Thursday, February 9, 2012
Shopping Mall Restrooms
So I was shopping for nothing in particular at the Mall. Key word “shopping” not buying. Being the girl that I am I make a lot of restroom visits. So I see the inside of tons of public restrooms. I have been in some bathrooms that are so incredibly disgusting that I wonder when the last time a staff member has been in the place to take a look at it. Conversely, I have also been in restrooms that I could literally live in with such posh surroundings that many homes pale in comparison.
I was in a well known department store, one that has been around for years, decades even. While shopping I get the urge to visit the facilities and since I want to be up to optimum speed for shopping in comfort I find the ladies room.
The bathroom is clean enough I suppose and I am able to locate a stall that is well lit and seems in order. The stall has not been used all day because the toilet seat is still up which indicates in the ladies room that no butt has been on the seat (Obviously because it is up).
The lock on the door does not work. Okay, no big deal that is why no one has used it. Me, I am not that terribly worried about a stall that will not lock. I sit take care of my thing and go for the paper. I see no paper. OMG there is no toilet paper! Crap! …thank God I did not do that…. I am turning looking and notice that not only is there no toilet paper, there is no toilet paper dispenser. WHAT!? No dispenser? Large, well known family department store and there is a stall that had no dispenser, no toilet paper and no sign indicating such a catastrophe.
I like to be prepared for everything so I carry a purse that has varied in size throughout my life from a wallet to an weekender bag. I could have won hundreds of dollars in the audience of “Let’s Make a Deal” during the part where Monty Hall picks a member of the audience and asks them to produce a certain item from their person in exchange for a certain amount of money. I could have made a job out of playing that game. But I digress…
In my purse I carry tissues and various and sundry items that I think I may need in a pinch. So the crisis was averted and I was able to keep my hands dry. I wonder if others were not so lucky.
Labels: bathroom, clean restroom, shopping malls
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