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29 Apr 2018, 1:10 pm

That's just plain evil! :evil: What if you had an emergency because you drank too many liquids, you're sick or you have a lot of fiber in your diet and, you had no money to go?

That would be both humiliating and infuriating. :oops:

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29 Apr 2018, 4:16 pm

I can understand that it takes money to build, maintain, and keep a public toilet running, but on the other hand, what are you supposed to do if you urgently need to go and don't have any change for it?

Spiderpig wrote:

How was that discrimination supposed to work?

Urinals were free, so if men only had to pee, they didn't have to pay. Women didn't have that option.

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29 Apr 2018, 6:08 pm

One possible solution for the guys is to wear one of those catheter devices I've seen advertised on World's Dumbest(Smartest) Inventions. Another solution is to wear diapers. :arrow:

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29 Apr 2018, 6:15 pm

lostonearth35 wrote:

That's just plain evil! :evil:

What if you had an emergency because you drank too many liquids, you're sick or you have a lot of fiber in your diet and, you had no money to go?

That would be both humiliating and infuriating. :oops:

+1

Up next, lets put washing your hands on the dollar menu

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29 Apr 2018, 6:20 pm

Dragnet wrote:

lostonearth35 wrote:

That's just plain evil! :evil:

What if you had an emergency because you drank too many liquids, you're sick or you have a lot of fiber in your diet and, you had no money to go?

That would be both humiliating and infuriating. :oops:

+1

Up next, lets put washing your hands on the dollar menu

I just wouldn't wash my hands or I'd use a hand sanitizer.

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29 Apr 2018, 7:33 pm

I think they're a stupid idea. What about people who are incontinent and they don't have the right change to pay for a toilet. That would royally piss me off, because I'm one of those gross, incontinent people that your great grandma warned you about.

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30 Apr 2018, 1:01 am

SaveFerris wrote:

I know someone who uses one at night , it's called a Shewee but you don't insert it

can you imagine how painful that would be

I use a Sheewee when I am kayaking. I am usually wearing a drysuit so peeing is a bit awkward. You can get women's drysuits with a drop seat but I still find that a bit of a faff so I use a men's drysuit with a relief zipper and a Sheewee. It makes life much easier. I think I'll pass on trying to insert it though :lol:

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30 Apr 2018, 9:04 am

lostonearth35 wrote:

That's just plain evil! :evil:

What if you had an emergency because you drank too many liquids, you're sick or you have a lot of fiber in your diet and, you had no money to go?

If you’re on someone else’s property, that’s your problem, not theirs. Maybe you shouldn’t be there in the first place if you’re not ready to take the responsibility to abide by their rules. The only evil thing here is to force the owner of the place to provide a service to you against their will, let alone to provide it free of charge.

lostonearth35 wrote:

That would be both humiliating and infuriating. :oops:

Serves you well.

dragonsanddemons wrote:

Don’t go there in the first place without having double- and triple-checked that you do indeed have the change at the ready?

dragonsanddemons wrote:

Urinals were free, so if men only had to pee, they didn't have to pay. Women didn't have that option.

So that’s what I was missing. Well, they’d only have to charge for access to the urinals and the discrimination would be gone.

On the other hand, private business owners should be allowed to discriminate however they like. I’d expect those who discriminate too much to go out of business and the situation to correct itself, but, anyway, what if they want to cater to a male chauvinistic clientele? If there are enough men able and willing to pay for a place faithful to the Good Old Days, where any women who dare venture are purposely made as uncomfortable as possible and told to go back to the goddamn kitchen, the government has no business telling the owner they can’t provide that service. Hey, noöne’s being stopped from opening a place across the street where only men are charged for using the toilets, and they’re made as uncomfortable as possible, too, and constantly reminded what kind of disgusting pigs they are :mrgreen:

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30 Apr 2018, 11:16 am

Maybe houses should go back to having outhouses in their backyards and be required to allow anyone nearby who needs to go access to the outhouse. People would say if businesses are required to provide public restrooms free of charge, why not private residences?

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30 Apr 2018, 11:19 am

We could just sh!t where we're not supposed to like on the store floors & hope that the businesses get the message & decide to do away with the fees.

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30 Apr 2018, 11:37 am

nick007 wrote:

We could just sh!t where we're not supposed to like on the store floors & hope that the businesses get the message & decide to do away with the fees.

Well, random passersby could also just break into your home and sh!t on your dinner table, and hope that you get the message and decide to do away with any pesky walls or doors preventing them from using your toilet whenever they want, with no fees, of course