Those new “Throne” portable toilets are eyesores and nuisances

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Anonymous wrote:Greater Greater Washington wants to see more public parks given over to homeless toilets and, yes, housing.

GGWash will not stop until they have stamped out every last remaining square inch of green space to replace it with concrete, steel and glass. And then when they are done with that, people will still complain about not enough housing. But also now about how the city sucks because there's no green space and it's no longer livable.

But we will have dense mixed-use urban vibrancy!

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Anonymous wrote:Greater Greater Washington wants to see more public parks given over to homeless toilets and, yes, housing.

Yes, because homeless people are the only people who would ever potentially have to use a restroom in a park. o.O

This particular toilet is in an area where normal people could easily fine an alternative - like a grocery store or restaurant.

Do you habitually walk into random restaurants, where you are not a customer, and ask to use their restroom? How does that go for you?

If I really have to - yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The one in Columbia Heights, arguably the one most likely to be stolen, has been there since June 6 and as far as I know is still there. Seems like more than a week for the PP who “guaranteed” that’s how long they would last.

Is is in that plaza taken over by homeless/high people?

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Anonymous wrote:Greater Greater Washington wants to see more public parks given over to homeless toilets and, yes, housing.

Yes, because homeless people are the only people who would ever potentially have to use a restroom in a park. o.O

This particular toilet is in an area where normal people could easily fine an alternative - like a grocery store or restaurant.

Do you habitually walk into random restaurants, where you are not a customer, and ask to use their restroom? How does that go for you?

Are you claiming you never walked into a Starbucks or any other number of places, used the bathroom and walked out?

Do you do this when the sign says NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS or RESTROOMS FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY?

Yeah..I spend enough money at Starbucks that I don’t feel bad if I am not buying something on that one occasion.

What do you do? Pick the locks? Shove your way in?

What are you talking about? Most don’t need a key, but if they do I go ask for it and they give it to you (or code).

I'm talking about places where the sign says NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS or RESTROOMS FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY. What do you do at those places? You just go and use the restroom anyway and nobody bothers you? You go and ask for the key or code and they give it to you?

Yes. So you need a tutorial on how the world works?

I'm happy this strategy works for you, but please recognize the reality that there are plenty of people whom this strategy does not work for.

And PP not using the bathroom in these places will not change anything for those people.

If you have a story about someone being barred from using the bathroom at a McDonald’s or wherever, please share it here so people can avoid that location.

Huh? Nobody said it would.

The problem is that lots of people who need access to restrooms in public places don't have access to restrooms in public places. "I never have this problem, why can't you just do what I do?" does not address this problem. Crowdsourcing McDonaldses that bar the people from the restrooms, or hassle people, also does not address this problem.

What do you want people who use these restrooms for free to do? Tell me explicitly.

Also, fwiw, I have literally never seen any type of person turned away from a fast food bathroom. There’s not an employee checking for a receipt at the door.

Understand that plenty of people who also need restrooms do not have the ability to do what these people are fortunate to be able to do.

"Nobody has ever stopped me from using a restroom" is pretty close to "If they don't have bread, why don't they eat cake?"

If people are so dysfunctional that they cannot step into Trader Joes to use the bathroom, then they should probably be institutionalized.

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Anonymous wrote:Greater Greater Washington wants to see more public parks given over to homeless toilets and, yes, housing.

Yes, because homeless people are the only people who would ever potentially have to use a restroom in a park. o.O

This particular toilet is in an area where normal people could easily fine an alternative - like a grocery store or restaurant.

Do you habitually walk into random restaurants, where you are not a customer, and ask to use their restroom? How does that go for you?

Are you claiming you never walked into a Starbucks or any other number of places, used the bathroom and walked out?

Do you do this when the sign says NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS or RESTROOMS FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY?

Yeah..I spend enough money at Starbucks that I don’t feel bad if I am not buying something on that one occasion.

What do you do? Pick the locks? Shove your way in?

What are you talking about? Most don’t need a key, but if they do I go ask for it and they give it to you (or code).

I'm talking about places where the sign says NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS or RESTROOMS FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY. What do you do at those places? You just go and use the restroom anyway and nobody bothers you? You go and ask for the key or code and they give it to you?

Yes. So you need a tutorial on how the world works?

I'm happy this strategy works for you, but please recognize the reality that there are plenty of people whom this strategy does not work for.

And PP not using the bathroom in these places will not change anything for those people.

If you have a story about someone being barred from using the bathroom at a McDonald’s or wherever, please share it here so people can avoid that location.

Huh? Nobody said it would.

The problem is that lots of people who need access to restrooms in public places don't have access to restrooms in public places. "I never have this problem, why can't you just do what I do?" does not address this problem. Crowdsourcing McDonaldses that bar the people from the restrooms, or hassle people, also does not address this problem.

What do you want people who use these restrooms for free to do? Tell me explicitly.

Also, fwiw, I have literally never seen any type of person turned away from a fast food bathroom. There’s not an employee checking for a receipt at the door.

Understand that plenty of people who also need restrooms do not have the ability to do what these people are fortunate to be able to do.

