Pay per use of Rest room??

[kiatsy]

depends on 2 factors i suppose.

1. need. when you got to go you got to go! for someone with a bum stomach P10 is way cheaper than having to buy new pants and underwear, not to mention the shame ehehehehe! and this is assuming you will have someone with you to send go buy a pair of cheap jeans and underwear. paano pag wala?

2. hygiene and convenience. how many times, especially for the women, that you go into a cubicle and find it filthy. or worse someone before you failed to flush because there is no water and left his memories swimming in that little golden pond, staring you in the eye and offending your senses (primarily your sense of smell!)

P10 is cheap. if you can afford to give P50 as tip to the waiter that served you that lunch that caused your bum stomach, then you can afford to pay p10 to the guy who keeps the toilet clean where the lunch eventually goes ehehehehe!

I fully agree. It costs money to maintain decent comfort rooms. We are even willing to shell out parking fees at malls' parking areas where carnappings can happen or a term and condition explicitly assumed by the car park patrons.

We are also aware of certain groups, families, or people purposely use the mall toilets because they do not have toilets at home! Shocking? Not really. It is the reality.

[niky]

its the customers choice whether to go on a pay toilet or the free ones, tama si boybi lifesaver yun toilet minsan especially if di kayo magkasundo ng tiyan niyo minsan.

for peeing, ok lng regular rest room, but to poop especially during those times, id rather pay 10bucks.

ot: during my college days and after i graduate, whenever i have that urge, i try to locate the nearest decent hotel to flush the unwanted baggage=)

Bwahahaha... memories of UP Manila, before Manila Midtown closed down (we got some good equipment at that auction... shame about the hotel).

When Robinson's Place Manila was still a backwater little mall with public toilets that looked like... public toilets, I'd walk through the back of the mall, into the adjoining commercial building (full of travel agencies... looked like a European train station) and straight into Midtown, without passing any guards, doors or people. Amazing that almost nobody knew they were all connected on the second floor this way.

That hotel bathroom was my very own "Secret Garden"... :hysterical:

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RE: Pay toilets? Why not? Beats having to buy my own roll of toilet paper and carrying it around... and there's always soap at pay toilets. (Medyo OC ako sa toilet... I wipe it down with soap and tissue before I sit... medyo safer than just sitting down.

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Cubao? Pimps? Egh. Stand anywhere on Aurora after hours and the "working girls" are all around you. Even worse? Stop your car and open the door (around the 7-11 or Mercury there), and they start running at you like hungry savages. We had to buy from Mercury there a few years ago... akala ko ma-ga-gang rape ang pinsan ko when he got out of the car... buti na lang they all skidded to a halt when they saw him going into Mercury... *whew*!!!

[oldblue]

Why can't these malls provide clean restrooms for free? Shouldn't be a part of their service? Walang pinagkaiba ito sa usaping Pay Parking.

There's no point of argument na malinis talaga ang pay lounges but then why can't they clean their own malls without the customer paying.

yeah, business is business but providing the basic needs of customers should be on top of priorities.

Look at the new MRT (Line 2 Santolan-Recto), wala ng CR for the convenience of passengers, andun lahat nakapila sa CR designated for disabled peeps. If they mean business, they should mean service IMO!

trust me bro. hindi mo gugustuhin mag CR sa ordinary restrooms ng Gateway and Farmers Mall, grabe dugyot ng mga tao dun. pag umiihi nga ako dun hindi ako humihinga eh, feeling ko yun bacteria/virus ng ihi nila eh airborne na + mutation

sa cubao CR's ko din nakita na multi-purpose ang male urinal, sari-sari makikita mo: dura, plema, plema may dugo, bubble gum, menthol candy, tinga, suka, cigarette butt, buhok yun menthol candy ang pamatay pga na-ihian. parang manamis-namis na maalat na kumakapit sa balat mo ang singaw.


one time nga sa ali-mall, nakita ko pa yun jologs na mama, pina-paebs nya bata nya anak sa urinal.

madalas kasi ako sa cubao weekly kasi may cliente ako dyan.


kaya tama lang na may pay lounge sila.

sa GB3, ok lang kasi matitino mga tao dun class A, B, C. sa cubao majority ng passerby nasa C,D,E. i may sound discriminating but you'll know. it's like when you're a Fil-am touring the Mandaluyong Malls, tapos pasok kasa sa Edsa Shaw MRT from Shangrila. yun ba it keeps getting better and better, tapos pagpasok pa lang 3rd floor ng Manuela, amoy kusina na hahahah

[CVT]

I notice that in Gateway and Farmers Cubao, most of their rest room have pay before you can use it.... But the one i tried is at gateway and they have listerine, jergens lotion, alcohol, toothpic at the desktop counter for evryone to use...

Is this alright with you to pay P10 jsut to use it??


WBR,

Here in South MM, ATC has these.

Sa akin ayos lang iyan, especially during 'emergencies'. Haven't been in one although I should say that I'll most probably use one in the future. My son did some months back.

I agree with one of the previous posts (by kiatsy) that some are using the mall toilets as their family or personal toilet, so its really hard to maintain most of them.

At least you have a choice, especially during this season when everyone's going out to eat and celebrate.... It is better right?

:starwars:

[cutedoc]

regarding carrying a roll of tissue, medyo diyahe pa tignan better carry a wet wipes meron sa watson at bench mas mura ng konti=)

[niky]

I prefer the big "Kleenex" packs, as there's enough in there to do the business. The small, pocket-sized packs have sheets that are too small... kinda, erh... hard to keep your hands clean while cleaning up...

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*oldblue: How true... I've been going to Araneta Center regularly for the past twelve years, and the CRs in the more "pedestrian" areas are damn scary. Since my wife's family house isn't that far away, whenever she needed to go, or whenever I needed to go, we'd just go home.

Heck, kahit sa "secret" CRs sa National, where not so many, errh... "jologs" people hang out... you still couldn't sit down.

Gateway may be an A+B market place, but a lot of foot traffic goes through there, and they really need to assure the cleanliness of their CRs. And, if you don't like paying, you can always go over to Farmer's to use theirs. Or National.

[Jun aka Pekto]

Considering how some people explode their lunch and leave a mess afterwards, I'm all for it. But by the same token.... If I'm paying for it, I expect the toilet to be clean and flushable with plenty of toilet paper plus a force cup just in case my load's too big to flush down.

[OTEP]

Kapag sa SM Malls malinis yung CR sa basement. Usually dun sa mga curtains, glasswares, etc. Basta yung boring part ng mall. hehehe.

Pero wala pa din tissue (baka pwede na yung mga display na kurtina).

[seonadancing]

I'd pay P100 for a good shitting. Kung pwede maglagay na din sila ng magazines dun =)

[ts1n1ta]

Yun ang problema eh, hindi nga lahat maintained.

I don't have a problem with this, pero pag kelangan mo na talaga gumamit, titigil ka pa't magbabayad??? Yun lang conflict na nakikita ko. Hindi lahat ng tao may baryang handa sa bulsa.

Baka pwede naman Mastercard. hehehe

Look at Podium, their restrooms are clean and its free!