Have You Seen the Metallic Pod in SF? It's a New Self-Cleaning Public Toilet

A new space-aged looking pod is the newest feature on San Francisco’s Embarcadero. But it’s not a new art piece, it’s a new self-cleaning public toilet. Sergio Quintana reports.
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  • @unounv
    @unounv Жыл бұрын

    Does it self clean heroin needles ?

  • @monkeystrive7501
    @monkeystrive7501 Жыл бұрын

    I bet my money someone going to live in there lol 😂

  • @stephannelson8780

    @stephannelson8780

    Жыл бұрын

    It automatically opens after 30 mins

  • @TheMbeagan

    @TheMbeagan

    Ай бұрын

    @@stephannelson8780so, air conditioning

  • @superrunnerx1
    @superrunnerx1 Жыл бұрын

    Can they withstand homeless?

  • @ffs6158

    @ffs6158

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, they're pretty cool for gross liberal cities where businesses all have to deny bathroom use to have so humans can have somewhere to go. I've used the older ones and the entire inside is sprayed down by like high pressure jet hoses with detergents, so no one can stay in there for more than I think 10 min is the limit.

  • @hersheyssmith2104
    @hersheyssmith2104 Жыл бұрын

    Be careful in using public toilets because some sicko can put their cameras there and record you

  • @fumiyama165

    @fumiyama165

    Жыл бұрын

    there are no shortage of sick people in SF

  • @FloridaMan69.

    @FloridaMan69.

    Жыл бұрын

    I blame korean men

  • @FartBiter

    @FartBiter

    Жыл бұрын

    @@FloridaMan69. watch out for Roof Top Koreans

  • @Plato-gm4vo

    @Plato-gm4vo

    9 ай бұрын

    That is the last thing you need to worry about in SF.

  • @magoo6475
    @magoo6475 Жыл бұрын

    That's a spot for dirty joe and the boys to have a soup kitchen.

  • @maxpayne6466
    @maxpayne6466 Жыл бұрын

    Self cleaning? What does it do ? Fling the 💩 out the bottom?

  • @OhBrutalOne
    @OhBrutalOne Жыл бұрын

    Does it clean the blood splatter from the syringes also??

  • @kimbaptempura4073

    @kimbaptempura4073

    Жыл бұрын

    Considering these were purchased by the city/government they are most likely installed broken.

  • @tinkerbell2807

    @tinkerbell2807

    Жыл бұрын

    And other bodily fluids from the sexual deviants that can use any public bathroom to groom and rape children

  • @Mike__B

    @Mike__B

    4 күн бұрын

    @@kimbaptempura4073 Did you mean "considering these weren't purchased by the city at all because I'm too lazy to watch the video and am only here to type hateful comments"??

  • @fenrisul
    @fenrisul Жыл бұрын

    Ah yes the Futurama style suicide pods begin. Autoclave your way off your mortal coil.

  • @ririsou2887
    @ririsou2887 Жыл бұрын

    I love the green art nouveau style :( matches the Victorian esthetic

  • @kimberlysaeung8534

    @kimberlysaeung8534

    Жыл бұрын

    Growing up I thought they were shut down news stands.

  • @holymoly8718
    @holymoly8718 Жыл бұрын

    self cleaning toilet? you're shitting me

  • @AllergicToLies
    @AllergicToLies Жыл бұрын

    How long will it take our city to trash it?

  • @mistrjt9213
    @mistrjt9213 Жыл бұрын

    Are these $1.7 million too?

  • @luciehanson6250
    @luciehanson6250 Жыл бұрын

    Looks like it will launch at closing!

  • @SuperJulioes
    @SuperJulioes Жыл бұрын

    Wow, that's the new Apple Pro Shitter .... Only costs $5 million dollars or $7 million dollars for an added display

  • @joshscott3184
    @joshscott3184 Жыл бұрын

    They actually prefer deficating on the sidewalk ,but yeah.

  • @kimbaptempura4073

    @kimbaptempura4073

    Жыл бұрын

    No they sleep, fuck, rape and shoot up in the pods, but yes the streets...well sidewalks and bus stops are for shitting pissing and also sleeping.

  • @CourtroomAnticsTV
    @CourtroomAnticsTV Жыл бұрын

    the first move the city has made for affordable housing in 25 years.

  • @MarginWalker
    @MarginWalker Жыл бұрын

    Paul Pelosi's new Glory Hole setup?

  • @znrctrnn
    @znrctrnn Жыл бұрын

    Can they be set up with a time limit? Do they automatically prevent people from sleeping in them?

  • @andrewfrodo2086

    @andrewfrodo2086

    11 ай бұрын

    Ones that are in Canada is a 15 min limit. 1 soap, and 3 water uses in sink.

