MelissaA
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PAYING For The Simple Convenience Of Using the TOILET!!!
February 16th 2008 22:30
The other day we visited the old Viking and Roman town of York, UK.
Quite a nice little place until you come to visit the public conveniences provided by the council.
Imagine as you are,full to bursting, 2 small children in tow, you finally locate a public, council run toilet, and guess what - you have to pay for the privilege! 20 pence per sitting (that's about 50 cents!)
Apart from the usual dilemma's of having to find the exact 20p piece in your possession, and round up 2 children to sort it all out, you then find out that in the men's toilets, (they of course have a urinal) don't get charged for at all!
Now come on, what's with that!
Before we left York, we did have one last stop in another one of these dreaded toilets, proving they weren't a one-off, and discovered a cubicle at the end with a sign on it saying "Out of Order' and a temporary bollard placed in front of it.
On closer inspection, I noticed that the only thing wrong with it was that it wasn't charging people money for it's use. It was clean (much cleaner in fact than the others), had loo paper, and flushed beautifully. The locks on the inside were even in perfect working order, so it's only fault was that 'heaven forbid' it let you relieve yourself in comfort without having to pay for the ride.
It does make you wonder though, just exactly what do you pay your council taxes for? And I can say that in comparison to Australia, the price of council tax is quite exorbitant!
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Even down in our local town the other day I paid very good attention to the free services our local council gives us.
But then going by what you say, obviously some other places do charge for it, so I'd best be on my guard in future and arm myself to the gills with
a good screwdriver20p pieces!Comment by MelissaA
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As for crawling under the door, I think they've though of that one over here since the doors go right down to a centimetre off the floor. Now if I had a compact ladder I could fit in my handbag.......
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I have made comments about the fact that I'm an Aussie and this is just an incentive to show the Brits how we do it the bush way!
Amy - I like the sound of that - 1 Euro hey!
So do I need to stock up on them as well when I eventually get to the rest of Europe???
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