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Do you remember paying to go the bathroom?

Do you remember paying to go the bathroom?

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by: Zokomo Active Indicator LED Icon 6 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Jun 22, '15 12:41pm  
I may have dreamed this, but I think I remember coin slots in bathroom stalls in department stores when I visited my granny in Abileneas a little girl. We had to put a dime in the slot to get into the stall. There was one free stall at the end, but it was filthy and looked like it never got cleaned. Does anyone else remember this?? 4951
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HotterThanYou Active Indicator LED Icon 1
~ 8 years ago   Jun 22, '15 12:44pm  
We were talking about this the other day at work.  I vaguely remember having to pay to use the Woolworth's bathroom as a really young kid.This is still pretty common in Europe. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jun 22, '15 1:15pm  
If you come to my house you will pay.  I charge for bathroom use here. 4951
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bubbleyes72 Active Indicator LED Icon 18
~ 8 years ago   Jun 22, '15 1:24pm  
Hence the saying, let me pay my water bill. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jun 22, '15 1:35pm  
I remember seeing the pay toilets in airports. I couldn't afford them so I just threw up on the floor Emoticon)
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~ 8 years ago   Jun 22, '15 1:49pm  
Or the people who handed you the paper towels and cleaned up the sink area when you were done & you left a tip in their basket? I remember both... 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jun 22, '15 1:50pm  
I remember paying in Greece but not here. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jun 22, '15 2:26pm  
We were in Belgium as part of a school trip sometime in the 80s and they had pay toilets.  Our parents paid a fixed amount of cash and we were all given a set amount every day out of that for spending money.  One of my buddies spent his and could not afford to pay for the toilet, and none of us would loan him the money to go.  We thought this was way funnier than it actually was and it become a running joke. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jun 22, '15 2:44pm  
The only time I have seen pay toilets is in Europe. I wouldn't mind paying a quarter for a clean bathroom. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jun 22, '15 2:47pm  
If you come to my house you will pay.  I charge for bathroom use here.
 
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Maybe you should reevaluate whom you have over to your house if it is actually an issueEmoticon 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jun 22, '15 2:49pm  
I remember that but it's completely backwards. You're supposed to get paid to go to the bathroom! If you get home from work on Friday and that evening you have to go, you hold it until Monday morning so you can get paid for it. I learned a long time ago - NEVER **** on your own time!!
 
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~ 8 years ago   Jun 22, '15 2:53pm  
I have been in public bathrooms after a bad burrito, they paid ME not to ever come back! 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jun 22, '15 2:54pm  
I may have dreamed this, but I think I remember coin slots in bathroom stalls in department stores when I visited my granny in Abileneas a little girl. We had to put a dime in the slot to get into the stall. There was one free stall at the end, but it was filthy and looked like it never got cleaned. Does anyone else remember this??
 
@Zokomo: I have had to use coins to use toilets in the UK, Continental Europe, Singapore, China, India, Malaysia and maybe other places.  It is so common that it no longer registers as an anomaly!Ryan Air had announced that it was planning to install pay toilets in their aircraft - perhaps not on the US routes because us Americans are not used to paying for the use of toilets.I am told that ANA makes announcements in Japanese in the airport waiting areas urging passengers to use the facilities in the airport prior to boarding their flights. Object: reduce the all-up weight and therefore the fuel consumption.But talking about coins for use of common objects, how about the quarter we need for using the grocery cart at Aldi, and earlier at Auchan's?  People want their quarters back, so you do not see those grocery carts all over the parking lots!  Similarly, people expect clean toilets when they have to pay for them, and they do get them!
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~ 8 years ago   Jun 22, '15 2:55pm  
I remember that but it's completely backwards. You're supposed to get paid to go to the bathroom! If you get home from work on Friday and that evening you have to go, you hold it until Monday morning so you can get paid for it. I learned a long time ago - NEVER **** on your own time!! 
 
@WskyTngoFxtrt: There is something seriously wrong with you.
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~ 8 years ago   Jun 22, '15 3:00pm  
I may have dreamed this, but I think I remember coin slots in bathroom stalls in department stores when I visited my granny in Abileneas a little girl. We had to put a dime in the slot to get into the stall. There was one free stall at the end, but it was filthy and looked like it never got cleaned. Does anyone else remember this??
 
@Zokomo:
Yes I do!
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~ 8 years ago   Jun 22, '15 3:05pm  
I don't remember them in the US but frequently when traveling.
 
How many admit to holding the door open for the next person to get a freebie? 4951
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