Why do uk motorway services always have these dispensers?
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tonybpx@reddit
They have these in my local supermarket men's toilets....INSIDE the store where you can buy a normal pack at the normal price just 20 feet away.....
Useless_bum81@reddit
its the to embarressed to face the staff tax.
FoxMouldissue@reddit
Maybe because it’s next door to a travel lodge and things go down in travel lodges at the side of a motorway
r_keel_esq@reddit
Their products are used by lorry drivers when they engage the services of "Ladies of negotiable affection"
throw4455away@reddit
A friend of mine worked at a motorway services for a while. In the middle of the night most of the people at the services were prostitutes and their customers
plantmic@reddit
Apparently it changes when the sun goes down
appletinicyclone@reddit
That is interesting
So much goes on at night
Ecstatic_Food1982@reddit
Yep. I worked in hospitality for a long time and used to love going to one of the pubs that's open all night closes at 8/9am. Fascinating to see the people who came through. Haven't done that for a while actually. I recommend it.
Postik123@reddit
I used to go to a business breakfast meeting at a hotel at 7am in the morning but I'd often arrive around 6am. A few times I got asked by local prostitutes if I "wanted anything".
Kind of boggled my mind they were working at that time. At 6am all I want to do is sleep, and that applies to whether I've been up awake all night or not long woken up.
samfitnessthrowaway@reddit
Absolutely! I used to go hang around in some of the porters pubs at the markets in London after working night shifts, and it was a very, very interesting mix at 6am on a Tuesday.
There were a couple who tried to keep it 'respectable' by only serving people who had clearly just come from work, but for the most part it was the embodiment of the 'National Express' song. OAP early risers, parents with babies who wouldn't sleep, students, people coming off shift and then a fair mix of prostitutes and men looking for 'new friends', though they'd usually be leaving at that time of the morning. Quite good fun!
northlondonhippy@reddit
You’re bringing back memories of The Hope, and the Fox and Anchor in Smithfield. I used to go after nightshifts as well. You’d see nurses, posties, and business men who needed a hand steadier before going to their offices. The Fox and Anchor use to do good food as well. Going home drunk AF on the tube was always fun. Stinking of booze, and swaying around. Good times.
samfitnessthrowaway@reddit
The Fox and Anchor was our go-to as well (or the sweet FA as it used to be called). Good times!
Minimum-Geologist-58@reddit
Reminds me of the east coast mainline early in the morning when I was a student: offshore workers fresh off the rigs queueing up for the cafe to open for their “after work drinks”. It was all quite sweet because I think the train south would be the only time they get to grab a drink together.
Relativity-speaking@reddit
Turning up at those pubs after your own close and sober is incredible.
Typh0nn_@reddit
They say it changes when the sun goes down
NoCommunication7@reddit
r/TheNightFeeling
elchet@reddit
Just ask your local owl
jbibanez@reddit
Who?
jsultimate@reddit
Ronnie Pickering!
FredB123@reddit
Who?
invincible-zebra@reddit
RONNIE PICKERING!!
JT_3K@reddit
Who’s that?
sclpn@reddit
Me!
cyclingpistol@reddit
Pull over an we'll av a bear knuckle
banjo_fandango@reddit
To whit?
jbibanez@reddit
To whooo
rob-c@reddit
It’s actually ‘to whom’
md81544@reddit
Owls are not great with grammar
rob-c@reddit
But they are so wise?!
Rhyzic@reddit
He says it's a hoot
Relative_Sea3386@reddit
Streetlights, people Living just to find emotion Hiding, somewhere in the night
Fluffy_Duckk@reddit
you're on a Journey somewhere
StaticCaravan@reddit
This sounds like bollocks to me. My friend is a sex worker and a sex work advocate/involved in the union and supporting other sex workers etc, I asked her about this and she said that motorway service stations are absolutely not typical spots for sex work.
Way too far out of towns and cities, and too many security cameras, for any street workers or their clients, and both impractical and unsafe for the vast majority of other full service sex workers, who meet clients at hotels in populated areas. And would absolutely not either a) get in a client’s car, or b) chance a client seeing their car!
Wayfaring_Limey@reddit
So no offense but your friend sounds like she is on the higher end of the sex work industry and there is a country mile from the top to the bottom of that world.
In the US there is a term for sex workers who predominantly push their services in service stations/truck stops called Lot Lizards. They either get money servicing the truck drivers who find themselves stuck there for the night or will grab a ride from one service station to another in exchange for a “ride”. These are predominantly lower end sex workers who have chemical dependencies and clearly look like they have for a while.
The same thing happens in the UK, there are sex workers who bounce around cabs at service stations and a lot of the service stations have hotels for fairly cheap.
A few weeks back I was in a service station outside of Milton Keynes charging my hire car and got propositioned twice in the same car park.
AlistairBarclay@reddit
That’s why it’s called a “service” station.
SquashyDisco@reddit
Newport Pagnell!?
Wayfaring_Limey@reddit
You guessed that one a little too easily?
SquashyDisco@reddit
lol, I live in the estate adjacent to the services. A load of us jump the fence next to the Ramada to get cheap reduced goods from Waitrose in the afternoon!
Wayfaring_Limey@reddit
Weird that the hookers had names like Waitrose…trying to sound all fancy up in MK
SquashyDisco@reddit
W H Smith isn’t worth the money anymore.
poopio@reddit
Don't leave us hanging; did you use the machine or not?
Wayfaring_Limey@reddit
They were charging me £0.83 per kWh, I’d already been fucked once in that parking lot, I didn’t have a second in me.
Should have gotten the pills.
Any-Work-6965@reddit
Trucker picks them up in town, drives them to service station. Trucker at service station picks them up and takes them back into town.
A high profile murder of a sex worker in Scotland revealed this practise to me. She found in the middle of nowhere but near a service station.
km6669@reddit
There is a world of difference between escorts and street walkers. As others have said its usually a pimp turns up with a car ful of girls who then proposition everybody they see.
Wayfaring_Limey@reddit
In the infamous words of Sterling Archer “When they’re dead, they’re just hookers.”
StaticCaravan@reddit
Mate you so clearly know absolutely nothing at all about the reality of sex work in the UK. Getting your info from Hollywood films and BBC police dramas lmao
km6669@reddit
You're really showing how wet behind the ears you are on this. Your 'friend' is either a very different kind of sex worker or is simply lying to you.
That you reference hotels, think a prostitute cares about security cameras and talk about not doing car meets i'm guessing if they are a sex worker its 'high class' escorting or porn, which is basically like working for a Ferarri dealership in Mayfair compared to a >£1000 used car dealer in the Welsh Valleys. Spend a night in a lorry at almost any UK service station to get an education on the reality of the situation.
corporalcouchon@reddit
no need for cars. Most service stations have a Travelodge.
StaticCaravan@reddit
But there are Travelodges in pretty much every town and city in the UK. Why would a sex worker or a client risk going to one in the middle of nowhere, risk being seen and followed, when they could easily go to one in a populated area which is much easier to get to and get away from?
Also, why would a sex worker and client be going into the motorway service station together (which is what the above poster’s friend supposedly saw every night) if they were only there to use the Travelodge?
Wayfaring_Limey@reddit
Because typically motorways are a bit of a blind spot for police. Most service stations are only really accessible by the motorway they are on and those motorways are patrolled by road police that typically don’t patrol inside the service station the same way a local officer patrols streets in a city.
Also both sex workers and clients risk getting more than they bargained for inside of city limits nevermind the more remote rendezvous. It’s not like sex workers don’t get killed because their hotels are in the city center of Birmingham.
UnbalancedMint@reddit
Seriously... You just need to spend one week tramping in a lorry and you will see this is definitely not bollocks. It's not just a UK thing either... Its common all over Europe. It's not unioniesed sex workers. It's pimps rocking up with a car full of girls who proceed to knock on the truck doors looking for work. It's not as prevalent as it used to be but it still goes on a lot.. Not even remotely unusual.
Takver_@reddit
So trafficking then
km6669@reddit
More likely to be hard drug users than foreign.
dodgyd55@reddit
3 words. DL gay men.
throw4455away@reddit
Maybe it was just the particular service station she worked at (on the M1, so used by a lot of HGV drivers) but it was consistently happening, she worked there for about a year and it was every night shift.
I think your friend works in a different area of sex work. My friend said a lot of the women were foreign and seemed to be in bad situations, the type of worker that is highly unlikely to be involved in a union.
Yeah there are a lot of CCTV cameras at services. But if our underfunded police are turning a blind eye to something that’s not affecting the general public then why would the cameras stop the activity
K1NDR3DDD@reddit
"my friend says she doesn't do it so it can't be true!!"
sotko99@reddit
Wtf is a motorway services
laughingthalia@reddit
Surely it would be more financially sound to bring your own gear that you bought in bulk than frequent these overpriced machines?
Wayfaring_Limey@reddit
Sex workers are typically either highly prepared and buy things in bulk or are living hand to mouth, pound to pound.
In the case of the less financially sound sex workers, any extra money they have go on whatever their vice of choice is. Or at least that’s what my Mum tells me!
S01arflar3@reddit
Well, quite.
Diy54@reddit
How much does your mum charge? 😂
Wayfaring_Limey@reddit
At her age she’s just grateful for the warm drink
rokstedy83@reddit
I'm not sure that most prostitutes are financially sound though
StaticCaravan@reddit
Yeah they are, self employed people have to be and sex workers face way more financial complications than most workers: https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/sep/04/city-regulator-fca-warns-banks-over-denying-sex-workers-business-accounts
Late_Recommendation9@reddit
OnlyFunds
zerodarkshirty@reddit
I’m sure there are sex workers who open business bank accounts and hire accountants to file their self assessment tax returns.
I’m sure there are also sex workers who do none of those things, are paid entirely in cash, spend that cash almost immediately (or have it spend for them) and have effectively zero assets. I suspect those working at motorway service stations generally fall into the latter category.
StaticCaravan@reddit
Those sex workers would not work at motorway service stations though, because it’s way, way more risky than almost anywhere else you could work- for both sex worker and client. They’re essentially islands surrounded by motorways, with loads of security and numberplate cameras everywhere. I’m sure sex workers occasionally do use motorway service stations, but the poster above who claimed that it was an extremely common and noticeable thing is talking bollocks.
Also sex workers carry their own protection obviously- they’re not going to leave it down to the client. People think sex workers are stupid, when they’re pretty much the most savvy and cautious workers out there lol
feetflatontheground@reddit
You may be caught short... May have had a busy night.
Dazzling-Attempt-967@reddit
I like your thinking, Speaking like an economic professor…
world-cargo-man@reddit
As part of my job I regularly collect aircraft parts in the middle of the night from aviation warehouses to take to the London airports to make the first flights of the day. Often this result in long drives and eventually the need to relieve ones self and it’s always good to take a break from driving too especially at night.
You would be amazed at what goes on in the middle of the night in these places…
I had a noteworthy occasion in Fleet services recently where I was propositioned by 2 ladies for “services rendered” in exchange for £50… I declined their offer and promptly left the services.
Another occasion in Reading West services a young lad asked if I’d give him a ride up to somewhere near Swindon. At first it looked like he might be an Army lad and I was willing to consider it as it was sorta on the way to where I was headed. Then he picked up a holdall type bag and got out what was almost certainly a county lines burner phone out to call someone. Then I realised he was almost certainly a drug runner so I made my excuses and left 🥺
You can see some really, really shady stuff going on if you work the night shift out there especially so on the motorway network.
draenog_@reddit
Maybe it was the services I frequented, but I spent several years traveling down motorways in the middle of the night (semi-long distance relationship + poor time management) and I never spotted anything of that nature going on. Most people there looked like commercial drivers or night shift workers.
robanthonydon@reddit
Huh?
