Whenever I boarded a plane the first place I visit is the toilet. When I travelled half way round the world from Singapore to Toronto the first place I visited was the toilet. When I stopover at HongKong.....When I arrived at Heathrow.....When I checked into a hotel..... where was the first place I visited ?
So when I stay here in Toronto I was shocked to find that some retailers are up against a law that require them to have a toilet for them to use.
Canadian Tyre one of the biggest store I have ever been that sells everything from a lollipop to a lawn-mower has a toilet that you have to go to the counter to borrow a key with a big tag in order to use their not well-kept toilet.
Convenient Stores are found at every corner but when I suddenly feel the urge to release myself the saleslady told be that they do not have a toilet for anybody's convenience.
Thien Huynh of 24 Hours wrote:
Not only do I wish there were more public washrooms in Toronto, I wish they were cleaner.
Since coming home from honeymoon in Hawaii, I've become somewhat of a washroom snob/connoisseur.Over the past week I 've made pit stops in San Diego, Houston, Denver, and Mexico and their public washrooms are so much cleaner than Toronto's- which is a shame for a city that prides itself for being clean.
I totally agree with him and wish he would do more research and write more about this important topic especially for Toronto in particular and Canada in general.
I used to work in the Public Library as a Staff person, if there was a toilet to clean up..guess who had to do it during the day.
And my wonder is why men's rooms only have urinals..and one stall with no door? How crude is that? Scary for my young son!
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