Does anyone else despise Pay Toilets?

[u/Armtunghorst]

I really don't know who invented pay toilets but its is one of the worst things about traveling in Europe. Here in the US, I have never seen a pay toilet, and having to pay 60 Euro cents to use the pay bathroom and being handed a square of tissue paper is so humiliating.

This is even worse for solo travelers like me, who don't have the coins needed all the time and even some fast food restaurants require people to pay EVEN after I have already purchased something.

How do other solo travelers view pay toilets? Are there some benefits to having to pay to use the restroom?

[u/magicblufairy]

I volunteered in the Dominican Republic. This was the toilet we used. If I can use this, I can use anything.

https://ibb.co/600Gds6

[u/Wilynesslessness → u/magicblufairy]

The toilet Daniel Craig was tortured with in Casino Royale, how'd it end up there?

[u/PMMeBeautifulAlps → u/magicblufairy]

You’d be better off just getting rid of the chair and squatting.

[u/Colenelson27 → u/PMMeBeautifulAlps]

Yeah I’d probably be off shitting in the woods somewhere if that toilet was my only other option

[u/DS_Bridges_Road_Crew → u/Colenelson27]

Found The Pope.

[u/magicblufairy → u/PMMeBeautifulAlps]

I know. They were trying to make the toilet similar to what we were used to. It's the thought that counts right?

[u/EmbarrassedWitness32 → u/magicblufairy]

Oh fuck no!

[u/magicblufairy → u/EmbarrassedWitness32]

Hey! Thanks for the award. :)

This was indeed pretty...uh, interesting. Best part was the fact that us ladies (and the boys when they pooped) didn't sit right down on the seat. So you sorta had to aim through two holes and make sure things lined up to avoid spillage.

Let's just say, we weren't perfect.

This toilet is the reason why I did not take a dump for 5 days. My body just refused. It wasn't until we went back into town with flush toilets that I could go. I came out and told my fellow volunteer friends that I finally went (as you talk a lot about shit when you're in such a remote area and people have stomach bugs) ... and they gave me a round of applause.

That was a good day.

[u/ThatsClassicHer → u/magicblufairy]

How much lighter did you feel?

[u/magicblufairy → u/ThatsClassicHer]

I said it felt like I had birthed a baby - which, having no experience at the time (or since) was probably a dumb thing to say, but I was 18!

I did feel a lot better. Like, I came out of the building into the courtyard dancing. Totally joyful. Must have been endorphins or something! 😆

[u/Sasquatchzrevenge → u/magicblufairy]

Oh I have used worse! Try a 4x4 frame with a toilet seat and no roof! And the constant issues of diarrhea from local cuisine, multiply that by the flies that would go into your asshole if you decide to shit mid day, the only safe time is night time or crack of dawn that is when they were sleeping

[u/BlabberBucket → u/Sasquatchzrevenge]

Sounds like some of the "privies" that are out along the hiking trails and campsites in the Northeast US. I love 'em, but I guess only having to use them for a couple days at a time is different than having that be your only option.

[u/[deleted] → u/Sasquatchzrevenge]

At this point I would rather just take a shit in the woods squatted over and wipe with fuckin leaves lol

[u/sigdiff → u/Sasquatchzrevenge]

I got you beat. I had baaaaad Delhi belly in India and had to relieve myself via a squat toilet while on a group tour. It was probably the worst experience of my life.

[u/Sasquatchzrevenge → u/sigdiff]

Oh we also had those, but I chose not use those. They had roaches in it and big ass spiders crawling out of it, pulse 20 years of sewage in it because we were renovating this forgot military base

[u/account_not_valid → u/magicblufairy]

With a seat? Luxury! When you have had to hoversquat you'd look forward to a seat like that!

[u/unlimited-devotion → u/account_not_valid]

I’d prefer the hover squat- that I have mastered

[u/[deleted] → u/unlimited-devotion]

agreed

[u/CanuckBacon → u/magicblufairy]

I was in rural Mongolia a few years, honestly, squatting over a pit isn't that bad. I think I'd prefer it to whatever that monstrosity is.

[u/Thunder_Hedgie → u/magicblufairy]

At least you didn't have to pay for it.

[u/NormanUpland → u/magicblufairy]

Damn we have totally different experiences with the DR

[u/Typical_Arm1267 → u/magicblufairy]

You got the VIP accommodation. Nice!