Seriously people, use the fucking fan. It clears away odors and covers up the sounds of your dropping a deuce. If you want to stew in your shit smell and revel in the music of your magical poop plops, do so in the comfort of your own home. If you’re a guest and the bathroom has a fan, turn it on. We don’t want to share.
I like to imagine your guest has a Lemmy account and was browsing while doing a fanless poop 💩
Consider yourself lucky. Many older European homes don’t have bathroom fans. Some older bathrooms barely have windows.
No ventilation at all? I feel like every poop would become a shirtless poop in such a bathroom.
It is even worse in public bathrooms.
Europeans give Americans shit on public bathroom design, but the smell is a lot worse in European bathrooms generally.
Can confirm - mine has neither, it’s a challenge.
After a recent renovation, our new exaust fan is much quieter, and it kind of bugs me. It is nice to be able to leave it running longer, though. The old one was too obnoxiously loud to leave on after you finished a shower.
I like the extra noise. Not that I need cover or anything.
I always run the fan for the same reasons (and prefer a noisier fan) but it doesn’t actually cover the sound outside the bathroom. It just gives you the impression that it does.