If any area has made great visible progress since the demise of PRL it is the public lavatory. The toilet facilities in schools, out-patient clinics, public offices, etc. were atrocious - poorly equipped, dirty and odoriferous.
Now - WOW! Modern fittings, sparkling tiles, scrubbed floors, air-fresheners and usually loo paper to boot. Dunno if this holds for every provincial train and PKS station, but in major cities this is usually the case.
Back in the days of commie-era paper shortages, a babcia klozetowa (loo grannny) dispensed 2 sheets of very rough loo paper and it cost 2 zł or so.
In the outback such as rural train and coach stations there were these scoot-down toilets which were something else. They had two skid-proof foot rests and a pull chain for after the deed was done. I had one bad experience. The toilet was clogged up so when the chain was pulled the none-too-aromatic liquid backed up and flooded the cubicle. The user had a choice of one of two basic options: bolting out of the cubicle with his trousers down or pulling up the by-now drenched trousers before leaving. I chose the latter option.
Now - WOW! Modern fittings, sparkling tiles, scrubbed floors, air-fresheners and usually loo paper to boot. Dunno if this holds for every provincial train and PKS station, but in major cities this is usually the case.
Back in the days of commie-era paper shortages, a babcia klozetowa (loo grannny) dispensed 2 sheets of very rough loo paper and it cost 2 zł or so.
In the outback such as rural train and coach stations there were these scoot-down toilets which were something else. They had two skid-proof foot rests and a pull chain for after the deed was done. I had one bad experience. The toilet was clogged up so when the chain was pulled the none-too-aromatic liquid backed up and flooded the cubicle. The user had a choice of one of two basic options: bolting out of the cubicle with his trousers down or pulling up the by-now drenched trousers before leaving. I chose the latter option.