Sainsburys Toilets

Not sure how anyone can generalise.

I've used some in a Sainsbury on a retail park in Northumberland and it was immaculate.

What shocks me is how many women use the loos and walk out without washing their hands. Straight out to touch food.....some of which they will look at and put back on the shelves.

And people who walk out and don't flush. You only have to wait a few minutes for the cistern to fill up again before you leave and then you can flush.

If anyone at Sainsbury's is reading this please also deal with your Dorridge store.

I pity the poor person who has to clean this literal shit.

Humans are disgusting.

I'd rather hang on in desperation rather than use a public lavatory - so often they stink.

Years ago there used to be lavatory attendants in department stores who checked each cubicle as the customer left- that at least hopefully made people not piss on the seats or floor or leave their stinking turd in the loo without flushing it.

Really public lavatories need to be designed where they can be hosed down like the biohazards they are.

One of the cashiers in the local Morrisons told me that often within an hour of the supermarket being open, the toilets are absolutely disgusting.

I don't regularly shop there and have never used their toilets but if they are not checked very regularly, then the smell is going to get a lot worse over the course of a day.

People can't help having to use the facilities, some of them may suffer from bowel conditions too which doesn't help but if I ever have to use public toilets, I never expect them to smell of roses. Even M&S that I did use a couple of weeks ago had a rather noticeable pong on going in.

Same at Costa, every one I have ever been to has disgusting toilets. I really, really hope the staff don't use them but I guess they probably do....

They only pay then to be cleaned once a day these days. All about saving money.

Oh come on now. I am used to both the casual and deliberate ageism on MN, but this - old people have stronger smelling wee so are by default responsible for the state of supermarket toilets? That, my friend is an ageism too far.

Though your other point about how often supermarket toilets are used compared to home toilets is perfectly valid.

I don ‘t shop at Sainsbury’s but never thought of them as downmarket.

Sainsbury's always have grim toilets for some reason. My local Tesco, Waitrose and Asda all manage to have relatively decent ones.

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I think they keep them gross on purpose. My old local Morrisons toilets had blue lights for drug use prevention

The ones in my local sainsburys are vile. And only cold water to wash hands with <boak>.

I loathe these too. Sometimes there is a button thing for the water which is more or less hidden, so you end up with soap on your hands and nothing to rinse it off with. And then the dryer bit comes on without being asked. Absolutely crazy, just give us hot and cold taps and some soap FFS!

My Tesco Extra was the same. It was so constant I was sure a staff member had a serious health issue. 🤢
I try to keep my brews' on the small side on a shopping day now ☕

It is other customers, though you should complain to the store, let them know about the vile people who have been there before you.

For anyone with conditions that mean a toilet is needed at no or almost no notice, such disgusting conditions may mean they avoid a place altogether or in some cases, don't go out. I remember during 2020 a question at a Covid press conference about access to toilets- Matt Hancock was dismissive about the valid concerns raised.

Caffè Nero toilets are the worst!

All our local ones are fine, not sure I've ever seen a grim Sainsbury's toilet.
I tend to avoid Asda loos (but Asda seems to have become filthy in general). And one particular Morrisons which has closed down now.

I worked as a supermarket cleaner when I was a student, you wouldn't believe how filthy some people can be and I hate urinals - they always stink of piss and the floors get sticky infront of them as men shake off the drips or just have bad aim.

Worst toilets ever are the ones in 5 Guys in Liverpool One , unisex and piss everywhere. Never been in there again.

My local large M&S has a row of about 10 toilets. The last cubicle which is at the very bottom is a slightly larger cubicle which is for parents and prams. This cubicle is so I can change my child's nappy and also pee myself or bring the pram into the cubicle so child's safe with me. It has a parent and pram/ child picture on it.

So why every single time I go to use it I'm waiting outside the door for ages and lo and behold an elderly women comes out alone every single time after taking a shit. Loads of empty cubicles but no they want that one. I have to walk away in disgust at the smell. Happens Everytime

The Sainsbury's where I used to live I had those horrible blue lights in the toilet so you couldn't see anything (is this to stop junkies from injecting? I was never sure).

Where I now live the Sainsbury's has a security guard that is a six-foot-something man that wears women's clothes and feels he can use the women's toilet so it's another one to avoid

Exactly. Your toilets at home are probably used 4 times a day per person if you are out most of the day. Then probably double that if at home all day.

Supermarket toilets are used about 15-18 times an hour - so about 200 times in a 15 hour trade day (7am-10pm).

So a supermarket toilet is used ten times more frequently than a toilet at home.

Plus the older people produce stronger smelling wee adds to the stinking

Some people don’t know how to use a toilet properly. They don’t flush after used - I knew this concept aged 3.

Then get people who poo on the toilet seat (seen this myself)

If you drop loo roll in the toilets, please pick it up. You don’t need to use that loo roll to wipe your bum with this paper. I doubt that people who accidentally drop loo roll on the floor have loo roll all over the floor in their bathrooms.

It's not the customers. It's the toilets not being fit for purpose, inadequate drains, sinks etc.

The ones I've been in are grim. They really smell even when they aren't 'out of order'.

It is not the supermarkets fault but the customers

I think should get rid of them if people can't be bothered to use common-sense and think of the next person