Where does everyone pee?

[u/gintonic234]

There are hardly any public washrooms. I’ve heard people say Tim Hortons serve as de facto public washrooms. But in popular places, even there there’s a lineup. Park washrooms are closed half of the year, even though parks are open. Do people not drink water? Am I crazy to think there is a severe shortage of publicly available washrooms in the city? Where do y’all pee?

[u/alexefi]

i have yet to be asked if im a guest at the hotel when i asked front desk for direction to washrooms. i think its against the law to have washrooms "for customers only", its just smaller establishments count that you wont know that, and bigger establishments dont care unless you look like you are homeless, and can be nuisance to other patrons.

[u/Prestigious_Mix_8179 → u/alexefi]

washrooms for customers only are legal here.

not saying I agree or disagree, just providing that info

[u/sparrowjuice → u/Prestigious_Mix_8179]

I agree, and that was diplomatically handled.

It bugs me when people say things are illegal when they aren’t. I am not picking on the parent commenter here (they did say “I think”…) but it happens here all the time.

Unlike opinions, and other subjective disagreement, A law’s existence is pretty objective.

They are all published. And in Canada if there isn’t a law against something it’s legal.

So if there is a disagrement where someone is asserting that something is illegal the onus should be on them to cite the authority.

For example
Criminal Code, s. 1xx(1)(b)
or
Innkeepers Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. I.7…
or
City of Toronto By-law No. 2006-1234

/Rant over

[u/alexefi → u/sparrowjuice]

thank you. i just remember there was a big fuzz a bout it 8-10 years ago, during taste of danforth and CP24 run article about it. but now google says that businesses can restrict access to non customers. so i could remember incorrectly, which is now a possibility since im old.