Community Chat

[cherry]

They are illegal now ,but you used to have to put 10 cents in a  meter ,to be able to get inside a stall

I recall Elizabeth Taylor,  talking about not having correct change at an airport, and the women taking turns holding open the door so , they didn't have to try to dig up a dime

She was married at the time, to Sen John Warner, and she got him to get a bill passed, making pay toilets in airports illegal

I tried to find something out about it on the net, and ran into a lot of  other movements ,from people getting pay toilets banned on toll roads and  such.

I wonder what cretin decided to make women pay to use the john?

I'll bet it was a man!

[GCR18]

I never heard of it.  I asked my mother.  She thinks it was in the 50's.

[cherry]

I think it was in the 70's they were finally outlawed

[sweetee2]

When we were in the Middle East, Jordan to be exact, we had to pay1 dollar for two squares of toilet paper.

[KringleB]

I never paid I always crawled under the door. Of course that was in my younger days and wouldn't dream of doing it now beause of A arthritis & 2 germs!!

[Trinity11]

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@cherry wrote:

I think it was in the 70's they were finally outlawed

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@cherry, I remember them growing up and my parents took me into New York City. They were in the subways and even some stores.

[shoptilyadropagain]

Yes, our local G.C. Murphy store had one!!

[blackhole99]

Oh yes, in our town they were call Comfort Stations and it cost a nickle to use. There were no monitors at the CS so we kids would just crawl under the door and used the toilet for free. LOL

[maestra]

It cost .10 to get into the stall at Grand Central Station. Often, women would hold the doors open or prop them for other.

I had to be pretty desperate to pay up since I dont care to use facilities in large public areas.

[tansy]

Holding the door open for the next woman was common.  I vaguely remember my mother having me crawl under the door once to open it.  She must not have had a dime on her.