"I'm really desperate!" ...then stop arguing with me!

[Seshat]

Petrol stations I can understand: at least in Aussieland, petrol stations along the highways or in small towns often have public loos. Along the highways, they may be the only place to have a public loo for many kilometres.

Do much travelling, and petrol station=public loo gets stuck in your head.

[XCashier]

Petrol stations I can understand: at least in Aussieland, petrol stations along the highways or in small towns often have public loos. Along the highways, they may be the only place to have a public loo for many kilometres.

Do much travelling, and petrol station=public loo gets stuck in your head.

Gas stations in America frequently have restrooms, though you usually have to get a key from the attendant and, more often than not, the bathroom is in horrible condition.

[Lace Neil Singer]

http://consumerist.com/2007/07/jo-an...ront-of-t.html

This is a good example of the fact; the woman claimed to be desperate, yet had enough time to not only argue with the cashier, but stand there waiting for the manager.

I have been in a similar situation; back when I was a young teen, I had periods which were heavy and irregular. I had to carry sanitary towels and spare knickers with me all the time in case I suddenly got one. If that happened, I automatically rushed into the nearest fast food place and sorted myself out. I didn't, however, stand there and argue with a newsagent or clothes shop assistant and beg to use their staff loo.

[PepperElf]

For some people, it's all about winning the argument. They just want to be able to force you to do what they want.

What I don't get is why anybody would go into, say, a fabric store, looking for a bathroom? If I'm at a mall I look for the food court because usually that's where the restrooms are.

well to be honest for me... if i'm browsing something then i start relaxing. and then my body says to me "yo, empty me soon!"


The music store i use to go to in virginia once had public toilets but they stopped offering them. when i asked to borrow the key and they said no, i had to go to next store over (and by then i was really holding it in cos my body doesn't usually give me warning signs until it's late).... but if i was annoyed then i also wouldn't bother going back to that store either, not that day.

[Lace Neil Singer]

They probably had to stop offering public toilets due to the actions of a small group of people who either trashed the loos or were doing drugs there. Or being "artistic" with bodily fluids.

Edit: Some of the comments for the link I posted really make me angry. I'm sorry, but I am not violating store policy and risking my job just cuz you can't control yourself. I really doubt that those commenters would be happy to gift the employee who lost their job their wage equivilent every month. Yes, some people have medical emergencies but there is a little something called common sense which should prompt those people to not waste time arguing with store staff but to run to the nearest McDonalds instead.

[downforit2008]

What a stupid woman. You had already told her that your stockroom doesn't have toilets and she still gets mad at you. Is she mad because you weren't offering her the chance to squat on your stockroom floor? Well, considering the number of stories I've heard about customers taking a dump or a piss on the floor of the store, and usually within only feet away from the restrooms, I wouldn't be surprised at her incompetent thinking.