  • @illuminatiZ

    @illuminatiZ

    13 күн бұрын

    In france it is 15 Minutes too

  • @calliemioyo2543
    @calliemioyo2543 Жыл бұрын

    My husband is a contractor and he left a porta potty unlock to allow the homeless to have a place to use the bathroom if they needed. On day one, the homeless clogged the potty with clothes and other stuff on purpose and vandalized the potty inside and out. I going to say: nice effort but will be wasted.

  • @ffs6158

    @ffs6158

    Жыл бұрын

    Your husband learned the lesson everyone does thinking street people are all down on their luck normal folks, not the vast majority being deranged mentally ill druggies who will burn your house down lighting their meth pipe after they broke your windows for the quarter on your dash. But these toilets are homeless proof, you put money in, you have 10 minutes, then it locks and goes into a cleaning cycle.

  • @calliemioyo2543

    @calliemioyo2543

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree with both of the reply comments. I must apologies for my labeling if homeless people who vandalize and destroy things. I really meant is that no matter the good intentions, someone mental or not might have the tendency to ruin things for everyone. Even if it locked down and self cleaning, it does not prevent people from breaking in and destroy it. I want to optimistic but the way the society is now a days it hard to say.

  • @dl1sf

    @dl1sf

    Жыл бұрын

    So your husband is the problem. Got it 🖕🏼😂🖕🏼

  • @calliemioyo2543

    @calliemioyo2543

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dl1sf Gotta love your humor or lack of.

  • @ProbablyStupidGuy

    @ProbablyStupidGuy

    10 ай бұрын

    I'd assume it was teenagers stuffing homeless people's clothes in there. Teenagers can be absolute demons just cause they think it's funny.

  • @youaregoingtolovethis
    @youaregoingtolovethis Жыл бұрын

    Just add a shower head and a drain in the floor and you can have a private shower foo homeless or anybody who needs a shower. Wouldn't take much to retrofit that in. Kill two birds with one stone. Good for out of towners and tourists who are just visit for a few hours or half of the day and don't have a hotel to shower in.

  • @kf8113

    @kf8113

    11 ай бұрын

    Just as long as the cleaning system can also kill stuff like HPV and legionnaires so it doesnt spread through people's feet

  • @Gordon76100
    @Gordon76100 Жыл бұрын

    It's an intergalactic transporter that identifys as a "Potty."

  • @erich84502a
    @erich84502a Жыл бұрын

    Does it tell jokes? Does it do a dance? Is it a transformer?

  • @deere3321
    @deere3321 Жыл бұрын

    I really love living in rural Indiana.

  • @Ap_twsh
    @Ap_twsh Жыл бұрын

    pretty cool but too bad its not touchless mechanism where you hover your hand over the sensor.

  • @tater_chip_
    @tater_chip_ Жыл бұрын

    I give it a week before the "houseless" destroy it

  • @propblast82nd
    @propblast82nd Жыл бұрын

    Does it clean syringes and 💩 from your sidewalks ?

  • @Baisers
    @Baisers Жыл бұрын

    Homeless paradise

  • @mmac8379
    @mmac8379 Жыл бұрын

    About damn time.

  • @diana1nicole
    @diana1nicole Жыл бұрын

    Self cleaning shooting gallery. We've done this before. I saw 10 dopefiends in one once .

  • @graasroots
    @graasroots Жыл бұрын

    They better kick the city something especially being that they were repairing things that didn't need to be repaired during the 3 years of covid lockdown

  • @JoeRogansGutBiome
    @JoeRogansGutBiome Жыл бұрын

    How much did SF get ripped off for this

  • @le_th_

    @le_th_

    Жыл бұрын

    Are you hard of hearing? Maybe your earbuds aren't working? F R E E and if you want to know how and why they're free you can L I S T E N to the video for yourself.

  • @gloriaa.garcia3985
    @gloriaa.garcia3985 Жыл бұрын

    When I went to Paris and Germany they use these types of restrooms. They've be used there for a long time.

  • @c5cpe
    @c5cpe Жыл бұрын

    Could charge a quarter for novelty and upgraded maintenance. Win/win…

  • @shiveringnerve
    @shiveringnerve Жыл бұрын

    I would need an immediate shower after.

  • @mrch33sehed93
    @mrch33sehed93 Жыл бұрын

    Homeless people have better amenities than I do 😮‍💨

  • @larryboysen5911
    @larryboysen5911 Жыл бұрын

    Looks like the Venusians have landed!

  • @billygowhoop
    @billygowhoop Жыл бұрын

    What happens when someone rubs their feces all over the walls? Does it clean that too?

  • @flotsamike
    @flotsamike5 ай бұрын

    Theyve had these in Paris for twenty years now.

  • @Amanita23
    @Amanita23 Жыл бұрын

    Move those green toilets to other neighborhoods in need.

