A citizen in Hong Kong was once trapped in a public toilet and couldn't get out.
This public toilet is not an ordinary public toilet, but a smart toilet built by the Hong Kong government with an investment of 13.3 million Hong Kong dollars.
The smart toilet worth 13.3 million Hong Kong dollars looks like this:
Source: Yahoo News
Yes, the 13.3 million Hong Kong dollars are expensive on "intelligence"!
Source: Sing Tao Headlines
When a citizen was participating in a trail run, he suddenly wanted to go to the toilet, and he happened to pass by this smart toilet, and everything was just right.
However, after going to the toilet, this citizen couldn't get out!
It was supposed to open the door with his hand raised, but the citizen waved for a long time and did not react. The emergency door opening button was pressed, and the automatic door remained indifferent.
Clearly, the automatic door was out of order. However, there is no emergency contact method in the smart public toilet, and there is no way to open the door manually.
Source: Sing Tao Headlines
Eventually, she kept banging on the door and screaming, and after being trapped in the toilet for about 10 minutes, someone else finally heard her cry for help, and only then burst the emergency door opening outside the smart public toilet to rescue her.
Source: Sing Tao Headlines
Later, the Hong Kong government officials also responded that there would be some initial problems with the refugees just after the installation, which have now been resolved.
However, such a smart and high-end toilet was built in the suburbs:
Source: Sing Tao Headlines
Then again, public toilets in Hong Kong have always been "ahead of their time".
Hong Kong toilets are so good!
If you pay close attention to the roadside in Hong Kong, you can actually find a lot of public toilets with showers.
Source: Little Red Book
The environment inside is also very bright and clean:
Source: Internet
Generally, this kind of bathroom is used by street sleepers or citizens with poor living conditions, and it is also a reflection of Hong Kong's humanistic care:
Source: Little Red Book
There are many public toilets with showers in Hong Kong, and this kind of public toilet with shower can even be traced back 120 years!
In 1904, in order to combat the plague by raising people's awareness of hygiene, Hong Kong built the first public toilet with a shower - Pound Lane Public Toilet!
Source: Internet
In 2022, the Hong Kong government spent a huge amount of 8 million Hong Kong dollars to renovate, and the public toilet in Pound Lane has become what everyone sees now:
Source: Internet
It is no exaggeration to say that in Hong Kong, there are countless styles of public toilets.
You can believe it, there is a special toilet association in Hong Kong. Every year, there is a "Best Public Toilet Election"!
Last year's best public toilet was designed with a bicycle as the theme, and it looked like this:
Source: Hong Kong 01
Not to mention the glass canopy, there are also telephone charging equipment, touch-free waste bins, automatic sensor faucets, and sensor toilet flushing equipment:
Source: Hong Kong 01
There are also toilets that look like an art museum:
Source: Internet
There is also this kind of toilet that is clean at a glance, and it can be called the "first choice for going to the toilet"!
Source: Hong Kong 01
It can be seen that Hong Kong is really building public toilets!
Source: Hong Kong 01
However, after many mainland tourists come to Hong Kong, they say they "don't understand" many aspects of Hong Kong's public toilets.
Afraid of stealing the toilet?
The most incomprehensible thing for mainland tourists is about the "toilet"!
Most of the public toilets in the mainland are squatting pits. And Hong Kong is almost all toilets!
Source: Topick
After many mainland netizens came to Hong Kong, they shared that they went to the public toilet in Hong Kong, and when they opened the door, they were stunned when they found that it was a toilet:
Source: Little Red Book
Hong Kong netizens are also commenting on active support:
Source: Little Red Book
There is also a reminder on the top of the toilet in Hong Kong that says "please cover the toilet board before flushing":
Source: Little Red Book
Some mainland netizens don't understand, why do you have to cover it?
In fact, Xiaolai was very puzzled at first, but after checking it, I found out that this is based on science:
Source: Internet
In addition, there is another very "strange" point in Hong Kong: some public toilets will be locked!
Some time ago, a Hong Kong drifting Internet celebrity posted a video on Douyin, talking about the lock of public toilets.
Source: Hong Kong 01
When she went to the toilet, she found that the toilet in Hong Kong would be locked!
Some toilets require a key to open the door, while others even require an Octopus or PIN code to open the door:
Source: Douyin
She said that she was completely puzzled by this, and bluntly said that Hong Kong's toilets are stricter than the FBI.
As a result, it instantly caused a scolding war on the Internet, and I felt that this blogger was too partial and comprehensive.
In fact, the locked-up public toilets in Hong Kong are nothing more than these situations: office buildings, office floors in shopping malls, office floors in schools, etc.
Source: Internet
Because these places are more private, they are actually locked to take into account the needs of tenants, such as priority access to restrooms, cleaner and more private spaces, and so on.
Source: Internet
At the same time, it is also for easy cleaning and care:
Source: Internet
But seriously, it's really embarrassing to want to go to the toilet in a hurry, but you can't find the key......
Finally, what is your experience with public toilets in Hong Kong?