Stores With "No Public Bathroom"

[jodifla]

Your potty training issues should not become anyone elses problem , and while i understand kids vomit sometimes, that happens even to adults, the bathroom issues are your problem. I take medicine for my blood pressure that makes me need to use the restroom often, the only place that I would even think of going if there was no public restroom around would be a store that I patronize often that also has a customer only restroom, if there is no public bathroom then there is none and you find a way to deal with it that doesn't involve extortion or threats

Yes, we're all not each other's problems. It's all about business, and liability, and tooting one's own horn.

 

[jodifla]

Yup. And it is the mom's job to try to catch it. I ruined a good purse catching a sudden stomach bug. It is not the store's business to break rules for you because your child is above the rules.

Oh yes, because he wants to use a BATHROOM!

You people are unbelievable.

 

[OurBigTrip]

You people are unbelievable.

Why thank you!

 

[jodifla]

Isn't it the stores right to "opt out" of letting customers use their bathroom.

Seriously though, as many have mentioned it can be for safety reasons they deny customers use of their bathroom. God forbid someone trips in the stock room and then turns around and sues the store. I am sure most stores would be accommodating in a true emergency.

This reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where nobody will let Kramer use the bathroom and he missed his chance and gets blocked up.

So the Salvation Army near me has a bathroom back in the stock room. You have to pass all this storeroom stuff. And yet -- they let everybody use the bathroom. They consider it a public bathroom.

Wonder why? I bet it has something to do with their take on human dignity and their mission.

 

[Hrhpd]

Isn't it the stores right to "opt out" of letting customers use their bathroom.

Seriously though, as many have mentioned it can be for safety reasons they deny customers use of their bathroom. God forbid someone trips in the stock room and then turns around and sues the store. I am sure most stores would be accommodating in a true emergency.

This reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where nobody will let Kramer use the bathroom and he missed his chance and gets blocked up.

You owe me a new monitor. There is now diet Dr. Pepper all over it.

I don't think it is wrong to ask. And I do believe most stores, as long as there are no liability issues, would let you use the bathroom in a true emergency.

What I find baffling is the attitude that stores have to let you (general you) use the bathroom and that a person would get angry or issue threats if they are told no.

If you are told no, just figure something else out.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Yes, we're all not each other's problems. It's all about business, and liability, and tooting one's own horn.

The tooting one's own horn comment seems completely irrelevant. The rest? It's absolutely a business and liability issue. Posters have explained or given examples of these repeatedly in this thread. Boycott the businesses that don't offer bathroom use to non-employees. Everyone will be happier.

 

[OurBigTrip]

So the Salvation Army near me has a bathroom back in the stock room. You have to pass all this storeroom stuff. And yet -- they let everybody use the bathroom. They consider it a public bathroom.

Wonder why? I bet it has something to do with their take on human dignity and their mission.

They have every right to let it be used as a public restroom. That doesn't mean that businesses need to do the same.

 

[jodifla]

I work on the road too - mornings & afternoons. After I have my morning coffee, I don't drink anything else until I get back home at 4:30 pm. If I have to use a bathroom during the day, I go to Starbucks or a fast food restaurant.

And you think this is a good idea?

 

[jodifla]

The tooting one's own horn comment seems completely irrelevant. The rest? It's absolutely a business and liability issue. Posters have explained or given examples of these repeatedly in this thread. Boycott the businesses that don't offer bathroom use to non-employees. Everyone will be happier.

I don't need to boycott any business like these because no one in my neck of the woods I've encountered is inhumane enough to take this stance. That seems to rest solely on the Disboards and their maniacal bowing and scraping to businesses.

 

[nugov2]

So the Salvation Army near me has a bathroom back in the stock room. You have to pass all this storeroom stuff. And yet -- they let everybody use the bathroom. They consider it a public bathroom.

Wonder why? I bet it has something to do with their take on human dignity and their mission.

In high school I worked in a gift shop that stored stock in the bathroom due to its size. Customers were not allowed in the bathroom under any circumstances. I don't ever recall it ever turning into an issue when customers were politely turned down and given the valid reason
If something fell on the customer the store owner ( a family not a big not for profit corporation like salvation army) would be sued
If a customer pocketed inventory the family lost money. This was in the owners best interest not because he was an evil man twisting his mustache thinking of way to be difficult and mean.

