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Back in the 80s I was a manager at a mall McDonalds. We, along with every other store that had multiple stall mens rooms, were having a problem with Peeping Toms. They would drill or cut a hole from one stall to another and sit in one of the stalls and watch guys and children taking craps in the adjacent stall. Apparently this really gets some sickos off (I have no personal problem with fetishes but you cross the line when you involve unsuspecting adults and children.).
I went so far as to have maintenance rivet a ΒΌ” thick steel plate between our two stalls but someone just pried out the rivets. I started performing “bathroom checks” several times during my shifts (aka whenever I felt like taking a short break).
I would go into the bathroom and if someone was in one of the stalls I would go into the empty stall, plug the peep-hole with toilet paper and then pretend to do my business. After a few minutes I would wash my hands, open the door to the bathroom and let it close without leaving. I would then immediately go back into the empty stall. If the paper that I had used to plug the hole had been pushed out I would bang on the occupied stall, inform them that I was a manager for the store and demand that they leave immediately.
Most people I caught (and yes, there were multiple people doing this not just one deranged character) would immediately leave with me following them to the front door telling them they were not allowed back in our store.
One guy decided to get indignant and fight me. At first he refused to leave and demanded to know why I was asking him to leave. When I explained why I wanted him to leave he started screaming that he HAS TWO KIDS AND A WIFE AND I’M NOT SOME PERVERT! I asked him why he pushed the paper out of the hole. He claimed that he didn’t and he doesn’t even know what I am talking about. Let me just state here that when I plugged that hole it was plugged good, there is no way the paper fell out. Also the hole had been “fixed” and broken into so many times that only a blind person wouldn’t notice it. It was a constant source of customer complaints and many customers had told me they would not use nor let their children use our bathroom because of this. This guy was lying through his teeth.
Anyway he refuses to leave so I inform him that I am going to call the police and have him escorted off our property. As I leave he burst out of the stall and starts screaming obscenities at me. He does this all the way up to the registers in a very crowded McDonald’s. My SM comes out of the office and asks what is going on (she is aware of and approves my bathroom checks). As I am telling her what was going on this guy is continuing to scream, “I HAVE TWO KIDS AND A WIFE” (nice to know but not really relevant pal) “I AM NOT A PERVERT” (maybe you think watching children go potty isn’t perverted but we will have to agree to disagree on that definition) “I WANT THIS F-ING SOB FIRED OR I WILL SUE AND OWN THIS STORE” (not bloody likely).
Store manager has had enough and demands the guy leave and tells him he is permanently banned from our store. Guy responds by going behind the counter to get in my SM’s face. Not a good idea. SM tells another manager to call the cops now. SM screams at the guy telling him he can get out from behind the counter and leave now but if he is still in the store when the police arrive she will be filing trespassing charges against him.
The guy screams a few more times but realizes that we are not fooling around and he will wind up being arrested if he stays so he leaves still screaming (he has two kids and a wife dontcha know).
Most SCs just amused me but this guy pushed all the wrong buttons and I was pissed. As I am standing there I start to hear clapping. All of a sudden almost everyone in the place is clapping; people are coming up to me and asking to shake my hand and thanking me. As I look around the people at the tables are all starting to stand up and join in the applause. It’s the only time in my life before or since that I got a standing ovation.
I went so far as to have maintenance rivet a ΒΌ” thick steel plate between our two stalls but someone just pried out the rivets. I started performing “bathroom checks” several times during my shifts (aka whenever I felt like taking a short break).
I would go into the bathroom and if someone was in one of the stalls I would go into the empty stall, plug the peep-hole with toilet paper and then pretend to do my business. After a few minutes I would wash my hands, open the door to the bathroom and let it close without leaving. I would then immediately go back into the empty stall. If the paper that I had used to plug the hole had been pushed out I would bang on the occupied stall, inform them that I was a manager for the store and demand that they leave immediately.
Most people I caught (and yes, there were multiple people doing this not just one deranged character) would immediately leave with me following them to the front door telling them they were not allowed back in our store.
One guy decided to get indignant and fight me. At first he refused to leave and demanded to know why I was asking him to leave. When I explained why I wanted him to leave he started screaming that he HAS TWO KIDS AND A WIFE AND I’M NOT SOME PERVERT! I asked him why he pushed the paper out of the hole. He claimed that he didn’t and he doesn’t even know what I am talking about. Let me just state here that when I plugged that hole it was plugged good, there is no way the paper fell out. Also the hole had been “fixed” and broken into so many times that only a blind person wouldn’t notice it. It was a constant source of customer complaints and many customers had told me they would not use nor let their children use our bathroom because of this. This guy was lying through his teeth.
Anyway he refuses to leave so I inform him that I am going to call the police and have him escorted off our property. As I leave he burst out of the stall and starts screaming obscenities at me. He does this all the way up to the registers in a very crowded McDonald’s. My SM comes out of the office and asks what is going on (she is aware of and approves my bathroom checks). As I am telling her what was going on this guy is continuing to scream, “I HAVE TWO KIDS AND A WIFE” (nice to know but not really relevant pal) “I AM NOT A PERVERT” (maybe you think watching children go potty isn’t perverted but we will have to agree to disagree on that definition) “I WANT THIS F-ING SOB FIRED OR I WILL SUE AND OWN THIS STORE” (not bloody likely).
Store manager has had enough and demands the guy leave and tells him he is permanently banned from our store. Guy responds by going behind the counter to get in my SM’s face. Not a good idea. SM tells another manager to call the cops now. SM screams at the guy telling him he can get out from behind the counter and leave now but if he is still in the store when the police arrive she will be filing trespassing charges against him.
The guy screams a few more times but realizes that we are not fooling around and he will wind up being arrested if he stays so he leaves still screaming (he has two kids and a wife dontcha know).
Most SCs just amused me but this guy pushed all the wrong buttons and I was pissed. As I am standing there I start to hear clapping. All of a sudden almost everyone in the place is clapping; people are coming up to me and asking to shake my hand and thanking me. As I look around the people at the tables are all starting to stand up and join in the applause. It’s the only time in my life before or since that I got a standing ovation.
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