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Dirty public toilets

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  • Shelldean
    Shelldean Posts: 2,398 Forumite
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    gotta say the ones I've visited in the uk are lovely compared to the hole in the ground i was subjected to in french rest stops!!! Now that was an experiance!!!
  • C_Mababejive
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    Public loos are now few and far between.

    Here in Manchester pre 1980s we had plenty of old victorian underground loos with lovely tiling and attendants with those cubicles having polished brass locks and a penny slot.

    You couldnt have public loos now.

    They would be full of vomit,poo and much abused by homosexuals and drug addicts.
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  • avinabacca
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    C_Mababejive wrote: »
    Public loos are now few and far between.

    Here in Manchester pre 1980s we had plenty of old victorian underground loos with lovely tiling and attendants with those cubicles having polished brass locks and a penny slot.

    You couldnt have public loos now.

    They would be full of vomit,poo and much abused by homosexuals and drug addicts.

    You cheeky cottager :)
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  • MoaningMyrtle
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    The cleanest ones are in shopping centres I find. Not that I use 'em unless I really have to. Only ever for a number one.
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  • nancyo
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    I recently had a disgusting experience in a public toilet...usually I can hold but I had been shopping for 4 hours and went for a bite to eat! Went into their toilet - you could clearly see someone had been for a number two, they had flushed although was bits there...I lifted the seat up to hover to pee and there was sh*t underneath the seat...I couldnt get out of there fast enough, totally disgusting and I had to tell everyone in the queue not to use that toilet :( some people just cant clean up after themselves!!!!
  • Norant
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    There are two public toilets in Northampton that have been awarded the best public convieniences in the country for many years i have used these and they are very very clean and tidy,and they are a credit to the staff that work there.....Its hard to believe such an award exists but it does.

    there are also many toilets in Northampton town centre that i would not even dream to go in no matter what.
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  • George_Michael
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    Personally I've never liked public toilets and they've given me nothing but grief.
  • Hermia
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    Mankysteve wrote: »
    I think a big part of it is that people respect the facilities more. It amazes the cretin do in some public toilets.

    Exactly. I work in a large central public library and we used to have a public toilet (the only one in the town!). We had to close it as we could only afford to have cleaner come in once a day. It would be spotless when we opened, but by lunchtime it would be disgusting. As other people have said a lot of people seem incapable of going to the loo without getting it all over the seat. People don't clean up when they make a mess. There was a changing table in there which was frequently left in a disgusting state. There was a nappy bin, but people would still leave nappies on the changing mat or even on the sink. The toilets would be blocked from people flushing sanitary towels down the toilet (there were bins provided in the cubicle). Taps would be left on (I could never work out why people are incapable of turning off a tap). We were so short-staffed that we couldn't possibly spare anyone to clean them throughout the day.
  • Keith
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    George_Michael wrote: »
    Personally I've never liked public toilets and they've given me nothing but fast love.

    ;)

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  • bap98189
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    At least you have public toilets. The ones around here have been closed by the council. I can't say I blame them, they were constantly being vandalised by teenagers and the like, and after repairing them about 5 times they have decided they can no longer afford to do so.
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