Paris in particular comes to mind as a place that has really nice (calling them really nice might be a stretch, but they are mostly functional and taken care of) public toilets in regular locales through the city. Otherwise the typical M.O. (though this is unfortunate for lower income populace) in the US city is to walk into a food service or bar establishment, purchase the cheapest item on the menu, then use the facilities. Even this is somewhat difficult however in the COVID era when many lobbies are closed and there is takeout service only.
I wonder if they got the idea from the Seinfeld reunion episode of Curb your Enthusiasm where George used his skill in identifying acceptable toilets in New York City to create the "iToilet" app[1].
There is another recent episode with a service called “Gotta Go” for people working in places like toll booths, shoe shine stands, and magazine stands.
Certain occupations, whether salaried or not, don't lend themselves to perfect OSHA compliant workplaces. For example, my dad was a pharma salesman -- salaried full-benefits position. He raised our entire family on that. He drove a lot. He never worked in an office. There was no 'designated' spot to pee. The times I would go on the road with him, we always went to gas stations, or restaurants. It would be better to have an app honestly.
Certainly it is difficult to find public bathrooms in American cities. That is not a problem with gig work though. It affects a lot of occupations, many of them white collar.
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Certainly it is difficult to find public bathrooms in American cities. That is not a problem with gig work though. It affects a lot of occupations, many of them white collar.
There’s plenty of economic and social benefits to justify providing this as a public service.
https://toiletmap.gov.au/
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