Classy........ish, but as noted, serves practical proposes as well. The only downside I can possibly think of is knowing there's an ice bucket traveling from the ice machine to the urinals a few times a day.
Oh heavens, those two photos side-by-side, what is it? Avocado and Burnt Umber? Those two colors together, I'm sorry girlfriend, it's neither classy nor trashy, it's clashy!
But it's totally fun to use the awesome masculine power of hot urine to blast holes in the urinal ice! It's even better than pissing your name in the snow
The only time I've seen this done well was in the now defunct Broadway Grill's stainless trough. Doesn't look good in single units. Doesn't look good in porcelain. Always a little concern about the health issues - as noted above in 09's comment. I have seen photos of stainless troughs with colored lighting shining through the ice and thought that looked pretty fantastic for a club type setting too.
I think it's really just a "no-cost" way of not fixing urinals that don't flush anymore.
If they had a decent janitorial service that cleaned the damn things the way they should, they wouldn't need ice to keep the smell down. As to splash back, the urinals are "supposed" to be designed so they don't do that. Ice should be totally unnecessary.
Of course, none of this takes into account the "fun" of pissing on ice. But I'm female, so I just don't get it. So I'll defer to the penis-havers as to whether it is worth it or not to put ice into the urinals.
Costa's in the U District has been using this for 20 years. Just until they get their pisser fixed. Makes you wonder why we bothered inventing anything if this is all people do.
I'd say 90% of the time I've seen this, it's because the toilet is broken and won't flush. So my vote is "trashy," but that's only a bad thing when I'm at a nice restaurant. I'll piss in some ice at the 5-Point, but anything nicer than that better have a properly functioning toilet.
You haven't been to a trashy bar until its one where not only assholes dump their empty glasses in the urinals but the staff picks them out at the end of the night not to bin them but to wash them....
@26, I'm grateful to whichever Stranger staffer, standing in their vestibule on a break, steered me to Ballet a couple of years ago for phở. Cienna denies it; Mary Traverse, maybe?
Re: ice, I can't help but think of it in terms of beverages, and I can't help but imagine (as @9 points out) a kitchen ice bucket being set on the bathroom floor or a scoop coming within 10 feet of a toilet.
But let me just say, since I don't have many opportunities for potty talk, that I'll be glad when/if we go back to 1970's short-shorts and move away from cargo shorts. I'm tired of hiking the damn things clear of the urinal rim.
WTF why is this surprising to anyone? Ice in urinals at bars is not at all unusual in my experience up or down scale. It serves several purposes, 1. helps keep the supply on ice fresh, i.e, cycling out the crap on the bottom of the ice machine. 2. it does reduce odour. 3. er guys don't always flush the urinal, see 2.
May we please have more polling options?
A. Classy
B. Trashy
C. I'm so jealous of the ease and relative cleanliness with which penis-owners can urinate standing up, I refuse to form an opinion of the subject.
D. Sorry, zero fucks left to give today.
If your patrons dress up: classy. If you're the five point: trashy and faux class (like a tuxedo t shirt). It does serve a purpose, it prevents splash on your shoes. Five point patrons' shoes would be cleaner with a little sprinkle. The notion that urinals are "designed" to prevent splashing is laughably ignorant.
I should mention I've worked in restaurants at the top of the classy scale, where I learned and did this task. The bucket used is only ever set on the floor by the ice machine, and scoops of ice are dropped into it. The bucket remains away from food prep at all times. It is not set on the floor in the bathroom but poured into the urinal cleanly.
And if it takes ice to keep a urinal from smelling one should NEVER eat at said establishment.
And it cuts down on splash-back.
How about if I piss with my pinky extended while holding my cock? Better?
I think it's really just a "no-cost" way of not fixing urinals that don't flush anymore.
Of course, none of this takes into account the "fun" of pissing on ice. But I'm female, so I just don't get it. So I'll defer to the penis-havers as to whether it is worth it or not to put ice into the urinals.
best damn food on a cold rainy day btw. if you're really feeling it get the crab wontons.
Re: ice, I can't help but think of it in terms of beverages, and I can't help but imagine (as @9 points out) a kitchen ice bucket being set on the bathroom floor or a scoop coming within 10 feet of a toilet.
But let me just say, since I don't have many opportunities for potty talk, that I'll be glad when/if we go back to 1970's short-shorts and move away from cargo shorts. I'm tired of hiking the damn things clear of the urinal rim.
A. Classy
B. Trashy
C. I'm so jealous of the ease and relative cleanliness with which penis-owners can urinate standing up, I refuse to form an opinion of the subject.
D. Sorry, zero fucks left to give today.
I'm kinda torn between options C & D, myself.
And I always figured ice in the urinals was either a way to save water, or a sign that the flush function was broken.
And if it takes ice to keep a urinal from smelling one should NEVER eat at said establishment.
That said, there is certainly a particular smell one might associate with urine that is bacterial.