Is it almost too gimmicky to be taking seriously? I guess a business could host their toilet on the site for free to divert passing traffic into their store?
Nathan For You had this idea last year:
Airpnp: Like Airbnb, but for toilets
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#22I'll assuming that this isn't a joke story. I'm imagining, with some amusement, the inevitable first clash with a city over such a service. You just know someone will complain that this clashes with obscure or arcane zoning laws.
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#23As a runner, I'm always looking out for portables and taking mental notes because you never know when you're going to need one. I joked with some friends a few years ago that this would make a good app/website for runners and cyclists. One idea was you could tag the location to indicate whether or not it had paper and/or soap for washing hands.
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#24I've always found Starbucks to be reliable solution. Usually clean and nearly ubiquitous.
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#25As someone with a family member suffering from moderate Crohn's disease and frequently needs to utilize public restrooms this has obvious appeal. While I cringe at the thought of them paying every time a bathroom is needed out in public, the safety net would be great. It also would allow people who are very sick with Crohn's to venture out of their comfort area.
One thing to consider, in the US many states have instituted "Ally's Law" where businesses are legally required to allow people who need immediate restroom access, assuming it doesn't put the business or person in harm's way.
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#26I've joked around with this idea before, except I called it Püber. In all seriousness, this is an issue I deal with frequently in NYC. I'm out and about in Manhattan all day, get struck by the need to pee, and then run around trying to find any place with a restroom. Paying a buck or two would be a negligible cost if it meant immediate relief. If they expanded and got enough supply, I'd definitely use their service.
I went to visit NYC in 2012 and was so surprised by the lack of clean toilets around... I would've paid $5 for a good, CLEAN toilet. Usually I just go to Starbucks (works well in Europe), but I found them pretty horrible in NYC..
I'd use a service like this.
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#27All jokes aside, I know I would definitely use this service. I have bathroom issues all the time. Just recently I was in central london on a busy saturday night and finding a toilet was seriously hard work. Macdonalds had long queues for toilets, so did many other retail outlets and many tube stations dont have toilets. I know residential areas are a little further out from the city, but i'm sure people could get cre…
Presumably, when making consistent money from a toilet, more resources can be allocated to keeping it clean and presentable. Possibly cleaned every few minutes. That would ba a horrible job.
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#28disruptive
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#29This is not a cool idea, and I would be interested in seeing what a $10/use restroom looks like. Pay toilets are illegal here in Chicago, (allegedly because a mayor once ran out of change at the airport), so I'm sure there'd have to be a fight to implement here.
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#30Even Seinfeld thought this was a great idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITluapajP4w
Wait a minute... I'm pretty sure that Seinfeld and the iPhone did not overlap in time...