Yes, my bathroom is STILL out of order.

[seeress_83]

I posted about 8 months ago about the bathroom situation where I work, that story can be found here for reference. Anyway, the owner STILL hasn't fixed the bloody restrooms, and these are just a few of the things I hear about it each day.

M - yours truly
C - customer (different in every situation)

C: *Walks in, PAST the sign on the front door that says the restroom is out of order, all the way back to the bathroom, tries to open door that is locked, then knocks on the door, fails to read the sign on THAT door* Is there a reason your bathroom is locked?
M: Yeah, cause it's out of order.
C: So I can't use it?
M: Uh, no.


C: Can I use your restroom?
M: It's out of order.
C: Well what do you do?
M: We have an employee restroom that barely works.
C: Well can I use it?
M: Are you an employee?
C: *leaves*

C: Where's your restroom?
M: It's out of order.
C: YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO JAIL FOR NOT HAVING A PUBLIC RESTROOM. IT IS A LAW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE. NO ONE IN THIS G**DAMN TOWN HAS A PUBLIC RESTROOM!!!
M: We have one, it really, seriously, truly does not work. And the law is that we have to have an employee restroom, not a public one. And I'm not the one going to jail anyway, because I don't own the place, I just work here.
C: Oh.

C: Can I use your restroom?
M: It's out of order.
C: I just need to pee.
M: It doesn't work.
C: But I only have to pee!
M: It doesn't flush.
C: I won't flush it then!
M: Um, EW? It's Out. Of. Order.
C: *Walks off in a huff*

And then there was the girl who didn't say anything, but walked up read the sign on the front door, then flipped the bird at the store. Not at me, at the store itself. What that accomplished, I'm still not entirely sure.

[BookstoreEscapee]

C: Can I use your restroom?
M: It's out of order.
C: Well what do you do?
M: We have an employee restroom that barely works.
C: Well can I use it?
M: Are you an employee?
C: *leaves*

this one's my favorite


as for that last girl, NOW your store knows what's what!!! <flips bird - oops, sorry Tweety!>

[Bright_Star]

Can't they just go to the next place over that does have a working rest room? That's what I would do.

[seeress_83]

The 'next place over' is about ten miles away.

[ArenaBoy]

Remembers flashing back to parking lot days.

Idiot concert goer: Where's your nearest bathroom?

Moi: *Points towards the building* That way.

I: It's tooooooo faaaaaar.

Geez I HATED bathroom whiners.

[Bright_Star]

The 'next place over' is about ten miles away.

ok...how about the nearest tree?....lol.

[Sliceanddice]

ok...how about the nearest tree?....lol.

if i had to go really really really bad, i might almost concider that during the day....

[Broomjockey]

ok...how about the nearest tree?....lol.

As far as I can tell, this is where being a guy has being a girl beat hands down.

[BookstoreEscapee]

As far as I can tell, this is where being a guy has being a girl beat hands down.

This is true...<sigh>

[AriRashkae]

According to, of all people, my husband all a girl needs is to position her fingers properly and have some hand sanitizer. And before someone jumps up screaming "sexist!!1!" this was demonstrated for him in high school by a female friend of his.

Me? I'd get some sturdy paper (preferably waxed, like a food box) and roll a funnel.

[Broomjockey]

According to, of all people, my husband all a girl needs is to position her fingers properly and have some hand sanitizer. And before someone jumps up screaming "sexist!!1!" this was demonstrated for him in high school by a female friend of his.

Don't ask how I know this, but he's basically right. It's slightly more complicated, but doable. Alternatively, I've heard of something called a "pee shooter." I'm not going to google for the link as I'm at work right now, but I'm sure the brave can find it...

[powerboy]

C: Where's your restroom?
M: It's out of order.
C: YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO JAIL FOR NOT HAVING A PUBLIC RESTROOM. IT IS A LAW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE. NO ONE IN THIS G**DAMN TOWN HAS A PUBLIC RESTROOM!!!
M: We have one, it really, seriously, truly does not work. And the law is that we have to have an employee restroom, not a public one. And I'm not the one going to jail anyway, because I don't own the place, I just work here.
C: Oh.

At my job. We have an older guy, that does that also. He will bitch and moan about it. Next time he starts in, I will mentioned to him about buying a toilet that is used for campingLink Here

[Greenday]

I always hated people who'd whine about us not having a bathroom for customers at the pharmacy. The ONLY people I'd let use it were cops, EMTs, and small children. And sometimes small children couldn't even be let back there. But if the boss wasn't around, I'd bend the rules a little. Cops and EMTs are stuck driving around all day so I can understand they don't always have time to do it when they'd have to deviate from their job to drive all the way back to the hospital/police station.

[XCashier]

I posted about 8 months ago about the bathroom situation where I work, that story can be found here for reference. Anyway, the owner STILL hasn't fixed the bloody restrooms,

Um, why not?! Couldn't he get in trouble for that? I understand that money can be tight, but eight months is rather ridiculous.

[Posture Moll]

According to, of all people, my husband all a girl needs is to position her fingers properly and have some hand sanitizer.

Or one could just, you know, angle her hips appropriately.