CARRY ON AT YOUR CONVIENIENCE

It’s one of the most natural things in the world.

We all have to do it.

 Some of us more than others especially when it’s cold or because our maximum capacity gauge is set to the size of a pea while on the flipside you have those who can go for hours on end without paying a visit.

But what we all have in common is that once we get the feeling we need to go there’s no two ways about it we DEFINITELY need to go.

So it makes me wonder why it seems to have become quite such a palaver in many places these days to just go about your business when it comes to spending a penny.

For a start it’s hardly as cheap as that anymore, is it?

In some places it’s as expensive as a pound to relieve yourself and while it is cheaper elsewhere, sometimes the rigmarole of trying to organise the right currency to get through the turnstile is a whole new challenge of its own.

The change machine will only take pound coins and nothing smaller which means if you haven’t got any you have to faff about trying to get some, while if you do have the right change but it’s not the correct denomination to grant you passage through the gate then I’m sorry I’m afraid entry will be denied until this error has been rectified.

Special access users such as parents with buggies and those who need to use the disabled facilities should be less likely to have to take part in all these fun and games but that is really only dependent on whether there’s an attendant on hand at all times to answer their call for help.

And finally of course we have the lavatories like the ones in our local supermarket that are as difficult as Fort Knox to get into and require the talents of the code breakers of Bletchley Park.

Armed with a set of random letters and numbers from customer services you approach the button activated lock, one false move requires you return back to the start and too many mistakes can result in a temporary lock out which in your current state could possibly spell disaster for all around you.

I know that some of these measures are  put in place for the best security reasons but wonder if like me the last thing you need when you’re busting for the loo is something that’s brings to mind a challenge from The Cube and makes the experience feel like it’s anything but public and convenient.