the most expensive public toilets in Girne

happyharry


Joined: 12/08/2010
Posts: 10

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 09:11

During my weekly visit to Girne while returning to the main car park I decided to use the public toilets. On decending the steps I was taken aback at the sign for 1.50ytl to pee. Is this the most expensive toilet ever and do the brits really pay this amount which in sterling amounts to 65p. Have not used these toilets for a while but the last time noticed that the locals enter for free so are we brits being made a fool of again. By the way I about turned on the steps and waited until I returned home as I refuse to pay this amount. Would appreciate feedback.

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 09:53

Last time I visited the mentioned toilette was about three months ago and it was 1 TL and all the locals pay for it too.

Happy harry wrote: "..noticed that the locals enter for free ". May I ask what is your evidence for this? This money is collected by the person who cleans the toilettes and goes directly to his pocket. So I do not believe that he will be so generous with the locals.



However I know one local who had a pee there once free of charge. He had a weekly tv programme in those days and he always bashed the government. This chap looking after the toilettes recognized him and refused to accept money from him. So he was telling me that his only benefit from his tv programmes was to have a pee once free of charge

ismet

LeYLeY



Joined: 12/09/2010
Posts: 221

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 10:17

WOW next time i go there ill say 1ytl or nothing!!! its easy 4 u guys all u gotta do is find a bush ;)

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 11:50

Gross i hope i am not near the bush at that time.

billyboy1


Joined: 01/06/2009
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 12:00

£2 at the national coach station in Birmingham......

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 12:11

Yes happyharry, I too found it very expensive, as the last time I visited this toilet it was 1 lira , went there again in May it had gone up to 1.50 lira, I asked the assistant why it had gone up another 50cc his reply was the Gerni Bel sets the rates!

But what got me was an English woman came in and said oh isnt this cheap!! What, I said, she then said in GB she pays 20p, I then explained that 1.50 was nearly a thirrd of a pound, she just shrugged and said oh well never mind!.....

Perry


Joined: 27/01/2007
Posts: 413

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 12:44

Re-read msg 2. The fee pays for the cleaner and all pay. You get clean toilets. Try public toilets in London - £1.50 to £2.......

fatboy



Joined: 05/11/2008
Posts: 244

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 13:09

I'm more than happy to pay whatever they ask on account of the facilities being immaculate.Back in the good old UK you'll pay £2 for a sh**tehouse with no paper.Get over it.

Blackpoolfan


Joined: 03/12/2008
Posts: 1568

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 14:51

Message 8,

Do you still have public toilets in Kirkham???

TheSaints



Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 1369

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 16:08

Are you taking the "P" 65p is nothing to use a clean public convenience you would also be quick enough to whinge if it was free and filthy.........some people will whinge 10 minutes after they pop thier cloggs........

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 16:11

It seems beyond belief that this can even have a thread.

janjin



Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 488

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 18:33

I couldn't find anything to dry my hands on BUT before you ask I didn't ask for hand towel etc.

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 18:58

Considering the attitude TC's have with litter and rubbish I'm surprised they haven't adopted the French mentality of when caught short, any bush, tree or wall will do!



Richard

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 20:56

Just say you are Saul Hudson AKA 'Slash' from Gun's & Roses and you are just popping in for one....

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 21:09

Ismet

Now here's a book that you should read, Clochemerle!



Richard

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 21:13

Sorry, should have been directed to Groucho. Sundays!!!!



Richard

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 21:19

Richard... too late... read it and pissed myself too!

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 21:22

Oh my giddy aunt, we have reached the point of winging about paying to use public toilets, I really do despair with some of you. Are your lives really so dull that you need to inform people about the cost of using a toilet, no, sorry, please don't answer that. please just don't

basheer



Joined: 22/12/2008
Posts: 949

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 21:52

I have used the dome hotel toilets everytime i was in girne

by the casino no problems to date and clean

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 22:11

Paul, how giddy is your Aunt? Maybe trying to hold it in is the problem...

