Midtown Woodward is a cesspool

[DetroitPlanner]

Next time ask for a key. Believe it or not they are locked for your safety.

[gnome]

Next time ask for a key. Believe it or not they are locked for your safety.

Second that... How would you like to walk in on a junky all nice and bluish, maybe with a relaxed sphincter having made a contribution to the walls and floor?

[Zacha341]

Yeesh, not 'surprise' I'd want to roll up on. As a rule I avoid public bathroom or I know where the best ones are. LOL!

Second that... How would you like to walk in on a junky all nice and bluish, maybe with a relaxed sphincter having made a contribution to the walls and floor?

[jt1]

Yeesh, not 'surprise' I'd want to roll up on. As a rule I avoid public bathroom or I know where the best ones are. LOL!

The truth comes out. Zacha341 is George Costanza

[Richard]

Next time ask for a key. Believe it or not they are locked for your safety.

Remember the days when there was a gas station on every corner ,you always had to ask for the key and it usually had a large object attached to it so it would not get lost.

Overseas it is not uncommon to have public pay toilets the costs off set the clean up requirements ,if you walk into a franchise and do not see self serve condiments and refills then asking for the key is a given .

[davewindsor]

Remember the days when there was a gas station on every corner ,you always had to ask for the key and it usually had a large object attached to it so it would not get lost.

Nope. Let's see. Last time I visited the 7/11 by the University of Windsor, Mac's on Tecumseh Rd, PetroCanada on Walker or any other major gas franchise with an attached convenience store in Windsor, you can walk right into the unlocked washroom. You might find a run down gas station that locks them in Windsor, but I don't trust their gas pumps and go there anyway.

But, gas stations are besides the point; I wouldn't have gone to the ones off Woodward anyway because I wasn't driving my vehicle at the time. I was on foot.

Overseas it is not uncommon to have public pay toilets the costs off set the clean up requirements ,if you walk into a franchise and do not see self serve condiments and refills then asking for the key is a given .

Nope, I guess we've traveled to different European cities if that's what you're getting at. I get libertarian point of it. But, pay toilets are like parking meters. Most people tend to avoid them on principle as much as they can. I'm sure most people would continue to pee on the storefronts if they put up pay toilets to deal with the issue.

Subway btw has self serve condiments. Starbucks, well, I'm not gonna wait in a 15 person line to ask for a key after walking around ready to piss myself because I couldn't go anywhere else. It'd probably be better to just walk to the McDonald's, which I did.

Why is the McDonald's washroom unlocked if it's a safety issue? I don't think that's the reason. I think employees are just lazy to clean the washrooms or they're trying to save on water so they lock up the washrooms without any concern for where people will go instead.

Midtown's a cesspool. People just piss right on the storefronts because of these policies. Who cares, right? I can't even fathom why anyone would want to live in Midtown unless they worked/went to school there and couldn't afford a car.

And I haven't even brought up all the homeless people that approached me in Midtown including the one that asked me for change while waiting in line to order at McDonald's. How can anyone get positive about midtown with the lack of pride businesses take in the basic sanitary conditions of this area?