Thx! I had no idea what the Pedway was when I saw it on the elevator’s list at my Dr’s office at 25 E Washington.
And I just assumed that everyone in cities uses the stairwells as bathroom facilities. Or so it smells.
Hotel lobbies are good for downtown areas if you can look the part. Lots of hotels have conferences, cafes, etc. so a lot of people coming and going (heh). In my younger, scruffier days, I would have been bounced before I got within ten feet of a bathroom.
Good point - although in the coffee shop I saw it, I reckon you could just order, pay and ask them to delay making your order while you visit the washrooms.
A lot of fast food restaurants with keys, buzzers, etc. will let you in for free if you ask and don’t look like someone who’s going to make a mess. It depends on the location and the management.
I’ve yet to shop at a thrift store (Salvation Army or Goodwill) that didn’t have a public bathroom. And plenty of good bargains for those who feel obligated to buy something.
Some arent so picky. A friend who works in retail says she finds Articles That Belong In Toilets in the dressing rooms of her store regularly.
Newspaper articles? Please?
ETA: that’s fucking disgusting, plus gross. What happens in a situation like that? HazMat team? Low man on the totem pole? Do I wanna know?
Yup. Hotels are my number one target especially the high end ones, the washrooms are awesome. You just have to walk in there with the confidence that you belong there and you know where you’re going. The first floor and usually the second floor is where conferences are usually held.
Many fast food restaurants, especially in cities, have to “buzz” you into the bathroom just like you would get buzzed into an apartment building. Others require you to get a physical key from the cashier. Others might have a keypad and a one-use code is printed on your receipt.
Sometimes these places with, but other times not. I was just in London and the Victoria train station had toilets that cost 50 cents to use! I also used a bathroom in Paris that cost $1.70 and it was about 100 degrees inside. While I didn’t use it myself, I’ve seen urinals in public (shaped like a phone booth) that I assume were probably free.
Unfortunately I have had times where I had to go so incredibly bad after a car trip but couldn’t find a public toilet, so I just found some shrubbery behind a building and ducked behind it to go.
At whatever venue was my reason for going to the city in the first place. The last two times in Houston, it was Minute Maid Field. I can make it from one mealtime to the next without a pee break, so usually I can use the can at the restaurant.
zombie or no
big cities have alleys with large dumpsters to hide behind.
pay toilets are also function as cheap hotels.