| ▲ | keiferski a day ago | |
Yeah I’m sure there would be a regulation against it, and you’d need to brand them as rest centers or something. And I think public access to toilets, at least in NYC, should probably be something more like the subway system than a service just for those that can pay a lot. Even then, the subway isn’t really a life need in the way a toilet is. (Yes I’m aware that it costs money to ride the subway, but it’s not very expensive.) I can imagine the service I described being branded by the press/public as bathrooms only for the rich. As I said, norms around this aren’t the same around the world. It’s normal to pay for a toilet in Europe but many Americans have a negative reaction to the idea. | ||
| ▲ | arjie a day ago | parent [-] | |
Just in case you're not familiar with it, the reason there's a regulation against it is that a group of kids with the belief you're espousing lobbied for that regulation. They formed the Committee to End Pay Toilets in America. I suspect if there is a norm against this here in the US it was created around the time of that law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_to_End_Pay_Toilets_i... | ||