Specifically disabled toilets and the ones in parent's rooms (with the little loo for your little one ).
At work, we have many loos. There'd be 12 I reckon, in each bathroom. There is one bathroom near each lift lobby and there are three lift banks on each floor. 9 floors in the building. So that's a lot of loos. There is one disabled toilet near each bathroom, outside the bathroom. So three per floor.
I just went to the bathroom and saw someone coming out of the disabled. Not a disabled person, as far as I could tell. Sometimes I see people coming out in their gym gear or with a bag like they've gotten changed, fine. I can see a need for a bit of space if you need to get changed. But this woman had none of that.
Do you think it is ok to use the disabled loo, if you are reasonably confident that a disabled person won't need it? Under what circumstances is it ok?
What about toilets in a parents' room?
My fave shopping centre made a very bad decision when planning their big upgrade: they put a disabled toilet and a parents' room together, but no general access bathroom. The nearest bathroom is a few hundred meters away. I often see people walk in to the parent's room looking for a toilet, they see the toilet that is meant for parents and kids and prams and they use it. I hate it.
My DD is not long out of nappies and if she says "Mummy I need to do wees" then we need to high tail it to the bathroom, pronto. I will generally always have DS with me and either a pram or a trolley. The normal bathroom is not ok. We need the parents' room or the disabled. And if someone is in there, we have an agonising wait with me saying "Not long bub, just hang on!" And oh boy, if the person coming out is encumbered by nothing more than shopping bags, they get a death stare from me and sometimes a snappy comment.
I have actually started telling people at this shopping centre where the toilet is. Am I overreacting???
Toilets!
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