{"id":45064,"date":"2025-02-11T12:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T12:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=45064"},"modified":"2025-02-11T12:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T12:05:15","slug":"why-do-restaurants-and-hotels-often-put-ice-in-their-toilets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=45064","title":{"rendered":"Why do restaurants and hotels often put ice in their toilets?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-421.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-421.png 900w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-421-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-421-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-421-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When going to the toilet in restaurants and hotels, you will easily see the toilet filled with ice and wonder why the restaurant owner does this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhether at home or in public places, you are likely to visit your trusted friend\u2014the toilet\u2014several times a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it\u2019s certainly much more comfortable to relax on a clean-looking toilet than having to \u2018sit\u2019 on a dirty, smelly one, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To solve the issue of lingering odors, a simple solution that many have suggested and applied is using ice cubes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This method is particularly popular in the restrooms of restaurants and bars\u2014places where cleaning and maintaining hygiene can be challenging, and deodorizing seems almost impossible. Guess which restrooms use the most ice cubes? That\u2019s right\u2014the men\u2019s restroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why? Because, due to the standing position, men can sometimes unintentionally make a bit of a mess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some restrooms are even equipped with automatic flushing systems to prevent the \u2018forgetfulness\u2019 of some gentlemen after completing their noble mission, but even that isn\u2019t always enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ice cubes, however, can address this issue. When the toilet is filled with ice, the urine is cooled, eliminating the unpleasant odor. As the ice gradually melts, the cold water dilutes the ammonia solution, which then slowly flows down the drain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alternatech-net.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/469247075_997667595739149_5760687024310230838_n-e1734052207841-1.jpg\" alt=\"469247075 997667595739149 5760687024310230838 n e1734052207841 1\" class=\"wp-image-45015\" title=\"Why do restaurants and hotels often put ice in their toilets? 2\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=45000\">ALSO READ&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When going to the toilet in restaurants and hotels, you will easily see the toilet filled with ice and wonder why the restaurant owner does this. \u201cWhether&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45064"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45066,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45064\/revisions\/45066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}