  • @laneferal6756
    @laneferal6756 Жыл бұрын

    Why not just use Portland loo design??

  • @rum-ham
    @rum-ham Жыл бұрын

    What an eyesore

  • @ReassuringSmile
    @ReassuringSmile Жыл бұрын

    Any restroom that shares space with the homeless is a no.

  • @Dragun78253
    @Dragun78253 Жыл бұрын

    Please put one in Soma

  • @squirrelnibbler19
    @squirrelnibbler19 Жыл бұрын

    How does it “self clean”, what does that mean?

  • @mfo7611

    @mfo7611

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s all mechanical inside. After it’s used all kinds of things start spinning and spraying. Think of it as a transformer, but for shit.

  • @grassytramtracks

    @grassytramtracks

    27 күн бұрын

    Basically has a car wash for the toilet and the floor. Toilets like this are common in many other parts of the world like France

  • @arielfig5193
    @arielfig5193 Жыл бұрын

    Millions of dollars for a restroom? Homeless still shit on sidewalks

  • @BB-0804
    @BB-08046 ай бұрын

    Similar to the PoDs in Paris.

  • @timetrialist
    @timetrialist Жыл бұрын

    I walked in there and there was homeless sleeping in a tent, used needles, feces on the ground. Good luck ya'll

  • @Awholekit
    @Awholekit Жыл бұрын

    a needle junkies private dope shooting spot....just what the city needs

  • @FloridaMan69.
    @FloridaMan69. Жыл бұрын

    smells like fish and eggs inside

  • @bravo_01
    @bravo_01 Жыл бұрын

    Can they also be used to work on your laptop and drink some coffee?

  • @noelhutchins7366
    @noelhutchins7366 Жыл бұрын

    Secret evacuation-tunnel entrances, where clandestine operatives can pop out without warning or disappear.

  • @sammichow9737
    @sammichow9737 Жыл бұрын

    How much did it cost the tax payers.?

  • @le_th_

    @le_th_

    Жыл бұрын

    good freakin' god, PAY ATTENTION. Did you NOT listen? They are FREE to SF and if you want to know HOW and WHY you can go back and listen to the video again. sheesh

  • @charlesxavier5681

    @charlesxavier5681

    Жыл бұрын

    @@le_th_ Nothings Free 🤦‍♂️

  • @sammichow9737

    @sammichow9737

    Жыл бұрын

    Nothing is free in this world. It must feel great to be such a naive person still in this time.

  • @limegpt
    @limegpt Жыл бұрын

    How does it self clean?

  • @grassytramtracks

    @grassytramtracks

    27 күн бұрын

    The floor and toilet are sprayed down with nozzles squirting water and disinfectant, so like a car wash

  • @truejayoh
    @truejayoh Жыл бұрын

    It already broke down.

  • @mdmoz1777
    @mdmoz1777 Жыл бұрын

    BYO toilet paper.

  • @JJ-sr2ht
    @JJ-sr2ht Жыл бұрын

    it is nice, but it's a waste of money, they need to address the problem and crime that is going on, having a fancy shiter is nice but the city is full of shit

  • @Kenneth_408
    @Kenneth_408 Жыл бұрын

    It’s only a matter of time before the homeless calls those toilets home

  • @grassytramtracks

    @grassytramtracks

    27 күн бұрын

    They kick you out automatically after 20 minutes

  • @FunkySauce1337
    @FunkySauce1337 Жыл бұрын

    It's the suicide booth from Futurama.

  • @miaminights159
    @miaminights159 Жыл бұрын

    A sleek, space age location to shoot up. 💉

  • @rc123theycallme
    @rc123theycallme11 ай бұрын

    Nothing about San Francisco is self-cleaning.

  • @mybrokenmindddd
    @mybrokenmindddd Жыл бұрын

    THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF LAZINESS I did clean bathrooms for a lot of years and I'll continue to Y'all are just freaking lazy, do your job and clean bathrooms. No matter how messy about them was I still cleaned. It made it sparkly

  • @weebpotato2366
    @weebpotato2366 Жыл бұрын

    It will be so nasty in a few hours. Knowing Americans, they can’t have nice shit like this. Maybe in Japan it works but not in the us lol 😂

  • @estelaangeles2346

    @estelaangeles2346

    Жыл бұрын

    You are telling me north Americans , south Americans , europeans , africans and other asian countries will leave it dirty ?

  • @bear1more287
    @bear1more287 Жыл бұрын

    Instead of 25 add 50 in different neighborhoods in Sf would be better

  • @jbbaby912
    @jbbaby912 Жыл бұрын

    Hopefully less shit in every corner!!

