Word: bathroom
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...have left the seat and stood up, but that would have been a violation of Beach's Second Law of Subway Riding: Never offend a person by moving away from the seat you share with him. So I sat there and felt sorry for myself; and worried about a bathroom...
Dudley, Government Center, North Station, Maverick-still no place to take a piss except in one of the trains, an idea which was becoming increasingly attractive. Then I got to Park, where earlier I had looked unsuccessfully for a bathroom. I went to the information booth and learned that there was indeed such a depository. When I go there, I discovered that I had to put up a dime to use it; but there was no hesitation...
...never expected a subway bathroom to be the picture of cleanliness, but it turned out to be even more disgusting than I had anticipated. There were four cigarette butts in the sink. Of course, I remember the time that I was in a service station bathroom in Union. Conn., and there were flies zipping around the urinals. I had to admit that that wasn't a problem at Park: the flies were all lying around dead. But you could take a piss, so I did and felt better...
...change of pace was essential, so I took a car out to Riverside. It was a nice trip, and though I slept on and off, I was able to enjoy some of the scenery. At Riverside, there was a free bathroom and I regretted my frivolous expenditure of ten cents at Park. On the way back, I witnessed some of the enthusiasm which I seemed to be lacking. A woman and her two young boys got on at Riverside, and one of them asked, "Can we stand?" Their mother responded with a terse "no." Then one of them started saying...
...just before Kwik Snak closed, I ate my final meal and thought happy thoughts. I still had enough left for another bathroom stop and a Record American An obvious strategy now was to stay near the center of the line; trips to outpost stations are not advisable late at night...