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 22:15

Holding in what, the pee or that hugely expensive 65p, she is from Aberdeen after all

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 22:21

My mum lived in Bucksburn! What small world...



(My Grandad was Head of Microscopy at The Rowett Institute)

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 22:27

The first time I got arrested was at the Rowett, it is a small world



Educated at Bucksburn school, now closed, stoneywood school, now closed if they had closed Bankhead acadamy I would think it is something to do with me



(My grandad was the local blacksmith in Bucksburn) and I don't know what Microscopy means

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 22:34

Hey Groucho, I think I might have just worked out why we butted heads so much when I used to drink and type.



Sorry folks, changing the thread oops.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 22:42

As long as we don't butt heads whilst standing at the urinals we'll get along!



Microscopy the science and techniques of looking at stuff through microscopes... He was a scientist at the Rowett.

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 23:24

How about a helping hand? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM90lwrz4Og

ismet

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
17/10/2010 23:37

If we were headbutting each other at the urinals we would have probably done it because we just pee'd on each others shoes.



I got arrested for walking through the roads at the institute when skiving school with a friend. We had to pick a day after some pair of young boys about our age had smashed a car window in the car park and stolen a portable cassette player and a jacket I think it was. We were not charged because a witness confirmed that we weren't the boys but I still got my ass kicked for skiving school when I got dragged back to Bankhead and then when they called home. Six of the best and a severe head slapping for being proved innocent of the crime, I will always ponder on that one.

bigOz


Joined: 29/09/2010
Posts: 1244

Message Posted:
18/10/2010 00:20

Moral of the story? When traveling to Girne, do not "take the piss"!

Smity



Joined: 14/09/2009
Posts: 826

Message Posted:
18/10/2010 01:54

Public toilet on the Thames walk by westminster bridge £2 thats takin the p--s and it was a s-ht hole of a place

When I complained to the attendent I was told to write a letter to westminster council

Yeh right thanks for nowt

Zoony


Joined: 26/03/2010
Posts: 136

Message Posted:
18/10/2010 07:47

Here,s the deal if you got to go stop at one of the resturants in the square for a beer 4tl use the toilet free save 1.5tl.

girne 29


Joined: 06/12/2007
Posts: 1488

Message Posted:
18/10/2010 14:47

Re-read msg 2. The fee pays for the cleaner and all pay. You get clean toilets. Try public toilets in London - £1.50 to £2.......





We are not stupid, we know fees are to cover cleaning, toilet paper ,soap etc, For the quality and cleanliness in the Girne bogs, 1.5 ytl is expensive.

Try public toilets in Berlin, 60pence , immaculate,

aussiejock



Joined: 06/10/2010
Posts: 350

Message Posted:
18/10/2010 15:20

In Turkey I thought they were run by the mafia, not a bad earner if you can get it, get a busy toilet in the centre or any large bus depot and say you get around 500 people a day $1.50 = $750.00 a day per week = $5250.00 it's not a bad earner, wish I could own one, but I'm not knocking the fee I really dont care what it cost, when you want to go, you go. But wish I owned 3 or 4, and only have to pay out a wage each week.





Robert

bigOz


Joined: 29/09/2010
Posts: 1244

Message Posted:
18/10/2010 15:30

Public toilets at Waterloo Station are a match to those at heathrow - and free!

liz w



Joined: 09/10/2008
Posts: 270

Message Posted:
18/10/2010 17:02

re message 12 . As you leave the toilets the attendant usually hands you paper towels so you can dry your hands.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
18/10/2010 17:18

Try the excutive loos in Harrods, now thats spending more than a penny x

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
18/10/2010 21:11

If 1.5 lira brings out the tight arse mentality then save yourself mental anguish by having a vindaloo curry and beer before the visit.

Hector


Joined: 26/08/2008
Posts: 2352

Message Posted:
18/10/2010 21:13

"If 1.5 lira brings out the tight arse mentality.."



Oh very funny...



I think I'll keep my arse tight and save the money..