• Scrof@sopuli.xyz
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    The lack toilets in every imaginable place is insultingly ableist and very degrading. It’s like people are ashamed we’re fucking people and need to piss and shit all the time. And then the cops have the gull to threaten me with fines when I take a leak under a tree in a park. You literally treat dogs better than people.

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        Yeah but there’s a reason for that. Dogs are great, humans not so much. Dogs are innocent.

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      If its anything like Vancouver, its quite possibly in response to doing absolutely nothing about a homelessness crisis and the open drug use that results from that. So yeah, ablist and degrading, as well as anti poor

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      At first I though “surely this is about the US”, but no, even in the US at least some states require public bathrooms in all coffee shops, cafe, restaurants etc. Some states have exceptions depending on the size of the establishment and some states do not have this regulation at all.

      I also just checked Dutch and some other countries’ laws. Public bathrooms are required for new establishments with no exceptions. I have not found a EU-wide regulation though.

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        Vancouver, B.C. Canada Checking in, bathrooms are only required if you have indoor seating, so a lot of places didnt reinstall their tables post pandemic, and thus kept their washrooms closed

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        Yes I am indeed dutch but even here in Ecuador (14y now) I have not heard of a bar without a piss spot at the very least

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    “Just go home. I’d rather have a no-coffee-buyer than a defecator” -Latte Larry

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    where i live we have minimal tap water flow at night due to drought, and coffeeshops like to pull this ‘wc is closed since water is off’ and now i am stuck with a ton of caffeine filling my bladder :(

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      Most toilets will flush when you add enough water to the bowl. So really if enough people pee it’s a self someone solving problem.

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        exactly. pee is not really a problem, and the odor could still be manageable with minimum sanitation. A coffeeshop with open wc would earn its owner a lot of love points, and probably more clients too.

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      Where I live functional washrooms are required by code, and the coffeeshop would have to close until they are able to make the washroom functional.

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        it is functional, but they close it so they could cut costs (cleaning, water). They pull this at night, when regulatory body is off-duty

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      Yes, we’re well known for not having free and publicly accessible bathrooms.

      … Wait, I though you said “Germany”.

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    This is why America is better. Every restraunt and store has publicly available bathrooms.