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Well, this is my first post here, and while it does not address any particular incident, this is a bit of a collection of incidents from one of my greatest pet peeves - the semi-public toilet.
The semi-public toilet is a bathroom normally accessible only to employees, but upon request, can be made available to customers in need. This tends to happen when some poor customer has some sort of bathroom "emergency". For an employee, this is not a good thing at all.
It rather bothersome when a customer pesters you to use the facilities, but the vast majority of those requests occur at the peak of customer activity. For liability purposes, the employee is required to "babysit" the customer in the back room while the customer does their business - this also prevents potential back room theft by customers.
Now, this is hardly the most fervent gripe. In cases of customer bathroom emergencies, the toilet itself becomes less of a goal and more of a loose suggestion. In the worst cases, human waste will surround the bowl, yet very little will wind up in or even adjacent to it. In the horrifically worst cases, the customer responsible for such a disaster will not reveal what happened, leaving a surprise for the next poor employee needing to relieve him or herself. On one particular occasion, I discovered such a mess, and when I threw my head back in disgust, I noticed what previously was once thought impossible - there was fecal matter on the ceiling. All I could do was grab a mop, a number of strong cleaners, and wonder what catastrophic sequence of events played out in the lavatory that would lead to such an outcome.
And that is why I recommend working in a facility that either denies bathroom usage to customers or freely permits it - the supposed "balance" more often leads to disaster than the other potential options.
The semi-public toilet is a bathroom normally accessible only to employees, but upon request, can be made available to customers in need. This tends to happen when some poor customer has some sort of bathroom "emergency". For an employee, this is not a good thing at all.
It rather bothersome when a customer pesters you to use the facilities, but the vast majority of those requests occur at the peak of customer activity. For liability purposes, the employee is required to "babysit" the customer in the back room while the customer does their business - this also prevents potential back room theft by customers.
Now, this is hardly the most fervent gripe. In cases of customer bathroom emergencies, the toilet itself becomes less of a goal and more of a loose suggestion. In the worst cases, human waste will surround the bowl, yet very little will wind up in or even adjacent to it. In the horrifically worst cases, the customer responsible for such a disaster will not reveal what happened, leaving a surprise for the next poor employee needing to relieve him or herself. On one particular occasion, I discovered such a mess, and when I threw my head back in disgust, I noticed what previously was once thought impossible - there was fecal matter on the ceiling. All I could do was grab a mop, a number of strong cleaners, and wonder what catastrophic sequence of events played out in the lavatory that would lead to such an outcome.
And that is why I recommend working in a facility that either denies bathroom usage to customers or freely permits it - the supposed "balance" more often leads to disaster than the other potential options.
If you'd rather me not, PM me and I'll change it back to what I had before.
I wonder how filthy these SC's bathrooms are at home, and how they can stay alive when they use it if they make such a mess in public restrooms.
Oh geezuz! 
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