Comments on: Straight Poop On Saturday Market

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 12 May 2009 07:05:00 +0000

Ah, where there’s a will, there’s a way — or when there’s a need, there’s an answer. I’ve found ways to cope most anywhere I am (even midtown Manhattan) and downtown Boise is fairly easy and pretty hospitable. Although once in Brooklyn, I bought a really bad coffee in Starbucks so two of us could use the facilities on a really cold windy day. (We poured the coffee out; it was undrinkable.)

By: sam the sham

sam the sham — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:56:49 +0000

I understand that Nampa’s farmer’s market, also on Saturday, costs less and is close to The Flying M … I will check out the potty situation if you are interested – or even if you are not.

By: slim jim

slim jim — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:19:10 +0000

So “Hillary” asked a question and got the answer. Now that this info is printed, we know where to “go” should we choose to spend time at the Saturday Market.
However, I do find it odd that the downtown area does have so few public rest rooms. They do not have to be open 24/7, but “as needed” by events such as the Holiday Parade. Who would pay? Perhaps pay toilets are the way to “go”.

thanks H for digging up this info

By: James Bond

James Bond — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:42:16 +0000

I suspect that some of our donated city parks have restrictions via the bequest on use.

By: Clancy

Clancy — Mon, 11 May 2009 02:13:39 +0000

While passing through Mt Home for a little camping at the sand dunes, I noticed a farmers market/flea market at the city park. It looked very informal with people just selling what they brought from their cars or a table set up. As BG has preached before, this is what Boise needs. The city of Boise has indicated the parks are not there for other people to profit from. Maybe Ada County would step up and offer the fairground parking lot for such a venture. Charge a small fee($5-10) for a “booth” to pay for cleanup.

By: erico49

erico49 — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:44:24 +0000

B.A.T.— As I get older I gain more understanding of people who can’t make it 2 blocks all the time. Lighten up a bit.

By: Grumpy ole guy

Grumpy ole guy — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:46:03 +0000

Another case, probably, of no single “right” answer. combine several of these excellent suggestions – YES the parking garages should have public restrooms and yes, those rest rooms should have baby changing facilities. Yes, merchants could do themselves a favor by not being such (or, dare I say hard-asses in this connection) about use of their facilities and yes, port-a-potties are ther for use and if someone has some sort of phobia about using them, let them use another facility.
Stressing the old portion of being a grumpy ole guy I can say that there is rarely such a thing as too many facilities, too close to the need.

CCDC should address this, so should the organizers of the Saturday market and the solution sould be a combination of satisfying long-term and occasional high volume need. It is just plain common sense.

By: jimmy z

jimmy z — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:51:36 +0000

If I owned a business, I would never open it to the public. I went to a doctors office last month and a patient (perfectly competent and functioning) s*** ALL over the bathroom, then went back to the waiting room for his appointment as if nothing happened. I heard a scream from the nurses in the back and then they came out to ask the human pig if he was ill or needed help. He said “no, I’m fine, I just missed the toilet.” He then went back to reading his magazine and didn’t bother offering to help clean it up at all.

That is what the general public is….. filthy and disgusting. Catheter yourself if you can’t hold it or if you have diarrhea, stay home.

By: B.A.T

B.A.T — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:51:35 +0000

If two blocks is too far to walk to the restroom then you need to either stay home or wear a diaper.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:29:06 +0000

That’s one thing (among many) that I like about Nevada — one can walk into any casino, and almost any bar or restaurant, and head directly to the restroom. Nobody stops you to ask you whether you’re gonna buy something later.
The theory seems to be that they’d like you to stop in, and they hope you’ll stick around and buy something or drop some coins in the slot machines, etc.
Does make ’em seem friendlier and more like a place you might want to patronize.

A lot of it, of course, is because of the casinos.
But other businesses seem to be well aware that if they don’t let you use a restroom or give you a drink of water or whatever even if you haven’t spent any money there yet, you’ll just head to the nearest casino, where you know you can “go” == and probably will stay there to eat and drink, too.