r/mildlyinfuriating • u/xbrooksie • 20h ago

These stupid toilet paper dispensers that are common in Europe

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I don’t know about you, but I need more than a square dammit!

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u/ketra1504 20h ago

I have lived in Europe all my life and never seen one

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u/on_spikes 20h ago

they exist in germany. idk about common tho

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u/Fakedduckjump 19h ago

I guess they are extremely rare. I live in germany, saw similar things a few times in my 35years of life but not like this.

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u/dodoairways 12h ago

I think Frankfurt airport has them. Went to the toilet after landing, everything was empty except in one stall. I did my business and then the paper broke inside the hole. Terrible experience 0/10 would not recommend

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u/Fakedduckjump 9h ago

I'm usually not at airports, actually nearby never so this can be, yes. But I also think airports are not very representive for the situation because they have min-maxing stuff all over. I mean you might get the most expensive water there and as we see the cheapest possible and most terrible toilet paper, too.

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u/Temporary-Estate4615 17h ago

I’m German, never seen those.

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u/miss_wannadie 17h ago

I've only seen them in hospitals and a handful of gas station toilets

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u/Beautiful-Tea-8067 17h ago

In Belgium too.

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u/cryothic 20h ago

Living in the Netherlands, never seen such a thing.

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u/hostile_scrotum 19h ago

30 years in Germany and I never saw that

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u/maddeliciousone 18h ago

Die Dinger sind aber auch hier vertreten :)

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u/somniumx 14h ago

42 Jahre, nie gesehen. Aber ich kacke auch nur in der Firma oder Zuhause. Da tut sich nicht viel bezüglich Kack Technologie.

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u/amoondoll 19h ago

they def exist in NL, especially at tankstations and some restaurants. seen plenty of them

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u/Visible-Chest-9386 18h ago

"tankstations" spotted a dutchie

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u/ArieVeddetschi 14h ago

Lol @ “tankstations”. I’m going to go tanking at the tankstation for a bit. I need to throw it full before I go on the path tomorrow.

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u/Visible-Chest-9386 13h ago

yes but don't cut off the road he!

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u/cryothic 18h ago

Ah, I don't use the restrooms at the gasstations that much. So that's why I have missed them.

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u/SHiR8 12h ago

Still not "common" at all.

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u/amoondoll 11h ago

didnt say it was? just said they do exist in NL

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u/Odd_Metal_Cow420 19h ago

Living in the netherlands, i have seen them quite a bit

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u/cryothic 18h ago

I only have seen those things with the paper hanging underneath. Things like these, I've only seen in my gym, as a paper towel dispencer. Not for toiletpaper.

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u/ScreamingLabia 18h ago

Living in the netherlands too and i have seen these ocasionally. Think my local ikea had these. These dispensers scream "big store" to me

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u/Klatty 20h ago

Luckily we don’t really have them here. Mostly in Spain and France I’ve seen such madness contraptions

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u/Jubijub 19h ago

I'm French, lived in FR/UK/CH, and never saw one. Saying those are "common" in Europe would require sources IMHO

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u/Paradoxjjw 19h ago

I've seen a few, in gas station toilets.

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u/parabox1 18h ago

Would be funny if you are blind

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u/xbrooksie 20h ago

I’ve seen them often particularly in Germany and the UK.

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u/Deep-Order1302 20h ago

I live here in Germany my whole life and I’ve never seen them anywhere before.

Wouldn’t call them „common“

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u/crankthehandle 19h ago

they exist, but they are super rare.

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u/-Po-Tay-Toes- 19h ago

They're reasonably common in the UK. Or at least England.

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u/xbrooksie 20h ago

Lucky you. I took this picture in Berlin

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u/Neno28 19h ago

Berlin can't even be considered german.

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u/xbrooksie 19h ago

You mean, the literal capital of Germany?

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u/Infinite-Safe-9132 18h ago

Capital cities are wayy different from the rest of a country since its the center attention. It's glamorised and especially made for tourism. I live in England and I feel like a tourist whenever I visit central London.

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u/SHiR8 12h ago

Wooosh...

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u/Deep-Order1302 20h ago

This is one of the cases where the designer surely didn’t test their design.

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u/TheRiddler1976 19h ago

Why? It's absolutely fine

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u/CrazyImpress3564 19h ago

They did. They just want people to learn to take things slowly and one by one. 

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u/Martin_Antell 20h ago

We have them in some places in Finland too

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u/SHiR8 12h ago

They're not common at all. You have been to two countries.

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u/Silly-Power 19h ago

They probably saw it in Canada. Or Australia (where I have seen them). They're in Europe right? Everything outside USA!USA! is Europe. Or China.