In Switzerland, you have to pay $2 to use the restroom in gas station. But I totally prefer using those compared to the sanity standard of your average american gas station. I can be picky.
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ChronosWing@lemmy.zip 10 months agoStarbucks is iffy but I’ve traveled nearly every state and never once have I been to a gas station that required a purchase to use the restroom.
pascal@lemm.ee 10 months ago
ChronosWing@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
Fair enough, gas station bathrooms in the states range from really good to don’t fucking touch anything.
NSFGiraffe@lemmynsfw.com 10 months ago
Here’s what everyone isn’t getting.
Public bathrooms are accessible to those that contribute to society.
Not saying this is right, it’s just how it is. Even places that have a “purchase policy” don’t care, the policy only exists to keep problems to a minimum and is usually only enforced against those that look like they might cause problems.
YOU have never been TOLD a gas station bathroom required a purchase. Likely because you pulled up in a vehicle and look normal enough. But I’m willing to bet money if you wander up on foot and look homeless you’ll find out they actually do have that policy.
I’ve been on all sides of this. As the strung out homeless kid that just wanted a quiet warm “nice” place to do my drugs. Then the struggling young adult having to wash blood, hair and literal shit off every surface in there. And then the manager having to enforce these policies because if I don’t my employees (or myself) have to go deal with whatever problems are created in the bathroom (and the WILL be a mess to clean up 98% of the time).