You owe me a new monitor. There is now diet Dr. Pepper all over it.

I don't think it is wrong to ask. And I do believe most stores, as long as there are no liability issues, would let you use the bathroom in a true emergency.

What I find baffling is the attitude that stores have to let you use the bathroom and that a person would get angry or issue threats if they are told no.

If you are told no, just figure something else out.

I couldn't resist.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Are you looking to be Disney1990's nutrition advisor?

 

[aaarcher86]

So the Salvation Army near me has a bathroom back in the stock room. You have to pass all this storeroom stuff. And yet -- they let everybody use the bathroom. They consider it a public bathroom.

Wonder why? I bet it has something to do with their take on human dignity and their mission.

Yes yes. Nominate them to Sainthood lmao.

 

[aaarcher86]

I don't need to boycott any business like these because no one in my neck of the woods I've encountered is inhumane enough to take this stance. That seems to rest solely on the Disboards and their maniacal bowing and scraping to businesses.

Now it's inhumane to refuse restroom service? Good lord. Don't travel then.

 

[Tozzie]

Yes, we're all not each other's problems. It's all about business, and liability, and tooting one's own horn.

Oh please you have issues with everytthing that doesn'tt fit into your definition of the way things must be done, from common core to the teacher leaving in the middle of the school year and how it affects your child, however there is more than you in this world might think about then

 

[OurBigTrip]

Now it's inhumane to refuse restroom service? Good lord. Don't travel then.

I shall now be forced to report the corner 7-11 to the United Nations Human Rights Commission.

 

[Hrhpd]

So the Salvation Army near me has a bathroom back in the stock room. You have to pass all this storeroom stuff. And yet -- they let everybody use the bathroom. They consider it a public bathroom.

Wonder why? I bet it has something to do with their take on human dignity and their mission.

So what?

It is the store's decision. If a store says no, that doesn't mean they don't care about human dignity. There may be an issue in that particular store where their lawyer has recommended not allowing the public to use the bathroom. There may be safety issues, stock issues, any multitude of reasons.

And let's be fair. Somebody mentioned that the Coach store they worked at wouldn't allow customers to go unattended through the stock. A thrift store is not going to worry as much about theft of their stock as a coach store. Much different $$$$ values.

 

[kaytieeldr]

I don't need to boycott any business like these because no one in my neck of the woods I've encountered is inhumane enough to take this stance. That seems to rest solely on the Disboards and their maniacal bowing and scraping to businesses.

The DISboards? The Dunkin Donuts I frequent doesn't have a public restroom (but the one two blocks away gives access to its paying customers). Neither does the 7-11 around the corner from where I live. Those businesses made the business decisions with zero input from or knowledge of the DIS. Such decisions are likely based on advice from attorneys, insurance agents, franchisors, other business owners...

 

[OurBigTrip]

The DISboards? The Dunkin Donuts I frequent doesn't have a public restroom (but the one two blocks away gives access to its paying customers). Neither does the 7-11 around the corner from where I live. Those businesses made the business decisions with zero input from or knowledge of the DIS. Such decisions are likely based on advice from attorneys, insurance agents, franchisors, other business owners...

You really can't say that for certain...they may all be DIS fans...they may be on this thread...

 

[kaytieeldr]

I shall now be forced to report the corner 7-11 to the United Nations Human Rights Commission.

You do that. The owner of my corner 7-11 is such a nice person, and a great asset to the community. Despite not allowing the public access through his stockroom and into the bathroom, I'm not reporting him to anyone .

 

[Allison]

In high school I worked in a gift shop that stored stock in the bathroom due to its size. Customers were not allowed in the bathroom under any circumstances. I don't ever recall it ever turning into an issue when customers were politely turned down and given the valid reason
If something fell on the customer the store owner ( a family not a big not for profit corporation like salvation army) would be sued
If a customer pocketed inventory the family lost money. This was in the owners best interest not because he was an evil man twisting his mustache thinking of way to be difficult and mean.




I couldn't resist.

Oh, the inhumanity of it all.