”There was a report recently that indicated that 20% of all people, and 43% of people with medical conditions that require frequent use of the toilet, sometimes avoid going out, because of anxiety that they may not be able to find a loo. Apart from the hardship this causes the people themselves, if they're stuck at home, they can't view and buy your house!”
Thank you for posting this, @ddl1. I am currently pretty house bound because I have lymphocytic colitis which is flaring up badly. I can get very little warning from getting that kicked-in-the-stomach, cramp-y feeling, to having to go, now, so I can only go out if I know the place I am going to has loos I can get to easily.
As a general rule, I am not this bad - I have had IBS for years, and the flare-ups have never been as bad as this one is. I don’t know if the colitis is a new thing or the IBS has always been colitis, but either way, if I was at someone’s house, and got the cramps, and they didn’t let me use their loo, I would have a horrible accident.
Having said that, I do think that it ought to be simple good manners to leave any loo clean, whether it’s your own, or at someone else’s house or a public loo, and anyone who leaves skid marks, wee on the seat or round the loo, or doesn’t flush is disgusting. If people have come across too many of such mingers in their life, I can understand them not wanting non family members using their loo.