This week’s photo prompt (below) from Friday Fictioneers
‘Blatant revenue raising!’
‘What do you mean?’
‘Who mostly uses this park?’
‘Well, mostly us older folk, I guess.’
‘Exactly!’
‘And who else?’
‘Well, there’s mothers with young children …’
‘… who never want to go before they go but need to go the minute they get there.’
‘Sorry, you’ve lost me.’
‘Have you ever walked past that thing without getting a call of nature?’
‘Well, now that you mention it ..’
‘And what’s behind those trees?’
‘A public convenience.’
‘… which costs a dollar, using your swipe card.’
‘So you’ve got to swipe to wipe?’
‘Always with the jokes.’
Photo Credit: ceayr
Six Crooked Highways 
I’ll never forget the first time I used a pay toilet. The next guy paid and walked in behind me while I was “in action.” Anything can be sold. Even restroom privileges.
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Given the current toilet paper madness globally, they’ll be charging for that soon. 😉
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Don’t get me started- on the tissue issue- I’ve just been there. This picture above, strangely, elicited a dry response from you?
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Always with the jokes 😏
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Haha! What a great take on the prompt! Swipe to wipe… ah hell no!
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Ah, Doug, thank you for giving me a good giggle. I know all about this being a mother of two and having older relatives.
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Haha swipe to wipe…. One way of putting it.
On the bright side usually paid loos are cleaner than the public ones. ]
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Ha! Swipe to wipe – a perfect example of capitalism gone too far! Great fun story 🙂
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Thanks, Iain. Gives a whole new meaning to filthy lucre, doesn’t it? 😉
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There’s more than an element of possibility here.
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I remember having to put a coin in the public toilet door to open it – going to the loo was called ‘spending a penny’ back then!
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Ah, well, with inflation, in for a penny, in for a pound 😉
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Swipe to wipe. . . .given the present hysteria over hoarding toilet paper, this one struck my funny bone 🙂
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Yep, running water will do that to a guy. Blatant stealth tax.
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Imagining a very large puddle near the swipe terminal….
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Almost certainly 😁
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Haha! Oh boy, do I remember to swipe to wipe? That’s why I always carry the toilet paper in my handbag when I’m out with the kids. (don’t tell anyone I might get mugged!)
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Hmmm. Where did you say you lived again? 🙂
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Inflation. I remember when it was a dime to wipe…
😉
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I’m old enough to remember when ‘spend a penny’ was a common euphemism. ;-).
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