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Paris has over 400 of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanisette http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanisette They're free to use, not drug dealer proof, and clos
by w-m 11y ago
Paris has over 400 of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanisette http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanisette
They're free to use, not drug dealer proof, and close at night. I'd say they work well, but they're rather ugly.
- plumeria 11y agoThey need to improve them by using antimicrobial copper: http://antimicrobialcopper.org/ http://antimicrobialcopper.org/
- Sir_Substance 11y agoThe biggest culture shock of visiting the UK was paying to use toilets. Do you want people pissing against walls? Because that's how you get people pissing against walls.
- mrkipling 11y agoYeah, it's pretty lame. I've been reduced to carrying a coin purse (!) in my day-to-day/commute backpack containing just 20p and 10p pieces so that I'm always able to use a public toilet if I need to. Nothing worse than really needing to go but not having any change on you.
- pja 11y agoI think that’s a London thing rather than a UK thing.
- 72deluxe 11y agoI recall the toilets at Birmingham New Street station being paid for, and also recall the chap getting off the train carrying a few cans (and having drank a few!), observing the fee required for a toilet, swearing and then urinating in the concourse area.... The toilets in my hometown (Warwick) were closed. There used to be some on the castle walls at the top of Smith Street (near the East Gate) but they were closed. Also I think the public toilets in the main square (by the Rose and Crown?? where Woolworths used to be) are shut too. And I don't even know of any public toilets in the town I am living in now (perhaps because I always just go home)
- justincormack 11y ago"spend a penny" is an old British expression, I think toilet charging goes back a long way.
- cjrp 11y ago50p at Victoria station!
- petepete 11y agoOne time I had to jump a barrier because I was bursting to go and had no change. I understand that there's a need to offset the upkeep and maintenance but had I not been able to get in, I'd have had to piss on something - preferably something other than my pants.
- ersii 11y agoThat applies to Sweden and the major cities as well (Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö, Uppsala). All cities that used to have public toilets, regrettably no more though.
- jasonkester 11y agoIt's more pronounced in Southern France, where every town and little mountain village will have fountains spouting a constant stream of what amounts to essentially Evian for anybody off the street to drink and fill bottles from. Then they charge you to pee. Create a problem. Charge for the solution. Genius.
- lhopki01 11y agoThe trend in the UK now is to just pay pubs and places like Macdonalds a small fee from the council to let the general public use their loos. It saves on having to have separate public loos.
- agumonkey 11y agoWeird, always assumed they weren't free. Seeing so many people "not seeking" for one late at night reinforced that idea.