| ▲ | kazinator 6 hours ago |
| That practically ensures that some people who have to go really badly, and for whom €0.50 is a big deal, will just drop their business on the sidewalk. |
|
| ▲ | seszett 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| The only place in France I have seen this happen was Paris and public toilets are free there. I haven't seen paid toilets at all in France for a long time, actually. Maybe in train stations though. |
| |
| ▲ | baud147258 an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | I've seen paid toilets in train stations (last month in le Mans, a few years ago in a corner of Montparnasse station, though that was before the last round of renovation) and in a mall (CNIT in la Defense). Some RATP train stations have public toilets that you can access with your train ticket, so it's not quite free. | |
| ▲ | frollogaston 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I went to Paris a month ago and saw paid public toilets. Those enclosed things on the sidewalk. | | |
| ▲ | Mezzie 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | I was just in Paris and I never had to pay for the public sidewalk toilets. Where did you see paid ones? I didn't get to all the arrondisements, so I'm curious. | | |
| |
| ▲ | kazinator 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Yes; the inverse is not true; making it free won't ensure that it won't happen. | |
| ▲ | strbean 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | This was a year ago in Nice for reference. | | |
| ▲ | mym1990 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I was in Nice as well and found one place that had a public urinal(my back was literally to people walking around). It was a bit odd...but I really had to go. | |
| ▲ | 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | [deleted] | |
| ▲ | seszett 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Oh I don't doubt you, I was just reflecting that I think that paid toilets have largely been made free in the last 10 years or so. But I'm sure there still exist quite a few, and I wouldn't be surprised if they were especially found in right-wing cities like Nice. | | |
| ▲ | kazinator an hour ago | parent [-] | | The modern toilet should let you pay with your personal info: Toilet: "Sign up (learn more) or proceed with Google Account ..." Google: "pissoir.fr wants access to your pissing history ...(Y/n)" Toilet: By pissing here, you consent to the collection and analysis of urine samples .. :) |
|
|
|
|
| ▲ | ishouldstayaway 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > but this setup is certainly better than eliminating public restrooms entirely. |
| |
|
| ▲ | zamadatix 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Somehow that seems ensured regardless. |
|
| ▲ | marssaxman 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| how is that different from what they'd do if the pay toilet didn't exist? |
| |
|
| ▲ | cubefox 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| It also makes it more likely that hobos and drug addicts don't soil and destroy the public bathrooms. |
