Well! How bizarre!

[JanieB]

I've just come home after a day out with my youngest son. Early Mother's Day treat. We went for lunch and a mooch round Ross-on-Wye. Two coffees and a glass of wine together with a chilly wind meant I needed the loo. Look away now if you're easily embarrassed .

By the time we found the "Public Conveniences" (haven't seen them called that for years) I was somewhat desperate. Dashed in and went immediately to the first cubicle. Oh relief, then.....where is the loo paper. Not only no paper but no dispenser either. I used emergency tissue I carry with me. I checked all the other cubicles and no paper or dispensers in any of them either. Bemused I was leaving when I found the paper in a dispenser attached to the wall just inside the entrance.

Why! I can't think of anyone who would think of looking for paper before they've been, and sometimes you've no idea how much you'll need. Do the people who've decided this is a "good" idea expect us to hobble out of the cubicle, knickers round our ankles, grab some paper and hobble back again.

Bizarre.

[cariann88]

Maybe they are trying to stop them from being vandalized?

[JanieB]

Maybe they are trying to stop them from being vandalized?

Very likely, but not very practical. Perhaps a humongous notice as you walk in would be a good idea.

[veggiechicken]

Maybe there was a button in the floor that you step on and its squirts soap and water on your behind, then a blast of hot air to dry you
I'm sure they've invented those but I doubt that its in Ross-on-Wye! Lovely little town for all its "Inconveniences"

[Hazel at the Hill]

Prob trying to stop anyone deliberately bunging loads of tissue paper down the loos and blocking them - I agree that a notice to that effect would have been helpful!

[Scarlet]

Maybe there was a button in the floor that you step on and its squirts soap and water on your behind, then a blast of hot air to dry you
I'm sure they've invented those but I doubt that its in Ross-on-Wye! Lovely little town for all its "Inconveniences"

They have VC, my Dad has one and I'm to frightened to use it

[seasprout]

Paper don't grow on trees you know..... Erm....

[veggiechicken]

Maybe it was the paper towel dispenser you used?

[bearded bloke]

You could alert the council about this matter buy using the second from last hyperlink on this page .... https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/env...eaning/toilets

[Guest]

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As for the dispenser outside maybe it is a cost cutting exercise and it was thought up by an overpaid graduate

[bearded bloke]

Maybe the local neredowell's have been there, not using the facilies to "spend a penny", but to have a loo roll "borrowing" spree for use in the comfort of the own WC.

[JanieB]

Maybe the local neredowell's have been there, not using the facilies to "spend a penny", but to have a loo roll "borrowing" spree for use in the comfort of the own WC.

Oh, trust me, I know all about this and the costs involved. I'm a local councillor. The local asbo kids use our loos as a meeting place and it wouldn't matter whether the paper dispensers were in the cubicles or outside, they get vandalised. I suspect the same happens in Ross. Putting loo paper outside of the cubicles isn't just inconvenient, I suspect it's also unhygienic and if it's to deter vandalism probably doesn't work.

Actually, ours are closed altogether at the mo. They are to be rebuilt but closedT earlier than intended as someone died in them a couple of weeks ago under "suspicious circumstances". Fortunately all the local pubs were aware that ours were a disgrace and have accepted people asking to use their loos for ages.

I just thought it was a strange concept to put the loo roll outside of the cubicles. It gave me a certain amount of amusement to think that anyone would think it was acceptable.The same as cubicles that are so small that your knees are touching the door.

[rary]

Perhaps a humongous notice as you walk in would be a good idea.

You surly don`t expect people to read a notice especially if they are in a rush

[veggiechicken]

I've been to loos abroad where an old lady sits in the entrance (to the gents & ladies) and you give her a coin. In return she gives you 2 squares of paper. Heaven help you if you have an upset stomach. It would cost a fortune

[bearded bloke]

she gives you 2 squares of paper.

Was there an option ..... little squares for little jobs or big squares for big jobs VC