The small PKS bus station premises in Bolesławiec belong to the retail park on Wesoła Street. At the beginning of 2018, the park’s owners already knew that PKS had bad experiences with the station toilet. It was vandalised, and users stole toilet paper.
The manager of the retail park on Wesoła Street understands the inconveniences caused by its absence. However, she points out that the lack of toilets in this type of facility is rather the rule. Wherever public toilets were available, they were quickly closed because of repeated vandalism, theft and improper use.
This is confirmed by the history of the toilet at Stary Dworzec retail park, where the losses incurred by the manager as a result of vandalism and theft amounted to more than PLN 4,000. Taps, dispensers and even a radiator were stolen there. Vandals and thieves caused the toilet, although theoretically present, to be unusable in practice.
“Unfortunately, as can be seen, as a society we still have not reached sufficient maturity to respect not only our own property, but also that belonging to others,” adds Agata Kalita, manager of the retail park on Wesoła Street. “Moreover, at present it is not possible to build separate toilets. However, we understand the inconvenience caused by their absence, and that is why we are holding talks with PKS about trying to find a joint solution to this problem, although time will show to what extent it will be possible to reduce the number of undesirable incidents,” the manager adds.
The issue of the lack of a toilet at the bus station was raised by councillor Michał Bojanowski. The response to his interpellation, provided by the company’s president, Łukasz Jaźwiec, did not satisfy the councillor.
“I raised this issue, but I admit that one’s hands drop at such an approach by the PKS president,” the county councillor wrote to us. “Perhaps those who use PKS services will comment on this matter, because it is possible that I am unnecessarily taking up the president’s time with such a trivial issue,” Michał Bojanowski added in an email Michał Bojanowski.
In response to the councillor’s inquiry, the company’s president, Łukasz Jaźwiec, replied that the PKS station premises are so small—less than 100 m²—that, under the regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure, they are not subject to the obligation to provide a public toilet.
