Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/17

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Subject: [Leica] re: Toilets
From: rbrowne1 at mindspring.com (Robert Browne)
Date: Fri Feb 17 20:52:26 2006

"...the calling of nature has no price!"

Sounds like a new MasterCard commercial.

Robert

> Terrible that anyone would be subjected to paying to use the john for
> crying out loud! Disgusting!
>
> Our federal government in Canada a number of years a go did just that,
> put paying toilets in one of the new air terminals, I think Toronto.
> But there was such an outrage by Canadians right across the country
> that a person would have to pay to use a toilet, the pay stations were
> all removed. Much to the embarrassment of the government.
>
> I can't believe any country or city would be so boorish to charge
> anyone to use a toilet!  My wish would be that those coming up with
> such a stupid idea would at least pee their pants because they didn't
> have a coin in their pocket when they had to go! Then maybe they'd
> understand the calling of nature has no price!
>
> Of course all pay station toilets automatically un-lock if you have a
> Leica hanging off your shoulder! ;-) That's why I've never paid! ;-)
>
> ted