Do you use the handicapped stall?

[Hollywoodhaha]

Especially not now that I've shared the 'secret' of Mission: Space

 

[Magic Mom]

Especially not now that I've shared the 'secret' of Mission: Space

You're just good hearted like that.

 

[kc10family]

Handicapped stalls aren't equivalent to handicapped parking spaces. Unless the sign on the door says "handicapped only", it just means that it's handicapped accessible. Maybe someday there will be potty police, but until then, she is capable of waiting her turn for an open stall.

potty police

I can get my 2 DD's and myself in and out of a handicapped stall faster then some can get in and out of a regular stall. Get in do what needs to be done and get out.

No worries OP she was just having a bad day I bet

 

[kaytieeldr]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2391306&page=5

 

[KPeveler]

Even if you do not see a person with a disability waiting for the stall, it is generally polite to use another one if possible If it is not possible, then by all means, use the stall you need.

I went into a DTD bathroom once, and there was another person in a wheelchair waiting for the HA stall. The woman inside was drunk and doing her hair or something... Even though no one needed that stall when she got in there, there were TWO of us waiting when she got out. it was pretty embarrassing for her.

I know lots of people need the HA stall even without a wheelchair (one of my friends gets REALLY claustrophobic, my mom who has a bad knee and needs the rails to get up, etc).

Also remember that lots of us with disabilities have bladder control issues, so waiting for you and your two princesses to use the bathroom is sometimes very difficult. If it is an emergency, however, the person needing the stall should knock quietly and politely and state that they have an emergency and require the stall as soon as possible. Yelling and shouting is not ok!

Really it all comes down to common sense and common courtesy. Try to use another one if you can, use the one you need if you can't.

 

[mykidsand_i]

I use the hc stall when ever I'm in line and there's no other stalls available. I think that they shouldn't call it the hc stall anymore, because a lot of places are putting changing tables in there, and mothers with babies need to use it as well. ALSO, mothers and fathers with young kids who they have to take to the bathroom have to use it. There is so much more room. AND if you're taking 2 or 3 young kids into the bathroom, it's the safest way to just bring them all into the big stall to go!

OP, I believe the lady wasn't being very kind! if they yelled at you, I'm sure the person has had to yell at a lot of people, because there are ALWAYS people using the hc stall!!!

 

[bgirldeb]

Poor horsey. He died over a year ago and is still getting beat! :rofl

 

[Robinrs]

Poor horsey. He died over a year ago and is still getting beat! :rofl

 

[mamajoan]

Even if you do not see a person with a disability waiting for the stall, it is generally polite to use another one if possible If it is not possible, then by all means, use the stall you need.

I went into a DTD bathroom once, and there was another person in a wheelchair waiting for the HA stall. The woman inside was drunk and doing her hair or something... Even though no one needed that stall when she got in there, there were TWO of us waiting when she got out. it was pretty embarrassing for her.

I know lots of people need the HA stall even without a wheelchair (one of my friends gets REALLY claustrophobic, my mom who has a bad knee and needs the rails to get up, etc).

Also remember that lots of us with disabilities have bladder control issues, so waiting for you and your two princesses to use the bathroom is sometimes very difficult. If it is an emergency, however, the person needing the stall should knock quietly and politely and state that they have an emergency and require the stall as soon as possible. Yelling and shouting is not ok!

Really it all comes down to common sense and common courtesy. Try to use another one if you can, use the one you need if you can't.

WELL DONE!


and ya.. the horse has been ridden hard.... but it does seem that lots of people still have issues to use or not to use... that is the question.

 

[KPeveler]

WELL DONE!


and ya.. the horse has been ridden hard.... but it does seem that lots of people still have issues to use or not to use... that is the question.

Thanks - It all comes down to politeness. I have had to knock on doors before, and I just said "I'm sorry, I am having an emergency and I must use this stall." People always try to get out more quickly for me.

I have had to wait while people change clothes, do their hair, brush their teeth, change their kids clothes, do the "pee pee dance" to convince their kids to go potty, and even finish cell phone conversation.

I have no problems with someone using the stall, and i never question people because I had to use that stall when my disability was still invisible. But as long as people are polite and considerate, it works out ok.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Okay, I wasn't going to get involved in the actual conversation. I really wasn't. But with the best of intentions...

A couple of years ago, I was in the handicapped stall (out of need) in the ladies room between the Animation Tour and the Little Mermaid exit. When I came out of the stall, there was a woman waiting with a toddler in a stroller, and an older (than she) woman walked up behind her. I washed my hands and turned to leave - only to see the mom STILL waiting at that stall, and the door closed.

The latecomer (using a cane, if I recall correctly) determined she needed that stall more than the person already waiting in line for it - and told that person this! How do I know? I asked the mom. She accepted my offer to watch her son while she used a stall to which she was apparently entitled.

 

[mamajoan]

Hats off to the mom with the toddler in the stroller...
she was kind enough to allow an older person with a cane utilize the handicap bathroom..

 

[handinpocket]

I do use the handicapped stalls at the amusement parks at WDW. I am frequently traveling with just the kids, I have two that are stroller age, one toddler and a tween. The tween usually takes care of the toddler at the pit stops but I need the handicapped for the two little ones (usually in their double stroller).

In all honesty, we seek out the family bathrooms if at all possible, but when that isn't possible, I use the handicapped.

 

[Disney Doll]

My understanding is that handicapped stalls means they are handicapped accessible, not handicapped reserved.

