Meanwhile, out on the Embarcadero, one of SF’s new “space age” toilets — approved four years ago to replace JCDecaux’s stylish but chronically out of service self-cleaning green kiosks, and appearing on corners in November like sleek silver bullets — took just three days to break down. (The outage only lasted a couple of hours, but still.)
The lack of options for urgent relief leaves the burden to SF businesses, putting them forever at war with customers and would-be customers, with mainstays like some Whole Foods and Starbucks trying to limit bathroom access because of a few users’ bad behavior.