  • @briezzy365
    @briezzy365 Жыл бұрын

    Is that right in front of the building? Does it ruin the view down market street?!!! Stickers and graffiti are usually beautiful… the inflated salaries of public works employees making the stupidest and most anti-public decisions is absolutely disgusting. The lines for these bathrooms will be so long. They spend extra money because they don’t want to provide safe and warm places for unhoused people, and that is the most selfish and ugly thing ever. Shame!!!

  • @josephlandry8787
    @josephlandry8787 Жыл бұрын

    What’s wrong with going on the sidewalks?

  • @jsEMCsquared
    @jsEMCsquared Жыл бұрын

    Can they be tipped over?

  • @jsEMCsquared

    @jsEMCsquared

    Жыл бұрын

    @The Polite Scumbag well garsh darn it then!

  • @Tomoraphor
    @Tomoraphor Жыл бұрын

    Los Angeles needs a lot of these

  • @thejarfoundation7162
    @thejarfoundation7162 Жыл бұрын

    SF is going down the toilet. 🚽

  • @ffs6158
    @ffs6158 Жыл бұрын

    Of course they have to make them soulless and gross looking and clash with the any beauty left in SF from a time long past.

  • @Bill_Brasky
    @Bill_Brasky Жыл бұрын

    It'll be covered in graffiti and human feces in no time

  • @katheebmuzammil9197
    @katheebmuzammil9197 Жыл бұрын

    JC DEUCEau

  • @jarrodyuki7081
    @jarrodyuki7081 Жыл бұрын

    i need bounties and handling fees for all my work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ai busses wont come for another 5 years and subways wont come for another 2 years.

  • @MonsterMacLLC
    @MonsterMacLLC Жыл бұрын

    A brave soul needs to take these to the dirtiest parts of 🇮🇳 India where they could make the most impact.

  • @annachen8798
    @annachen8798 Жыл бұрын

    "Street artists" incoming 🎨🤪😱☠️

  • @pd2468
    @pd2468 Жыл бұрын

    It will look like a porter potty within a month gang writing all kinds of crap inside watch waste of money you got to clean up the city before you can put shit like that in the city

  • @estelaangeles2346

    @estelaangeles2346

    Жыл бұрын

    But its steel so you can wash the writing

  • @pmack1984
    @pmack1984 Жыл бұрын

    Just a comfortable spot for addict’s to get high in .. Nice try tho Council

  • @kitmankit2990
    @kitmankit2990 Жыл бұрын

    hahaha called a Public Toilet and you need to pay for it, is it really for the public? wasting all those tax payer's money and gain more problems. what are these people thinking? hahaha sitting in the office and they never have to use a public toilet!

  • @paramveerdhoot6415

    @paramveerdhoot6415

    5 ай бұрын

    They are free.... Did you even watch the video?

  • @giftedgreen2152
    @giftedgreen2152 Жыл бұрын

    Here's an idea: Charge people to use public bathrooms like they do in Europe. Instead, this European is getting you to buy his toilets

  • @peterl.104

    @peterl.104

    Жыл бұрын

    There is no buying of toilets. The video said they are provided at no charge in exchange for free advertisement space on kiosks. Seems like a fair deal.

  • @le_th_

    @le_th_

    Жыл бұрын

    Are your earbuds not working??? It's F R E E sheesh

  • @J7pat7

    @J7pat7

    Жыл бұрын

    How much do they charge in Europe to use them ?

  • @giftedgreen2152

    @giftedgreen2152

    Жыл бұрын

    How about the city installs their own toilets and covers the cost of maintenance by charging people to use them?

  • @J7pat7

    @J7pat7

    Жыл бұрын

    @@giftedgreen2152 They want homeless people to use them instead of doing it on the streets which is why they aren't charging .

  • @YourMom-vl2sp
    @YourMom-vl2sp Жыл бұрын

    More places where the homeless can do drugs

  • @KN-eh2fh
    @KN-eh2fh Жыл бұрын

    new hangout place for homeless and druggies.

  • @Plato-gm4vo
    @Plato-gm4vo9 ай бұрын

    Nice addition for the homeless population, paid by your average 9--5 workers.

  • @davidgolf3245
    @davidgolf3245 Жыл бұрын

    How long until a homeless person moves in??? Thanks I am here all week!!!!! Sorry, SF, bad idea. I see trouble with these in the next coming weeks.

  • @grassytramtracks

    @grassytramtracks

    27 күн бұрын

    They kick you out automatically after 20 minutes

  • @DennisMartinezCalifornia
    @DennisMartinezCalifornia Жыл бұрын

    I see the MAGAts have arrived to be upset at a.... *Checks notes* public toilet. Very cool

  • @paramveerdhoot6415

    @paramveerdhoot6415

    5 ай бұрын

    Based on the comments no one even watched the video, must be bots?