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jay_de-leon t1_jda3a7b wrote

Why tf does the bathroom have a code on it in the first place

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Quantius t1_jddqvcy wrote

It falls under the "this is why we can't have nice things" corollary of human behavior.

If you've never worked in a public setting (esp food service) you might have never been the person who had to go clean the bathroom. And sometimes you get asked to go clean that bathroom after an inexplicable incident and you find yourself staring into the abyss, wondering how there can be both so much feces and how it got to all those places.

Everyone assumes it's because establishments are being 'anti-homeless' or some other exclusionary behavior. No. It's because some person or persons ruined it for everyone else. They could have just gone in, used the bathroom like you would expect any normal human to use it, but instead they decided that at that moment, HR Giger was their muse, and poop was their medium.

So if you're never opened the restroom door, and realized that you would have to start cleaning by the light switch, I can understand why you might not be familiar with why they lock the bathrooms in some places. And even worse is that it doesn't happen just the once, it happens multiple times before management finally listens to the employee complaints and installs the lock.

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throwthepearlaway t1_jdacghc wrote

For showing the public that you hate them, especially homeless people

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Kraqrjack t1_jdandtd wrote

Is the code available upon request at the counter?

I think typically anyone can use facilities in a restaurant if they buy something. Even homeless people. It’s a business not a public toilet. If you’re entering a business with no intention of supporting them don’t get pissy when they don’t support you either.

You presumably lock your doors as well. Why do you hate the homeless? They need to sleep indoors. They need your food and your bathroom. Right?

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greenisthecolour11 t1_jdb0b7a wrote

Exactly. Starbucks isn’t a charity. It’d be very generous of them to allow the public to use their bathrooms, but people aren’t entitled to them. I don’t understand the logic people use to justify opinions like the one you replied to.

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Kraqrjack t1_jdb21mm wrote

Also there was a thread on Reddit about a guy who chose to live in his car. He was a coder or something, choosing to be homeless. Traveled from Starbucks to Starbucks to use the wi-fi. Bought food, sat there all day, used the bathroom, and did this consistently. So being homeless and even transient is not the issue. Spend money. Private entities should not be forced to pick up the slack for failed government.

As a taxpayer I’d certainly endorse public shithouses on every corner. Other countries have them.

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