If you thought Walmart checking your receipt before letting you leave the store was bad, get a load of this McDonald’s who won’t let you go to the bathroom without showing your proof of purchase to the “bathroom bouncer.”
The la acera blog writes that the situation went down like this:
Bathroom Bouncer: You, hey, what do you think you’re doing?Me: I was hoping to use the bathroom…
BB: Well you can’t. You got a receipt?
This is when I notice that the guy is not some weirdo trying to start a conversation, but a rent-a-cop hired to keep the bathroom safe from tiny bladders like mine.
Me: Not on me, my boyfriend is paying as we speak (as I point to the suited up individual at the register, who turns, smiles and continues to talk to the woman at the counter)
BB: Well YOU can’t go. You don’t have a receipt yet. So you can’t!
Me: um ok, I mean he’s paying right now…
Cashier: Yes, she’s with him, let her go.
BB: Well I don’t give a shit, I’m not gonna let you go anywhere. AND DON’T YOU LISTEN TO ANYONE ELSE, I SAY WHAT GOES!
I’ve been to places where they give the patrons little tokens to use to unlock the bathrooms, so I know the technology exists. Perhaps this McDonald’s should take the money it’s investing in rude power-tripping rent-a-cops and put it into some sort of locking mechanism if they want to keep non-patrons out of the restrooms.
Exercising My Right to Pee [la acera] (Thanks to Katherine!)
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I think I would threaten to whip it out and just pee on the floor right in front of that asshole.
I swear to [insert deity here] that if they tried this on me, I would whizz behind the building.
you know how they get the rent-a-cops to actually do their job right? they make them clean the bathrooms afterwards
I have had so many problems with that in New York… once I was out with my 4 year old who had to pee, and literally nobody would let us. Ironically, when in that situation I usually go to McDonalds (especially when in Europe)… maybe they are wising up that they are the go-to place for people who are planning to pee and run.
Nothing new, especially in NYC.
Tip for parade-goers: buy french fries the moment you get into the city, and put them (uneaten, half eaten, just don’t finish them!) in your backpack or bag, whatever. This is now your city-wide bathroom pass.
Romania, Bucharest
I saw this policy a few years ago at the McDonald’s that operates in the busiest underground station of the city. The receipt had a code (a number of 4-5 figures) that you could use to unlock the door to the bathroom – the code was valid only for a certain period of time after purchase (forgot how much, but reasonable).
I think this is an understandable policy for food serving companies that operates in places with high pedestrian places. Imagine that you are a customer and cannot use the bathroom because it is used by people who are not customers, just passing by.
Just walk by a table that hasn’t been cleaned up and grab a receipt or keep on old receipt in your wallet.
Or just walk past them pretending to not understand whatever language they are speaking. They won’t touch you or try stop you though they may shoot your dog.