Published on 12, July, 2020
I have had a 'Radar' National Key Scheme key for some time.
I find public toilets impossible, they are smelly and unhygeinic with wet (urine) soaked floors, rudimentary handwashing facilities, and only slightly better than wetting myself. I will only use one when absolutely desperate. I therefore thought that as I was Autistic I would get a key so I could use the 'disabled' toilet.
Problem is, I cannot bring myself to use it. I do not have a wheelchair or have physical problems using a 'normal' toilet. The problems I have are a mental aversion. On the odd occasion I have used the 'disabled' toilet (what a strange name, it is not the toilet that is disabled, it works perfectly!) it is because the normal one is out of use. And it has always been a lot cleaner and more pleasant.
So should I just grit my teeth and bear the normal toilets? Or should I ignore the (perceived) thoughts of those who think I should not use the disabled toilet. Or is it the case I should not use the disabled toilet at all as they are only intended for those who are physically disabled?
The regulars on this site know me as the guy who photographs everything.
Including public toilets
I came across these disgusting ones on my travels.
Off topic but ...as I started the topic I can go off-topic if I want .....!
Procrastinator wrote:
"In the old days, I accepted my photo's got lost if I didn't do something about it, but now as it happens automatically I can't bring myself to actually delete them, and the next I-cloud back up is very expensive. Have you got a system?"
I upload all my pictures to Flickr. You can set it to upload automatically when you take them if you like You can tag them, make them visible to everyone or just to friends or family, or keep them for your private viewing only. It is free and you get a terabyte of storage (which is an awful lot, it would take half a million pictures to fill it up ... and if you did you could just open another account keeping your original one as well. There is an app you can use or you can just go to the link below. It will also automatically sort your pictures into categories - animals, insects, architecture, etc.
www.flickr.com
Some of my pictures (not of toilets!) you can see here:
My flickr pictures
Trainspotter said:Off topic but ...as I started the topic I can go off-topic if I want .....!
...Yes you can. But it does make it a little difficult to find such conversation or helpful insights, however.
I have said in other Threads that a "Photography" Thread should be begun (or re-begun). I myself am only *told* by others that I am "good" at photography, and so it is not a profession for myself, and so I may talk about starting a Thread yet not do so...
(I suppose this is a sort of complaint, but, well, it is difficult to tell even for myself even as I am the one writing it...!)