Tale of the Spinning Toilet Seat

Passing through the bar on the way out, we decided to make "pit stops" in the restrooms indicated downstairs. Fine, great -- everything super-neat, clean, and modern. When it was time to flush, I was a bit mystified as I frequently am at various devices in Europe. Hmmmmm... Well, on the tank, there was a partitioned sector such as our hotel toilet had. I press -- no result. Hmmmmm.... OK, upon further investigation there is a sort of lighted button. I press it. Much to my astonishment, a sort of robot arm from the tank partition previously mentioned extends itself, and the toilet seat rises up about two inches and starts spinning around while the robot arm is spraying stuff on it. !!!!! I thought the thing was possessed! Finally the seat settles back down in place, but it still has not yet flushed. I do a bit more investigation and discover that this is a device for cleansing/disinfecting the toilet seat. Well, fine -- but am still wondering how to flush. Am supposing that perhaps flushing occurs after the spinning cleansing, so I press the lighted button once more. Alas, the seat just does the same rising up and spinning routine. By this time, I have located a seemingly unconnected panel much higher on the wall. I press it and achieve the desired flush, following which the seat does its spinning/cleansing routine again.

My jaw is about down to my knees by this point, and I go out to join Bryan who has been waiting after leaving the men's room. He has experienced nothing similar and about doubles over when I tell him what I have seen. I know that Swiss are famous for their cleanliness, but this device put me in the mind of The Exorcist!

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