WirelessBugs@reddit
I dunno but “exs pleasure” doesn’t sound like it’s gonna treat you right
Forward-Astronomer40@reddit
There used to be a pub in Paisley that had blow-up sheep, vibrators, etc in it. There's nothing funnier than putting a vibrator in someone's pint when you're shit faced 😜
Pegging-Sue@reddit
UK men are always horny
johnB1711@reddit
It’s for the truck driver’s
So they can have a posh w*nk
Accomplished_Elk_220@reddit
Lorry drivers
_Decembers_@reddit
Well because every time I visit a service station, I feel quite down, after paying £2.00 for a bottle of coke, so I treat myself to a ultra blue, some mendurance, rub a little natural lube on my earlobes while ensuring the vibrations is firmly attached with pleasure gel, I then feel much better about the £2 when getting back in my car.
Alarming_Finish814@reddit
Its not even legitimate impotence / ED meds. They appear to dodgy supplements.
I suspect zero efficacy.
Intelligent_Advice36@reddit
Cause they want to accommodate the people who want to fuck when they get out of there ,not the ones who want get the fuck out
IIDuGz@reddit
Just incase you want to be rock hard on the M1 for the rest of your journey
Romtoggins@reddit
Actual answer: truck stops are often cruising areas
Tenstone@reddit
Wtf is a truck stop
Imperial_Squid@reddit
Places where trucks stop
English is truly a wonderful language 😜
Trivius@reddit
We call the service stations in the UK
Prior_echoes_@reddit
....someone doesn't drive around many motorways 😆
Trivius@reddit
Given that I don't drive you would be absolutely correct XD
Ben-Z-S@reddit
"Service" station actually sounds more dodgy than a truck stop for this context
1308lee@reddit
False. Plenty of actual truck stops as well.
Motorway services, services, and truck stops are all different things.
Redeyenorth@reddit
As a Hgv Tramper, I can 100% back you up.
Yes, there are Motorway services, but there are loads of Truck Stops around the UK. I have no idea why there are commentors claiming there aren't any.
And they are described as "Truck Stop" on official highways signage.
Theguffy1990@reddit
I prefer "Lorry Layover". I've never said it, but it sounds fun.
phatboi23@reddit
somehow sounds like a sexual act for a truck driver and a lady of the night.
BriefAmphibian7925@reddit
An artic-park-it for the big ones.
shadowed_siren@reddit
Because a certain type of Redditor thinks they’re being clever when they insult anything vaguely American sounding.
Beer-Milkshakes@reddit
It's not even American sounding. It's just an efficient description.
jollyollster@reddit
I feel the only American part is calling them trucks and not lorries. Lorry stop doesn’t have the same ring to it though.
Jaraxo@reddit
That and a lorry is a truck/tractor and a trailer. A truck stop is more accurate because you don't need to be a lorry to stop.
originaldonkmeister@reddit
What you have described there is an articulated lorry, as opposed to a rigid lorry.
LongBeakedSnipe@reddit
I think they have technical terms that are not American. The lay person probably calls them all lorries, but might be wrong sometimes technically.
Imperial_Squid@reddit
Nope, it's just cultural. There are technical definitions but those are for the terms Heavy Goods Vehicle and Light Goods Vehicle apparently, both "truck" and "lorry" are none technical terms (though what these non technical terms refer to might vary depending on a bunch of factors)
Source
Imperial_Squid@reddit
They're interchangeable fyi, it's purely cultural it seems
Source
manics02@reddit
Tbf, I'm from the Black Country and we call them Wagons
DrZomboo@reddit
It's because of 'truck' we tend to refer to 'lorry' with HGVs. But 'Truck stop' is just quick and catchy and everyone knows what refers to (even if they are trying to pedantic!) So we just use it anyway!
LongBeakedSnipe@reddit
Yup the funniest thing is while many people think they are sticklers for correct use of UK English, they dont know UK English
Vapour, colour, analyse, etc. The obvious ones. Aluminium, yes.
Sulfur, compartmentalize, oestrogen, fetus—UK English.
Many people think z is American, but its actually the primary UK English spelling, with OED including s in words such as specialize and civilized being an alternative spelling.
Beer-Milkshakes@reddit
As with correcting grammar in general; you run the risk of being a total bellend. Regardless of accuracy.
AerodynamicHandshake@reddit
Wait until they find out about the highways.
The-Mayor-of-Italy@reddit
Ironically the average Redditor also claims to hate Boomers but this is straight Boomer behaviour. My wife grew up in a country where they teach American English, watching a lot of Hollywood movies and therefore uses (and teaches our son, deliberately or otherwise) some AE terms. My mum throws a fit whenever ''diaper'' or 'cell phone'' gets mentioned or the 'wrong' pronunciation of zebra is used by a toddler..
Regular_Situation_55@reddit
Reddit LOVES to cirlejerk about how everything is "American", even when 50% of the complaints they make aren't....
Ambitious-Walk-2372@reddit
Because most people only look at where they're going... To the services in their cars.
And because they don't see it, it can't possibly exist.
Some services actually have a totally separate area as a truck stop, they have their own fuel station and shop... I'm looking at you south mims.
aspannerdarkly@reddit
Do they have these machines though?
AdFormal8116@reddit
Do they have these machines in them ?
Regular_Situation_55@reddit
It's also in the OED too.
Reddit loves to circlejerk about "le murican words"
Trivius@reddit
Huh TIL.
The OP is still talking about solely service stations
TIGHazard@reddit
https://motorwayservices.uk/Truckstop
UnchillBill@reddit
I bet you own a pick-up truck that you call “Convoy”.
DEADB33F@reddit
10-4 rubber ducky
PercySmith@reddit
Michael he uses a collective word for a single vehicle!
1308lee@reddit
Just a lowly Heavy Goods driver.
ForwardAd5837@reddit
And often contained within the same area.
ThePumpk1nMaster@reddit
Professional_Snow576@reddit
Amazing 😂
potatoduino@reddit
They're different animals, services are where you pay £5 for a Greggs pasty and battle with 68,000 Karens wanting to push past you. Truck stops are where you get a full English for £5, there's Gbeebees blasting on a 40 year old telly and you can only pay in cash. Conversation revolves around general hatred for any vehicle weighing less than 44 tonnes
DEADB33F@reddit
You also usually pay in Euros.
...useful if you fancy a greasy fryup and want to get rid of some holiday shrapnel at the same time.
DEADB33F@reddit
Just because you might have never been to one does not mean they don't exist.
Here's one just up the road from me
They're different from service stations as it'll be 99% actual lorries/trucks parked up, very few cars, no families running around, etc. Food prices also tend to be actually sensible, and they're probably the best place to get a traditional roadside fry-up.
Daveddozey@reddit
https://motorwayservices.uk/Lymm
https://motorwayservices.uk/J38
This one is on the M1 https://motorwayservices.uk/J29
However the photo looks like a service station to me and not J29.
Chosch@reddit
You*
Ftfy
indigo_pirate@reddit
The name gives away its activities
Imperial_Squid@reddit
Lol, yeah no shit Sherlock, I'm British, I know
Was just doin' a bit of the ol' sarcasm mate
Romtoggins@reddit
So many words that mean things when put together in sentences
bugsduggan@reddit
Hold the newsreader's nose carefully, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers.
noradosmith@reddit
Marjorie is dead.
originaldonkmeister@reddit
The Utoxeter leisure centre industry will never be the same again.
jjnfsk@reddit
r/unexpectedfryandlaurie
birdballoons@reddit
Also unexpected Sims 2 PSP! Almost anyway
chris552393@reddit
Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick
Russ_2003@reddit
Beans car
GhostOfKev@reddit
Truck stop is not UK English
YouNeedAnne@reddit
Traffic lights?
Imperial_Squid@reddit
Are lights that direct traffic
Shubbus@reddit
wtf is a truck?
pappyon@reddit
Same thing as a lorry.
Shubbus@reddit
No, lorries are lorries, not trucks
uglybunny-x_o@reddit
So what's a truck?
J-Mc1@reddit
Same thing as a lorry.
uglybunny-x_o@reddit
But a lorry is not a truck
WarmIntro@reddit
All lorries are trucks, but not all trucks are lorries
J-Mc1@reddit
truck
noun
noun: truck; plural noun: trucks
1. a large, heavy road vehicle used for carrying goods, materials, or troops; a lorry.
uglybunny-x_o@reddit
I didn't need an explanation, I thought it was just a thing we were doing.
Fluffy_Juggernaut_@reddit
It's almost like people can just Google these things
TinyDemon000@reddit
Juggernaut?!
"Make sure you check your blind spots for JUGGERNAUTS when turning"
No-Wave-8393@reddit
I need to correct you… “it is in the UK” should read… It is in English.
pappyon@reddit
What do you think the difference is between a truck and a lorry?
ErectPotato@reddit
A truck is just the front bit i.e. the bit pulling the trailer
tmstms@reddit
In the UK, that is called a tractor.
Hajmish@reddit
That's a tractor
pappyon@reddit
Source?
Imaginary-Hornet-397@reddit
Life.
pappyon@reddit
Interesting. The dictionary suggests you might be wrong.
Imaginary-Hornet-397@reddit
Go down a rabbit hole if you’re that interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck
pappyon@reddit
The first paragraph of that article suggests that the truck is the whole thing, you’re thinking of the cabin.
Imaginary-Hornet-397@reddit
Yeah, I don’t really care. But you have fun.
pappyon@reddit
I’m just finding it interesting how so many people don’t know what a truck is.
Shubbus@reddit
The metal part of a skateboard
uglybunny-x_o@reddit
Bingo!
pappyon@reddit
I thought you didn’t know what a truck was.
Shubbus@reddit
I dont know what the last digit of Pi is, but I not its not "Q"
pappyon@reddit
What do you think a truck is?
Shubbus@reddit
the things that make a skateboard turn.
pappyon@reddit
Well this might blow your mind but a truck is also another word for a lorry.
Shubbus@reddit
maybe in America,
YorkshirePud19@reddit
What do you call places on motorways where lorry drivers stop to rest?
1308lee@reddit
What’s a lorry driver? Is that like a wagon driver?
J-Mc1@reddit
It's like a truck driver.
1308lee@reddit
Like an LGV driver?
J-Mc1@reddit
Yes, or like a juggernaut driver.
UnchillBill@reddit
No it’s more like a HGV pilot or an artic jockey.
Shubbus@reddit
You mean a services or something different?
J-Mc1@reddit
Ah... you haven't realised words can have more than one meaning.
OriginalComputer5077@reddit
I'll have no truck with your lorry
MhaelFox83@reddit
In general "truck" is the Americanized version of "lorry"
UnchillBill@reddit
Maybe in America it is
ARK_Redeemer@reddit
I categorise trucks as a separate entity. They are smaller than lorries, but bigger than standard tradie vans (usually).
I'd say the perfect thing to demonstrate this would be a vehicle recovery truck. They can fit vans on them, so are bigger than a van, but they are usually smaller than a lorry, so they become a truck.
