Paying to use the toilet.

Santa Cruz · 10-08-2014 05:54PM

I always carry a plastic bag and some toilet tissue around, find a quiet connor and do the business. Then put it into a Switzers or Brown Thomas bag (ha ha) and leave it on the bus. Someone thinks they have struck lucky till they open it

purplecow1977 · 10-08-2014 06:04PM

What's worse is when you have to pay, and it's still a manky hole in the ground!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:

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Didn't think it was very prevalent in Ireland, but 20c isn't too bad. You'd expect though that they'll be clean & well maintained if you're paying for it.

Who employs these people?

Frito · 10-08-2014 06:10PM

Here I sit
Broken hearted
Paid a penny
And only farted.

purplecow1977 · 10-08-2014 06:12PM

Frito wrote: »

Here I sit
Broken hearted
Paid a penny
And only farted.

Coulda started out worse with an added 'h'!! :P

Amirani · 10-08-2014 06:14PM

spurious wrote: »

I noticed a development in Germany (certainly in Munich Hbf) is that you pay 1 euro to get into the toilet area, but then get a 50c voucher to use in the station's shops.

Some of the public toilets in Germany are great, particularly in transport hubs. Often your 50c/€1 gets you access to shower facilities.

Guy:Incognito · 10-08-2014 06:22PM

purplecow1977 wrote: »

What's worse is when you have to pay, and it's still a manky hole in the ground!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:

which just proves that "normal" people are absolute cretins aswell. So many toilets in places I've worked in have been absolute ****holes. If people cant even the lift the seat or otherwise not foul all over a toilet they know they'll be using regularly I don't know what hope there is.

tidlywinks204 · 10-08-2014 06:28PM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

which just proves that "normal" people are absolute cretins aswell. So many toilets in places I've worked in have been absolute ****holes. If people cant even the lift the seat or otherwise not foul all over a toilet they know they'll be using regularly I don't know what hope there is.

This kind of mentality only applies to us Irish. I was in northern Ireland recently and used multiple public restrooms over the course of my trip. Some even had showers. All were spotless, you could nearly eat on the floor. None charged any fee. All were checked every few hours. **** the germans, we could replicate the attidue our northern brethren adopt.

The toilets near the main Bank of Ireland outside Trinity have been disused for at least 20 years. Why can't Dublin City Council do something to restore them? It's not like they don't have the money...

Stevie Wonders Bifocals · 10-08-2014 06:51PM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

which just proves that "normal" people are absolute cretins aswell. So many toilets in places I've worked in have been absolute ****holes. If people cant even the lift the seat or otherwise not foul all over a toilet they know they'll be using regularly I don't know what hope there is.

Even worse in colleges, like people were paying their own private tribute to Bobby Sands or something

Duckjob · 10-08-2014 07:33PM

SaoirseRose wrote: »

It's pretty ridiculous in Stephens Green because the toilets seats are constantly covered in pee anyway, so it's sure as hell not going towards maintenance/cleaning. I don't know what some women be at....

At least they don't have a toilet guy

Anytime I've been stuck around Grafton Street I've nipped over to Powerscourt Townhouse. Decent bogs and no charge.

Fred Swanson · 10-08-2014 07:51PM

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Chinasea · 10-08-2014 07:59PM

Why should they be free? What is this in Ireland where we want everything to be magic'd up and all for free.

I would have no problem paying to use a loo if I knew it was clean and SAFE.

Agree that the council public toilets should open the hell up and ran like a community service.

William F · 10-08-2014 08:15PM

Chinasea wrote: »

Why should they be free? What is this in Ireland where we want everything to be magic'd up and all for free.
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Would it be better if we p.issed in an alleyway instead or took a dump on the street?

You shouldn't have to 'ask' can you use a toilet, there should be more public ones and they should be free.

The Swan Centre in Rathmines asks for 20c to use the toilet.

shruikan2553 · 10-08-2014 08:16PM

**** outside the door.

Gone West · 10-08-2014 09:03PM

"spend a penny"
ahhhh....
*penny drops*

Banjo String · 10-08-2014 09:19PM

Was in Bulgaria a few years back and you had to pay to use the toilets there in some establishments.

Best thing about it, the Bulgarians have a coin known as (open to spelling here) a 'stinky'.

Yep. That's what you pay the guy with. A stinky.

True story.

Chinasea · 10-08-2014 09:24PM

William F wrote: »

Would it be better if we p.issed in an alleyway instead or took a dump on the street?

