The call of nature transcends class. Access to toilets, unfortunately, doesn't

[xchrom]

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/emma-brockes-blog/2014/feb/27/posh-pay-for-toilet-new-york

Many years ago, I went to Venice to interview Meryl Streep about her role in The Devil Wear's Prada. The film festival was on and the city overrun with attendees wearing wristbands, permitting them varying levels of access to venues. One of these was a toilet in the suite reserved for the interview, which, Ms Streep was assured as she entered the room, was off-limits to anyone who was not Meryl Streep. Feudal systems come and go, but the exclusive bathroom clause goes on forever.

And so to Manhattan, where a proposal to open a series of members-only public toilets this year has been largely well received. Tired of begging for the bathroom key at Starbucks? Or picking the busiest restaurant, where you hope you can slink to the back without being noticed? Then you'll welcome a company called Posh Stow and Go, which promises the city's "first luxury restroom facility". If, like London, New York is essentially a private corporation at this point, here at last is the executive washroom.

Paying for toilets isn't a new thing, as anyone stuck for change at King's Cross station knows, or who has dared enter those booths in Paris, where urban legend has it that someone got trapped overnight and was doused in hot bleach sluicing down from the ceiling.

And it's an age-old problem, starting in infancy, when every outing ends with you weeing between open car doors in the carpark, while your mother insists "no one's looking" and then screams, "mind my shoes!"

[MindPilot]

1. From the prspective of a man approaching his "golden" years...

access and the ease thereof becomes more important every day.

The best medical advancement ever would be bladder augmentation.

[HereSince1628]

2. I think that advancement is called a texas catheter with collection bag

[panader0]

4. "Stadium Buddy"

Why make that long walk to the restroom?

[Inkfreak]

3. They'll sell anything.

The message here is that Streep thinks her piss & shit are somehow special and deserving of a sacred space. Fuck that. I love it when people think their germs and bodily functions are somehow different than any other persons. As long as a bathroom is cleaned regularly, it's as good as any other. Ugh. I dunno why this annoys me so much, lol.

Very funny title, btw