"Nobody has ever stopped me from using a restroom" is pretty close to "If they don't have bread, why don't they eat cake?"

If people are so dysfunctional that they cannot step into Trader Joes to use the bathroom, then they should probably be institutionalized.

It should go without saying that there needs to be a Trader Joe's for you to be able to use a restroom in one, and also that there are a lot of places in D.C. where there isn't a Trader Joe's.

Where there is a Trader Joe's in D.C., I don't know what the restroom policies are, and you probably don't know either.

[Anonymous]

I’d rather have porta potties, gate keeping toilet access is ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:Greater Greater Washington wants to see more public parks given over to homeless toilets and, yes, housing.

Yes, because homeless people are the only people who would ever potentially have to use a restroom in a park. o.O

This particular toilet is in an area where normal people could easily fine an alternative - like a grocery store or restaurant.

Do you habitually walk into random restaurants, where you are not a customer, and ask to use their restroom? How does that go for you?

Are you claiming you never walked into a Starbucks or any other number of places, used the bathroom and walked out?

Do you do this when the sign says NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS or RESTROOMS FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY?

Yeah..I spend enough money at Starbucks that I don’t feel bad if I am not buying something on that one occasion.

What do you do? Pick the locks? Shove your way in?

What are you talking about? Most don’t need a key, but if they do I go ask for it and they give it to you (or code).

I'm talking about places where the sign says NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS or RESTROOMS FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY. What do you do at those places? You just go and use the restroom anyway and nobody bothers you? You go and ask for the key or code and they give it to you?

Yes. So you need a tutorial on how the world works?

I'm happy this strategy works for you, but please recognize the reality that there are plenty of people whom this strategy does not work for.

And PP not using the bathroom in these places will not change anything for those people.

If you have a story about someone being barred from using the bathroom at a McDonald’s or wherever, please share it here so people can avoid that location.

Huh? Nobody said it would.

The problem is that lots of people who need access to restrooms in public places don't have access to restrooms in public places. "I never have this problem, why can't you just do what I do?" does not address this problem. Crowdsourcing McDonaldses that bar the people from the restrooms, or hassle people, also does not address this problem.

What do you want people who use these restrooms for free to do? Tell me explicitly.

Also, fwiw, I have literally never seen any type of person turned away from a fast food bathroom. There’s not an employee checking for a receipt at the door.

Understand that plenty of people who also need restrooms do not have the ability to do what these people are fortunate to be able to do.

"Nobody has ever stopped me from using a restroom" is pretty close to "If they don't have bread, why don't they eat cake?"

If people are so dysfunctional that they cannot step into Trader Joes to use the bathroom, then they should probably be institutionalized.

It should go without saying that there needs to be a Trader Joe's for you to be able to use a restroom in one, and also that there are a lot of places in D.C. where there isn't a Trader Joe's.

Where there is a Trader Joe's in D.C., I don't know what the restroom policies are, and you probably don't know either.

The one I’m talking about is across the street from a TJs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thrones owner is a friend of bowser and I believe a former “consultant” always follow the money.

I think this is true, but I’m not sure it’s a big deal. For one thing, I highly doubt this company is profitable yet, so we may actually be getting a “deal” as they try to prove it can work. For another, the investment and the commitment are both low. If it doesn’t work out, they just get hauled away.

I don’t know if it will work long term but personally, I’m willing to use them when I would try really, really hard to avoid a regular porta potty. I also really like how they’re locked and you can see the whole thing when the door opens. An unattended public restroom in a park makes me really nervous when I’m alone or with my small kids. There are so many places to hide.

So like two parks we go to, one in Hyattsville with a throne and one in Watkins regional with a permanent building, I think it’s even for me or maybe I even lean towards the throne for the lock and visibility.

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Anonymous wrote:Greater Greater Washington wants to see more public parks given over to homeless toilets and, yes, housing.

Yes, because homeless people are the only people who would ever potentially have to use a restroom in a park. o.O

This particular toilet is in an area where normal people could easily fine an alternative - like a grocery store or restaurant.

Do you habitually walk into random restaurants, where you are not a customer, and ask to use their restroom? How does that go for you?

Are you claiming you never walked into a Starbucks or any other number of places, used the bathroom and walked out?

Do you do this when the sign says NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS or RESTROOMS FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY?

Yeah..I spend enough money at Starbucks that I don’t feel bad if I am not buying something on that one occasion.

What do you do? Pick the locks? Shove your way in?

What are you talking about? Most don’t need a key, but if they do I go ask for it and they give it to you (or code).

I'm talking about places where the sign says NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS or RESTROOMS FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY. What do you do at those places? You just go and use the restroom anyway and nobody bothers you? You go and ask for the key or code and they give it to you?

Yes. So you need a tutorial on how the world works?

I'm happy this strategy works for you, but please recognize the reality that there are plenty of people whom this strategy does not work for.

And PP not using the bathroom in these places will not change anything for those people.

If you have a story about someone being barred from using the bathroom at a McDonald’s or wherever, please share it here so people can avoid that location.

Huh? Nobody said it would.

