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Pay to Piss?
Lets hope this stays grounded. On second thought, maybe this better stay "up in the air". Apparently a European airline Ryanair is contemplating or at least joking about having people pay to use the bathroom on the plane.
I could just see how that would mushroom into something even more insane like having pay toilets in all public restrooms just so stores, malls, and small businesses could all make a buck. Where does any self respecting business get it into their mind that they could charge people to piss? Even if they are joking, if they are going to even think about this seriously, they would have to make the airline restrooms slightly larger and more comfortable if they expect you to pay to use it.Take the money from luggage fees, take away the snack cart/beverage cart to save a few bucks, charge a little more on tickets, but for the love of all that is good and normal in this world you can not charge people to use the crapper whether it is on a plane or in a public building. That would be going one step too far. What's next? Paying to breathe on board the plane?
If it came down to that here in the States, I would wear depends on the plane, I wouldn't give the airline the satisfaction of seeing me pay to use their on board restroom.
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Public Restrooms
Last week I started my student teaching and at the end of day one, I had to take a dump. Well I knew I wasn't going to make it home so I found the closest faculty restroom.
To protect the innocent Im not going to name the school, but I will say it was in the Buffalo district. There was generally nothing wrong with the bathroom in terms of cleanliness though it was a small bathroom that had a door that opened directly into the hallway.
In a bathroom such as that you would hope there is a loud fan or something droning out the loud gas if you are gassy, I was. No loud fan. Negative number one. Someone walking by probably heard me shooting out bombs of gas.
The second thing that made this experience an uncomfortable one was the fact that the toilet paper was one of those single ply rolls and the rolls didn't "roll" easily. So pulling ripped one sheet at a time. I was there for about 20 minutes ripping enough to take care of business safely.
Seriously, is it too much to ask for a smooth pulling roller? More importantly have we become that cheap that we can't provide two ply TP in the public restrooms in the Buffalo Public Schools?
Everyone has had that experience where the TP wouldn't rip. Those are some of the worst experiences.
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Rating Public Restrooms
I don't know about most of my readers, but when I go to the bathroom in a public place I want a quality experience. Im a busy guy and that 5, 10, 15 minute dump might be the quietest, most relaxing moments I have all day. So, I thought why not rate public restroom experiences from time to time for all of you so that when you go to a public place in and around the greater Western New York/Southern Ontario area you are prepared for the experience you will have when utilizing the facilities that are offered.
What gave me this nutty idea was an experience I had last summer at the Eastern Hills Mall. I had to drop my car off to get some repairs so I figured why not take a walk up to Eastern Hills. So I went and walked around the mall for a few hours and I had to take a dump. I went to the pulic restroom in the food court.
Well, after sitting on the shitter that automatically flushed with the slightest twitch of my ass, spraying my hind quarters with that spray that comes from a public restroom power flusher. Add to that single ply toilet paper and spool that didn't turn very well and it took me 10 minutes just to rip off enough single ply sheets to wipe my ass for the first wipe which always requires the most TP. Then the automatic faucets only ran for 5 seconds at a time which for most hot water taps, is not long enough to even get a breath of hot water for washing your hands.
What is it with automatic faucets? Automatic flushers? We could curb greenhouse gases right there just by eliminating the electricity to run those. Where did humans become so lazy that they can't press the damn handle? Its to save water you say? Bullshit...that toilet flushed 10 times from me shifting on the seat. I didn't even get to admire my work of art....come on guys you admire it don't ya! Spend all that energy on it and you have to give it a gander.
So, to say the least I rated Eastern Hills a D. I would have given it an F but it was actually clean, no residuals left in the toilet prior to me and there wasn't water all around the sinks (probably because it would'nt stay on long enough.
So that adventure got me thinking of this idea and my adventure this past weekend was worthy of a note.
I was at a swim meet yesterday at the Webster Aquatic Center just outside of Rochester. Its a beautiful facility 50 meter pool that with the bulkhead can divide into two, 10 lane, 25 yard pools, worthy of high scale meets in the Rochester area. That is beside the point. Now most of you, unless involved in swimming will never have to worry about this particular public restroom but beware of the general concept.
The downstairs bathroom...All Stainless steel! When your bathroom borders the outside and is on the ground floor and its 3 degrees out, bring a seat cover. Initially, I sat down to take a dump and it was cool but not frigid. The water may not have been flushed in a while and therefore the rim of the bowl had time to moderate slightly. So the warmth from my ass slowly warmed the seat.
I went to courtesy flush and stood up briefly and the water that was ushered into the toilet must have been slush in the pipes because when I went to sit again, if I had been sweating on my ass or had any residual moisture on the seat, I would have froze to the thing. Holy shit stainless steel bowls get cold when its 5 degrees out after a flush. My advice, if you see one on the ground floor avoid it. Next time at in Webster, Im shittin upstairs during the winter.
Email me with your public restroom experiences good or bad and I will post them from time to time
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