Dude I had a customer actually unlock the door themselves with a coin.

I was literally shitting and the door was locked.I heard a violent turning of the knob and a knock. I said “Occupied” super loud. Then I heard the lock pop open and the customer coming through with a coin in their hand. They saw me sitting on the toilet, apologized, and walked out.

I left the bathroom and they were standing right in front of the door. They said “ I knocked but I didn’t hear a knock back. I was so furious I said “ Yeah no shit. I’m mid shit on the toilet 6 feet from the door. How the hell am I supposed to knock back? Did you noticed that the door was locked? I know you did because you unlocked it with that coin.”

They got super red and left. I now go to that bathroom with our baby changing station down so that even if they did unlock it they couldn’t come in. I hate customers with no patience at all.

One day a customer walked up to cafe register and said “Can I get the bathroom key?” Co-worker goes, “There is no bathroom key, our bathrooms are free to use any time you are in our store.” Customer responds with, “Well then why can’t I get in the bathroom???” Co-worker, “Ma’am that means someone is currently using the restroom, that’s why the door is locked.” Customer rolled her eyes so hard and sighed heavily before ordering. There has not been one time I have been in the bathroom that someone hasn’t aggressively shaken the door handle. So, yes, everyone is stupid.

Don’t lock the door. Assert dominance by making direct eye contact with the idiot who did not knock or who knocked and then immediately yanked on the door. Piss with power.

i have to change into my work clothes in the bathroom and i have mad anxiety about someone busting in cause the lock decides not to work (or they open it w a key as mentioned, terrifying) while im nearly nude

meanwhile at my store nobody locks the door so when i’m rushing to pee on my 10, i yank the door open to find someone doing their business bc apparently the locks are just there for decorations.

We keep our bathrooms where we have to let customers in, we can’t give out the code. I think everyone I work with has had at least one encounter of people not locking the door. So we go to let someone in or use the bathroom ourselves and have someone in there doing their thing. There’s one in particular we think might be doing it on purpose because we baristas open the door the customer just makes eye contact. I don’t know if it was covid or just a general decline but common sense seems to be severely lacking these days.

One time i was sitting at a table in the lobby with my apron sitting on the table next to me on my break. Some man walks up to me and goes “can you get me a key for the door?” I was like “sir im on my break” and he goes “well yeah but i need in the bathroom” and i was like “???? Ok? There isnt a key someone’s just in there.” and he goes “well if there isnt a key how do i get in” so i said “you wait for whoever is in there to leave” and then i left for the back before he could keep arguing w me

I started taking my breaks in the back after that because what the fuck

That’s not even all of it. I’ve had people come up to me and say “there’s somebody in the bathroom and i can’t get in”. I would literally be like “ok then just wait” and then they’d get so upset. Some people are aware, they’re just entitled. Even to a bathroom.

I feel so bad whenever im about to clean the bathrooms and pull on a locked one💀
(we dont have ones that say whether they’re vacant or not🤦‍♀️)

we have codes and keypads for our bathrooms and if you look at the door, you can see the code above the keypad for the one bathroom customers are allowed to use. they still come up and say “what’s the bathroom code” so i tell them “it’s above the keypad” and then they usually start getting upset that it’s not working so i have to say “if the thing on the door is red and says in use that means someone is using it and you have to wait.”


we also have an employee only bathroom that has our chemicals and our safety bag- customers are not allowed to use our bathroom and i kid you not there is a sign on the door. they STILL argue and i just say it’s a storage closet

we have keypads on our bathroom doors and people will go in the restrooms and will not lock the doors so they say occupied. i have not once but twice walked in on someone because they don’t lock the doors. they think the keypad is enough. we also have people try and open the doors and then get mad when they have a code as if they’re wasn’t a keypad on the door in front of them the whole time