Seattle to Remove Automated Toilets - Pimps Disappointed
Seattle is getting rid of its five automated public toilets. That stinks, if you are a prostitute or drug addict or pimp or someone who really likes stinky places.
The toilets, which look like big soda cans, open with the touch of a button and are supposed to self-clean themselves after every use. Unfortunately, things didn't work out as planned. Ah, such is life.
First of all, people threw so much trash on the ground that the automatic floor scrubbers were disabled. What do you get when you mix failed sanitation with crack use and prostitution? Probably the most horrible place imaginable -- Hell excluded.
But don't fret! Seattle's failure isn't deterring New York, Los Angeles and Boston from trying out various versions of the failed port-a-potty. All of this will be coming to a city near you real soon. Woohoo! [Source: The New York Times]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Hudson Pridham @ Jul 26th 2008 9:35PM
Toronto is getting a bunch also but they will cost a dollar to use. Hopefully the small cost to use them will keep them free of "pimps" and "prostitution".
Susan @ Jul 27th 2008 12:07PM
Darn people ruin it for everyone. If you have ever been in a big city and need to use the bathroom it can be miserable. Children, elderly, diabetics and pregnant women really need to go immediately often. Why do these people have to do such things? What a shame.
Escalonz @ Jul 28th 2008 12:25AM
Well, there's alway adult diapers.
David427 @ Jul 27th 2008 1:19PM
Auto cleaning toilets have been around in Europe for about 18 years. Seem to work fine there. How can a 24/7 public auto sanitizing toilet be a bad idea. You know, they do need to be policed like any other piece of public property in a big city.
Boston, NYC and LA have had these types of toilets for several years. Boston, the city I live in has had them since 2001. Do you apple fanboys ever fact check anything? Google is your friend.
Carolyn Bond @ Jul 27th 2008 3:45PM
It is always the filthy, addeled brain people, who make it hard for the decent ones.No self respecting person would want to use, something that a drug addict, prostitute, pimp would use. Ugh, Stinky story about stinky people.
rose young-stewart @ Jul 27th 2008 6:00PM
After i read your comment on the story about pimps, prostitutes etc using these public toilets you said who'd want to use one after these type people used them ... yuk... etc etc... i might ask you a question how do you know who has last used the public toilet you used? please don't say you NEVER use a public toilet.
LINDA @ Jul 27th 2008 8:26PM
DONT LIKE YOUR NEGATIVE ATTITUDE. IN EUROPE THOSE TOILETS WORK VERY WELL. AND HAS FOR YEARS.
Levarfan @ Jul 27th 2008 9:43PM
These toilets work great in places like Europe because they are just big enough for one person to just go in and do their business, and the lock times out quickly. In the US, laws require the toilets to be large enough for a person with a large wheelchair and an attendant and the lock must last long enough for someone whose disabilities require them to take an hour or more to go to the toilet. This unfortunately results in spacious locked rooms that are big enough for group sex or drug parties, and that's what they are used for.
Carolyn Bond @ Jul 27th 2008 10:09PM
Hey Rose, it is a free world. You wrote your stinking comment and I wrote mine. I don't need you to approve my comments. Get a life... It is only a article. No I don't use public toilets, that answer your dumb question?
Escalonz @ Aug 1st 2008 12:02AM
This is serious. Pimps are equal opportunty employers and contribute to the local economy by good old American ingenuity and entrepenureship.
They should be compensated with little play houses where quickies can be performed in dignified privacy.
This would nulify the removal of these very necessary facilities and people could continue to enjoy life without endangering ruptured kidneys or unspeakable accidents of the most dispicable kind.............