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They may be a thing of the past Hemlocker
this story took place many years ago.
posted by
jollyjeff
on November 8, 2005 at 12:37 PM
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Holy gadzooks!
I wrote something about pay toilets a while ago. I thought they were a thing of the past. How humiliating.
posted by
Hemlocker
on November 8, 2005 at 11:28 AM
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Foreign owned dept store?
Paying to go potty? I thought that was just a European thing. I remember being abroad as a child and having to pay for 2 sheets of toilet paper and it was like rubbing with sandpaper. I remember thinking it was the most ridiculous custom ever and that I couldn't wait to go back to the states. It's amazing how we take the little things for granted and just expect certain luxuries to always be there.
posted by
Godiva
on November 7, 2005 at 1:58 PM
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When I was young, pay toilets were everywhere. Most places though, like big department stores, had a whole string of pay toilets and at the end one lonely free one. Of course, if you didn't have a dime you stood in a long line for a toilet that needed cleaning badly.
posted by
TAPS.
on November 5, 2005 at 8:25 AM
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Couldn't do that blackcat
had to pay the dime just to get into the bathroom
posted by
jollyjeff
on November 4, 2005 at 1:43 PM
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a PAY toilet? LOL that's just wrong. I'm surprised you didn't just
use the sink. LOL
posted by
-blackcat
on November 4, 2005 at 1:39 PM
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Jeff,
I remember having to use pay toilets when I was younger and I remember what someone scratched onto the wall of one: "Here I sit broken hearted. Paid a quarter, only farted." I think pay toilets should be illegal and I haven't seen any for a long time. Cute blog.
posted by
RAME
on November 4, 2005 at 12:49 PM
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Two cents' worth about your lost dime...
The poor schlep who had to clean that bathroom probably wished he had access to your head to use for a bowl-cleaning brush....:) I thought for a minute you were just going to put a few towels between the latch and the door so the next guy would have free access... oh, well. :)
posted by
Pat_B
on November 4, 2005 at 11:49 AM
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I think pay toilets are illegal
in a lot of places now but I used to see them now and then in the 70s and early 80s
posted by
jollyjeff
on November 4, 2005 at 11:32 AM
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I Love that kind of Feeling
A good memory to conjure up a smile and remember that things can be fun and great...
posted by
mysteria
on November 4, 2005 at 11:26 AM
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Jeff
I have never seen a pay toilet. Man, that would suck if you really had to go and had to dig for change!!
posted by
jojostar
on November 4, 2005 at 11:26 AM
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Atta boy jeff! Hit em' in the pocket book and spend that dime as
you see fit! 
I have never, ever seen a pay toilet or a pay to get into the toilet place. That's crazy! Happy friday!
posted by
Masky
on November 4, 2005 at 11:23 AM
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