Do you want piss everywhere? Because that’s how you end up with piss everywhere.
This app lets restaurants and coffee shops charge to use the bathroom
Submitted 11 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to technology@beehaw.org
https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/05/this-app-lets-cafes-and-coffee-shops-charge-to-use-the-bathroom/
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mp3@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 11 months ago
Yup, I’ll gladly piss on the smart lock that controls this bullshit. I almost pissed in a trashcan in high school in front of the whole class when a teacher wouldn’t let me go to the bathroom.
I almost had my penis out before the teacher realized I wasn’t bluffing.
scytale@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I remember in grade school, my school constructed restrooms in every classroom so students won’t need to leave class. The problem was they were literally just a small concrete cubicle and the walls didn’t even go up to the ceiling. That was when I learned pissing straight into the water wasn’t a good idea. I went out to the entire class staring at me.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Shoutout to our resident Tim Horton’s Shit Flinger.
There will be more of that if this shitty app proliferates.
jarfil@beehaw.org 11 months ago
New kid’s tale: “Horton hears a Shiiii…!”
rothaine@lemm.ee 11 months ago
…wikipedia.org/…/Committee_to_End_Pay_Toilets_in_…
We call upon you once again
derbis@beehaw.org 11 months ago
Haha amazing logo
kbal@fedia.io 11 months ago
bans on pay toilets dating back to the 1970s
It's like my grandpa always said, the problem with pay toilets was that without a way for a VC-funded startup to monopolize the market and take a cut of every transaction they just didn't feel sleazy enough.
Pratai@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Will there be a list of what restaraunts use this so I can avoid them?
LainOfTheWired@lemy.lol 11 months ago
Just why.
Seriously why does it seem over the last 15 years public toilets are becoming rarer it’s a mystery to me. Like the world population is growing a lot and we pay more taxes then ever, but it’s harder to relieve yourself in public then ever.
And now businesses are trying to monetize the few toilets in public we still have.
BautAufWasEuchAufbaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Innovative disruptions in previously non-monetized parts of life are the life fuel of our economy.
Really excited how to see how this will innovate human interaction in the years to come!
/hjericjmorey@beehaw.org 11 months ago
These are conserted efforts to reduce the presence of “undesirables”, also known as homeless or unhoused, in the areas without public bathrooms.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Well the problem with public facilities is it allows people who are not rich enough to take a piss to take a piss, and it deprives shareholders of profits.
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 11 months ago
As rents go up, businesses want to maximize their return on space. So some businesses get rid of toilets, meaning the ones that keep them pay to have toilets available for people that aren’t their customers, making them consider closing them, creating a vicious cycle.
alyaza@beehaw.org 11 months ago
we live in hell
alyaza@beehaw.org 11 months ago
shoutout to harkening to Airbnb btw:
“Homelessness is a growing problem, and some providers worry that a homeless person may destroy or soil the bathroom,” she said. “Flush provides a way to access and provide access to a clean, reliable bathroom … Airbnb was so successful because it provides something we all need — a roof over our heads — and Flush is doing the same for bathrooms.”
yeah man, Airbnb really solved homelessness and the “having a roof over your head” problem huh
pokemaster787@ani.social 11 months ago
The not-so-quiet part here is “Homeless or poor people don’t deserve to have their basic need of a toilet met”
They call it a “need” but proudly talk about how they’re taking it away from the less fortunate.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Airbnb was so successful because it
providesrestricts behind exorbitant price-gouging for something we all need — a roof over our heads — and Flush is doing the same for bathrooms.Fixed the quote for them.
rar@discuss.online 11 months ago
The fresh smell of MBA graduates.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 11 months ago
They’ve been doing this is Europe for decades
alyaza@beehaw.org 11 months ago
yeah and that sounds fucking awful, restrooms which are accessible to everyone should be a bare minimum aspect of all public spaces and all businesses
SuperSpaceFan@lemm.ee 11 months ago
If I read that article correctly, that was up to $10 to book use of the nearest bathroom?? I’m sorry, when nature calls, I can’t see people trying to reserve a time slot, like you would a hair salon.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 11 months ago
Ah perfect, my 2’oclock shit is coming up in a few minutes. I should go find something to read while I’m waiting
SuperSpaceFan@lemm.ee 11 months ago
LoL 🔥
jeremias@social.jears.at 11 months ago
It’s perfect for Sheldon Cooper!
vanderbilt@beehaw.org 11 months ago
Fam if I walk into a cafe and I’m about to order and there is a bathroom that costs money I am going to leave. I get why they are doing this (hint it isn’t just the money), but I’ll be fucked if I’m going to tip them and pay to take a piss too.
