As you walk to the family restrooms at the Advanced Learning Library in Downtown Wichita, you’ll run into a problem. A small silver lock. The only thing that can open it is a tiny gold coin that you get from the service desk. The library added the locks a couple of months ago because it says there were multiple incidents of people locking the doors and spreading human waste around the bathroom as well as other things. “We have had some instances to be quite honest of drug use, and some other things going on,” said Sean Jones, the library’s communications specialist. That’s why the library installed locks on two of its three family restroom doors about two months ago. Jones says there was originally some confusion but now most people understand why this change is taking place. “It’s a little bit more inconvenient but if it helps with safety it’s fine,” said library visitor Behrooz Rahbar. Jones says the family restroom in the children’s area remains unlocked because he knows sometimes children have emergencies and parents need to be able to access the restroom quickly. While there’s now a coin slot it is still completely free to use the public restroom. Visitors will need to go to the front desk to get a small gold coin that they will use to unlock the door.
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