The one I’ve been in years ago had a sign saying a red light would light up after 15 minutes, 5 minutes later the door would open. If you can’t finish your business in 20 minutes, you need to seek a doctor, but also, when you have 5 minutes left, pinch it off, get out, get back in, problem solved. It’s meant to make sure people don’t use them to shoot up, or make sure homeless people don’t hog the toilets to sleep in (obviously homelessness needs to be dealt with, but building toilets for the public isn’t how you deal with homelessness).
Also, I’d be very very surprised if any of these wouldn’t be installed with the ability to pay by credit card and/or phone.
The one I’ve been in years ago had a sign saying a red light would light up after 15 minutes, 5 minutes later the door would open. If you can’t finish your business in 20 minutes, you need to seek a doctor, but also, when you have 5 minutes left, pinch it off, get out, get back in, problem solved. It’s meant to make sure people don’t use them to shoot up, or make sure homeless people don’t hog the toilets to sleep in (obviously homelessness needs to be dealt with, but building toilets for the public isn’t how you deal with homelessness).
Also, I’d be very very surprised if any of these wouldn’t be installed with the ability to pay by credit card and/or phone.