> public bathroom are a disgracefully neglected human right.

Well, they are. Just as drinking fountains.

> Public restrooms don't come from Santa Claus, and they cost a lot both to build and maintain. Then there are the costs and miseries of security. Gratitude toward business providing restrooms seems nonexistent.

s/restroom/park/g. Hey, it's still true! And explains why there are almost no public parks around.

Edit: oh, and before someone comments on unhygienicity of drinking fountains: you're not supposed to kiss the nozzle or, heavens forbid, to fellate it to drink. Let about 1/2–1/3 of the top of the spout inside of your mouth and drink it; leave the rest outside.

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pizzafeelsright an hour ago | parent [-]

I live near a park. I watch that drinking fountain. They bathe in there at times. They lift their dogs to drink from it despite. It breaks because they kick the button.

They are the losers, the educated affluent, the youthful of our society.

They are the problem. What is the solution?

	▲	user43928 39 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		In Switzerland I did not see such issues with the drinking fountains which are everywhere. It's certainly a different environment from a large American city, though we also have misbehaving youths and a few drug addicts that are perhaps homeless.