We Need To Bring Back Troughs In Men's Bathrooms
So I posted this last night on twitter and it sprouted a healthy debate.
We opened our country concept, The Farm, in St. Pete in the fall and it's awesome. Except for the bathrooms. It's a nightmare. We inherited an old Irish bar space that also had a nightmare bathroom situation. We essentially have 2 toilets in the men's bathroom for a place that is slam packed with like 300 people a night. We have bathrooms we share with a next-door spot that are outside, but nobody wants to use them, so everybody stands in line forever.
Do you know what would solve the problem?
Troughs.
Hear me out.
One of the best bars in Chicago once upon a time, Mickey's in Lincoln Park, used to have a trough in their small ass bathroom and you know what? Never a line. Ever. (R.I.P.)
What did the "biggest bar in the world", Wrigley Field, do when they (finally) renovated the joint?
Kept the troughs baby.
One of the smoothest bathroom processes you'll find anywhere.
Not only is it extremely efficient, but it's also helping to save the environment. By not wasting water with the flushes that urinals do.
So basically, if you're anti-trough, not only do you have a tiny piece, but you're also anti-whales and pro-pollution.
Now, to prove that I'm not some maniac, I do have a line that I draw, and that's on carousel urinals.
This is just pure madness, plain and simple. Letting drunk dudes piss towards each other is just asking for chaos. Not only are you gonna cross streams and probably catch some stream-friendly fire, but think about the eye contact. No thank you.
Troughs are also much more fun that a boring ass urinal. As my old college professor pointed out-
Troughs 2024.
p.s. - never forget this savage