Stoke on trent council are closing all public toilets. So in their wisdom they will now create mass public fouling due to the fact people caught needing the toilet will expel their bodily waste outdoors and be unable to wash their hands! Since most places here won't allow public to use their toilets even when urgent. Other places you have to already be a customer to use their toilets and if you urgently need a toilet you won't have spare time to purchase anything to be able to go.
The council here have sunk to new lows. It's fucking madness. |
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Well your luck Peterborough counsil dont accept no one theres a security gard and dont alow no one in for nothing...keep saying use the phone....wen i use the landline they tell to go to the officie..go figure....  |
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I haven't used a public toilet in the last 25 years, and have never urinated or deficated in a public place. I'm sure some with very young children and severe bowel or bladder issues may have a problem but they will have their own way of bypassing the problems. |
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"What is there reason. In london there have been very few public toilets for a long time. We have not had any near me except in bars.. restaurants or supermarkets"
I take it you don't use public transport then. Train stations, bus stations, city centre toilets, town centre toilets. All be closed across the city
They've given no reason why they are shutting the toilets. Just that they wish to protect their staff, visitors and public. But they are also closing museums and libraries which is understandable. But toilets!?
Homeless won't even have access to the public bathrooms. |
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"I haven't used a public toilet in the last 25 years, and have never urinated or deficated in a public place. I'm sure some with very young children and severe bowel or bladder issues may have a problem but they will have their own way of bypassing the problems."
Sadly without toilet access the bypassing of the problem means stay home or risk public accidents and really no one wants to be walking around in soiled clothing in order to get home to change. The indignity of being forced to wear an adult nappy when normally wouldn't have to.
Not to mention if you end up with dirty hands you're expected to what? Antibac filthy hands??
Cutting off means of staying hygienic at a time it's expected of everyone doesn't seem a smart choice to me. |
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"What is there reason. In london there have been very few public toilets for a long time. We have not had any near me except in bars.. restaurants or supermarkets
I take it you don't use public transport then. Train stations, bus stations, city centre toilets, town centre toilets. All be closed across the city
They've given no reason why they are shutting the toilets. Just that they wish to protect their staff, visitors and public. But they are also closing museums and libraries which is understandable. But toilets!?
Homeless won't even have access to the public bathrooms. "
Surely the problem here lies in the bigger picture: the fact we have so many homeless in the first place and what type of government allows that?
The fact so many homeless people are reliant on public bathrooms is obviously not good, and a solution needs to be found for those people that goes beyond simply providing them with a public bathroom to go to the toilet and wash their hands.
As you have pointed out already - cafés, bars, restaurants and shopping centres are closing. If people start using certain public bathrooms more as a result of these closures, they would becomes hives for infection. It might seem cruel, but it's necessary.
Longer term solutions need to be found for the homeless community both in the current pandemic and beyond. |
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Year on year their budget to service public toilets has gone down. There's no central government policy, its the local council decision but it will be based annually on cleaning, overheads such as water, lighting etc, consumables such as paper, specialist disposal, drying - towels and machines. Its why disability toilets have keys to protect the most vulnerable, but they really have to continuously review their services and a balance between say private bin collection/ recycling and pest control, each have their case. They try to make a pragmatic view, and they are adjusted regularly |
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"What is there reason. In london there have been very few public toilets for a long time. We have not had any near me except in bars.. restaurants or supermarkets
I take it you don't use public transport then. Train stations, bus stations, city centre toilets, town centre toilets. All be closed across the city
They've given no reason why they are shutting the toilets. Just that they wish to protect their staff, visitors and public. But they are also closing museums and libraries which is understandable. But toilets!?
Homeless won't even have access to the public bathrooms.
Surely the problem here lies in the bigger picture: the fact we have so many homeless in the first place and what type of government allows that?
The fact so many homeless people are reliant on public bathrooms is obviously not good, and a solution needs to be found for those people that goes beyond simply providing them with a public bathroom to go to the toilet and wash their hands.
As you have pointed out already - cafés, bars, restaurants and shopping centres are closing. If people start using certain public bathrooms more as a result of these closures, they would becomes hives for infection. It might seem cruel, but it's necessary.
Longer term solutions need to be found for the homeless community both in the current pandemic and beyond."
Public toilets are made to be sanitized, every surface non-porous. It's realistically possible to keep a good standard of hygiene in them through the outbreak. It's just another way this council reduce spending money on public necessities. |
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