Ladies Toilets

Same thing at the Aspire Dome as well. $$$$$ facility and it's got a hole in the ground for a toilet. I don't get it.

I do think that more consideration should have been given to westeners but a fancy hole in the ground is their way so it is a bit unfair to knock it on the basis of poor education.

The beach volley ball venue has normal toilets and when I have been there they have been so clean I commented to my husband. They even had toilet roll, hand towels and soap!

thats strange...no western toilets.
i usually carry my own packet of cleaning swipes and dry tissues...for such emergencies like no soap and no tissues...sometimes no water.
it works.

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Ladies.... it gets worse at other stadiums.... if there are toilets they are locked....
I asked at Qatar Sports Club once and the weasel on reception brushed me away and said 'no women'. Charming

You have to have someone on guard whilst you go to the gents.
I actually pointed this out to someone from the Qatari Football Association... no avail
If there are ladies loos, like al Saad... there are men in it anyway.

It is not just the toilets for the Asian games but the country in general they have a much lower standars for hygine been for toilets or food.
i have been here for 11months and crave a western toilet that is not 3 inches deep in personal waste or a toilet block that does not look like a swimming pool.

The local labour they use dont care as long as they get paid.

Oh well only 2 months to go before returning to sanity.

>>>> Toilets in Qatar are terrible in general (with some exceptions), and toilets in Landmark mall are the worst. They look like a decoration from the "Bladerunner". I am talking about men's toilets!

I know! The women's bathrooms are just the same!! Hopefully the recent fire was able to kill off some of those overly-excessive bacteria!! I cringe every time I have to go in their. Sad!

You would think that a country with all this wealth could at least invest some money in “health programs” to promote basic levels of communal hygiene.

I worked at the Khalifa for a very brief period last year. The toilets in the admin/media/operations areas where top class by any standards. They were cleaned every couple of hours too (and they had to be, as those rowdy broadcasties had very little sense of hygeine.)

Never had an opportunity or need to visit the spectator loos though. So can't comment on that.

If you have any trouble with loos at any of the Games venues, try to find a CLEANEVENT employee and let them know. They're a pretty helpful bunch.

I've been looking through some of the older threads and posts and came across this one.

It strikes me as quite curious:

I mean, how would you guys feel if middle eastern/asian people visiting the UK/US or wherever complained that the sports stadia, shopping malls, restaurants etc., just had those disgusting 'western' style toilets and didn't make any accommodations for middle eastern/asian people and didn't install any squat loos for them.

You'd probably think they were barking mad to be demanding culturally sensitive sanitary-ware in your own home countries.

Anyway, nothing really to add to the debate, except to state that I don't mind squat loos, and to say that I found these attitudes quite funny.

When every one comes with a holier than thou attitude what do you expect?

"If your number one goal is to make sure that everyone likes and approves of you, then you risk sacrificing your uniqueness and, therefore, your excellence."

lack of worldly experience plus deliberate ignorance towards real world...........no squat toilet...no water and definitely no toilet papers in most places...its life and those people living in such a way are fine.

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I conceed that I have led a good life and that I have enjoyed many things deemed luxurious to other countries but I will not apologise for it. I would also say that I am not ignorant to the plight of many that do not even have a squat toilet. That is the hand dealt to them and many strive to escape that way of life.

Qatar is actively seeking expatriates and as such they must accommodate some of the things they take for granted - such as a western toilet.

I did not come to Doha with a holier than thou attitude and have tried hard to live by the customs and traditions here. I dress conservatively and I obey the rules during ramadan etc.

When I am shopping I do not complain about standing in a que waiting for the only western toilet but if I had paid a lot of money to visit a country hosting an international event such as the olympics I would be peeved. The point I was making is that if they are serious about bidding for the olympics then they must cater to the western needs.

There are people who like western toilets and those that do not. I did not say that those using a sqat toilet were ignorant and I fail to see why I should be labeled ignorant to the world because I prefer to have a western toilet.

somehow I don't think squat loo would be the main issue in evaluating Qatar's bidding for the olympics …
P.S. they can't be serious about the olympics!!!

Are you? … once you’ll get here you’ll understand what I mean! And I’m not referring in particularly to the infrastructures, that’s the easiest thing to fix in ten years time … but I totally agree with you on “never say never” …

let’s bring up the subject again after you spend sometime in Doha :)

TYPICAL British attitude, so you though you would come and find the Queen's toilet!!!??

Give it time and stop complaining like a typical Brit!!!

Have you check your London? Manchester maybe? Leeds? Any toilet in your rail stations? For god sake, get a live, or choose another country or are you there just because of TAX?