What’s behind the chronic lack of toilet paper in Italian schools?

by euronews-english

25 comments
  1. >A primary school teacher in Sardinia told Euronews that teachers often spend their own money to buy supplies for their students.

    This is horrible, Italy is becoming as bad as the US

  2. German school here. Stupid pupils are the reason they have to ask a teacher to unlock the toilet and hand out paper. Otherwise they either clog the toilets and sinks or just throw the rolls out of the window.
    One school already decided that they’ll no longer provide toilet paper and the pupils have to bring their own, which is totally reasonable, imo.

  3. I ve seen people bring a mobile bidet. I guess some people really appreciate to have the cleanest butt in the room.

  4. There are no bidets in schools?

    Are they actually in Italy if there is no bidet next to the porcelain throne?

  5. Canadian here. At the school I work at, the soap dispensers have been removed after students kept breaking them open and stealing them.

  6. Same in Greece. In Universities too. People putting the paper inside the toilet blocking it and causing damage. Or stealing it. I have to always carry my own paper…

  7. Estonian here. I remember in my school years, two of my classmates randomly decided to stock their school wardrobe cabinets with hand paper stolen from toilets, at the end of the schoolyear they threw it all in the bin. Thankfully they grew out of it next year. I guess kids are just stupid and senseless sometimes and this behaviour spreads if no strict actions are taken.

  8. Lol this is an old problem, I still remember 20 years ago we had to chip in for soap and paper towels ( I don’t recall a lack of toilet paper) in primary school.

  9. I’m French. In my middle school (collège) they hoarded toilet paper like it was 15th century parchment, singly ply translucent nonsense and yet somehow a precious commodity.

    You had to go to the reception and ask for it. As a slightly embarrassing example, I was having a few “problems” and the woman/bitch at reception gave me five sheets, took about five minutes to get what I needed. Barely, about 15 cents worth.

    Honestly disgraceful.

  10. >“This year the country’s spending on the public education sector was €7,000 per student in kindergarten and primary school and up to €9,000 per student in high school. In other European countries the average expense is €10,000 per student,” she added.

    The crux of this travesty.Also, if an already underfunded educational system doles out money to *individiual schools*, each of which do their own accounting – how is that not an invitation for embezzling?

    Asking parents to pony up for supplies would be fine, if it were pooled.Poorer parents, poorer school.Wealthy parents move heaven and earth to get kid into ‘wealthy’ school.’Poor’ school has even less money from parents.Rinse, repeat.

    This system sounds like it was designed to fail.

  11. lmaoooooo

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    this is the most hilarious question i have seen on here yet

  12. In my elementary school, the janitors would just steal the toilet paper and other supplies. The few toilet paper that remained would get messed with by irresponsible kids. So that’s the reason why.

  13. I’m italian and I think it’s mostly because problem children would throw the toilet paper around. They already vandalize the toilets breaking the doors or peeing on the ground or making graffitis

  14. No toilet paper, no handsoap, nothing to dry your hands with. The state of public schools in Italy is abysmal.

  15. first time? There are no toilet paper in hungarian schools and hospitals since 20 years at least

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