At the St. Veiter Wiesenmarkt (Carinthia), the standard locks that are common in Europe were not installed in toilets for the disabled. Wheelchair users faced closed doors.
In principle, it is common in Europe to equip sanitary facilities for the disabled with special cylinder locks so that those affected can open them with their own so-called Eurokey – but not on the St. Veiter Wiesenmarkt.
Desperately looking for an open toilet for hours
“When I wanted to open the toilet door, I realized the key didn’t fit. So I went looking. A visitor was kind enough to ask in a tent if they had the right key, because I couldn’t get there in my wheelchair , but no,” says Hartwig Gallhuber, who then met a cleaning lady at the normal toilets.
“She didn’t know either. By then more than an hour had passed and then the accident happened. Imagine the shame. Because you can’t go to the toilet!” said the annoyed man from Klagenfurt.
“There has been a communication problem with the toilet company. Next year, of course, we will have euro locks placed,” says market employee Silvia Radaelli.
Source: Krone
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