Reasonable-Cat5767@reddit
This is the way
ARK_Redeemer@reddit
This is the way
SoggyWotsits@reddit
I know Ford Rangers have got big, but do they really need their own area?!
JazHaz@reddit
Ford Rangers are not sold in the UK.
SoggyWotsits@reddit
Ford Rangers have been sold in the UK since 1998.
TinyDemon000@reddit
They're used for rural policing up north. Rangers are absolutely on the UK market and have been for at least 15 years.
UnchillBill@reddit
They’re used for urban “being a fucking wanker with a stupid car” in London too.
PassiveTheme@reddit
They are, and for a long time they weren't sold in North America because they're too small.
Nebulousdbc@reddit
Yes they are, don't lie
https://www.ford.co.uk/vans-and-pickups/ranger
Psycho_Splodge@reddit
Dozens of people will have purchased them
cryptonuggets1@reddit
Is this a thread of spot the American?
sjr0754@reddit
Westmoreland own Tebay Services, there is limited lorry parking at that site, so they also own a nearby site called J38 Truck Stop.
madmanchatter@reddit
Truck Haven is clearly superior!!
supaPILLOT@reddit
Tebay Services is a destination
kevjs1982@reddit
similar with Knutsford & Lymm Truck Stop (AKA Poplar 2000).
Ecept Knutsford was under threat of demolition to upgrade the road into Manchester to motorway standard , so Lymm ame a regular service station too, but is still called Lymm Truck Stop!
Uklurker@reddit
This guy trucks!
BigWesDoobner@reddit
BJ38 truck stop as it’s colloquially known, on account of it being a popular site for homosexual fellatio (glory holes).
InnisNeal@reddit
that's crazy that is can't believe it takes notes
Global-Chart-3925@reddit
Although I’ve eaten some damn good Cumberland sausage there I unfortunately did not find the glory holes.
Soggy_Parking1353@reddit
Just think of your mouth as the glory hole. The sausages don't know your name so it's all anonymous.
redjason2373@reddit
Once you’ve finished eating the Cumberland, put you chipolata in to the Cumberland dispensing hole. 😉
dallibab@reddit
The finest service station I have ever been to.
cryptonuggets1@reddit
That's very specific knowledge. I'll allow it.
dnnsshly@reddit
Isn't every thread on /r/askuk?
Serdtsag@reddit
Enhanced also by the lacking sense of sarcasm
cryptonuggets1@reddit
Are you being sarcastic?
BobDobbsHobNobs@reddit
Definitely not…
JazHaz@reddit
It's like motorway services but for trucks/hgvs with services tailored for catering for truckers. Eg the toilets have showers as well, cheaper food often, home style cooking. And you are able to park overnight without getting ticketed.
Sasspishus@reddit
Lots of regular motorway services have showers too!
neilm1000@reddit
Do they? Did not realise. Any idea where?
Sasspishus@reddit
I've seen a few Moto services with showers, and there's another big brand that has them too. Pretty sure Tebay and Cairn Lodge have showers. They're often between the mens and women's toilets and I think you have to ask a staff member for a key. I doubt they get used very often though, and maybe they don't all have them but some definitely do!
imhiya_returns@reddit
Lorrys
blackn1ght@reddit
Kinda blowing my mind that you've never heard of a truck stop
mikkopai@reddit
It may be because the proper English word for it is service station :-p
neilm1000@reddit
Actually it is Motorway Service Area. Some of them (three or four) are technically 'Rest Areas.' Service station is just a term people use sometimes.
blackn1ght@reddit
My dad was a truck driver years ago, dedicated stops for trucks called "truck stops" are definitely a thing.
papillon-and-on@reddit
Well, you can drive the entire length of the country in a day so there really isn’t as much need for them here. They do exist, but they aren’t quite the same thing as in the states.
UnbalancedMint@reddit
There are still hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands... There is a massive need and it's widely accepted there are nowhere near enough. The RHA has been campaigning for more and the government announced funding for more not long ago.
These are the ones my company uses...
https://snapacc.com/map/
The ones with the P and the D are places you can pay to stop overnight.
Just because the country is smaller doesn't mean we don't need them.
imhiya_returns@reddit
We call them lorries
blackn1ght@reddit
And we also call them trucks
wildskipper@reddit
I can't even drive but have heard of them and have seen the signs plenty of times. I'm wondering if many people here just don't go beyond whatever ring road surrounds their town or city.
MJLDat@reddit
You find them at gas stations, on highways.
But not in the UK.
boomHeadSh0t@reddit
Wtf is a cruising area
Accomplished-Digiddy@reddit
Genuine question?
A place where people (predominantly men) drive at low speeds (cruise) - or in truck stops, actually stop and wait to be approached by prostitutes.
Hence the market for viagra and condoms
71109E@reddit
An American name for a service station but maybe more geared towards lorries than cars
M2dag@reddit
What is a week end? (shit the dowager says)
MartyMcFleww@reddit
I love it when people don’t use their brains 🧠
dnym@reddit
Like a bus stop but for a truck
metalgearnix@reddit
A shitty Americanism for motorway services.
chemo92@reddit
Service station but some are specifically for lorry drivers and I don't dare venture into one to find out what they're like.
folklovermore_@reddit
Friend and I accidentally drove into one somewhere between Lutterworth and Peterborough the other week - the signage wasn't very good on the road and we thought it was the turn we needed. Very quickly realised it wasn't when we pulled in to see rows upon rows of lorries and turned around and got out of there sharpish!
WanderWomble@reddit
I did once, while heavily pregnant (and in dire need of a wee) and it was like being in a zoo where I was the exhibit.
mh1191@reddit
A lorry lounge
speakypoo@reddit
Wagon wait?
TheLimeyLemmon@reddit
Lorry halt
Font_Factor_1984@reddit
He means "services"
Generic-Name237@reddit
It’s sort of self explanatory really
DizzyChipmunk@reddit
Underrated - thanks for the laugh! 😂
CarelesssCRISPR@reddit
Lot lizards
YUR_MUM@reddit
Whadaya say, we slip into a room and you split me open like a coconut
echocardio@reddit
I will NOT suck you and I will NOT be sucked on BY you.
dskoro@reddit
Im a foathin and a frothin
Spirited-Exam1697@reddit
Call me?
Emmgel@reddit
Don’t need condoms for some truckers - murdering her after means they don’t need contraceptives
supersonic-bionic@reddit
It is funny how you assume it will be a she and not a he...
Emmgel@reddit
Well not too many men become pregnant
AnselaJonla@reddit
You still need condoms, or else you're leaving a nice chunk of DNA evidence behind.
KitWith1Tea@reddit
Came here to say this! Also, it's probably a mixture of the other reasons.. but yeah. Bless the innocence of people of folk that don't understand what sorts of stuff goes on in truckstops/ service stations.
Business-Emu-6923@reddit
For real. Truckers will plan their overnight stay somewhere down the road. They stop to pick up the things they need. This is why motorway services sell packs of beer.
They would probably have phone directories for escorts and prostitutes if the law allowed it.
__globalcitizen__@reddit
Better safe than sorry, wrap it up...
radandrew@reddit
Because it’s hard to get hard at a petrol station
FelisCantabrigiensis@reddit
Because people buy them. If no-one bought them, something else would be stocked in those machines.
LeadingSmoke6330@reddit
I tried first time I tried to buy tic take out one these things and it ate my money. Good business plan - I mean are you really going to the bar keep demanding your money back?
Plot-3A@reddit
I did, at the Cooper Rose in Sunderland.
Curious_Kitchen128@reddit
Definitely need to bag it up in Sunderland 😂
Aloogobi786@reddit
Yeah I'm totally gonna do that. I insisted a vending machine company refund me after it failed to dispense so they posted me a letter with £1.20 taped to it.
LeadingSmoke6330@reddit
after a few bevvies in spoons, I wasn’t gonna bother with those stairs - rather scowl at it every time I return
FelisCantabrigiensis@reddit
For tictacs, yes. Honestly for condoms too, because I have no shame in people knowing I have a sex life - if someone wanted to make something of it, I'd simply say that I have a very attractive girlfriend who also finds me attractive [1] and that I hope that they also will have a partner they are also mutually attracted to.
But for something as un-embarassing as some mint sweets, I'd be right there.
[1] I consider this to be a true statement.
Pentax25@reddit
I’d prefer those little plastic balls with Pokemon in them tbh
Low_Sodiium@reddit
“I just caught a squirtle in the service toilets on the Evesham junction”
fuckoffanxiety@reddit
Sounds like an STD.
Toxik_Kandie@reddit
Gotta catch 'em all.
BabyAlibi@reddit
Damn I wish we still awards!
Toxik_Kandie@reddit
I've never had an award before. Not going to lie, it's a bit of a thrill. The Internet validation is real.
Old-Assist5200@reddit
Just curios what do you get from it is it like an achievement on Reddit or just a cool blueish comment?
Toxik_Kandie@reddit
Doesn't seem to unlock an achievement, but you can see the award in more detail when you click on the icon on the comment
Gone_For_Lunch@reddit
Gonorrhea! I choose you!
hyperskeletor@reddit
Genital Warts! Go!
Anarchyantz@reddit
Herpes, use lick attack!
Janso95@reddit
In Soviet Russia, gonorrhea choose you
dickwildgoose@reddit
AIDS.... Oh wait...
ApartPotential6122@reddit
How about: I squirtled all over your jiggypuff?!
Jaded_End_850@reddit
Easy task, or WigglyTuff?
formidablegiraffe@reddit
Local boy! I know the one!
james_s_docherty@reddit
People should really check they've locked the cubicle door.
spacemonkey_1981@reddit
It explains why they're kept in balls
theDR1ve@reddit
I got a squirter in my truck at Tebay services.
flapjackboy@reddit
They have a cream for that now.
Impossible-Invite689@reddit
What do you think those pills are for
flapjackboy@reddit
To allow your Diglett to use Harden.
imstuman@reddit
"did a squirtle"
sillygoofygooose@reddit
Brb gotta catch a squirtle
SprintsAC@reddit
I noticed some of those machines I'm Sainsbury's the last couple of days & wondered if they actually were still selling more modern generation Pokémon in them. Guessing it's just other stuff I'd have no idea on though.
AnAngryMelon@reddit
There's still a massive skew towards the original Pokémon in merchandising, it sells better I guess
phatboi23@reddit
people into the older gen pokemon grew up with them and now have the money to buy the £200 psyduck teapot etc.
Pentax25@reddit
I’ve seen Meowth and Jigglypuff on instant noodles or something lately and it just instantly made me want to buy it
SprintsAC@reddit
I've just bought heart gold & Omega Ruby, so fully get it, that the older generations have an advantage of selling better I guess lol. I do know a few of the newer gens have some popular Pokémon, but that'll be due to the mainline games/show etc.
Pentax25@reddit
You are Sainsburys
SprintsAC@reddit
Was meant to be in, typo I guess.
Jim_boxy@reddit
Also an effective contraceptive
Every_Film4201@reddit
That’s why you don’t need these 😉
Pentax25@reddit
Great point! Because Pokemon makes me hard enough already!
januarynights@reddit
I saw a Pokémon vending machine in Chieveley earlier but it was only cards, not figurines :(
UntouchableC@reddit
Enough people buy them. They have an extremely long shelf life, a huge markup and the box doesn't need maintenance.
