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The Operator would agree with Rosie….she has the most terrible bowel in the world.  Consequently, when Rosie raises the alarm that she has to go to the toilet The Operator has approximately ten minutes to deliver Rosie to the door of a public convenience.

The Operator has always met the deadline, this includes deviating from the eight lane Ventura Freeway 101 when driving from Vegas to LA , picking a random offramp and looking for a gas station with a convenience.  Every off ramp must have a service station or fast food restaurant nearby….right?  Says a lightly sweating Rosie….We were always lucky!

This has made Rosie somewhat of a connoisseur for the American public toilet.  Throughout the whole state of California it has been a pleasure to place my bottie on the American pottie.  Top rate toilets are there at all tourist stops, this even included the beautiful fresh long drops in Yosemite (please close the lid after use so wildlife cannot fall in – cute)…credit to the maintainers of these fine establishments in the middle of nowhere.  This high praise also includes every restaurant and cafe frequented as well. The rooms are all large, to comply with any depositors with a disability, the walls are meticulously white and always clean and fresh smelling, Rosie has never been caught short with no toilet paper and there is always soap in the dispensers and a sparkling mirror to check the lippy, not a scribbling of graffiti was ever encountered either.

The down fall of the 100% record falls on the owners of two petrol stations Rosie had the misfortune to be delivered to by the Operator…both were Indians, direct from the slums of Mumbai it seems…they were totally at the other end of the sparkling bowl spectrum, I perched above the filthiest, smelliest loos I have ever been unlucky enough to encounter…..shame on you for not maintaining your adopted countries high standards….reminded me too much of home and the majority of NZs public conveniences.

The novelty factor of American toilets is that they have the wee shelf….it is perversely satisfying being able to check out the quality of the deposit before flushing.  The downside is the high water level when you have a violent explosive evacuation…..credit where credit is due, America you have the best public toilets in the world!

Tomorrow –  American movies are scarily….real.