Public toilets are vanishing and that's a civic catastrophe

Re:Public toilets are vanishing and that's a civic catastrophe by tzs on Saturday July 20, 2024 @10:38AM (#41016795)

I've wondered if it would make sense for hotel/motel chains to offer a paid toilet service. Their locations already have a bunch of toilets (one in each guest room plus ones for the lobby and for meeting rooms) and already have cleaning people there to keep those clean.

Sell day passes that give you 24 hours access. If I were, say, going to drive from Seattle to Los Angeles I'd pay $20 to buy a pass that would let me pull into any Motel 6 along the way to use a clean bathroom.

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Re:Public toilets are vanishing and that's a civic catastrophe by trogdor on Saturday July 20, 2024 @12:09PM (#41017483)

Someone who can afford to pay $20/day for a bathroom pass is probably also presentable enough that they can just walk in and get permission to use the bathroom for free.

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Re:Public toilets are vanishing and that's a civic catastrophe by p51-remorse on Saturday July 20, 2024 @12:58PM (#41017864)

And if you’re driving, you can always stop at any gas station.

Top off your tank if it makes you feel better, but realistically no one there is getting paid enough to cross reference gas buyers with poopers.

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Re:Public toilets are vanishing and that's a civic catastrophe by lotsofpulp on Saturday July 20, 2024 @11:15AM (#41017059)

95%+ of hotels/motels do not have 24 hour cleaning staff, and the guest service agents working the computer are not going to be wanting to clean bathrooms.

All those branded 80 to 120 room hotel/motels are trying to reduce the staffing outside of 7AM to 4PM, even to the point of having check in kiosks that video call you to someone in South Asia/Phillipines/South America.

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Re:Public toilets are vanishing and that's a civic catastrophe by Cerium on Saturday July 20, 2024 @05:58PM (#41020368)

That use case is already covered by costco membership. Costco locations are nicely distributed near freeway exits across the nation. Plenty of parking, decent bathrooms, and you can get food of you need it.

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Re:Public toilets are vanishing and that's a civic catastrophe by reverius42 on Sunday July 21, 2024 @07:57AM (#41024451)

Also cheap gas!

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