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Fast Room
A pay bathroom chain based on cleanliness and speed | |
Many public bathrooms stink, literally
and figuratively. We won't even get
into public showers (even places like
Japan where they are common public
showers could be cleaner.) This
bathroom works off of the fast food
system of, nothing fancy, high
volume and always (relatively) clean.
Flowchart
goes something like this:
You wait in the lines until you get up
to the front and pay for what you
want. You get a number.
You pay the equivalent for 2 USD to
use the bathroom. The bathroom
attendants find a space for you and
clean it up. They radio your number
and you go in.
Or you pay 6 USD or equivalent for
for a shower and a room just big
enough for a sink and changing area.
Towels and soap provided with the
cost. Hot water on a timer, extra
money can bring up the time.
10 USD for a family sized room with
sink, shower, and toilet stall.
Things one can order on the side
would be hygiene products, cologne/
perfume and make-up.
Such chains could even open up in
stadiums feasably with commercial
promotions by sports celebrities.
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My kingdom for a clean crapper... |
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I'd like a Reservation for 4 at 7:30
Sorry, all booked up... |
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In Europe you get what are called super-loos. |
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They are automatic toilets that you pay to enter and that are washed down after each visit. I've been in one that was entirely made of stainless steel and had a fold-down lever over a hole in the floor as the loo. These loos meet your cleaniness and speed requirement although they obviously lack the luxury. |
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"Europe" huh? Are you sure you don't mean "prison?" |
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There's a place similar to what [Aristotle] mentions in the main Hanover train station. It's called McClean, though I don't wish to think of its connection to the manufacturer of Big Macs. |
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Here is another idea which they had in _Snow Crash_, the novel. It was a chain offering 4 levels of bathrooming experience. The lowest level was like the crapper in a public park. |
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Isn't $2.00 a lot to pay just to use a toilet - clean or otherwise? |
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Not if you gotta go. It's the ultimate captive audience. |
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They also said to the creator of
Starbucks that $2.00 was $1.50
more than people would spend on
coffee. |
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Good idea...people would probably dish out the cash too! I would! Plus I buy Starbucks, so ...yeah I would! |
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[sartep] is describing something which exists widely ... but not widely enough for his tastes. I believe this really truly is baked if not accessible to all. |
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