Re: Pub/Restaurant/Shop Etc. Says Loos Are For Customers Only. Is This Mean?
Originally Posted by
Realist
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I figured this thread must be a wind up when I read the title but I guess it's not.
Pub/Restaurants are private establishments.
Toilets there are absolutely NOT for the general public, what a crazy idea !
It would be wholly discourteous and improper to stroll into a licensed pub/restaurant with no intention to buy anything or use their services and to just go to their toilet. It's literally taking the p*ss.
They are entirely right to put up a big sign if ignorant people have been routinely using their facilities gratis.
No Realist.
This thread is not meant to be a wind up, and it is NOT a crazy idea at all.
You obviously have not read everything either in my post, or the Tom Utley Daily Mail article link, or the Use Our Loos initiative link.
I think all that he says there is very valid indeed.
Particularly as councils are closing public toilets left right and centre.
TOM UTLEY on cafes and restaurants opening up their toilets for free
Anyway, my point this week is to hail as national heroes the 11,300 pioneering bosses of shops, cafes, pubs and other firms who have signed up to the new Use Our Loos initiative.
Launched by the British Toilet Association, with sponsorship from Domestos, this is the scheme under which participants display stickers outside their premises, advertising that passers-by are welcome to use their facilities, whether they buy anything or not.
But for most businesses, surely, it’s not just public-spirited to welcome passers-by who’ve been caught short.
It also makes sound commercial sense to lure them onto the premises, where they might be tempted to stop for a bite, a drink or a purchase while there.
Speaking for myself, whenever in the past I’ve dropped into licensed premises to relieve myself, I’ve almost always felt obliged to stay for a pint (a bit of a vicious circle, I grant you).
I can’t see that changing if the pub happens to display a Use Our Loos sticker. If anything, indeed, I’ll feel more inclined than ever to give my custom, as a gesture of gratitude for that selfless welcome.
So let me end with a plea to businesses all over the land.
Sign up to this imaginative scheme (details on the BTA website).
http://www.btaloos.co.uk/?p=1937
You won’t be sorry — and a great many like me will be hugely relieved.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...lets-free.html
PS.
Wifey and I are off out soon to boogy on down dancing and boozing at our favourite Llandudno Hotel.
The loos there are very nice!