Probably only need to sell a few to start profiting.
rubber-bumpers@reddit
Also from the 2 times I’ve tried to buy something from them in a drunken joke nothing came out so I doubt anyone is running to a staff member to complain or phoning the number. Could literally just not have anything in them and take the majority of peoples money
ComplaintComplete969@reddit
I remember when i tried to buy something from one of these machines, it was about 2 quid. Put the coin in the machine, the machine didn't give me what I wanted so I tried to get my money back, ended up getting 16 quid.
rubber-bumpers@reddit
Sounds like you got lucky twice that night then
aintbrokeDL@reddit
Not if he ended up paying child support
Able-Total-881@reddit
Kyle Walker has a Reddit account
turkishhousefan@reddit
Did you... do it again?
kbrown05515@reddit
Comment of the year
turkishhousefan@reddit
Did you... do it again?
russell16688@reddit
Really reminds me of the scam from Lock Stock with the cheque return name.
PeterJamesUK@reddit
Who wants their bank manager to know they're tickling arses when they're not paying in cheques?
Squishtakovich@reddit
The one time I tried to use one of those machines (in a pub toilet) and nothing came out I made damn sure I went to the bar and asked for my money back. Yes, it was a bit embarrassing but I don't like getting scammed.
TribalTommy@reddit
Man, I won £27 quid on an airport fruity so years ago, just to get the machine saying "IOU £27". This is fine when you're in a pub, but it turns out there is no one manning these fruit machines. Probably a lot like these vending machines lol.
If you really wanted your 4 quid back, good luck finding someone.
CrazyMike419@reddit
Loved the one at my local. Never worked. I discovered that the coins being returned would get jammed jussttt inside the tray. That machine bought me soo many free pints lol
Traditional_Ant_6851@reddit
When I was a teen I worked in a pub/hotel that had these machines in the toilet. An old, creepy man that had been snogging this lady at their table as we served them had come up from the toilets and come to me at the bar to complain that the Johnny machine had stolen his pound and that we better get him some or he would leave an awful review. He said that the machine was trying to get in his ‘way’. We went into the men’s and retrieved his £1 and sent him on his way. Safe to say, some people to run to staff members to complain and in this case it made 17 yo me very uncomfortable 😂
PaulBradley@reddit
I never thought they might be a shill machine or idiot tax.
Regular_Situation_55@reddit
There's even a scene in "Early Doors", where the lad who is seeing the landlords daughter tries to get condoms out of the machine and it fails.
So another patron makes a joke about how he's not going to complain about it.
soverytiiiired@reddit
When I worked for Spoons a guy came to fix our machine as someone had complained it took his money. He opened the front of it and I am not kidding, HUNDREDS of pound coins fell out as there was a clog. People were just too embarrassed to say anything
MrTrendizzle@reddit
The top is normally missing the lid. Just reach up and grab a box if nothing comes out.
My local service station removed theirs as it kept getting robbed. Those blue pills are NOT to help you keep it up but rather to replace energy drinks.
Intelligent-Talk7073@reddit
Think i will put one outside my house 👍
fannyfox@reddit
It’s essentially the business plan from Lock Stock.
“You open a company called the Arse Tickler’s Faggot Fan Club. You take an advert in the back page of some gay mag, advertising the latest in arse-intruding dildos, sell it a bit with, er... I dunno, “does what no other dildo can do until now”, latest and greatest in sexual technology. Guaranteed results or money back, all that bollocks. These dills cost twenty-five each; a snip for all the pleasure they are going to give the recipients. They send a cheque to the company name, nothing offensive, er, Bobbie’s Bits or something, for twenty-five. You put these in the bank for two weeks and let them clear. Now this is the clever bit. Then you send back the cheques for twenty-five pounds from the real company name, Arse Tickler’s Faggot Fan Club, saying sorry, we couldn’t get the supply from America, they have sold out. Now you see how many of the people cash those cheques; not a single soul, because who wants his bank manager to know he tickles arses when he is not paying in cheques!”
rubber-bumpers@reddit
Exactly. Nobody’s (maybe 1 or 2) running out to the service station cleaner and saying “excuse me, my sex gel/cock ring/inflatable pussy won’t come out the machine. That’s £4 gone!”
They’ll just quietly grumble and leave
MAWPAB@reddit
I did it at a London night club. They did not care.
Satyr604@reddit
I did that once for condoms. It was one of those vending machines with a spiral. Went up to the store clerk and told them my fruity flavored condoms got stuck.
woyteck@reddit
How did it go?
jambox888@reddit
Tragically he caught genital herpes
SpyChinchilla@reddit
A lot of mobile apps or ATMs can scan these now. It'll still show up in your statement though.
InjuringMax2@reddit
I don't know where you're from but about 80% of these that I've seen are either broken, trashed or broken into. I would say those ones need maintenance 😂 I catch your drift though. Typically little maintenance, those rough estate pubs are an aberation
Aggressive-Bad-440@reddit
That doesn't explain why someone decided to put them there in the first place.
FunSuspect7449@reddit
I tried condoms from one when I was a teenager. My pound coin wouldn’t work then an old man came in and I got embarrassed and left
TaxiSonoQui@reddit
My pound coin also stops working when it sees old men
That-Surprise@reddit
In my day it was called a tuppence. Cost of living crisis for you.
TaxiSonoQui@reddit
Inflation mate
Jackerzcx@reddit
That’s when you buy the tasty blue pill from these boxes in service station toilets
roesenthaller@reddit
Fucking buzzkill of an answer. Bet you’re fun at parties
FelisCantabrigiensis@reddit
2.4k upvotes says you're wrong.
roesenthaller@reddit
oooh. ha ha
hungurty@reddit
Was at Paignton zoo last weekend. They have these in the lady’s loos and had tampons, paracetamol, pads and then tic tacs. Like who the hell is buying sweets in the toilets.
CosmicBonobo@reddit
Yeah. They may be prepacked, but I wouldn't buy consumables in a toilet.
It's like that episode of Futurama, where Fry buys a sandwich from a truck stop toilet, and winds up with worms.
Ok_Gear6019@reddit
Service stations sandwiches taste best sat on the bog, also you're guaranteed a seat when the inevitable evacuation happens
disclosingdara@reddit
The worms make him a better person though so... maybe we should all start eating out of truck stop/motorway toilets?
carolomnipresence@reddit
Drinkers?
FelisCantabrigiensis@reddit
Smokers.
FelisCantabrigiensis@reddit
That's a fairly useful selection, actually. My partner reported that a motorway services we stopped at recently had a vending machine with cheap perfume, lipstick, condoms, and other items but no sanitary items, toothbrush/tooth cleaner, etc.
Personally I suspect that machine was catering more for ladies of the night than a more general audience.
lozcozard@reddit
The question I have then is... why do people buy condoms in motorway services? Are motorway services dogging hotspots?
Nervous-Power-9800@reddit
Jerry the Berry fruity penny chews. 10p...
Bright_Nobody7838@reddit
So you can have well lubed safe sex with the truck driver in the next cubicle?
Realistic_Ocelot8660@reddit
Because in the uk it’s a tradition to stop off and have a mid journey quickie
Bright_Wrongdoer_287@reddit
Yea there chewing gum
NitroDion@reddit
It's not just motorway services I've seen them at Tesco, bowling alleys and restaurants as well
Apart_Jaguar_2969@reddit
So the truckers can use with the prostitutes so when they go on to murder then they don’t leave DNA
Then_Palpitation3976@reddit
To raise revenue 🤷♂️
DingStiing@reddit
I came across this defilement at Abington Services.
I do not want to be shagged the fucking feral beast that needed condoms this badly.
ProperComposer7949@reddit
Truckers and brasses
smudgecd@reddit
Because it better to have one and not need it, than need it and not have one
Gold_Lawyer1784@reddit
For truck drivers & Dogging lol 😆
shark-fighter@reddit
Truck drivers have to have safe fun sex with the prostitutes there about to murder.
hypocpk1@reddit
A posh wank
Odd_Cantaloupe_3832@reddit
For fun?
Big-Teach-5594@reddit
So that the companies that put them there can make money. A motorway services toilet is very busy, so you get more chance of selling them.
Relaxed_ButtonTrader@reddit
Try driving up the A1 - most of the old Little Chefs have been turned into Pulse and Cocktails sex shops
BurfordBridge@reddit
STD’s are associated with foreign travel maybe
dbxp@reddit
Even weirder they have them in Asda's toilets
nouazecisinoua@reddit
They had them in one of the toilets at my university too (nowhere near halls etc). Don't think there was Viagra, but definitely condoms and sex toys.
Always wondered who bought a cock ring on the way to a maths lecture.
Annual_Original9316@reddit
york?
Annual_Original9316@reddit
bath?
neilm1000@reddit
My uni ones had blow up sheep too.
Leafyun@reddit
Didn't feel like a real sheep?
MiddleManagementIT@reddit
I mean, I been there. Have a girl (or guy) coming over that night. You wanna make sure you perform, and need condoms too. You could go to a shop, or, fuck it there's a portable shop on the way to maths!
poopio@reddit
Maths lecturer.
DreamyTomato@reddit
Maths is hard.
Spindelhalla_xb@reddit
You’d be surprised the amount of weirdos out there
poopio@reddit
Even weirder, I have one in my shed!
Postik123@reddit
This reminds me of when I was a kid, and someone had crowbarred off the front of a BT phone box (the metal box with the handset, coin slot and keypad). So my bedroom had a BT phone box phone on the wall for a while.
poopio@reddit
I've got a phone box window round me mam's.
"Found" it on my way home after a night on the piss. I say "found" because it was where you'd expect it to be, it just wasn't installed in the phone box. It was leaning against it, complete with rubber trim, so I decided that it was very nice and I'd take it home with me.
At some point along the way I decided that the rubber trim was flapping about too much so I took it off and put it in my pocket. Cut the shit out of my hands.
According to Google Maps, it's just over a mile and takes 23 minutes to walk. Being pissed up and carrying a big ol' phone box window, it probably took me the best part of an hour.
Champenoux@reddit
Many customers?
poopio@reddit
Probably about as many as the pub I nicked it from. It had 2 quid, a load of out of date johnnies, and some fanny pads in it when I acquired it.
That was an interesting cab ride home.
Champenoux@reddit
Why was the pub selling it’s fittings?
poopio@reddit
They were having a full refit and as a regular, I had been informed of what was going off, so I came equipped with a crowbar... or more accurately, I had Amazon deliver me a crowbar to the pub.
The lads thought the one from the gents would have loads of change in it because nobody had seen the keys for it for several years and it only took old pound coins, so working on the assumption that anybody buying dobbers in the gents would likely be too shy to go and ask for their money back (a few had though), so they ripped it apart with the crowbar. Tuns out all that was in that one was out of date condoms and knock off Viagra. Not a penny to be had. Someone else must've been going in and emptying it all along.
After that it seemed like a waste of time even getting the one off the wall in the women's, so I attacked it on my own, and that's how I became the proud owner of a slightly rusty and completely useless condom/tampon machine. And 2 quid. And some out of date condoms. And some lady products. I'm not an expert in lady products, but they didn't seem to be of very high quality. Basically a tampon and a loose sanitary towel just shoved into a little cardboard box. If I was a lady, I don't think I would have liked it upon my person.
Everyone who works at the establishment knows I took it (and various other things that were probably, but not definitely getting thrown away), but the owner doesn't, so I shalln't mention where it was in case some of the staff get in trouble.
