo".

I think it used to be that way in quite a few places, I know it was for sure here for awhile. my Mom grew up on the east coast and did a lot of train travel. she tells a story of having gone to the bathroom, washed her hands, and had taken her ring off to do so (which I never understood outside of a surgery suite. anyway...) I guess you shoved the sink "into the wall" when you finished with it to drain it. sure enough the ring was on the edge of the sink and out onto the tracks. and of course it was her inherited ring from her grandmother

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by dsvick

If I got to sit next to her..... probably
.....

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Neither has my car and sometimes I'm in full peepee dance mode by the time I reach my destination!

ain't you people ever heard of catheters?

[Sparrow]

Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic

Slightly OT, but: If you go to Switzerland, don't be surprised to find a toilet tissue and even poop on railroad tracks. We call it "Plumpsklo".

Same in the UK, until all the old carriages have been replaced:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3020938.stm

[captkjaneway]

I used to have an hour plus journey to work - no toilets as it was decided to lock up all the toilets on London tube platforms.....ah the memories of too many pints and not 'going' before leaving the pub to catch the last tube home and then the excruciating pain of a full bladder whilst waiting for the bus...

[harakiri]

Slightly OT, but: If you go to Switzerland, don't be surprised to find a toilet tissue and even poop on railroad tracks. We call it "Plumpsklo

thats why they have signs in german trains (that have toilets!) not to use them in stations :-)

[pholy]

Originally Posted by harakiri

thats why they have signs in german trains (that have toilets!) not to use them in stations :-)

That's true in Canada on the ViaRail trains as well...

[Cyberman tM]

Originally Posted by harakiri

thats why they have signs in german trains (that have toilets!) not to use them in stations :-)

Just for the distasteful record - same in Austria. (No surprise really. They're probably made by the same company, though a few dozen years ago...).

As for the seats: they do look weird. I'm constantly looking for a harness to keep you fixed in your seat.
For short travel time, I could see the use of those - not without a harness, though.
(And of course, not for me personally - I don't mind the idea behind the design, but I simply wouldn't fit in. Perhaps if you cut me in half and stack the halves atop each other...)