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Saturday, June 02, 2012

Ocean City Has A Toilet Problem

WASHINGTON - As Ocean City officials prepare for the onslaught of visitors this summer, they're paying special attention to a certain commodity: extra toilets.

The toilets get clogged when people wash their feet and drop their phones in there.

"The big smartphones won't fit down the hole," says Richard Malone, deputy director of Public Works in Ocean City. "But the smaller ones go down there, and you're never going to be able to reach down there and get it back."

It happens all the time, Malone says.

"People inevitably have their cellphones in their shirt pockets or their pant pockets, and they fall out and they go into their toilet," he says.

"You literally have to unbolt the toilet from the floor, remove the toilet, reach down into the trap and pull the cellphone out."

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Charge per incident after posting a notice of applicable fees - non-business hours and weekends extra.

Anonymous said...

I'm still trying to figure out why anyone would want to wash their feet in the toilet.

Anonymous said...

Uh... what idiot washes their feet in a toilet? Especially a public toilet!!

Anonymous said...

The biggest problem with OC is lack of toilets.Once you head north of 9th street,your out of luck.Down at Miami beach,they have bathrooms every 10 streets.

Anonymous said...

Disgusting! I will never understand white people and their ways.

Anonymous said...

The problem with Ocean City? It is a toilet.