Thalestr@beehaw.org 11 months ago
Cool. I’ll just piss along the exterior wall of your building then or on the fence at the back of your parking lot.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 11 months ago
Coffee shops would do well to charge less than the cheapest item on the menu.
And building new entrances exclusively for washrooms? Now you have fresh capex.
All apps like this point to is the lack of public infrastructure, which always has the excuse of “people will fuck it up.” Wonder if that’s a structural societal problem instead of individuals. (/s)
RadioRat@beehaw.org 11 months ago
Ah yes, the classic “paying nothing to sustain and support a service, then declaring it hopeless because ‘the poors fucked it up’.”
match@pawb.social 11 months ago
We need to do more crime.
farcaster@beehaw.org 11 months ago
This is going to be an effective way to tank the Google/Yelp review score of your restaurant. And pay toilets are also stupid in Europe, I say that as a European.
MudMan@kbin.social 11 months ago
Where is this mystical European place where people charge for toilets? I swear, I hear this all the time when it comes to US vs EU differences and I don't know what they mean.
I mean, I know places that have toilets just for customers, so you need to ask for a key or a code to use it when you're there, I know of a couple of cities that charge a nominal fee, like a quarter for outdoor latrines for some reason, and I know of one specific train station that licensed toilets out to a private company and they tried to charge for them, which is very shitty and everybody hated it.
The idea of restaurants charging extra to pee is not a thing in the European places where I've been/lived.
Maestro@kbin.social 11 months ago
There are plenty of public toilets that charge a small fee. Train stations and airports for example. Also at gas stations it's pretty common. But I have never seen it at a restaurant or bar. Maybe sometimes there's a sign that says it's 50 cents for non-customers or something. But never fir customers.
jarfil@beehaw.org 11 months ago
Keep in mind things have changed over the decades, with a general push towards a public health code for establishmends of “free bathrooms, free tap water”.
Historically, Germany used to be famous for having only a few stops along the highway, with toilets you had to pay for. Tourist traps along France, the Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, used to let restaurants and bars to charge for bathroom use, patron or no patron. Gas stops varied wildly, from free bathrooms, to “hole in the ground” ones, to “ask the manager for a key” ones. Rest areas along highways tended to have just a free “hole in the ground” type toilet, and it was up to you to avoid touching anything, then wiping off your shoes .
As for public bathrooms (outside an establishment), it still varies from place to place. Public events are required to put a number of free porta-potties, tourist traps may want to either finance installations with a fee, or reduce the number of free-standing turds in the bushes.
Still, over time the general move has been from “pee posts” for sailors to freely urinate onto, or people going down some stairs to sea/river level and taking a dump right there, to having public bathrooms with a “donation” policy, to public bathrooms with free piss walls/areas and a self-cleaning booth for a nominal fee.
mrGarbanzo@beehaw.org 11 months ago
I’ve used one in paris. Had to put .50 euro in the coin slot on the door in order to get in and stand over a hole in the floor.
saze@feddit.uk 11 months ago
All over the place in Europia. From train station to public parks, in multiple countries, it is somewhat common for a turnstile with a coin slot for a small charge. Doesn’t bother me if it allows for cleaner, safer facilities and keeps the riff raff out.
Sina@beehaw.org 11 months ago
Some malls have actually clean toilets, those…
Shadow@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I ran into it in a mall in London, was pretty surprised.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I see it occasionally in Finland. Saw it a lot in Estonia. Saw a few in Sweden.
HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
We still have the ‘Old lady sitting in front of the toilet building’. It’s less common these days but there are still some of these around in eastern Europe. She keeps the facilities clean(er) and takes money from entrants. They usually have a little stand or something.
DrownedAxolotl@feddit.de 11 months ago
Tbh, I haven’t even seen many pay toilets in Europe. I only saw them in Hungary.