Largs community councillor and Herald really taking the p***, in the gutter, and discreetly between the car doors

In the Herald today:

A community councillor has renewed calls to reopen public toilets in Largs, warning that long ferry queues are leading to people urinating in nearby streets. Andy Adair, 85, said the issue had been raised previously but that he was advised to report incidents of public urination to police rather than seek a wider solution.

As I remember, there’s a big toilet block near the terminal. Regardless of the length of the queues, why aren’t they using the public toilets, only yards from the terminal?

Further down, we read:

Ah, the public toilets are closed? Is that not a better explanation for the peeing behind car doors than trying to blame CalMac for long queues.

Best of all, 85 year-old Andy, seem unaware of this. Even closer to the cars:

And on the ferry? Yes, toilets there too.

At 85, if his prostate is anything like mine, I’d have thought Andy would be more relaxed about other old guys having to pee between the car doors and into a gutter. If the polis are being called out for this, I’m in trouble.

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6 thoughts on “Largs community councillor and Herald really taking the p***, in the gutter, and discreetly between the car doors”

  1. That’s a pish-poor complaint from Andy A. Don’t get your knickers in a twist until you have the full facts – not a full bladder !

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  3. There are plenty of restaurants and hotels to spend a penny. If desperate a drink of juice can be purchase or a tea.

    Or complain to the (unionist?) council for more toilets.

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  4. Been married for over 65 years now to a man with this same problem for 30 of them. It doesn’t need a ferry queue to cue a toilet break and that very often happens with no toilet in sight.

    People like us are prone to having tailor made bottles in the car. 😉😊

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  5. Public toilets should definitely be open and maintained. I noticed during the Thatcher era that in formerly public spaces (airports, railway stations) after privatisation the public toilets disappeared. Even public benches disappeared. If you wanted to sit down or use a toilet you were obliged to go to a private restaurant and buy stuff. Hospitals soon followed and entrances were transformed into shopping malls.

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