I Don't See The Point

[teacake44]

Don't know if its the same in you're area, but councils in a wide area in and around me seem to think that since this virus hit that people don't need public toilets, or have reduced the opening hours. For example signs on the doors stating that: not open until 10am, closed at 4pm.

Have we all been unknowingly re- calibrated for our bowels and bladders only to work between these hours?

[barry1010]

I know those that drive for a living have struggled especiaaly with cafes etc closed

[youngmafbog]

Is it councils that are the problem or the fact cafes etc are shutting?

Round here, Bournemouth, the bogs have been open for a while now. Used them myself the other week on the seafront. Nice and clean too.

[teacake44]

Well the most stupid decision I saw was in the park, they closed the men's and women's, but instructed everyone to use the one in the middle, the disabled one, so you had crowds waiting to us just the one. Madness, and even more dangerous for the disabled.

[teacake44]

13.06 Its the council toilets, they've just gone power mad I think. with no real reason I can see.

[youngmafbog]

It wouldnt surprise me teacake many councils seem to have jumped on the band wagon to get out of their obligations.

Luckily my Council have been excellent, even given the hordes of people they had to work with on the beaches.

[Arrods]

Ulterior motives Teacake. We popped into a pub to use the loo yesterday. Cost us £35 - for lunch.

[youngmafbog]

Should have popped into a 'Spoons!

[teacake44]

They don't seem to have a problem with peoples fingers over the parking machines, or restricting them.

[Togo]

Besides closing the bogs they also cling wrapped all the litter bins so that they could not be used, and stopped cutting the grass and keeping the roads and pavements clear. The parking meters were still operational mind. Once the summer really kicked in, and the visitors started taking advantage of the lessening of restriction, they had to get them up and running again. They were definitely using covid to dodge their responsibilities, as have many more "organisations" that we should be able to rely on. Anyone had a rebate from a service provider for no service? Me neither. Here's another angle. The kids have been off school now for nigh on 7 months. No transport bills, maintenance bills, heating bills, equipment requests, salaries for staff paid for by Government, and lots of lovely dosh sloshing about in the coffers to top up the pension pots. I wonder if some bright spark somewhere is thinking.....hmmm what's not to like. The kids can all be taught at home we have just about proved it. We don't need schools, 100s of thousands of teachers, school buses, equipment procurement budgets etc. etc. We should be making it permanent like the businesses are with their offices and work places. It can all be done from home and then we know where they are.

[Jackdaw33]

I agree with Togo inasmuch as Coronavirus is now the universal excuse for poor, shoddy service or no service at all. I can see this one running longer than The Mousetrap.

[teacake44]

13.38, Will this is certainly a poor excuse because apart from the disabled ( the one that everyone is using) with a fixed enclosed door, the other two have open railed gates so are open to the outside air all the time, even when locked.

[gulliver1]

13.06, ymb , Had to laugh at this post . Youngmaf Bog. Boasting about the Bournemouth Bogs.

[iluvmargie]

Toilets open in my area and rubbish bins being emptied, but hedges and grass on verges being allowed to grow out of control, which doesn't really bother me to be fair.

[-SharonA-]

My local bank is now open with restricted hours, why??? There's always a mile long queue so custom is there. The staff are well protected, unless they're not following protocols privately.

[iluvmargie]

The madness continues sharon!

[bednobs]

the kids haven't been off school for "nigh on seven months" as suggested. it's not even six months, and 6 weeks of that was holiday

[david small]

Government are mooting about getting rid of thousands of councils. There will be panic at the troughs. Bring it on.

[Jackdaw33]

While they're about it they could get rid of elected mayors at the same time.

[iluvmargie]

^ Hear hear ..

[New Judge]

The biggest scandal in all of this is that the NHS (you remember, that £100bn p.a. organisation which we all "stayed at home" to protect for nearly three months earlier this year) is in a state or Covid-induced torpor. Doctor's surgeries are offering next to no service, hospitals have hundreds and hundreds of beds lying fallow, people requiring treatment and surgery are being left to suffer, tales are emerging of people dying as a direct result of this abrogation of responsibility.

I can get my haircut, go to the dentist, go to the pub, go shopping, go on a bus, train, or even an aircraft. Get an appointment with my GP to make sure my piles have not developed into something far more serious (as if piles isn't serious enough)? Not a chance. Far too dangerous, too risky (and too much like hard work for the doctors). I did my bit to "protect the NHS" earlier this year (though foolishly I always thought the NHS was there to look after me, not the other way round). It's about time politicians told NHS managers and staff to get on with the job they are paid to do - pronto.