There should be more Public toilets, I know the common fears is Drug usage, BUT I much rather enable drug use in a Public Toilet than down some dirty alleyway where that used needle will be thrown on the floor and potentially stab some poor git in the leg or a Council worker in the hand as they clean up the trash.
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Here in Newham we have a Deep cleansing crew that has a high powered pressure washer their job is to go the common spots for drug usage and find the discarded needles and wash away human faecal matter, it would make much more sense if we reopen the underground Pubic toilets (if they recall were they are, they covered them up) install a camera over looking them and then assign a crew that goes to each one along the Barking Road, and Romford Road and down the main roads that connect the two, within the Pubic toilets you can install secured COSHH Bins for used needles and hopefully MAYBE they’ll consider using them, it’s got to better knowing that those will be used for drug usage and where you can focus cleansing team
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IT’S GOT to be far better than having a used needle puncture a Council workers gloves as they pick up flytippings or slipping over Human waste as they enter a bin room, the amount of times we have workers coming back to the yard to get washed up because they got human waste over their work uniform and most throw the clothing away and get another set out, costing even more money.
But isn’t that what McDonald’s are for? I reckon 90% of the times I enter one are to use their toilets.
It’s pretty dumb how there are no toilets at the vast majority of tube stations in London tbh.
We have loads of festivals year-round attracting 1000s. and 2 public toilets out of the town centre.
Longer opening hours would be nice too. I only leave my home between 9am and 5pm as that’s when the public toilets are open. Event in the park at midday? No problem. At 6pm? I can either say no or spend two days heavily restricting my diet (eating just plain white bread and plain white rice) and taking Imodium.
I obviously don’t travel and have chosen my career on the basis of being able to work from home.
Embrace freedom. Defecate in the streets.
About 5 years ago my town built two brand new toilet blocks as part of a town centre uplift.
The nicer one has blue lights to stop the junkies, but still isn’t open for more than a few hours a day, and there’s a guard, who is constantly throwing people out.
The worse one is designed to be hosed out, and doesn’t look too bad. But you have to be very wary of used needles as the denizens seem to love shoving them under the seats, in the soap dispenser and even loo rolls.
Can’t have shit in England without it being ruined.
If you carry wet wipes, the entire world can be your toilet.
It’s bad enough if you don’t have any disabilities, but this completely restricts the travel distance/time of people with IBS/Crohns if they don’t have any public toilets to access. Same with pregnant women.
If I’m out and my weak bladder doesn’t hold up I will piss wherever I want.
Maybe we should have more toilets rather than have me piss across the whole country.
I have IBS and basically don’t go anywhere where I do think there will be a public toilet close by. You then have places like Starbucks that make you buy something before you can use their toilets, as if I can afford to wait in line for a coffee before I shit myself. Everybody needs to go to the toilet and you never know when the urge might strike. Some people are twats and smash up or graffiti toilets, however that should not mean everyone else should be punished by having the toilets taken away.
I remember one thing that really limited how long I was outside during lockdowns was the fact that all the places I could use if I needed the toilet once out were shut that included fast food places, shops and yes public toilets
I don’t have medical issues that make me need the toilet more im just anxious.
It wasn’t a major factor but it def factored into a lot of the ‘i can’t go outside’ anxiety i had for a while during lockdown 1
I have not yet had the opportunity to test the veracity of [this map](https://www.toiletmap.org.uk/), but it looks useful…
The main reason why most councils have got rid of public toilets is cost.
We all know that councils have had their budgets decimated over the past decade, having to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds every year having to constantly repair and clean public toilets is just stupid, especially when people can use toliets in shopping centres and places like McDonald’s etc..
I don’t blame councils for closing public toliets
As someone with anxiety, which manifests in nervous urinating, I’ve always liked the idea promoted in Seinfeld of a medical pass that allows you to urinate anywhere within reason.
Aside from those mentioned in the article (illnesses and certain jobs), this must also doubly suck for those who are new to/visiting a town and don’t know the good places to go to the toilet in (certain shops or libraries) or for those who travel for a long time to get to the town centre and back.
On nights out there’s nothing like being outside and realising you need to go for a waz at 1am but all the bars/clubs have a queue to get in and the Mcdonalds security guard won’t let you go upstairs without ordering, plus you no longer have the muscular control required to hold it in while struggling to get your ID out with freezing cold hands. Then you go for one in a dark side-road in the same place someone else did a minute ago, only for a police car on patrol to awkwardly pull up behind you and ask if what you’re doing is “appropriate”.
Anyone remember “The Bogs” in Chatham, it was 2 very large urinals with a hair dressers in the back.