You shouldn't have to 'ask' can you use a toilet, there should be more public ones and they should be free.

The Swan Centre in Rathmines asks for 20c to use the toilet.

Ah here we go. The entitlement mentality. Provide me a public toilet or I'll pull my pants down and squat like a savage. Why the f**k should they be free?

falan · 10-08-2014 09:36PM

Omackeral wrote: »

I'm not sure how prevalent this is across the country but in Stephen's Green Shopping Centre in Dublin you have to part with 20cent in order to use the bathroom. Actually was the same down in Limerick* too in a small enough shopping centre that I visited a few months back. Does anyone know why this is? Is it to keep messers out? Is it ethical? Can you refuse to pay, or has anyone on here ever refused and just gone in without paying?

*ok maybe there's a pattern with Dublin and Limerick

Dunno about Dublin but i'm assuming the small shopping centre in Limerick was Arthers Quay? You could have walked outside the door which would take you about 2 mins and used Mcdonalds or Burgerking for free.

Hootanany · 10-08-2014 09:42PM

Chinasea wrote: »

Ah here we go. The entitlement mentality. Provide me a public toilet or I'll pull my pants down and squat like a savage. Why the f**k should they be free?

We pay for this service in our taxes reduce tax then i will be happy with this service withdrawn.

Snake · 10-08-2014 10:55PM

spurious wrote: »

I noticed a development in Germany (certainly in Munich Hbf) is that you pay 1 euro to get into the toilet area, but then get a 50c voucher to use in the station's shops.

Why not just charge 50cent? I don't get it...

Snake · 10-08-2014 10:56PM

Sure won't we all be paying for the toilet when water charges come in?

Tail Docker · 10-08-2014 11:13PM

I got a text a few hours ago from a client - blocked public toilet, send someone first thing tomorrow. That will cost them, they don't charge for its use, so it's dead money for them. If it was my jax, I'd charge people to use it. Toilets block, break, need cleaning, paper, need complete overhauls costing tens of thousands. And now, water costs too... so why not charge? Also, 20c is really not that big a deal.

Irish Steve · 10-08-2014 11:47PM

OK, point in passing, businesses are already paying water charges, they have been for some time, along with rates, and other charges that they have to cover somehow, there's no such thing as a free lunch, or a free piss.

We might not like it, the "entitlement/free" mentality has to change, it's one of the reasons that the country ended up with the debt mountain that it did, too many things that should have been paid for that became "free", often to win votes (don't get me started on that subject) with the result that money was spent in all manner of areas that were totally inappropriate,

FizzleSticks · 11-08-2014 12:48AM

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Snake · 11-08-2014 01:10AM

FizzleSticks wrote: »

I would happily pay. I think anyone who has to clean up anything that should be in a toilet from the wall or floor should be paid very well.

Or perhaps people should be properly trained to use the ****ing toilet.

Macavity. · 11-08-2014 01:16AM

It's commonplace in mainland Europe.

JupiterKid · 11-08-2014 01:25AM

In Holland and other Continental European countries, paying to use toilet facilities is the norm. I'd have no problem paying a small amount to use a toilet given the maintenance the facility requires.

Snake · 11-08-2014 01:38AM

JupiterKid wrote: »

In Holland and other Continental European countries, paying to use toilet facilities is the norm. I'd have no problem paying a small amount to use a toilet given the maintenance the facility requires.

In Spain the legal age of consent is 13, should be adopt that here too? Since we're obviously in need of following everything our European counterparts do. The toilets in Ireland are disgraceful. Even a lot of hotels are manky. Why should we have to pay for the service when the managers of the service don't give a crap

Bipolar Joe · 11-08-2014 02:53AM

GrayFox208 wrote: »

In Spain the legal age of consent is 13, should be adopt that here too? Since we're obviously in need of following everything our European counterparts do. The toilets in Ireland are disgraceful. Even a lot of hotels are manky. Why should we have to pay for the service when the managers of the service don't give a crap

What? Who was talking about marrying kids? This is a conversation about needing a 20c coin for the privilege of having a shit. I can't think of anything farther away from what you just posted.

Deranged96 · 11-08-2014 03:02AM

it's far from toilets I was raised... and the thought of paying for it :O
Just take a sh*it into a tesco bag (plucked off the street, not paid for), wrap it up tight and bring it home for rectal recreational family fun

peejay1986 · 11-08-2014 03:17AM

It's only an annoyance for me because I rarely have cash on me. Apart from that I'm happy to pay for the use of clean toilets.

Paying to use the toilet.

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