We didn't have the key for the one from the women's either. I ended up drilling the lock out to get into it, although the contents were fairly easily removed by turning it upside down and giving it a good shake, which I suppose isn't really a concern when it's bolted to a wall.
phatboi23@reddit
this bit cracked me up for some reason.
poopio@reddit
If it didn't give the game away as to where it was I acquired it, I'd post a screenshot of the Amazon order.
Annoyingly, in all the excitement I left it there, and the contractors doing the refurb swiped it.
Champenoux@reddit
I like the idea of somebody having the key and regularly turning up at the pub, having a drink then going into the toilet to get their money back by raiding the condom machine.
reddit-raider@reddit
Probably they owned it if they had the key, and this person nicked it
Chumbag_love@reddit
Thinking about the past too much causes depression
itsaride@reddit
Yes officer, this post right here.
yarders1991@reddit
How did you end up with one of those? 🤣🤣
poopio@reddit
Pub was having a refurb so I crowbarred it off the wall and took it home with me.
bammers1010@reddit
Lol that’s hilarious
hot4belgians@reddit
Ah the Sainsburys basic kink dungeon. Complete with blowtorch. Good purchase sir.
poopio@reddit
Live well for less 👍
Wayfaring_Limey@reddit
Of course you’re from Leicester…saying as a fellow Leicesterfarian
BigDonMega10@reddit
And Sainsbury's
Accurate_Addition_74@reddit
Lorry drivers
Alternative-Cow1534@reddit
Its for the HARD shoulder
Mundane_Top_338@reddit
I frequent these on my dogging adventures
wantsa5dayweekend@reddit
It’s useful to keep my steering wheel straight while I have two hands holding my McDonald’s.
Sensitive_Ad_9195@reddit
Today years old when I found out that this was what was in the men’s version!!
Acceptable-Donut-271@reddit
the tights is such a good idea tho bc those fuckers rip at the w o r s t times
welshlondoner@reddit
And those weird chewable toothbrushes ready loaded with toothpaste.
rokstedy83@reddit
Why aren't those in men's machines as well?
Zumodoki@reddit
Don't want to start chewing your condom whilst putting toothpaste on your knob.
Cassper8877@reddit
They are, seen them plenty of times in services
Jacktheforkie@reddit
They are
Manifestival1@reddit
Because they don't brush their teeth.
SnooBooks1701@reddit
Some of the nicer ones have them
Effective_Soup7783@reddit
They are.
DoktoroChapelo@reddit
I've seen them in the gents, but in a separate machine, IIRC.
CeeApostropheD@reddit
The what now?! I'm feeling deprived over here.
UndersirableLoser@reddit
Some have condoms as well...
Towbee@reddit
Underwear and socks is such a good shout for these machines
AussieHxC@reddit
What are the adverts for in the women's?
In the men's it's largely adverts for fart-proof underwear and charity collections for women's period supplies out in the developing world/war torn countries.
cocacola999@reddit
There is also another that is for some type of compo, but the adverts in all the services are all slightly different and claim different stats. Can't remember specifics but one said your guaranteed a minimal payment that is the average payout... Wait what.. lol
neilm1000@reddit
That and Lynx.
Lynx is not as good as it used to be, much less variety these days.
AussieHxC@reddit
Also it's like £5 a tin, wtf is that all about.
neilm1000@reddit
I know right! A tin of Old Spice is not only cheaper but also a thinner shape (easier for the side pocket on your work bag, not that I've thought about this). Lynx is meant to the standard go to product, not the premium end of deodorant sprays. Tabac is only marginally more expensive these days.
frootloop2k@reddit
Fart-proof underwear? Please tell me more
AussieHxC@reddit
Has layers of carbon/charcoal type material inside them. Oddly enough I have a mate who works for the company that make the stuff apparently it's absolutely huge in China.
You wanna search for 'shreddies underwear'
frootloop2k@reddit
Awful that these are only advertised jn the men's room! We ladies have "love puffs" that we need to conceal
ice-lollies@reddit
On the back of the stall door? It’s often things like charities. Lots of help line numbers.
AussieHxC@reddit
Oh I just twigged you don't have urinals. There's one in front of every single one in the men's so you have something to read while you piss.
LaurenJoanna@reddit
We have the charity period supply ones too
soyquean@reddit
I had this exact realisation about a month ago on a road trip!! So wild
ColdTomato7294@reddit
Same!
panalangaling@reddit
I feel like it would make sense to also put protection and lube in the women’s one too?
FrenzalStark@reddit
In the social club opposite mine the ladies’ used to have a machine that sold various different types of vibrator haha. No idea if it’s still there or not, kinda hope it is cause the mental image of grannies winning a few quid on the bingo and smashing it all into the dildo machine makes me laugh.
rumade@reddit
And often a separate dispenser with those "fuzzybrush- chewable toothbrushes". I remember buying one at about age 12 and finding it horrendous
RexehBRS@reddit
Are you sure you picked the right button?
BeatificBanana@reddit
What are they exactly? I've never been brave enough to try one. How can you just chew a tooth brush? It can't be an actual brush?
beeb4rf@reddit
It's like a ball with bristles and you chew between the bristles which are coated in what I presume is like powdered toothpaste
mattt5555@reddit
They feel like plastic. Not sure how they ever managed pass them to sell them to chew. But I've only trued then once out of curiosity, I'd already brushed my teeth so no idea if they worked. But I'd buy gum in the future instead!
Sharlizarda@reddit
gum is made of plastic as well
mattt5555@reddit
Good point. I didn't think of that
Spdoink@reddit
Very hard to swallow, I find.
buzzer7326@reddit
Oddly, the one time I tried it as a kid, I thought it was very convenient. Probably says more than I'd like about my brushing rabbits at the age of 10 than I'd like tbh
neilm1000@reddit
I have a pack of them in my work bag.
NinetysRoyalty@reddit
I can’t remember which train station, it’s one between Southampton and Bournemouth, but they had lady viagra which was different than the usual menstrual products
brothererrr@reddit
They look like the worst quality menstrual products too
No_Salamander_6762@reddit
Keep you going at night 🤷♀️
Personal-Turn-4881@reddit
Don't know why anyone uses these machines, the chewing gum tastes horrible.
Intelligent_Move_413@reddit
Truckers I imagine
frankieepurr@reddit
ive seen in mainland europe (idk about UK) most pharmacies have this outside the building
boomerangchampion@reddit
I saw a vending machine in Spain that had all this stuff, vibrators, pringles, beer, cigarettes, cooked hot dogs, and two-stroke engine oil all in the same machine.
I'll say this for the Spanish they know how to have a good time.
Witty_Egg_7510@reddit
two-stroke oil and a hot dog... sounds a fun night
SnooGiraffes4110@reddit
Imagine making a mistake pressing wrong code. Presto, you are a proud owner of a vibrator.
DigitalHoweitat@reddit
That runs on two-stroke engine oil?!
That's an industrial toy.
Ghosthost2000@reddit
LOL it’s the machine that say’s “I’m not here for a long time; I’m here for a good time.” [wink]
OdinForce22@reddit
Cockring?
JazHaz@reddit
Not explaining that to a probably 10 year old. Google it.
OdinForce22@reddit
Who asked you to explain it?
Turquoise_dinosaur@reddit
I think they were guessing what the “inappropriate” word beginning with C was in the comment they replied to - not asking what a cock ring is
OdinForce22@reddit
Bingo!
uh-oh-no-no@reddit
Nothing wrong with quenching your thirst with a coke.
Hugh_Mann123@reddit
Pepsi would be better
SelectTrash@reddit
Only if it's a max cherry
joeybizzizzizzle@reddit
How are you pronouncing that?
ignatiusjreillyXM@reddit
I have seen that in Britain, but rarely and not recently - certainly much less common than in quite a few countries in Western continental Europe at least
Karenpff@reddit
Always love a bowl of Cheerios 😋🥣
pabz2236@reddit
Way of the road bud.
WacoGhost@reddit
For the trucking fuckers
excalliburuk@reddit
Truck drivers !!! 😁😁😁
phranti@reddit
Way of the road Bubs.
READ-THIS-LOUD@reddit
So all the lorry drivers can fuck each other safely of course!
tistick@reddit
Every supermarket has them too.
Wonderful-Document59@reddit
It's for when lorry drivers want to murder a prostitute after sex
paddles-@reddit
Because of filthy truck drivers 🤣🤣
Agile_Following4437@reddit
They used to be condom machines, but I guess over time their contents have changed to random shite.
Guilty_Finger_7262@reddit
Does the idiom “lot lizard” exist over there?
JuICyBLinGeR@reddit
Think of it as a cork, for your dick.
You’re driving on the motorway dying for a piss.. about to explode .. you see a sign “Services: 29 miles” 😱😭
Don’t stress. Pop a boney.
bit0n@reddit
Truckers can only drive for 10 hours a day they need something to do with the rest of their day.
dronebox@reddit
..then you’ve never been stuck in a contra flow just south of Watford Gap..
DameKumquat@reddit
Or decided to take the A1 so you can pass all the sex shops...
weedlol123@reddit
Yeah I once got stuck in the roadworks by there and spent a whole 30 minutes wondering who drives to the middle of nowhere off the A1 to go to a sex shop
Aargh_a_ghost@reddit
I’d take one just to keep me up when I’m tired , pun intended
lotus49@reddit
Because you are going to be screwed in the motorway services, you'd at least better be protected.
Andagonism@reddit
No doubt, local prostitution.
AlShapone@reddit
Often in Sainsbury’s they’re really high up, presumably to stop small children buying them.
Ostensibly this seems like a good idea until you think that we’re just denying vertically challenged adults from purchasing contraceptives, therefore pushing unprotected sex on them and risking flooding the population with small, and therefore physically weak people.
The Russians all have them at ground level.
BossfightEnthusiast@reddit
Budget hotel service station sex work, usually for lorry drivers, having been a sex worker myself
BoomalakkaWee@reddit
u/juliewithabooty - here's the answer to your question, since your thread's been locked...
juliewithabooty@reddit
holy, wtf i appreciate you for going out your way. something good is going to happen to you very soon
Conveth@reddit
You never know when a vibrating cock ring will come in useful.
Madeline_Basset@reddit
Exactly this - a little whole ago I bought a couple from the discount shelf in Boots to salvage the motors for an Arduino project.
phatboi23@reddit
not a terrible idea tbf.
Jaded_End_850@reddit
These youths! Every time the calendar flips to a new year the colloquial language changes 🤣
poopio@reddit
Yes, but the calendar flips thanks to a small motor repurposed from a Boots cock ring!
mh1191@reddit
Arduino is etymological interesting.
It's an American term (hard weiner), proxied into English by an unknown European ('ard we nuh).
So an Arduino project with two vibrating cock rings checks out as slang for "posh wank"
wolster2002@reddit
Given the context, that spelling mistake is spot on!
SpicyEntropy@reddit
Set it to vibrate when you get a message, so you don't need to be distracted by your phone.
Rerererereading@reddit
Can use it to shake the bubbles out fizzy drinks.
Manifestival1@reddit
Probably not whilst driving.
Dear_Statistician494@reddit
Instructions not clearhttps://photos.app.goo.gl/tQ2s1YXKrU6X9Deg8
Obvious-Water569@reddit
Oh, my sweet summer child...
Wren_wood@reddit
Driving makes me horny
DPBoswell020204@reddit
Bj while driving never hurt no one
Dyl377@reddit
I often look at these and think who is actually buying anything from them? Like, I’d be mortified if someone walked in on me using it. Plus, why do you never see them being restocked?
