Lockdown and the toilet problem
A nation is caught short
IT WAS A mortifying moment. Crouched in a bush, Katie was confronted by a dog owner whose hound had discovered her al fresco lavatory. The woman remonstrated loudly that (pooch practices notwithstanding), Katie shouldn’t relieve herself in a public place. “It was quite embarrassing and awkward as I was mid-pee, and I just tried to explain it was a desperate situation,” she recalls.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Causing a stink”
Britain June 13th 2020
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- Lockdown and the toilet problem
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- Johnson and Starmer fight for the working-class vote
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