Public toilet

Could we have separate checks? Könnten wir getrennte Überprüfungen haben? This phrase helps clarify whether a service fee, such as waiter charges, is already included in the bill.

Is service included? Inkludiert der Service auch das? Ask this to locate the restroom or toilet when you're in a public place, like a store or restaurant.

Where is the restroom? Wo ist die Toilette? Use it if you need to book a spot at a restaurant, hotel, or other venue that requires reservations.

I need a reservation.

Ich brauche eine Reservierung.

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This greeting means Guten Morgen in German, and you use it when you arrive at a restaurant or shop during the morning.

Good morning.

Can I get extra bread? Kann ich mehr Brot bekommen? Inquire if they offer dishes suitable for people avoiding gluten.

Do you have a gluten-free menu? Haben Sie ein glutenfreies Menü? Seek directions to the bathroom inside the restaurant or building.

Where is the restroom? Wo ist das WC? Request additional napkins during your meal when you need them.

Please bring me more napkins.

I'd like to... a specific request for using a public facility.

It's the polite way to ask in a restroom or bathroom.

Excuse me, may I use the restroom? Entschuldigung, darf ich das Klo benutzen? Common when you want to temporarily use someone's item, like a pen at school or work.

May I borrow your pen? Kann ich dein Stift ausleihen? A request for permission to perform a small action at home or in an office setting.

Is it alright if I open the window? Is das in Ordnung, wenn ich das Fenster öffne? Asks for guidance while also seeking approval.

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And so I thought, well, there'll be public toilets on the way.

And apparently on the map there were lots of them.

Unfortunately, I think they were inside buildings that were closed because it was a Sunday.

Either

way, none of that can make it in the podcast.

We can't have stories about how old we are looking for public toilets when we're out and about.

You've got to

It was also blocking the path.

Well, I w- I've been very firm in, um, s- my thoughts about, uh, public urination, is that if you don't provide enough public toilets, then you can't legislate public urination.

I guess pissing on the, in the entrance to a graveyard on someone's grave is probably-

I'm now immediately-

... on his side

... that's the-

There's not enough public toilets is what you're saying

... that's the far end.

Flock Safety camera CEO had requested that his home be removed and unidentified on Google Earth.

It was removed and blurred out, but it was renamed Public Toilet.

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[laughs] I like someone's style, whoever did that.

I like that.

[laughs] That's awesome.

I would gladly go relieve myself at that public toilet any time.

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The internet naturally, uh, well, it, it took that as a personal challenge.

Users on X, the artist formerly known as Twitter, circulated details of the Atlanta property, and the public went ahead and officially renamed his front lawn a public toilet on Google Maps.

So that's, uh-

Uh, you do have an image for that.

[laughs]

... and changed the, changed the address from a number to public toilet.

So he's got-

[laughs]

Might be a de- deco house

... a dwarf's house.

Public toilet now.

Ha.

I think it was a Daily Show thing I saw that was talking about New York.

I guess Mom Donnie has some kind of program where they're putting these small little units that are like free public bathrooms, but there's a time limit on them.

There was a video, I guess, of a local news station that went in there, and after 10 minutes, it gives you a 5, 10-second countdown, but the door just opens up.

I mean, I get it.