HelpMeThroughthWorld@reddit
£££££££££££££££ passed by thousands of people a day 1% buying is £20 per thousand or more, they are a slow burn low maintenance cash cow.
m1bnk@reddit
Motorway service stations have been hookup places as long as they've existed
TheGing3rBreadMan@reddit
Maybe truckers shag a lot of escorts or something
ilovealc@reddit
for a cheeky shag
kaynan_vulperus@reddit
Probably same reason they’re in big shops and cinemas, or clubs and pubs and numerous other places. Better had and not used than needed and not there amongst other reasons, I guess. Plus if anyone does uses it, the investment is probably made back rather quickly with less mess.
Fine_Leave2410@reddit
So u can have car fun on road trip obviously lol
WiseReputation1020@reddit
Convenience and I guess because they're hot sellers. Lol
Old_Promotion_4227@reddit
For all the truckers that enjoy dogging 😂😂
jimbo16__@reddit
Truckies having a quickie in the cab
SixtyN42@reddit
You'll never know when you'll get lucky and laid in a lay by.
The_All_Seeing_Pi@reddit
It's called the "hard" shoulder for a reason.
Lupa-Canis@reddit
Nothing gets me rigid like the side of the A69 amarite?! 😎 (my car’s radiator has a leak and this is the third time I’ve had to pull out more fluid or my car will probs melt)
Numeno230n@reddit
I always thought for safety reasons you need to hold the wheel at (as on a clock) 10, 2, and 6.
EnigmaticAmbiguity@reddit
Underrated comment
newsignup1@reddit
So lorry drivers can show the prostitutes a good time before murdering them?
Sad_Lack_4603@reddit
In some countries motorway services are places prostitutes go to find work. I specifically can remember seeing the "Sexkabinen" at the Autobahn services near München. And sad-looking girls in jean skirts wandering up and down lines of parked up semis at a truck stop outside Memphis, TN.
I honestly have no idea if such practices occur in the UK. But if they did, then it would go at least way to explain the sale of such products in what would otherwise appear to be an unpromising location.
VioletChrome@reddit
Truckers...
Fatty4forks@reddit
“Service station cock ring” will be my death metal band’s first release. What rhymes with cock-ring?
FantasticAnus@reddit
I reckon you can figure this one out.
Mr-Stumble@reddit
Have you heard of cottaging?
SkepticalBelieverr@reddit
Lorry drivers
ForestGoldMiner@reddit
They are required by law to be open 24/7 every day of the year, and to provide free parking (up to a certain time limit) and free toilet facilities at their own expense. Every opportunity is taken to extract money from those using the facilities.
1308lee@reddit
I’m not sure that’s true. But I’ll happily be proven wrong.
Pretty sure even the motorway services are privately owned businesses like moto, or the other ones.
Buttercup59129@reddit
It is.
Google it.
To have the license and signage of a motorway service area . You must adhere to those guidelines
If not you risk losing the contract
1308lee@reddit
Yeah so... It's not the law.
utukore@reddit
Licencing laws are laws. Just civil, not criminal ones
1308lee@reddit
Licensing and contract laws aren’t quite the same as "the law"laws though.
It could be that if you’re hiring a venue, or renting accommodation that in their contracts it says "no pets allowed". That doesn’t mean it’s "against the law" to take/have a dog. It just means breaching license/contract laws means you can have a civil dispute.
utukore@reddit
The penalty for some breaches in civil law are £30000+ per incidence. The penalty for breaking some criminal laws is a telling off from a copper.
Let's not pretend stealing a snickers is a worse crime than the post office scandle, which had a civil court settlement of £58 million, just because it's a criminal law being broken.
Both civil and criminal laws have serious and minor ends of the scale.
greggery@reddit
They do, it's achieved by it being a condition of the planning consent for the MSA.
FluffyJoe86@reddit
They were there before the motorways. Legend says they were discovered in the early 1900s. The government decided to link them up with the motorways to see if something would happen…..
Equivalent_Try_3030@reddit
I've seen the same thing at London Stansted Airport.
AHeathenFromEton@reddit
the johnnies make a good piss catcher for after youv just downed all your drinks because you cant take em through security
Technical_Penalty_46@reddit
Soon to join the Ryanair mile high club
Suspicious-Ad-1864@reddit
Main users are truck drivers and prostitutes. I mean together, not separately.
ideapadSlim31301@reddit
For car backseat activity in remote areas.
Dangerous_Fox1654@reddit
Many of our fuel stations have them. I guess driving makes some people hornier than others.
Bikerladd@reddit
We like to fuck
Grizzzla@reddit
For truck drivers and prostitutes
Prizzythecat@reddit
It’s so strange 😹
Mutantdogboy@reddit
This is an MI5 recruitment phone
twodogsfighting@reddit
Way of the road.
bubblejigsaw@reddit
Because it’s all about the destination! 😊
Financial_Breath5433@reddit
Supply and demand
One_hairy_nut_sack@reddit
Because truckers
elnovino23@reddit
which services have them?, asking for a friend
Mroatcake1@reddit
Social?
elnovino23@reddit
he says he tried them, but they tried to stiff him!
ratherinteresting80@reddit
For pumping in the cab of a lorry parked up in the services
throwawayboy95@reddit
We have that exact same machine in the men’s toilets where I work, (supermarket) and we’ve never even had to restock its contents in over 3 years I imagine all its contents have expired
UKTonyK@reddit
Because there is still one born every minute.
Correct-Collection49@reddit
Vibrating cock rings, pretend viagra and johnnys are the backbone of motorway culture. Sometimes they do little toothbrush things to take away the taste of the jizz. Its a huge part of the services scene. It should be respected and admired. The peak of vending machine engineering is now.
d4ng3r0u5@reddit
Because the back of a lorry with a prostitute isn't exactly the most romantic setting.
RipAromatic6989@reddit
To encourage dogging
nick2k23@reddit
Because they make money 🤷♂️
TheDarkCreed@reddit
No glow in the darks? The world really has gone tits up
emmiekira@reddit
There's usually a hotel at service stations too, I think that answers the question.
puddsykit78@reddit
They have one I'm local ASDA which I think is even weirder!
Counterfeit_Eden@reddit
Because they're cruising grounds for prosititutes. Why is Reddit like this?
Low_Map4314@reddit
Not just the UK. I’ve seen them in other countries too
Always wondered the same question.
user-604@reddit
Because they are less likely to be caught by someone they know when buying them there saving themselves the embarrassment
Boring_Student_9590@reddit
You know how dogging works, right?
Sxn747Strangers@reddit
Because motorway services are a hotbed of rampant sexual activity. 🤣
RitmanRovers@reddit
Bought jonnnies from a pub but never a service station
404errorabortmistake@reddit
Cos when the places people end up in after their journeys are places they shag in. And sometimes they shag during the journeys too
Stevey1001@reddit
so truckers can have sex with prostitutes
Otherwise_Mud_4594@reddit
HGV drivers who don't want to leave DNA behind.
HerewardHawarde@reddit
people love driving with a hard on
Katmeasles@reddit
It might be a strange concept for reddit, but people have 'sex'.
mikesheard88@reddit
Where else will I get my jonnys and mendurance tablets from 🙄
1stThrowawayDave@reddit
Best place to sell them where its anonymous and anyone who sees you doing it you'll probably never see again.
Saves you the embarrassment of your brother shouting across the pub that they've just installed a condom machine in the gents there after you confidentially asked him about buying them
Kyte85@reddit
Or just be an adult and buy them from boots or something? 😅
terrorvicky@reddit
OFAH reference?
Spindelhalla_xb@reddit
That was a dirty mag wasn’t it?
JamieG193@reddit
It was a famous sitcom called Only Fools And Horses. Was set in London’s East end and aired from the 80s to early 00s. I used to watch it all the time and so did my Dad. We still reference scenes to this day!
Spindelhalla_xb@reddit
Sorry I meant the reference was about a dirty mag, the episode where Del thinks Debbie is his kid
JamieG193@reddit
Ah fair enough! My bad haha
the-blob1997@reddit
Yea
jagsie69@reddit
I believe they’re for the vendors are service stations to put on before you hand over your money, because if you buy anything there, you’re the one getting fucked
ClassroomDowntown664@reddit
probably for people who enjoy going to car parks at night to meet with outher people
Otherwise_Living_158@reddit
Lorry drivers are sexual deviants
useless_of_america@reddit
Because someone thought that offering drivers and passengers more protection in a place they most likely are halfway to a destination and the desire to be ready when the time comes becomes paramount.
worldrampage@reddit
Oh yeah sure, like long distance driving doesn't make you horny?!
Stop shaming man. Its natural!
AntonMcTeer@reddit
They sell viagra? Asking out of curiosity.
NebCrushrr@reddit
Prostitution
mondobadger@reddit
Just in case you get lucky.
DrZomboo@reddit
People like to shag and a lot of people travel on the motorway
Resident-Rhubarb8372@reddit
Doggers gonna dog
TingsInMaSocks@reddit
I stopped at a service station earlier this year and was so close to pissing myself I just ran through a gap in the bushes to do my business.
There was a well worn path through the bushes and the floor was covered in condoms and lube packets. I imagined it's a meet up spot for dogging/cottaging/prostitues or something.
Doubt the service station minds as long as what happens in the bushes stays in the bushes.
Only-Temperature-309@reddit
For the "Lot-Lizards"
Significant-Team167@reddit
Trucking and fucking cum hand in hand 🤣🤣🤣
PlumbPi@reddit
They don’t sell viagra it’s some herbal alternative I doubt does anything. Condoms just for people having sex in the car park 🅿️
DignityIndex@reddit
Idk but I recently went to one that was selling those chewable toothbrushes now with the integrated caffeine power of an energy drink
420_Brit_ISH@reddit
Motorway services are frequented by sex workers and their customers late at night.
ihavebeenmostly@reddit
Nowt better than a posh wank on the motorway 🧐
Pandafauste@reddit
Why can't I see the option there for a standard cheese and onion Union Jack tickler?
spungie@reddit
Best place to get a ride is not a pub or a nite club, it's a motorway service station.
privilegedwhiner@reddit
High footfall 24hrs a day discourages vandalism/theft ?
Stevemachinehk@reddit
For truckers
LandImaginary3300@reddit
To drive hard and safe,
German Autobahn has them aswell
premium_bawbag@reddit
Truckers need to resupply for their hookers when they’re on their rest stops!
In seriousness though, folk obviously buy from these otherwise they would get rid of them. That being said, in my 30 years on the planet I have never seen anyone actually close enough to one of these machines to use them
Fabulous-Crew9338@reddit
Never hear of truck/rest stop sex? It’s a whole porn category… look it up, or not! lol
MrMrsPotts@reddit
They don't sell Viagra!
Spengbab-Squerpont@reddit
Dogging.
maddler@reddit
When they say "hard shoulder"...
LucyEmerald@reddit
There's 8 billion people on the planet do you really need the awnser?
Traditional_Big_5853@reddit
U never know that's y.... u never know
Dwengo@reddit
Dogging
AssassinationCustard@reddit
Cottaging in the car park
platebandit@reddit
They have these in Heathrow airport before immigration. You can buy condoms, fake viagra and cock rings. Fuck knows who the market is before immigration. Maybe the condoms are useful if you’re trying to sneak something past customs but who turns up to the border with a vibrating cock ring
No_Berry_4007@reddit
It’s so people can get condoms and viagra without being embarrassed stopping accidental pregnancies
Many-Crab-7080@reddit
I guess lorry driver the companions they pick up
Dr_Downvote_@reddit
Lot Lizards. Me? I do not tangle with lizards no more. No. Back in the day, sure, I would've indulged. Hell, I would've let you turn me into Swiss cheese.
