Posted on 06/28/2008 12:50:04 PM PDT by Oyarsa
I have a loved one with Crohn’s disease, so I understand your concern. I’d definitely work with your son’s doctor/gastroenterologist, and the school admins...as well as his teachers. Start now and keep nagging the school until your son gets the access he needs. It’s horrible to suffer from the anxiety of worrying about bathroom access when you have IBS, IBD, or Crohn’s.
Um...I do. She was the one who kicked up a fuss by writing to the Consumerist (the original article assuming you bothered to read it). As far as I know the five year old didn't write.
This poor child was sick. It's not a matter of the store's responsibility
And yet the mother is complaining about the store and/or its responsibilities by naming and shaming it. Apparently she disagrees with you.
Yes and very easily when they kick, shout, scream, talk, cry and generally behave like five year olds. It's not their fault, mind, but they do an excellent job of causing an almost constant distraction.
Who cares what she does in church at a moment like this. She was a sick child.
I'm afraid you have mistaken an illustrative example for the introduction of new evidence or events.
I won’t flame you. I agree with this. My poor old dad suffers with colitis. It’s not a fun thing at all. I know I’ve been in some close calls myself and when you can’t find a bathroom it’s a terrible feeling. The employees of this store should be ridiculed for not helping someone in an emergency. You just have to be a human being to realize that.
I hope they enjoyed cleaning up her urine.
I worked in a small grocery store in California for years. The owners did not pay for the extra insurance needed to allow customers to go in “the Back”, where the restrooms were. We had a deli and ready to eat food, but were not required to provide a restroom or hand-washing facilities, because there was no place to eat inside the store. But, of course, if someone had an emergency, we all looked the other way. Better than us having to clean up after them! It didn’t happen often. But I agree, the Mom should’ve been better prepared. If the kid knew the word Diarrhea, there’s probably a reason for that...
I don't know anything about this particular child's health or history but there are thousands of people, including children, who suffer from various bowel disorders such as Crohn's disease, colitis, proctitis, IBS...and having access to a restroom is imperative.
Of course, crapping all over an inhospitable business owner's floor isn't such a terrible thing...from my perspective but it's probably not too pleasant for the one with tummy troubles. LOL
You should see the Starbuck’s bathrooms in LA....homeless folks regularly lock themselves in to take a shower from the sink. I swear there are Greyhound stations with better facilities.
I had a similar experience in 6th grade with a UTI. Thank goodness we had a substitute teacher that day but even with a sympathetic sub, I partly wet myself upon reaching the bathroom and the blood curdling scream I let out had everyone freaked out a bit. LOL I moved out of state a few years later so I'm safe. Whew!
I also noticed that in the article linked in post #27 it said there were "at least a dozen" public bathrooms available in the vicinity. That sounds like an exaggeration so it seems like we have competing exaggerations here to me. But there must have been others if not fully 12 of them.
I also thought it was interesting that the store owner has been receiving death threats and harassing calls over this. The entitlement mentality in this world is going way over the top IMO.
Thanks for the tagline!!
hope they enjoyed cleaning up her urine.
It was the one thing that stopped my head from exploding.
“I’m afraid you have mistaken an illustrative example for the introduction of new evidence or events.”
No, I’m afraid you judged this child and mother without any evidence. This was a child that needed a bathroom. Public restrooms are often abused but IMO any business that finds it too much trouble needs to close their doors.
Why - and that is not a rhetorical question - do you insist that I am judging the child? I haven’t said a thing about the kid in the scenario presented. Please consider your straw man well and truly pummeled - but I didn’t say a word about the child.
My post(s) deal with the mother and her decision to publicize this otherwise trivial event and complain about a lack of “alternatives” as if the chocolatier’s staff were responsible for acting as restroom tour guides.
FYI a significant number of business in one of the busiest tourist areas of the country - Duck/Corolla, NC - have no public restrooms and are not legally required to provide same. They post this information in their front windows and people seem to carry on with life and its accompanying bodily functions without incident.
I heard a comedian tell a joke about what to do when you don’t want someone to tickle you. When they ask, “Are you ticklish?” Tell them, “I have diarrhea, and yes I’m very ticklish”.
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