The North Common public washroom sings a siren song to the urine-saturated. But like a spring of fresh water in a hot, dry desert, ’tis but a mirage—the damn thing is always locked. That pisses us off.

Remarks: We call facilities management, who send us to HRM public relations. Seems unnecessary: They’re in charge of the washroom, we’ve got them on the phone, they know the answer and they won’t talk to us. Even without their help, we gather that one only gets access if one books a field with the city. One could argue: that’s not really public then, is it? And now, if you’ll excuse us, we have to go take a dump in the bushes.

Who’s Responsible?: HRM facilities management, 490-4580.

This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.