"If he [Andy, with internal problems, needed a bathroom and needed one soon.] ventured too far from the Salvation Army or the Ferry Terminal, he was in no-toliet land. Nine banks, 6 mortgage companies, 8 insurance companies, 10 attorney's offices, 3 jewelers, 4 art galleries, 6 antique stores, 2 tattoo parlors, 8 bars, and 2 restaurants make up the business core of the town, and none of them wanted the likes of Andy using their bathrooms."
Richard LeMieux
Breakfast At Sally's
Skyhorse Publishing 2008
p. 150
Really?! Can't use a bathroom? Mike and Sam, young college men in "Under The Overpass," by Mike Yankowski, experienced the same problem. If food and shelter aren't basic enough needs to be doing without, how often do we consider "this" basic need?
I try to put myself in the position of these business people; what would MY response be if a ragged looking, less than pleasant smelling person or family asked to use my restroom? And you?
Forgiven and Growing,
Lonnie
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