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There should be more Public toilets, I know the common fears is Drug usage, BUT I much rather enable drug use in a Public Toilet than down some dirty alleyway where that used needle will be thrown on the floor and potentially stab some poor git in the leg or a Council worker in the hand as they clean up the trash.
​
Here in Newham we have a Deep cleansing crew that has a high powered pressure washer their job is to go the common spots for drug usage and find the discarded needles and wash away human faecal matter, it would make much more sense if we reopen the underground Pubic toilets (if they recall were they are, they covered them up) install a camera over looking them and then assign a crew that goes to each one along the Barking Road, and Romford Road and down the main roads that connect the two, within the Pubic toilets you can install secured COSHH Bins for used needles and hopefully MAYBE they’ll consider using them, it’s got to better knowing that those will be used for drug usage and where you can focus cleansing team
​
IT’S GOT to be far better than having a used needle puncture a Council workers gloves as they pick up flytippings or slipping over Human waste as they enter a bin room, the amount of times we have workers coming back to the yard to get washed up because they got human waste over their work uniform and most throw the clothing away and get another set out, costing even more money.
But isn’t that what McDonald’s are for? I reckon 90% of the times I enter one are to use their toilets.
It’s pretty dumb how there are no toilets at the vast majority of tube stations in London tbh.
We have loads of festivals year-round attracting 1000s. and 2 public toilets out of the town centre.
Longer opening hours would be nice too. I only leave my home between 9am and 5pm as that’s when the public toilets are open. Event in the park at midday? No problem. At 6pm? I can either say no or spend two days heavily restricting my diet (eating just plain white bread and plain white rice) and taking Imodium.
I obviously don’t travel and have chosen my career on the basis of being able to work from home.
Embrace freedom. Defecate in the streets.
About 5 years ago my town built two brand new toilet blocks as part of a town centre uplift.
The nicer one has blue lights to stop the junkies, but still isn’t open for more than a few hours a day, and there’s a guard, who is constantly throwing people out.
The worse one is designed to be hosed out, and doesn’t look too bad. But you have to be very wary of used needles as the denizens seem to love shoving them under the seats, in the soap dispenser and even loo rolls.
Can’t have shit in England without it being ruined.
If you carry wet wipes, the entire world can be your toilet.
It’s bad enough if you don’t have any disabilities, but this completely restricts the travel distance/time of people with IBS/Crohns if they don’t have any public toilets to access. Same with pregnant women.
If I’m out and my weak bladder doesn’t hold up I will piss wherever I want.
Maybe we should have more toilets rather than have me piss across the whole country.
I have IBS and basically don’t go anywhere where I do think there will be a public toilet close by. You then have places like Starbucks that make you buy something before you can use their toilets, as if I can afford to wait in line for a coffee before I shit myself. Everybody needs to go to the toilet and you never know when the urge might strike. Some people are twats and smash up or graffiti toilets, however that should not mean everyone else should be punished by having the toilets taken away.
I remember one thing that really limited how long I was outside during lockdowns was the fact that all the places I could use if I needed the toilet once out were shut that included fast food places, shops and yes public toilets
I don’t have medical issues that make me need the toilet more im just anxious.
It wasn’t a major factor but it def factored into a lot of the ‘i can’t go outside’ anxiety i had for a while during lockdown 1
I have not yet had the opportunity to test the veracity of [this map](https://www.toiletmap.org.uk/), but it looks useful…
The main reason why most councils have got rid of public toilets is cost.
We all know that councils have had their budgets decimated over the past decade, having to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds every year having to constantly repair and clean public toilets is just stupid, especially when people can use toliets in shopping centres and places like McDonald’s etc..
I don’t blame councils for closing public toliets
As someone with anxiety, which manifests in nervous urinating, I’ve always liked the idea promoted in Seinfeld of a medical pass that allows you to urinate anywhere within reason.
Aside from those mentioned in the article (illnesses and certain jobs), this must also doubly suck for those who are new to/visiting a town and don’t know the good places to go to the toilet in (certain shops or libraries) or for those who travel for a long time to get to the town centre and back.
On nights out there’s nothing like being outside and realising you need to go for a waz at 1am but all the bars/clubs have a queue to get in and the Mcdonalds security guard won’t let you go upstairs without ordering, plus you no longer have the muscular control required to hold it in while struggling to get your ID out with freezing cold hands. Then you go for one in a dark side-road in the same place someone else did a minute ago, only for a police car on patrol to awkwardly pull up behind you and ask if what you’re doing is “appropriate”.
Anyone remember “The Bogs” in Chatham, it was 2 very large urinals with a hair dressers in the back.