Really, how hard is it to set a urinal at the correct height?

Have been experiencing bathroom issues myself. The facilities at my office are all touchless/sensor-driven. Toilets, faucet, soap dispenser, paper towels, etc

Now whenever I go to some other public bathroom, I just walk out of the stall expecting to hear a flushing noise, and wave my hands under the faucet like an idiot waiting for water to come out.

Well, apparently setting urinals at the right height and angle requires more applied engineering skills than I had ever suspected before coming out here to MENA.

What puzzles me is that (i) generally they are set too high for me, and (ii) I am noticably taller than most MENA men, leading me to be rather puzzled as to who these urinals were installed for.

Or perhaps the installers believe the user should be foreced to 'angle'....

As to the queer North American obsession with automated dispensers, when I was undergoing treatment I had a quasi amusing experience in the hospital where I was actually startled by the queer innovation of the automatic hand towel dispenser.

Never liked it very much.

Islamically, standing and peeing is frowned upon, and to be avoided wherever possible, which could explain the lack of emphasis on good urinal design.

Very true. On this topic, has there ever been a thorough debate on Aqoul on the pros and cons of "Eastern" vs. "Western" toilets?

I know both models have a diehard following, but I can't really make up my mind. Of course the latter are more comfortable, but since everything intended for public use tends to break down quickly in this part of the world, the hole-in-the-floor variety simply seems to pose lesser risk of nasty public bathroom experiences -- easier to clean and maintain, etc. On the other hand, WHEN they break down, things can get very very bad indeed.

Aaahh...found memories. My Uni department (in the UK) toilets would often double as a swimming pool after the Gulfies had finished their ablutions. Added to this is the obsession with hacking up as much phlegm as possible, thus leaving man size chunks strewn across the sink and the immediate environs.

Really, how hard is it to set a urinal at the correct height?

Hard, apparently.

Out here in the uber-sophisticated west coast of the United States, ground zero for all sorts of technological sophistication, our one and only urinal in the men's locker room at work is a joke. It seems to have been installed so as to accomodate a six-year old. We call it "the goat-feeder" and it is impossible to piss in the damn thing without splattering if you stand anything above 5 feet.

Either it was contractor idiocy or some bizarre legal requirement that is incumbent on public accomodations with only a single urinal. Only we aren't public. We are an isolated and secure facility in an unincorporated corner of the county, visited by nobody. Goddamn it.

Sorry. You touched a sore spot :D.