Customer Toilet Unavailable (And The 'Social Conscience' Co Op May Be The Worst)

[HeHasRisen]

3 minutes ago, Fiat500 said:

We visited Sheffield a couple of years ago with grandsons. We were on High Street at the time and one of boys was desperate to use to the loo. No where to go. His grandad took him to, I think was, McDonalds. There was a bouncer on the door and explained to him the desperate need to go and he showed him to the toilets, no problem. Still people around with common sense.

The customer toilets, yes. This thread is about someone ranting on that every Tom, Dick and Harry should be allowed to use the behind the scenes staff toilets, which is very different. 

 

[melthebell]

7 minutes ago, Fiat500 said:

We visited Sheffield a couple of years ago with grandsons. We were on High Street at the time and one of boys was desperate to use to the loo. No where to go. His grandad took him to, I think was, McDonalds. There was a bouncer on the door and explained to him the desperate need to go and he showed him to the toilets, no problem. Still people around with common sense.

they have a customer toilet though as its a seated "Restaurant". this threads about places that don't have customer toilets.

[HeHasRisen]

8 minutes ago, melthebell said:

they have a customer toilet though as its a seated "Restaurant". this threads about places that don't have customer toilets.

And to be fair they didn't have to tell the bouncer anything, they could have been going in to buy food along with most other people who go there. 

[Fiat500]

4 hours ago, melthebell said:

they have a customer toilet though as its a seated "Restaurant". this threads about places that don't have customer toilets.

Should have said we had tried other places and got told he had to be a customer. So even when there are customer toilets you can't always use them unless you purchase.

[Meltman]

6 hours ago, Chekhov said:

There is no doubt that most people would agree with me on this. I suspect the only ones who would not are shop owners who know little about customer service and some shop staff who don't want to increase the chances they'd have to clean the loo.

 

 

I don't know where you get the "most people " bit from,  it would be interesting to see the results of your survey. I don't go into any shop expecting to be able to use the staff toilet and if I was the staff I wouldn't want any random person off the street using the toilet reserved for staff only.  There are plenty of places with public toilets or "customer " toilets.  In an emergency it wouldn't hurt to ask permission to use a staff toilet but don't get excited if you are refused. 

I still haven't had a reply from,Chekhov telling me where his shop is  and I promise I won't want to use his staff toilet. 

[HeHasRisen]

2 hours ago, Fiat500 said:

Should have said we had tried other places and got told he had to be a customer. So even when there are customer toilets you can't always use them unless you purchase.

What other places? You are overthinking it, just bypass the tills and go to the bogs surely, I don't know of a single place in the city centre that has a code on the doors like they do at some takeaway places in Leicester Sq in London, a code you only get on a receipt. 

 

If I was at that end of town I would be going in the Bankers Draft. No need to even inform the staff what you are doing, they likely don't give a toss and far too many people in there for them to notice, just head to the stairs and go down to the toilet. Granted you can't do that with a child past a certain time though. 

Edited May 7, 2023 by HeHasRisen

[Chekhov]

11 hours ago, Delayed said:

There is doubt because you don't know most people 

So, let's get this right, you think most people (definition more than 50%), would be perfectly happy that a shop they are spending money in, particularly a supermarket, will not let them (or even worse their child) use the loo ?

You're having a laugh aren't you ?

 

11 hours ago, HeHasRisen said:

And potentially been up on a disciplinary for letting customers use the staff areas? 

You are talking absolute cobblers.

But if you are right then society in general, and the CoOp in particular, has lost its senses in a big big way.

It's lost most of my custom for a start. I will still shop there, but only if there is no alternative, and there usually will be.

10 hours ago, HeHasRisen said:

But in the process breaching the terms of the insurance of the building you are working in. See the dilemma? Not worth getting sacked over really. 

You are definitely talking cobblers here.

This is all a smokescreen, it's got nothing to do with insurance or H&S, it's to do with staff not wanting to clean the loos and weak managers who know sod all about customer service.

Edited May 7, 2023 by Chekhov

[Chekhov]

5 hours ago, Meltman said:

I don't know where you get the "most people " bit from,  it would be interesting to see the results of your survey. I don't go into any shop expecting to be able to use the staff toilet and if I was the staff I wouldn't want any random person off the street using the toilet reserved for staff only.  There are plenty of places with public toilets or "customer " toilets.  In an emergency it wouldn't hurt to ask permission to use a staff toilet but don't get excited if you are refused. 

I still haven't had a reply from,Chekhov telling me where his shop is  and I promise I won't want to use his staff toilet. 

ATV, Hillsborough.

If one of my customers asked to use our loo I would not have the nerve to say no, in fact it would never even occur to me to do so. But, and this is the irony when arguing with people like "Mr meltballs", I have empathy with people (and the right attitude to my customers who are paying my wages). 

Edited May 7, 2023 by Chekhov

[Meltman]

Thank you. 

[Delayed]

42 minutes ago, Chekhov said:

So, let's get this right, you think most people (definition more than 50%), would be perfectly happy that a shop they are spending money in, particularly a supermarket, will not let them (or even worse their child) use the loo ?

You're having a laugh aren't you ?

 

Yes, providing there are no toilets available for customers and staff only.