The problem is that lots of people who need access to restrooms in public places don't have access to restrooms in public places. "I never have this problem, why can't you just do what I do?" does not address this problem. Crowdsourcing McDonaldses that bar the people from the restrooms, or hassle people, also does not address this problem.

What do you want people who use these restrooms for free to do? Tell me explicitly.

Also, fwiw, I have literally never seen any type of person turned away from a fast food bathroom. There’s not an employee checking for a receipt at the door.

Understand that plenty of people who also need restrooms do not have the ability to do what these people are fortunate to be able to do.

"Nobody has ever stopped me from using a restroom" is pretty close to "If they don't have bread, why don't they eat cake?"

If people are so dysfunctional that they cannot step into Trader Joes to use the bathroom, then they should probably be institutionalized.

It should go without saying that there needs to be a Trader Joe's for you to be able to use a restroom in one, and also that there are a lot of places in D.C. where there isn't a Trader Joe's.

Where there is a Trader Joe's in D.C., I don't know what the restroom policies are, and you probably don't know either.

The one I’m talking about is across the street from a TJs.

You are welcome to use the restroom at Trader Joe's, if you wish. Nobody is forcing you to use the restroom you're complaining about.

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Anonymous wrote:Greater Greater Washington wants to see more public parks given over to homeless toilets and, yes, housing.

Yes, because homeless people are the only people who would ever potentially have to use a restroom in a park. o.O

This particular toilet is in an area where normal people could easily fine an alternative - like a grocery store or restaurant.

Do you habitually walk into random restaurants, where you are not a customer, and ask to use their restroom? How does that go for you?

Are you claiming you never walked into a Starbucks or any other number of places, used the bathroom and walked out?

Do you do this when the sign says NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS or RESTROOMS FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY?

Yeah..I spend enough money at Starbucks that I don’t feel bad if I am not buying something on that one occasion.

What do you do? Pick the locks? Shove your way in?

What are you talking about? Most don’t need a key, but if they do I go ask for it and they give it to you (or code).

I'm talking about places where the sign says NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS or RESTROOMS FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY. What do you do at those places? You just go and use the restroom anyway and nobody bothers you? You go and ask for the key or code and they give it to you?

Yes. So you need a tutorial on how the world works?

I'm happy this strategy works for you, but please recognize the reality that there are plenty of people whom this strategy does not work for.

And PP not using the bathroom in these places will not change anything for those people.

If you have a story about someone being barred from using the bathroom at a McDonald’s or wherever, please share it here so people can avoid that location.

Huh? Nobody said it would.

The problem is that lots of people who need access to restrooms in public places don't have access to restrooms in public places. "I never have this problem, why can't you just do what I do?" does not address this problem. Crowdsourcing McDonaldses that bar the people from the restrooms, or hassle people, also does not address this problem.

What do you want people who use these restrooms for free to do? Tell me explicitly.

Also, fwiw, I have literally never seen any type of person turned away from a fast food bathroom. There’s not an employee checking for a receipt at the door.

Understand that plenty of people who also need restrooms do not have the ability to do what these people are fortunate to be able to do.

"Nobody has ever stopped me from using a restroom" is pretty close to "If they don't have bread, why don't they eat cake?"

If people are so dysfunctional that they cannot step into Trader Joes to use the bathroom, then they should probably be institutionalized.

It should go without saying that there needs to be a Trader Joe's for you to be able to use a restroom in one, and also that there are a lot of places in D.C. where there isn't a Trader Joe's.

Where there is a Trader Joe's in D.C., I don't know what the restroom policies are, and you probably don't know either.

The one I’m talking about is across the street from a TJs.

You are welcome to use the restroom at Trader Joe's, if you wish. Nobody is forcing you to use the restroom you're complaining about.

they are forcing me to look at it, and it’s taking up park space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bring back toilets where you have to put a quarter in to use them.

+1, except it should be $1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think they look ugly, at least not in the pictures.

DCUM thinks anything that isn't Stalinist Soviet architecture is ugly.

+1, along with brutalist federal buildings. To empathize to the workers and prols how the power of the state will crush them if they raise their voices.

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Anonymous wrote:Greater Greater Washington wants to see more public parks given over to homeless toilets and, yes, housing.

Yes, because homeless people are the only people who would ever potentially have to use a restroom in a park. o.O

This particular toilet is in an area where normal people could easily fine an alternative - like a grocery store or restaurant.

Do you habitually walk into random restaurants, where you are not a customer, and ask to use their restroom? How does that go for you?

Are you claiming you never walked into a Starbucks or any other number of places, used the bathroom and walked out?

Do you do this when the sign says NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS or RESTROOMS FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY?

Yeah..I spend enough money at Starbucks that I don’t feel bad if I am not buying something on that one occasion.

What do you do? Pick the locks? Shove your way in?

What are you talking about? Most don’t need a key, but if they do I go ask for it and they give it to you (or code).

I'm talking about places where the sign says NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS or RESTROOMS FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY. What do you do at those places? You just go and use the restroom anyway and nobody bothers you? You go and ask for the key or code and they give it to you?

You make some token small purchase. Then you’re a customer.