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Re: NearToilets – Airbnb of toilets, earn from toilets for rent

#33
post #10

Just walk into a restaurant an ask nicely?

Not all places and towns are so friendly. Many places love money so much that they'll say it's only for paying customers, not any customers.

This is usually due to vagrants.

Re: NearToilets – Airbnb of toilets, earn from toilets for rent

#36
post #6

Trying it here and it is showing toilets inside of the public school that you can’t just stroll into. I’m not sure how the data is gathered, but that’s just wrong. Those are not public use at all. I gave it my exact location and hit emergency and it put me pretty far from my actual gps. Was this just a vibe coded project? Sure seems like it. There’s existing apps like this though: https://www.loofind.com/ https://www…

Yep my closest one (despite being on the edge of a major city) shows as 8 miles away, in the middle of a field. When I open it up on Google maps its a derelict barn in the middle of private land with no roads. Meanwhile I can literally see a public toilet from the front door of my house in an outdoor shopping area over the other side of the road, and that's not on the map despite it existing there for at least 50 years.

Re: NearToilets – Airbnb of toilets, earn from toilets for rent

#37
post #36
post #6

Trying it here and it is showing toilets inside of the public school that you can’t just stroll into. I’m not sure how the data is gathered, but that’s just wrong. Those are not public use at all. I gave it my exact location and hit emergency and it put me pretty far from my actual gps. Was this just a vibe coded project? Sure seems like it. There’s existing apps like this though: https://www.loofind.com/ https://www…

Yep my closest one (despite being on the edge of a major city) shows as 8 miles away, in the middle of a field. When I open it up on Google maps its a derelict barn in the middle of private land with no roads. Meanwhile I can literally see a public toilet from the front door of my house in an outdoor shopping area over the other side of the road, and that's not on the map despite it existing there for at least 50 yea…

I might be a country bumpkin but you can pee on a barn just fine, it's the fences you want to watch out for.

Re: NearToilets – Airbnb of toilets, earn from toilets for rent

#39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not all places and towns are so friendly. Many places love money so much that they'll say it's only for paying customers, not any customers.

maybe one of those unpaying customers shat up the walls. you think im being facetious but its surprisingly common in the first world

Or is doing heroin/crack in the bathrooms, which is also more common than people might believe.

Re: NearToilets – Airbnb of toilets, earn from toilets for rent

#40
post #14
post #10

Just walk into a restaurant an ask nicely?

I did this once in Paris and they told me to pay 2 euros.

Not paying for bathrooms is a distinctly American thing in the Western world. For instance, the McDonalds I used to go to all the time in Sweden actually has a credit card reader on the door.

The story on why it is free is quite interesting, as it used to not be this way in America either: https://psmag.com/economics/dont-pay-toilets-america-bathroo...

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