August 4, 2008
Electronic Public Toilet Humiliates Woman
New York can be an unforgiving town for those desperately in need of a bathroom – a problem these space age electronic pay toilets were supposed to rectify. But Subway Blogger recently witnessed a big fail at the Madison Square Park toilet, during which a poor woman who urgently needed to use the toilet was first stymied by an older man who “maybe couldn’t find the button to get out of there.” And when he finally emerged, she was further delayed by the toilet’s lengthy self-cleaning cycle. It was then that our blogger witnessed an adult “literally crapping her shorts… I had to pull out my camera, because I was going to have to tell this story, and no one was going to believe me.” Three cheers for blogs!
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poor lady :(
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Live Bait is right down the street! In case of emergency, just buy a soda and use the bathroom.
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Yeah, that really sounds like the kind of thing that needs to be spread all over the internet. People are jerks.
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He took a picture of the woman "crapping her shorts"? What an asshole.
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own3d
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There should be more public bathrooms. It's a cold cold place for you when you have to go. You walk by place after place with "bathroom for customers only". Where is the compassion? :-(
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This is sort of an embarrassing thing to be writing about, no? I'm pretty sure the women in question would have preferred this mortifying incident get as little exposure as possible.
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If she had just started babbling to herself then dropped her shorts right there and crapped on the lawn no-one would have thought anything anything different than the crazy homeless people. Heck she could have run onto a subway and done the same thing. I saw an old homeless guy crap right in the middle of the L a few months ago.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19587389/
that's what did it
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Hmm. That's a bad place to be if you have to go. I don't recall if there was a Starbucks in that area.
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there is a starbucks on i think 27th and 6th. i ran there during an episode at the bbq thing in the park this summer
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He took a picture of the woman "crapping her shorts"?
Uh... no. Having actually watched the video before commenting on it, I can state that he took a picture of it on the ground afterwards. She's not shown, and there's nothing that would identify her beyond his referring to her as "a thirty-year old woman."
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He didn't actually film her doing the deed, but the aftermath.
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She should've worn one of these:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carpet_bomberz/115429145/
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ew, who wants to see that? And who wouldn't believe him anyway? People crap themselves sometimes.
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Home depot on 23rd street is another "free" toilet
though of course we know nothing is free.
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I wonder how long it took before someone cleaned it up?
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vindingo has a public bathroom locator program for all you palm nerds.
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Um, filming of a pile of NYC sidewalk poo is proof of nothing. I'm sure at one point or another there's been shit smeared over every square foot of this this town.
If this guy did witness this unfortunate occurrence and found it entertaining enough to blog about, I can only hope he finds himself in a similar situation someday.
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Judging by the loose texture and off color of her feces, I'd say shes not eating right. Plus her sphincter may have been weakened by excessive 'intrusions'.
Ladies, you need to take care of yourself.
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where was the other girl with the cup?
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What an asswipe.
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Never leave home without having a deep,profound, and meaningful shit.
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Every now and again, I read a comment that makes me wince in disgust. Congratulations Kojak at #21.
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I think he made it up. This is one of those meme's that's been created as a practical joke.
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People, if you don't want this happening to you start training your body to go to the toilet either at night (when you're at home) or in the morning (before your shower).
If you do this, you will avoid these types of incidents.
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Ever thought that this woman may have a serious disease such as Crohn's disease or IBS? Or simply gotten food poisoning? Shame on you for making this into "news."
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Perhaps George Costanza could have offered councel on the nearest and best facility....
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when ya gotta go...
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Ok, ok. I was the "witness" that made the post.
One, the woman was never filmed/photographed, nor was their a name or description of her. So her identity is completely safe. I'm not the meanest person in the world.
Two, yeah, it's REALLY wierd to post something like that, but I thought it was shocking enough that I had to share.
Three, the cleaning. @Steven - It was cleaned up within minutes. Once it was finally my turn to go in, I came out to see the Cemusa (?) guy there to service the unit. I guess they come in and replace paper products etc. He pulled a garden hose out of a side door, and hosed the sidewalk down.
Four, just be glad I didnt go into detail about the inside of the unit. Turns out, the cleaning cycle can only do so much.
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you're a fucking loser.
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Was she hot?
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Poor girl. She probably ate something that wasn't quite right. It can happen. When you feel that urgently about pooping, you should really just go into a Starbucks and poop on their floor.
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If you go into a Starbucks and stand at the door looking around the room for a second, sometimes the staff will tell you, "We don't have one. You'll have to go somewhere else", even if you aren't looking for a bathroom.
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Public toilet: 1
Old lady with the runs: 0
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There's a toilet right across the street @ Wendy's. Actually if the SS line is too long you could get a burger and frosty there.
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Oh, I heard 143 different women shit their pants there yesterday, so it's totally cool to call out this incident because, hey, who's to know who the article is about right? COME ON Gothamist. Dig deeper for BETTER stories. I come here to get the news, not to hear about people shitting their pants. Isn't that what consumption junction is for? Integrity, gothamist.
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^You're comment #40, pal. You think gothamist's advertizers aren't saying "More poop stories!"? Shit works.
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Jeff, you come here to get the news? Guh?