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Gig Workers' Only Chance to Pee Is Apparently an App

25 points by enraged_camel 6y ago

aeternum 6y ago
This is not just a problem for Gig workers. It's amazing how difficult it is to find a place to pee in most cities.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 6y ago
  Paris in particular comes to mind as a place that has really nice (calling them really nice might be a stretch, but they are mostly functional and taken care of) public toilets in regular locales through the city. Otherwise the typical M.O. (though this is unfortunate for lower income populace) in the US city is to walk into a food service or bar establishment, purchase the cheapest item on the menu, then use the facilities. Even this is somewhat difficult however in the COVID era when many lobbies are closed and there is takeout service only.
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  - hobby-coder-guy 6y ago
    McDonalds... they are everywhere.
skinney6 6y ago
No more AirPnP?
AndrewKemendo 6y ago
I wonder if they got the idea from the Seinfeld reunion episode of Curb your Enthusiasm where George used his skill in identifying acceptable toilets in New York City to create the "iToilet" app[1]. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pci_7o6cCbM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pci_7o6cCbM
- stevesearer 6y ago
  There is another recent episode with a service called “Gotta Go” for people working in places like toll booths, shoe shine stands, and magazine stands.
tathougies 6y ago
Certain occupations, whether salaried or not, don't lend themselves to perfect OSHA compliant workplaces. For example, my dad was a pharma salesman -- salaried full-benefits position. He raised our entire family on that. He drove a lot. He never worked in an office. There was no 'designated' spot to pee. The times I would go on the road with him, we always went to gas stations, or restaurants. It would be better to have an app honestly. Certainly it is difficult to find public bathrooms in American cities. That is not a problem with gig work though. It affects a lot of occupations, many of them white collar.
londons_explore 6y ago
Openstreetmap has most public toilets tagged... Making an app which highlights them on a map would be trivial...
- jbirer 6y ago
  On India every single spot would be marked.
anm89 6y ago
This is one of the more egregious titles I've seen allowed to stay up on HN. Not only is it biased, it's not even clear what it means.
beeper-beeps 6y ago
The Australian government maintains a website and app listing public toilets. There’s plenty of economic and social benefits to justify providing this as a public service. https://toiletmap.gov.au/ https://toiletmap.gov.au/
rkagerer 6y ago
Ubur's next spinoff: Uburinal - the potty that comes to you

25 points by enraged_camel 6y ago

aeternum 6y ago

This is not just a problem for Gig workers. It's amazing how difficult it is to find a place to pee in most cities.

SOLAR_FIELDS 6y ago
Paris in particular comes to mind as a place that has really nice (calling them really nice might be a stretch, but they are mostly functional and taken care of) public toilets in regular locales through the city. Otherwise the typical M.O. (though this is unfortunate for lower income populace) in the US city is to walk into a food service or bar establishment, purchase the cheapest item on the menu, then use the facilities. Even this is somewhat difficult however in the COVID era when many lobbies are closed and there is takeout service only.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- hobby-coder-guy 6y ago
  McDonalds... they are everywhere.

skinney6 6y ago

No more AirPnP?

AndrewKemendo 6y ago

I wonder if they got the idea from the Seinfeld reunion episode of Curb your Enthusiasm where George used his skill in identifying acceptable toilets in New York City to create the "iToilet" app[1]. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pci_7o6cCbM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pci_7o6cCbM

stevesearer 6y ago
There is another recent episode with a service called “Gotta Go” for people working in places like toll booths, shoe shine stands, and magazine stands.

tathougies 6y ago

Certain occupations, whether salaried or not, don't lend themselves to perfect OSHA compliant workplaces. For example, my dad was a pharma salesman -- salaried full-benefits position. He raised our entire family on that. He drove a lot. He never worked in an office. There was no 'designated' spot to pee. The times I would go on the road with him, we always went to gas stations, or restaurants. It would be better to have an app honestly. Certainly it is difficult to find public bathrooms in American cities. That is not a problem with gig work though. It affects a lot of occupations, many of them white collar.

londons_explore 6y ago

Openstreetmap has most public toilets tagged... Making an app which highlights them on a map would be trivial...

jbirer 6y ago
On India every single spot would be marked.

anm89 6y ago

This is one of the more egregious titles I've seen allowed to stay up on HN. Not only is it biased, it's not even clear what it means.

beeper-beeps 6y ago

The Australian government maintains a website and app listing public toilets. There’s plenty of economic and social benefits to justify providing this as a public service. https://toiletmap.gov.au/ https://toiletmap.gov.au/

rkagerer 6y ago

Ubur's next spinoff: Uburinal - the potty that comes to you