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Gas stations, fast food restaurants and large chain stores (Walmart, grocery stores, etc.) are all effectively free public toilets, at least in the regions wher
by Merad 8y ago
Gas stations, fast food restaurants and large chain stores (Walmart, grocery stores, etc.) are all effectively free public toilets, at least in the regions where I've lived. I imagine they legally have the right to limit access to customers, but I can't remember ever seeing it done in practice.
- chrisseaton 8y agoI thought we were talking about public toilets, as in run by the city. Otherwise what's this discussion about? Do people think restaurants and shops in Europe don't have toilets as well?
- mbostleman 8y agoSame here. It's interesting how that distinction is often non existent.
- gscott 8y agoIn San Diego at least public toilets get used by the homeless and drug users so voters asked for them to be removed. Then the homeless migrate to using fast food toilets, now they are getting keypads, keyed-locks, tokens, or worse having the code on the receipt so you have to buy something first even if you need to really use the restroom first. Frustrating since I am diabetic and use the restroom a lot.
- lotsofpulp 8y agoThe article is talking about Paris, so you'd have to compare it to access to bathrooms in places like NYC or SF, where most businesses do restrict access to customers. I think Starbucks changed it recently so anyone can use their restroom, but that makes me not want to use their restrooms.
- nsxwolf 8y agoAs a suburbanite I was confused by the Starbucks bathroom kerfuffle because I didn't know city locations had keypads/locks on their bathroom doors. At every Starbucks I've ever been to out here there's never been a question that you could just walk in and use the bathroom. Same with McDonalds. Frequently these places have a back door you can enter and the bathrooms are right there, and nobody even sees you go in.