Few things in life are as humbling as desperately needing a restroom in public.<\/p>\n
One minute, you’re enjoying a perfectly normal Saturday morning, running errands around Lubbock, and sipping on your favorite coffee.<\/p>\n
The next, you’re bargaining with God in the parking lot of a Baptist church.<\/p>\n
“I knew that triple shot of espresso was a bad idea. I wonder if they’d let me in to use the bathroom? I mean…Jesus would, right?”<\/p>\n
My sincerest apologies if you too learned the hard way that Lubbock doesn’t have enough public restrooms.<\/p>\n
Sure, there are tons of restaurants and stores that have bathrooms in them, but those are NOT necessarily public restrooms.<\/p>\n
Some places require you to buy something before they’ll fork over the bathroom key. Some keep the doors locked altogether because “The truckers keep using the women’s restroom, so we locked all the doors…” or, “They are out of order…”\u00a0or, for whatever reason they want.<\/p>\n
Dealer’s choice.<\/p>\n
And of course, some actually do have public restrooms, but they look like they haven’t been cleaned since the Clinton administration. Anything is better than nothing, but man. There are some absolutely filthy gas station bathrooms in this town.<\/p>\n
Lubbock’s public park restrooms aren’t anything special, but boy, are they important.<\/p>\n
Ever at the park, throwing the ball with your kid, and suddenly have to make a mad dash to the bathroom?<\/p>\n
They’ve saved me, and they’ve probably saved you too.<\/p>\n
Happens to us all.<\/p>\n