If there is a handicapped person waiting in the bathroom at the same time I am, I would certainly let them use the stall first, unless I was having some kind of emergency, at which point I would say to them "I'm having a bathroom emergency, may I go ahead of you?" at which point I would expect them to say "of course". Unless they were having their own bathroom emergency...then I suppose we'd duke it out to determine who got the HA stall. If I was waiting to use the bathroom and someone came in with a bathroom emergency or a child with a bathroom emergency, I would not hesitate to let hem go ahead of me.

If there was a line of folks in the bathroom, none of them handicapped, then I wouldn't hesitate to use the handicapped stall as part of the rotation through the line. If a handicapped person came in during this exercise, I would give them dibs on the stall next.

That being said, I don't make a day of it in any bathroom stall usually. I go in, do my thing and get out. So chances are if I was using a HA stall, the handicapped person would only be waiting a brief moment anyway.

I think I have covered all public bathroom etiquette in terms of stall usage in my life.

 

[handinpocket]

My understanding is that handicapped stalls means they are handicapped accessible, not handicapped reserved.

If there is a handicapped person waiting in the bathroom at the same time I am, I would certainly let them use the stall first, unless I was having some kind of emergency, at which point I would say to them "I'm having a bathroom emergency, may I go ahead of you?" at which point I would expect them to say "of course". Unless they were having their own bathroom emergency...then I suppose we'd duke it out to determine who got the HA stall. If I was waiting to use the bathroom and someone came in with a bathroom emergency or a child with a bathroom emergency, I would not hesitate to let hem go ahead of me.

If there was a line of folks in the bathroom, none of them handicapped, then I wouldn't hesitate to use the handicapped stall as part of the rotation through the line. If a handicapped person came in during this exercise, I would give them dibs on the stall next.

That being said, I don't make a day of it in any bathroom stall usually. I go in, do my thing and get out. So chances are if I was using a HA stall, the handicapped person would only be waiting a brief moment anyway.

I think I have covered all public bathroom etiquette in terms of stall usage in my life.

OMG, if I was the tag fairy, that would so be your next tag!!!

 

[KAYzEyes]

Okay, I wasn't going to get involved in the actual conversation. I really wasn't. But with the best of intentions...

A couple of years ago, I was in the handicapped stall (out of need) in the ladies room between the Animation Tour and the Little Mermaid exit. When I came out of the stall, there was a woman waiting with a toddler in a stroller, and an older (than she) woman walked up behind her. I washed my hands and turned to leave - only to see the mom STILL waiting at that stall, and the door closed.

The latecomer (using a cane, if I recall correctly) determined she needed that stall more than the person already waiting in line for it - and told that person this! How do I know? I asked the mom. She accepted my offer to watch her son while she used a stall to which she was apparently entitled.

If the older lady had a cane, she well should get that stall ahead of the other person. People who use canes quite probably have some disorder or weakness involving their hips, legs, perhaps spine - and are more likely to need the support bars that are only available beside toilets in the larger handicapped accessible stalls. The mom w/stroller kid was right to allow the woman to go first.

 

[KAYzEyes]

WELL DONE! and ya.. the horse has been ridden hard.... but it does seem that lots of people still have issues to use or not to use... that is the question.

Yup. Old threads don't "have" to die. Always new people coming who may have something to add & should be welcome to.

 

[kaytieeldr]

I do use the handicapped stalls at the amusement parks at WDW

Ahem.

Allow me to clear up a relatively common misconception.

There are NO amusement parks at Walt Disney World. WDW is a resort complex; its parks are THEME parks, not amusement parks. Six Flags is an amusement park. Canobie Lake Park is an amusement park. Many of you have amusement parks within relative driving distance of where you live - I'd list more, but I don't know other areas.

Magic Kingdom is a theme park. Epcot, DHS, Animal Kingdom? Theme parks. Universal? SeaWorld? Theme parks. Knott's Berry Farm? Ditto.

 

[mjkacmom]

If the older lady had a cane, she well should get that stall ahead of the other person. People who use canes quite probably have some disorder or weakness involving their hips, legs, perhaps spine - and are more likely to need the support bars that are only available beside toilets in the larger handicapped accessible stalls. The mom w/stroller kid was right to allow the woman to go first.

Why? Obviously, the woman with the stroller had no choice but to use the handicapped stall. Even if the woman with the cane had no choice but to use that stall, they both were equally handicapped in the fact that they both couldn't use the regular stall. The woman with the stroller was first.

 

[Magic Mom]

My understanding is that handicapped stalls means they are handicapped accessible, not handicapped reserved.

If there is a handicapped person waiting in the bathroom at the same time I am, I would certainly let them use the stall first, unless I was having some kind of emergency, at which point I would say to them "I'm having a bathroom emergency, may I go ahead of you?" at which point I would expect them to say "of course". Unless they were having their own bathroom emergency...then I suppose we'd duke it out to determine who got the HA stall. If I was waiting to use the bathroom and someone came in with a bathroom emergency or a child with a bathroom emergency, I would not hesitate to let hem go ahead of me.

If there was a line of folks in the bathroom, none of them handicapped, then I wouldn't hesitate to use the handicapped stall as part of the rotation through the line. If a handicapped person came in during this exercise, I would give them dibs on the stall next.

That being said, I don't make a day of it in any bathroom stall usually. I go in, do my thing and get out. So chances are if I was using a HA stall, the handicapped person would only be waiting a brief moment anyway.

I think I have covered all public bathroom etiquette in terms of stall usage in my life.

Very reasonable. You should type it out, put lime green mickey heads all over it and laminate it to hang all over Disney.