Does the bathroom even work yet? (Possible parenting fail)

[SecurityWench]

My store is currently undergoing a remodel and everything's pretty much done except the downstairs bathrooms. There are two stairwells and an elevator for customers to go upstairs to use the breakroom bathrooms. There are CLEARLY POSTED signs on the doors that say 'Bathroom Closed - Use Upstairs'. This is important.

It's my break time, and my legs are super tired so I decide to go into the elevator. As I push the button and wait, I notice a woman and her young son coming out of the closed women's restroom.

"Uh...ma'am? That restroom is closed."

She looks at me like she doesn't really care. "Oh, I know, but I thought I could use it anyway." (What?)

"There's a sign on the door, ma'am." I point to it. She gets snotty. "Well, my son was about to pee his pants, so you have to do what you have to do." And then she walks off.

I mean, seriously. I don't think the toilets in there even work right yet. There's all sorts of construction and raw materials in there, he could've stuck himself on something if he wasn't careful. I mean, what the hell?

[chainedbarista]

bad, stupid non parent, a round or five of spork beatings for you.

seriously, out of order=do not use to those with a functional brain, which her's isn't. you have a young child, have a bit of preparation for the inevitable.

[bainsidhe]

Ew. Now who gets the privilege of cleanup?

[Moon]

I guess it's a little better than a kid using the display toilets in home improvement stores, but not by much.

[C. Cecil Ivanish]

I guess it's a little better than a kid using the display toilets in home improvement stores, but not by much.

Is this a SCtory or just a figment of a stressed imagination?
In the first case, WANNA HEAR!

[shadowpanda]

Whenever I see a sign on a toilet that says 'Out of order' I assume that means there is a problem with the water and move quickly to working toilets. I assume the worst as that way I'm not (too often) disappointed

I would never take a child into a room that says 'out of order' you don't know what is going on in there!

[Digitalpotato]

Is this a SCtory or just a figment of a stressed imagination?
In the first case, WANNA HEAR!

Unfortunately I've actually heard of that. >.<

[Mondestrucken]

Is this a SCtory or just a figment of a stressed imagination?
In the first case, WANNA HEAR!

I can tell you that it is a part of my family lore that my parents caught me when I was 2 using the toilet in the display window of a plumbing store.

[Thatgirl71]

What a dumbass and I'm sure if anything bad did happen to her son or herself it would the stores fault rather than hers.
Gawd I hate people sometimes.

[MoonCat]

And if workmen had walked in while she was in there with her kid, she would have screamed at them about privacy.

[telecom_goddess]

I can tell you that it is a part of my family lore that my parents caught me when I was 2 using the toilet in the display window of a plumbing store.

That is such perfect 2 year old logic too

[Mikkel]

That is such perfect 2 year old logic too

If it only was two year olds who did that.
Some years ago there were a hairdresser beside my bikeshop and they were remodelling the bathroom. The new toilet had been delivered and were standing out in the back. I suddenly heard a scream and a lot of swearwords and rushed out and into her shop. It turned out that one of the customer's husband had asked for the bathroom. She, being busy at the time, had just waved towards the back of the shop and mumbled "Help yourself".
It turned out that the husband had unpacked the new toilet, had used it and had left with his wife without realising his error . My neighbour had found the mess when she went out to fetch something from the fridge.

[Shalom]

That is such perfect 2 year old logic too

One of my earliest memories was when I was a very small child, we were shopping at the now-defunct Times Square Stores, a department store in East New York, and on the way from somewhere to somewhere else we passed the home improvement section, where were a whole lot of shrink-wrapped toilets on display. I thought this was the most hilarious thing I'd ever seen: a toilet that wasn't in the bathroom! I remember asking my mother why we couldn't make in those toilets, and she said something about them not being hooked up to the pipes.

[Ironclad Alibi]

While driving through my neighborhood one wintery day, I saw a toilet sitting next to the road with a sign on it that said "Working Toilet." Here is picture of it I sent to the web site it is on. Hopefully, no one used it.

[Midorikawa]

Unfortunately I've actually heard of that. >.<

Apparently, I tried to as a 2 year old. Thankfully, my parents are real parents and stopped me before some poor store employee got the privilege of cleaning up after me.