Ever_ascending@reddit
Some people like a nice shag on the road?
Curious_Buy_3955@reddit
I have never seen anybody use one. I do quite a lot of driving at all times of day and night.
MajesticGarlic999@reddit
The traveling boner syndrome
Durks_Durks@reddit
Because late at night, filthy lorry drivers have enough of wanking into a cheese and onion crisp packet and shag the dirty prostitutes in the Day Inn
panalangaling@reddit
I suppose it’s a place people feel less embarrassed buying these products, you’re much less likely to bump into someone you know
ConferenceHungry7763@reddit
Sex.
farfetchedfrank@reddit
They're for doggers
Kuldiin@reddit
Dogging?
itsaride@reddit
Truckers like to truck.
Kwayzar9111@reddit
Lorry drivers and prostitutes,,
Porridge-BLANK@reddit
Because all the pubs are closing down and they needed somewhere to put them.
Fast_Boysenberry9493@reddit
Condomvinience
all_about_that_ace@reddit
I generally just assume this is for people who want to murder hitchikers but are afraid they wont be able to get it up.
Rincewind_13@reddit
For truckers and their friends on the road.
For long distance tinder hook ups.
xDB_POOPERx@reddit
Truckers and prostitutes
Temujin-of-Eaccistan@reddit
For lorry drivers. They shag a lot of prostitutes
Hologramixx@reddit
Because the journey always beats the destination
Unknown9129@reddit
Can’t believe no one said it yet, but mainly to prevent anymore motorway accidents.
Glum-Cup-5899@reddit
I mean would you rather approach another human, look them dead in the eyes, and present them with these items to purchase, or quickly slot 2 quid in a machine, pull a lever, take your shit and pace off quickly?
Alster5000@reddit
I had to buy anadin extra out of one of these once. I really desperately wanted to announce to everyone my boners are strong, just have a headache.
poopio@reddit
Caffeinated for her pleasure.
dr_wtf@reddit
AnalysisGlobal5385@reddit
I used to know a guy (early 90s) that went cottaging at Charnock Richard on the M6 so maybe that's your market there. Apparently it was a good spot for that sort of thing.
Maskedmarxist@reddit
Probably because Truckers gotta truck
maxi12311111@reddit
I’m guessing in case you feel horny suddenly they like “we got you”
m0rgu3princ3ss@reddit
dogging?
councilmantate@reddit
Can anyone verify these actually work? Asking for a friend.
Exile4444@reddit
Wait until you hear what they had in berlin airport. 10 different varities of sex toys. Anal vibrators, cock rings, the whole lot.
Sad_Sultana@reddit
So the lorry drivers have something to use whilst doing the pr*stitutes They wil soon murder.
roesenthaller@reddit
Because truckers don’t want AIDS either
Expensive_Kale_702@reddit (OP)
But what if they want aids
Awellknownstick@reddit
So folks who do quick stands don't just go at it unprotected, also those who get embarrassed at the corner shop.
Make em easy and quiet to get and fools don't go public ungloved.
Many reasons to be gloved.
Plus free advice to the Young males on the scene, if you do engage in free public doings (a lot of us did in our yooth) TAKE THE USED JHONNY WITH YOU DONT LEAVE IN THE BIN.
I knew a service user who had a scare cos of a dodgy encounter where the woman tried to use it afterwards..... It turned out she had tried with a few guys and paternity test showed he was lucky...
VexedRacoon@reddit
Can't imagine a great need for dildos on the A1m but there's plenty of sex shops lol.
lfc_ynwa_1892@reddit
Traveling salesmen and truckers lol
shodo_apprentice@reddit
Ya truck, ya fuck.
serialkillr@reddit
Kfc at a fuel station in Germany had pussy in a can and dildos. WTF
RupertProudhorseIII@reddit
With these, it's more like the MMMMMMMMM1...am I right?!
beeurd@reddit
These are in most public toilets, not just motorway service stations.
scummy71@reddit
I think some service stations are cruising sites. I don’t know from experience. Oh hell
Deckard2022@reddit
Because people get freaky in Uk motorway stops.
Some, but not all, truck drivers are complete deviants
jmcdongle@reddit
A slightly different pump request I guess
Representative-Clue4@reddit
Horny lorry drivers going dogging 🥴
procrastination83@reddit
Because at any given moment in the men’s bathrooms at every services across the country their are at least 2 couple having sex!
Appropriate-Bad-9379@reddit
There’s a traditional old spit and sawdust pub, that I used to frequent. There was a condom machine in the ladies toilet, with an official sticker on it, saying “last serviced 1986”…
LegoVRS@reddit
"Cheese and onion flavoured union jack tickler it is. Bagsy me first go with it!"
Foxy-Cox-92@reddit
"Get two? Wild man"
ted_wassonasong@reddit
RIP Rik
Bravelobsters@reddit
Truckers
ucardiologist@reddit
Because these toilets are frequented by truck drivers mainly and they are always called wankers by the other smaller car drivers.
minority_of_1@reddit
Sicily vending machines are a lot more spicy.
No-Village7980@reddit
Fuel up, grab a coffee, a cinnamon roll and a cock ring.
Great way to start your morning.
A_Kittyboy@reddit
Because prostitutes frequent the truck parking, and they were also very popular in gay culture before acceptance/legalisation of homosexuality.
If you see a hole in the wall of the toilet stall, try knocking.
Mr-Stripes@reddit
Because they know people use the service station toilets as a sexy time place.... either that or truckers..... or probably local dogging spots. Guess they'd rather you be safe about it.
Toma-toe@reddit
Truckers getting frisky.
ChatGPTbeta@reddit
For horny truckers.
cluedo_fuckin_sucks@reddit
Way of the road
arnathor@reddit
I see George Carlin has entered the chat.
cluedo_fuckin_sucks@reddit
Ray LaFleur, I’m afraid
TheTallGuy92@reddit
The fuckin’ way she goes, boys.
byjimini@reddit
Truck drivers.
Quick_Creme_6515@reddit
I would say they're bought by "lads" on their way to a boozy night out, away from home. They probably have a missus, so they can't buy any back home.
Rez1009@reddit
To supply the lorry driver market
antiglow@reddit
I was in a Tesco toilet in Cheshire and it had one of these. Like what the hell
codernaut85@reddit
For people who are horny on main (roads).
IndefiniteBaz15@reddit
To paraphrase Jeremy Clarkson; “truck drivers kill prostitutes”. Might as well try the products before throwing it away.
CrankyArtichoke@reddit
Better to have them and promote safe sex rather then not and people have unsafe sex I guess.
x-t-w-93@reddit
Because service stations always have trannies lying around.
Important_Finish_602@reddit
Because one trucker meets another trucker and you know the rest
inthepipe_fivebyfive@reddit
I saw one the other week that had glow in the dark lightsaber condoms.
joemorl97@reddit
For the Grindr hookups that happen in the stalls
EnvironmentalLaw4820@reddit
Saw this in Birmingham Airport too
Aggravating-Loss7837@reddit
Truckers. Cheap hotels like days inn..
Do I need to continue
Dayne_Ateres@reddit
Truck drivers have needs!
Extreme-Acid@reddit
Water balloon fight, car park. NOW!
Vivid_Transition4807@reddit
Because trying to find all the jizz in the cabin is tiresome.
Armadillo-66@reddit
So your prepared for going back to the car park for dogging
NoBuilding2937@reddit
Dogging
etherkye@reddit
Dogging
Delicious_Inside69@reddit
I once worked for LRC who owned Durex. There was a whole department for vending machines supporting various independent vendors. These vendors would have hundreds, if not thousands of vending machines out there. I once went to see one of these people and they had an enormous house in a wealthy area, all paid for by selling condoms in dirty pub toilets.
So the reason is money, loads of money!
monkeyclaw77@reddit
Truckers right? The answer’s truckers
Case_Blue@reddit
Germany has similar machines
But they don’t sell viagra…
Beginning_Drink_965@reddit
Looks to me like a pair of truckers could have a real good evening for about a tenner.
wlondonmatt@reddit
One of the chuckle brothers used to go cruising for sex at south Mimms service station
JimTaplin@reddit
Was it the sexy one?
smartief1@reddit
There was a sexy one??
BruceForsyth55@reddit
Truck stops……..
ChilledBeer123@reddit
Almost every time I've been forced to use these filthy toilets, I've found stuff dropped from these machines.
Defard2001@reddit
So you can use them on the ‘hard’ shoulder 🎤✋😎
throwaway420682022@reddit
the uk is the worlds premier industry in closeted 55 year old men hooking up in service station
International-Bat777@reddit
So many people saying truckers. Basically anyone sexually active not in a loyal relationship. There's thousands of salesmen, reps etc.
SpicyEntropy@reddit
I can't imagine many people waking up at 5:30 to drive to Wolviston to sell carbon paper are raging balls of sexual energy, though.
Jaded_End_850@reddit
Sexually active loyal relationship man sustaining relationship with the aid of ‘mendurance’ enters the chat 💬
stickywinger@reddit
Truck drivers like to have endurance wanks every now and again.
Farty_McPartypants@reddit
For horny truckers?
velvet-overground2@reddit
For when I forget on the way to your mums house
StoneRose89@reddit
Never know when you might get lucky in the adjoining Linton Travel Tavern.
Toaneknee@reddit
Coz truckers are fuckers.
BunkysFather1978@reddit
long distance truckers - Dirty gits
Thunderous71@reddit
Car park lizzards for the truckers.
smartief1@reddit
Dare inask what a car park lizard is? I'm not sure I want to risk google
Midnight__Specialist@reddit
Giggling at Mendurance, and then I saw the ring 😂😂😂
When I road tripped the UK with some friends, one came back to the car and presented me with one of those and a ‘don’t say I never gave you anything’ 😂🤮
Creepy_Challenge_966@reddit
Can't beat having a lob on when driving on the M25
ZummerzetZider@reddit
For lot lizards
Taken_Abroad_Book@reddit
You should see what's in the machines in the bogs of German motorway services.
Dildos, butt plugs, pocket pussys. All sorts.
mrthrowaway4206993@reddit
For truckers
AdValuable5441@reddit
Incase any one needs a jump start
Zestyclose_Essay_659@reddit
Do the blue pills work? Asking for a friend
Vainybangstick@reddit
What’s weird is the same machines are in a couple of my local supermarket men’s toilets too. Selling condoms at silly prices.
I’m no financial genius but surely the ones sold for less in the exact shop they are in are the better purchases.
fpotenza@reddit
Lots of people driving away for affairs?
Exotic-Astronaut6662@reddit
Cunningly non of the blue pills actually say they are boner pills, they just hint at it with the colour. Nice advertising ploy for the desperate.
iamthabeska@reddit
So my kids can press all the buttons while they wait for me to finish pissing
ramakharma@reddit
No cheese and onion flavour!?!
andreeeeeaaaaaaaaa@reddit
Because prostitutes
Csasquatch92@reddit
Truckers cheat on their wives, men use truck stops to meet gay dudes, doggers. People to embarrassed to buy over the counter
Hot_Awareness4568@reddit
At least its not tampons
T_raltixx@reddit
Probably in the women's toilets.
