Public Toilets/Arena

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Mon 17 Nov, 2008 1:19 pm

tyke bhoy wrote: Reginal Perrin wrote: Also how do Subway get away with not providing any toilet facilities in many of their outlets? I would suspect something to do with them being take-away only. Facilities, I believe, only have to be provided in premises which offer the option of eating in. But, Subway do offer the option of eating in.

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Mon 17 Nov, 2008 4:57 pm

simonm wrote: tyke bhoy wrote: Reginal Perrin wrote: Also how do Subway get away with not providing any toilet facilities in many of their outlets? I would suspect something to do with them being take-away only. Facilities, I believe, only have to be provided in premises which offer the option of eating in. But, Subway do offer the option of eating in. They do, in every single branch, but as yet I've not noticed loos in any.My point about a McPi$$ was that I resent paying to take a leak in a toilet built with my council tax when thye have just concreted over many others and ifI'm going to go into McDonalds for to splash forth then a cheap burger is good value.

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Mon 17 Nov, 2008 5:19 pm

I know Reggie, I was taking the pi$$ Subway on Boar lane and headrow have toilets, I'm sure of it.

Post by **chameleon** » Mon 17 Nov, 2008 7:01 pm

cnosni wrote: chameleon wrote: Leeds-lad wrote: Just a thought but where can Visitors to Leeds to the New Arena/when it's built or any other attractions that Touristscome to Leeds for go to spend a penny?Apart from Market/Train/Bus Station where are all the Public Loos?These clowns (Tories/Libs/Greens) running our city should be ashamed of themselves. Mostly now buried and covered up according to the thread on the suject! I suppose most people during the day rely on the good will (voluntary or otherwise) of the larger stores in the city. Not very good is it Yes i believe there is a technical term for using the toilets of fast food outlets,without actually having purchased anything from their fine array of nuitritional fayre,its called a McPi$$ Oh! I thought that was actually the real name of such an establishment however I realise my error - it's Mc Cra**

Post by **cnosni** » Mon 17 Nov, 2008 8:56 pm

chameleon wrote: cnosni wrote: chameleon wrote: Leeds-lad wrote: Just a thought but where can Visitors to Leeds to the New Arena/when it's built or any other attractions that Touristscome to Leeds for go to spend a penny?Apart from Market/Train/Bus Station where are all the Public Loos?These clowns (Tories/Libs/Greens) running our city should be ashamed of themselves. Mostly now buried and covered up according to the thread on the suject! I suppose most people during the day rely on the good will (voluntary or otherwise) of the larger stores in the city. Not very good is it Yes i believe there is a technical term for using the toilets of fast food outlets,without actually having purchased anything from their fine array of nuitritional fayre,its called a McPi$$ Oh! I thought that was actually the real name of such an establishment however I realise my error - it's Mc Cra** No mate,the technical term for a number two in this situation is a Mc $hit.Reggie,you are clearly a ,man of thrift,another 49p and you get a meal!!Unfortunately its that rubbish that you will need a Mc $hit.

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Tue 18 Nov, 2008 1:15 pm

I think Mcd's get a fair bit on unfair stick. As a man with small kids it's a godsend sometimes.They started selling grilled chicken, saladsd, porridge, bacon and brown sauce sarnies, bagels as a response to Morgon Spurlocks's excellent Super Size Me as they realised they were way behind the times. I know it aint "wet your pants" great food but there isa better choice than Burger King, it's better value than these child unfriendly coffee shops or Wetherspoons and they provide an invaluable service to the people of Leds who get caught short whislt out shopping.I used to hate McD's as I saw them as the ultimate US corporate slags but hey, you grow up, we have a capitalist economy and as such we have McDonalds on every high street. If the public wanted a chain of steak and kidney pudding restaurants (hey, what an idea) there would be one. if there was, I bet I'd not get a pi$$ and a pudding for 69p though.

Si · Post by Si » Tue 18 Nov, 2008 1:33 pm

Before McDonalds arrived on our shores, the British perception of an American burger, was a succulent, juicy piece of minced steak, with fresh lettuce, tomato, relish, etc in a tasty bread bun. When I worked in advertising in London, one of our accounts was McDonalds, and I had to eat my first Big Mac. What a disappointment. While I agree with everything you said, Reg, and I agree that catering establishments have to make a profit, I would rather eat something prepared by someone who has some skill and does it because they enjoy it, whether it be a greasy spoon or a posh restaurant. BTW, I would prefer a steak and kidney pudding shop!

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Tue 18 Nov, 2008 3:25 pm

Si, I would actually, even if they just had a big pan in the back steaming a load of puds, and the rest done out like a pie n mash shop, (spoon of mash, spoon of peas, spoon of gravy, eating irons, sit down, pile in) Oh, my God, I've already had my lunch and it's making me hungry.Surely before McDonalds arrived our concept of an American burger was a Wimpy? Or actually in Leeds it would have been either Wimpy (where Burger King was), Burger Time 9replaced the sit down Wimpys) or Ranchburger (opposite PC World, where Halifax BSoc is now. All of which I'm sure we remember fondly not for the food but because we are nostaglic.You can still get a "sit down on a plate" burger at Winpy int he Cross Gates Arndale Centre.

Si · Post by Si » Tue 18 Nov, 2008 3:34 pm

I guess a Wimpy was the nearest thing to an American burger at the time, but I was thinking of all those airbrush, hyper-realist posters that were everywhere in the 70s/80s - remember? burgers, Coke and chromed American cars flying through the air! Pie and mash shops are OK (liquor, sir?) but don't even think of eating jellied-eels. It's like chewing an assortment of rusty pins and needles in Swarfega!

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Tue 18 Nov, 2008 4:20 pm

Nah, that liquor stuff was never for me, I likes the dark brown stuff (I hesitate to call it gravy, it probably wasn't). Jellied eels, never had it, never likely to. I've had smoked eel and that is lovely but costs about the same at nuclear grade plutonium per ounce.i think we've hit on something here mate, a pie and pud shop in Leeds. I've another question as well, why has there never been a KFC in Leeds centre? A very strange fact and it is probably unique to us int he UK. I bet every town above 50k population has a KFC and Leeds at 750k has only ever had one in outlying suburbs.