Tourists and second home owners visiting a Cornish sea sideside resort will have to pay to use public toilets while the facilities will remain free for locals.
All eight public toilets in the west Cornish town have traditionally been free to use by everyone, but now the local authority wants to recoup some cash without adversely affecting locals.
Surely the amount of money such a scheme will cost to impliment will outweigh any gains? So...it's not about cost at all, is it?
The town council said it is still finalising the details of the new contactless toilets but is looking at ways to ensure second home owners or holiday let users cannot use their temporary St Ives address or share any access codes with their Airbnb customers, so public toilets are only genuinely free for locals.
You're going to find a way to stop people sharing access codes, eh?
Cool! After that, can you get to work on a perpetual motion scheme, or energy from nothing? Or even peace in the Middle East, if you really want a challenge...
Mrs Dwelly said: 'We will be giving residents a card or code to use on their phone so when they use the public toilets it will be free. Visitors will have to pay and will be able to use their phone or credit card to do so.'
Or will ask/pay a friendly local to swipe their card/phone for them...
I'm sure there's a McDonalds nearby. When you pay to use their toilets, at least you get a free burger
ReplyDeleteI'm not a wealthy man but can afford to spend a penny, unless they intend to charge more than a penny.
ReplyDeleteThe town which does very well from tourists will ban these same tourists from a 'free-pee'? Miserable mean-spirited twits - I hope men use the streets instead (but it's tough for those needing to sit down).
ReplyDelete'We will be giving residents a card or code to use on their phone so when they use the public toilets it will be free. Visitors will have to pay and will be able to use their phone or credit card to do so.'
ReplyDeleteSo that means a qr code. Welcome to the digital concentration camp.