Are those self-flushing toilets or sea monsters?

I pondered the sanity of self-flushing toilets on boats before now... see this blog post. I'm now wondering if this is more than just an awkward situation.

I think there is at least one child who thinks there are sea monsters in the washrooms on BC Ferries boats.

Whenever you step into a washroom stall, the auto-flush goes off, and you are lucky if it goes off only another 2 times before you are done in the stall. The sucking and popping noises of these toilets are extremely loud. At the beginning of the sailing the washrooms are very busy and many of these toilets go off at once, making it even louder. You can hear the sucking and popping noises from well outside the washrooms.

I was unfortunately in the stall next to a woman and a child. They were not speaking English, but it was clear that the woman kept crying out "it's automatic" and trying to calm the child. Since the toilets go off when they sense movement, it was a non-stop popping festival.

I'm afraid that child will have bad dreams for years! The sea monsters aboard the ship may turn her off boats for life. And being terrified of toilets is not a good thing for a child's normal development!

I really hope the BC Ferries people re-think the self-flushing toilets decision.