Brappy, I'm sorry you had a case of the liqui-shits in Manhattan. You are correct, that it is the worst place for an ass pee attack. There is nowhere to shit. But, the Starbucks dude was right on, for several reasons.
First, I used to work at Barnes and Noble Cafe, which was like a Starbucks but not quite, as well as several other retail establishments. The baristas have a hard enough day getting burned, cut, and scalded, as well as putting up with asshats. So I can certainly understand the guy's anger. If I had a customer in an off-limits area, you can bet I would have kicked the door in myself, especially if a bunch of shrill, middle-aged women came up and once screeching. That's what would have *really* set me off. I have had to kick customers out of all sorts of places, and trust me, my ears had smoke coming out of them. I used to kick people out of my storeroom at a small store because while it was the only toilet (the mall's were very close) it was employees ONLY for a reason--we kept stock and cash back there.
But the big reason was safety. A random person locking themselves in a storage area is cause for a thousand alarms to go off. That is what ROBBERS tend to do. I once had a manager who was held at gunpoint after the store closed by two guys who did what you did--they sneaked into a storage room. No one but you knew you had the shits, so think of it from their perspective. First and foremost, it's a safety issue, and you're lucky no one called the cops. Also, you could have tripped or burned yourself with a chemical cleaning fluid.
Please don't thihk I'm doggin' you, because trust me, I understand the desperation, and otherwise it's a great story--I can really feel your anger, and it's almost like I was there. But stop to think what this looked like to those around you. _______ Assaulting toilets since 1977!
A pooper named Logjam had an idear
To bring all the Poop Poets near
Through poems and zest
We hail one, of the Midwest,
Who now sees his plumbing through fear.
A Midwesterner who answered to Shoff
Decided conventions to doff
Headfirst he flew
Into shit stew
Thus, cancelling his holiday boff! _______ Assaulting toilets since 1977!
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Shits Happily I... (138) -- 01.17.2008
Brappy, I'm sorry you had a case of the liqui-shits in Manhattan. You are correct, that it is the worst place for an ass pee attack. There is nowhere to shit. But, the Starbucks dude was right on, for several reasons.
First, I used to work at Barnes and Noble Cafe, which was like a Starbucks but not quite, as well as several other retail establishments. The baristas have a hard enough day getting burned, cut, and scalded, as well as putting up with asshats. So I can certainly understand the guy's anger. If I had a customer in an off-limits area, you can bet I would have kicked the door in myself, especially if a bunch of shrill, middle-aged women came up and once screeching. That's what would have *really* set me off. I have had to kick customers out of all sorts of places, and trust me, my ears had smoke coming out of them. I used to kick people out of my storeroom at a small store because while it was the only toilet (the mall's were very close) it was employees ONLY for a reason--we kept stock and cash back there.
But the big reason was safety. A random person locking themselves in a storage area is cause for a thousand alarms to go off. That is what ROBBERS tend to do. I once had a manager who was held at gunpoint after the store closed by two guys who did what you did--they sneaked into a storage room. No one but you knew you had the shits, so think of it from their perspective. First and foremost, it's a safety issue, and you're lucky no one called the cops. Also, you could have tripped or burned yourself with a chemical cleaning fluid.
Please don't thihk I'm doggin' you, because trust me, I understand the desperation, and otherwise it's a great story--I can really feel your anger, and it's almost like I was there. But stop to think what this looked like to those around you.
_______
Assaulting toilets since 1977!