#51

Used a loo in a hotel recently, was greeted by a member of staff when I left saying they were for guests only

“But guests would surely have their own toilet in their room?”

blank stare

“Bye!”

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#53

They had open air pisoirs at Le Tournoi.

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#54

there should be more public benches and water fountains too
and those mini gyms you see in some parks

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#55

There’s a café on the A40 or the A449 that has a sign on the door saying “NO TEA, NO WEE”. Can’t find a picture of it though.

#56

They have water fountains in pretty much every park / beach / public space in America. There are so few in the UK and it’s a bit of a disgrace really.

#57

One of the things I’ve noticed from China/SE Asia is that there are public toilets absolutely everywhere. They’re all rancid but you know, plentiful. God knows what tourists think when they come to the UK.

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#58

Toilets are for customers only. Fine I’ll piss in your doorway.

#59

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#60

can’t think of any pay toilets in Belfast, or very many in NI at all (there’s a pay toilet in my hometown that I’ve never ever used because there are some free toilets about 5 minutes away).

as a slightly anxious person i hate being in English or Scottish cities and running round looking for a toilet cos i don’t have the right change on me. when you’re not used to them, the idea of having to have change and pay to go to the toilet in the train station or shopping centre is an absolutely bizarre and obscene idea. you’d think not having to piss your pants in public would be a pretty basic human right but apparently not?

#61

couple of years ago i flew to Manchester and realised on arrival at the coach station that i’d lost my wallet somewhere along the journey. was panicked and stressed and needed a piss while waiting for my pre-booked coach to Leeds, found you had to pay for the fucking station toilet so ran round to a nearby pub and sidled into the toilet. man behind the bar had a go at me as i was leaving so i tried to explain my sob story but he just kept saying “It’s manners to ask”, which is fair but makes me think even more that he’d probably have said no if i had. think i ended up shouting “SORRY THEN!” and storming out pathetically.

generally try not to make it obvious if i’m doing that though. in Belfast if i can’t use one of the bus/train stations/shopping centres/uni/public toilets, there are a couple of pubs I know are good shouts - a couple that have multiple rooms/back bars and preferably more than one entrance/exit so you can create the illusion that you’re on your way in or on the way out. and one that has the toilets outside the main entrance for the perfect crime.

sometimes consider carrying my work pass around with me even when i’m off, for an easy access hassle free piss.

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#62

Struggling with this.

“Shall we build two sets of toilets to help with people who need a piss at any time?”
“No, this is a Conservative council and so BY FUCK we are going to spend twice as much making a toilet that rises from the depths and is only available during weekends when hard-working people can’t avail themselves of their work toilets.”

#63

I would only use a toilet in a pub/restaurant if I was also a customer.

That said there should be a special place in hell for somewhere that won’t let me take my daughter in to use their loos if she’s bursting.

#64

Top toilet tip: bookies. The :womens: are decent, in particular, cos they’re used so little.

#65

There should be a toilet shaming system where it takes a photo of you when you go in to the toilet, then when you leave the toilet another photo should be taken of the state it is in or something like that. To stop toilet vandalism and the people who just piss/shit everywhere or throw toilet paper everywhere or leave the taps on etc. etc.

#66

In Dublin there are no public toilets at all that I know of. None! so if I get caught short I usually go to the nearest posh hotel and use theirs. Top tip!

#67

ctrl-f ‘gare du nord’

huh

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#68

Alright @epimer

#70

Nah, there’s a few of us here in that particular support group

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#71

They are absolutely horrific

#72

Would never have known there are toilets in bookies. Just didn’t think of it.