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Re:German Cities Are Solving the Age-Old Public Toilet Problem by matt_wulfeck on Sunday November 20, 2016 @04:59AM (#12998106)
In this case your neighbor participating in the program puts you out of (the toilet) business!
Re:German Cities Are Solving the Age-Old Public Toilet Problem by easychris on Sunday November 20, 2016 @05:17AM (#12998153)
I think the toilet business is only a good one on a large scale anyway: mostly due to fixed costs for paying the cleaning staff no matter if you operate a restroom with 1 or 20 seats.

BTW: I'm not sure about the neighbor. As I would only ask for a voluntary 50 Ct. there's no reason to prefer the other guys toilet. I assume my toilet would be preferred because it's cleaner (cause I'd pay more to my cleaning staff).

Re:German Cities Are Solving the Age-Old Public Toilet Problem by merb on Sunday November 20, 2016 @05:41AM (#12998210)
> (cause I'd pay more to my cleaning staff).

cleaning staff never gets a lot of money and if you need 50 ct to use your toilet it will probably not be the preferred one because people who pay direct money mostly think they can do whatever they want (they paid for it) so every use is more problematic than somebody who can use the toilet for free (exceptions confirm the rule).

Re:German Cities Are Solving the Age-Old Public Toilet Problem by zo1 on Sunday November 20, 2016 @08:08AM (#12998662)
Except the neighbour has higher costs having to deal with cleaning the toilets that's not being offset by increased profits. TINSTAAFL or TINSTAAFT in this case.
Re:German Cities Are Solving the Age-Old Public Toilet Problem by y4mi on Sunday November 20, 2016 @06:32AM (#12998319)
depends. the 50c toilets are often significantly cleaner with automated washing between uses and similar stuff.