Ps. I wish I didn't look.at your profile.
Romtoggins@reddit
Now I wanna look
Bobbleswat@reddit
You don't!
Romtoggins@reddit
I'm gonna look
JimTaplin@reddit
I honestly thought it was about Caledonian Poultry and in a sense was not disappointed
Breakwaterbot@reddit
You know when you learn about a subreddit you wish you hadn't learned about but it's not that surprising that it exists? Yeah, that's what has happened here.
cloche_du_fromage@reddit
That took me slightly by surprise!
personalgenius47@reddit
Why did i look....
TheDuke2031@reddit
It's probably for the truck drivers
redditbannedyou@reddit
You don’t wanna shag a motorway prostitute without a Johnny on now would you?
trainpk85@reddit
£3 for 3 is decent
papa_f@reddit
Truckers love whoors
Used_Examination_349@reddit
Truckers? Can’t leave dna evidence.
OwlPerfect8943@reddit
Like anyone is thinking about sex after a 2 hour jam on the M62.
AdministrativeShip2@reddit
2 hours being fucked. What's an extra couple of minutes.
Striking-Platypus745@reddit
Because of the lot lizards
Soleplain234@reddit
Cause people wanna fuck
Winter_Bar_5653@reddit
ofc, games the game
Sufficient_Oven3637@reddit
My dad is a lorry driver and says that he in his time doing it has had a fair few people knock on the back of the lorry door and ask if he wanted to ‘buy’ them for an hour or two.
rasherboy@reddit
Truckers be trucking
richardathome@reddit
Prostitutes in the car park servicing the truckers, my sweet innocent child.
edotb@reddit
Lot lizards
SP4x@reddit
You can use a boner to steady the steering wheel at 90 in the outside lane whilst double fisting Greggs sausage rolls in to your gob.
Technical_Penalty_46@reddit
Saw that one on xhamster
Quirky-rib@reddit
I am a Canadian that will occasionally scroll down the list to check the United Kingdom feed.
That being said, we have always had these dispensers in the washrooms of the the off/on ramp highway service centres. Big bonus now has just happened - we have vending machines that dispense cans of cold beer.
Quirky-rib@reddit
Replying to myself. It is not uncommon to drive 4,500 km+ to visit someone elsewhere in the country. Backseat passengers need some entertainment.
hurrycall911@reddit
For truck stop hookers
mikepartdeux@reddit
Friends of the road bud
Dowew@reddit
Because people enjoy having sexy time.
barronelli@reddit
Not sure if answered yet but I think I kinda know this.
People are less comfortable buying viagra where they might be recognised so they started selling it in more remote places like a service station.
Much like sex shops randomly on the motorway.
oneowiser@reddit
THE BLOKES GET COCK RINGS WHAT
Sad-Yoghurt5196@reddit
Dogging hubs probably.
Ozzimo@reddit
That's where people keep buying them
CourtMcCheese@reddit
I’ve seen them in Toby carvery, bowling alleys, Sainsbury’s, cinemas and in multiple shopping centres.
NuttyMcNutbag@reddit
This is a tradition carried over from pubs. Traditionally pubs have these in their toilets and many still do. It isn’t a motorway services thing specifically.
beeshorse@reddit
I think it's in case you might wish to fornicate in the toilets
poopio@reddit
Or a posh wank, perhaps?
TravisInLondon@reddit
I mean, who could possibly guess why sex aides might be sold in places where men often stay overnight? Could it be, perchance, that way more men are hooking up with each other at service stations than you'd ever imagine?
calmcatman@reddit
Lorry drivers are notorious doggers
Eggburgton@reddit
Prosies mate
Alix_T_1865@reddit
they seem to have them in some airports (or have i got that wrong), i particularly remember the fuzzybrush chewable toothbrush!
leftat11@reddit
Dogging?
albecoming@reddit
Truckers get lonely too
Crippleing_Redditor@reddit
We're 'orny bastards
Kell_Jon@reddit
Long distance lorry drivers!
Diligent-Speed5367@reddit
It's for all the truck drivers to get their freak on away from home.
Loud_Ad_9187@reddit
Don't forget that there are hotels attached to the services.
SnooBooks1701@reddit
The answer is prostitutes
Significant-Math6799@reddit
Most likely because people are buying them. If no one was buying, what was in stock would be wasted and the company would lose money on their stock. If they're not losing money it's because people are buying them.
DiabeticNun@reddit
I love the M1
SrReginaldFluffybutt@reddit
Because doggers, trucker and "lot lizards are real.
SoundOfShitposting@reddit
Might seem strange to you but some people actually have sex.
scawt017@reddit
When dogging is a national sport
KingJacoPax@reddit
For when you pull on the M1
ItsTom___@reddit
Ngl as a kid I thought it was just full of sweets and crap like that
Mroatcake1@reddit
Never ending chewing gum!
JudasPreist1999@reddit
lonely wank in a Travelodge
Mroatcake1@reddit
Lonely posh wank in a travelodge, unless they've ED issues of course.
SwordTaster@reddit
They need something to sell the men in the lav, ladies get pads, tampons, and occasionally condoms
ZookeepergameOk2759@reddit
So long distance lorry drivers can be sexually safe whilst they commit alleged offences.
Mroatcake1@reddit
Lorry drivers are allowed a posh wank too!
Minimum-Laugh-8887@reddit
For the lizard lots
Rogueantics@reddit
WHEN A MAAAAAAN LOVES A WOMAAAN!!!
Astin257@reddit
Truck drivers are sex people Lynn!
Complex-Problem-4852@reddit
Night time you can usually find prostitutes and service stations, especially around the area where the overnight truckers stay.
It’s common for a trucker to leave his shirt or jacket hanging out of the door or window to signal to a prostitute that he’s willing.
So of course, condoms and viagra are available in many service stations.
random_online_id@reddit
I dunno
Nebulousdbc@reddit
Of course the mods have deleted the top comment and it's replies
PetatoParmer@reddit
If you have to ask that shows you’re not ready yet.
JuniorSentence@reddit
In a word? ‘Dogging’.
lesagent@reddit
Trucker need to get some pastimes
privateTortoise@reddit
Kids today think Johnny Cash is change from a contraceptive machine.
When I was a lad there used to be a slot that said insert baby for a refund.
Humble-Clothes5034@reddit
Johnny Cash - the two things I need before a woman will touch me.
barrybreslau@reddit
For horny lorry drivers
MattyLePew@reddit
Even worse, it’s not viagra, its supplements that are marketed to men for being better in bed. 🤣
betsykitten@reddit
Opportunism
raccoonsaff@reddit
I assume because people use them!!
Conner4real1@reddit
Truckers, they get lonely and drink a lot!
meglatronic@reddit
Truckers be trucking
dwardo7@reddit
It’s for the truck drivers spending the night. You don’t want to know what they get up to.
KK-Chocobo@reddit
Maybe truckers are posh wankers
MrAlf0nse@reddit
When I was a touring musician sometimes we would stop at a service station in the dead of night. Wow those toilets were popular for men to just hang out! Just dudes standing in the cubicles hanging out really friendly guys! They seemed to be having a great time.
Stand down lads I’m just here for a piss.
OriginalComputer5077@reddit
Who?
tyger2020@reddit
For when you're casually cheating on the wife
WilkosJumper2@reddit
Well when a boy and a girl really like eachother…
Livid_Distribution19@reddit
Horny truckers.
KeithMyArthe@reddit
They're repositories for graffiti like :
Worst chewing gum I've ever tried.
For pack of 6 insert £1, for refund insert baby.
Buy me and Stop One
moonweedbaddegrasse@reddit
You'd be surprised at the things that happen in motorway services..
thereal221b@reddit
Why do cinemas?
Treqou@reddit
I saw a complete sex shop going down an A road and stuck in traffic, are there just loads of hidden brothels????
Bionix_52@reddit
Because sometimes truck drivers struggle to keep it up after they’ve murdered a prostitute.
blainy-o@reddit
"Change gear, change gear, change gear, murder a prostitute, change gear... I mean that's a lot of effort in a day."
waamoandy@reddit
The trick is to get in quick while the body is still warm
Whisky-Toad@reddit
The problem is we are too busy and have to do it still warm, it's better when they come down to about room temprature, but we only have a 45 minute break.
awesumlewy@reddit
When rigor mortis sets in, you don't need to stay hard cos they'll do it for you
Romfordian@reddit
Bit like marriage then?
IfYouRun@reddit
I’ve always assumed those pill things from these are scams
cpeterkelly@reddit
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-warns-consumers-not-use-unapproved-erectile-dysfunction-products-advertised-radio
You may be surprised.
Many Chinese 'herbal remedies' and over the counter tablets promoted as remedies like the ones in the photo contain some level of the active ingredients in the prescription version.
Marvinleadshot@reddit
Well the FDA have no authority in the UK.
UpstairsPractical870@reddit
Change gear, change gear.....
1stThrowawayDave@reddit
Really strange timing considering how I've just had the top gear lorry challenge pop up on my YouTube suggested video earlier today
Unusual_Response766@reddit
*before
Bionix_52@reddit
No, definitely after. They put up less of a fight the second time.
durber101@reddit
Some people like to look hard going down the motorway 😆
wtbnewsoul@reddit
Dogging.
ElectronicBrother815@reddit
Long distance Clara got to get her kicks somewhere 😂😂
blackcurrantcat@reddit
They always have those spiky gumball toothbrushes too. Has anyone ever bought one?
dhe883j4ndi202j39d4@reddit
truckers be fuckers
pragmaticcircus@reddit
Doggers!
GT_Pork@reddit
Because people buy them
ConstantNaive7649@reddit
There's no location sexier than a motorway service station. These machines must make a fortune.
Nine_Eye_Ron@reddit
To make money.
plitts@reddit
Horny drivers
Gruffal007@reddit
truck drivers spend a lot of money on prostitutes at truck stops and these places are often the last port of call for doggers
nathderbyshire@reddit
Text the number on the box and ask if they're popular
AshKinslow@reddit
I tried this before on one in a bowling alley and only ever got a voicemail, tried a few times over a few days
stebotch@reddit
Obviously you have never been doggin🤣
BlueTrin2020@reddit
Can I know where this one is?
I need some ultra blue
I_am_Relic@reddit
I have no idea.
I rarely travel "long distance" but when I do and have to stop at services its because:
I need food to keep me going until i get to my "final destination", or...
i really need to piss...
(or both to be honest. Im old)
If... if i notice these dispensers i think "wtf?... Here? ... Why"
.... Then I'll forget about it because its silly, I'm rested and fed, and planning the next stage of my journey)
I suppose the TLDR would be: none of my business and i dont really care.
chaosandturmoil@reddit
cruising areas
DarthScabies@reddit
They're in the toilets at Stansted Airport as well.
Silver-Appointment77@reddit
Because trucker like a posh wank, and not cheating,.`
pronoobmage@reddit
You need it for driving UP...
Spottyjamie@reddit
If they have a hotel attached to it itll be to help the punters who use services delivered to the hotel
Own-Lecture251@reddit
"Mendurance"
Class.
Scarboroughwarning@reddit
Cash cow
RelStuff1646@reddit
Coomers.
freebiscuit2002@reddit
Good times on the road.
AnselaJonla@reddit
There are people that stay overnight at the services, either in their own vehicles (truckers, camper vans) or in the attached hotel.
Thin_Formal_3727@reddit
Truckers
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