to politely decline to use the disabled loo?

[MsIngaFewmarbles]

I was waiting in a long queue for the loo in a coffee chain and saw a lady with crutches head into the disabled toilet. She came out while I was still queueing. Another lady further back in the queue caught my eye and offered for me to go in first. I declined saying that I wasn't disabled so wasn't entitled to use it. She then countered away to her friends telling them that she was going to use it as 'it was the law' that if it wasn't being used you could use it. I couldn't face an argument so just ignored her. It's still bothering me that I should have said something to her and corrected her.

Letthemtalk..yes. or maybe stop being wilfully obtuse.

Night all :)

This always makes me chuckle slightly. Especially people who say 'oh but you should leave it empty in case a disabled person comes along who needs it immediately'. What if there was already a disabled person in the toilet, they would have to wait then.

God some people are twats

No need to increase the chance of a disabled person having to wait.

Christ, not this shit again

And where is the OP anyway?

Yes, they would, but if there hadn't been Penelope, but there were an able bodied person in there, unnecessarily, my dd would piss herself.
So pleased to have given you a laugh, though.

Fanjo go to bed
you know how this will go
round and round and round......
makes me dizzy

Twats, twats everywhere

Oh but they do Serenity. Are you new to MN?

Sadly, no

point.

The OP is def a genuine poster. And a nice person btw. She probably didn't bank on the number of twats around.

You must be mistaking me for someone else... I have no idea who you are

me thinks someone is jealous of disabled people

I'm with the accessible loo users. The only one I would use with any regularity is the one on the bottom level of my work car park. I'm usually bursting for a wee after driving back from an appointment, there are three accessible toilets on this floor. Other loos are a good three or four minute walk away. As this is the quietest floor I use these toilets; it's better than wetting myself for the benefit of the zero people waiting to use said loos- there have been several close calls.

I would do the same as the other women in the OP and use the accessible toilet if I was bursting. Of course, if a disabled person comes along there'd be no dispute as to who was going first or next. There's no point in feeling uncomfortable if there's a usable toilet free, just make it quick and don't be putting a full face of make-up on in there.

This always makes me chuckle slightly
Yes, it's fucking hilarious.

PLease would someone answer my question so I can double check I am peeing in the right place.

Please don't tell me Serenity is real Dawn? Nobody is that uneducated, surely?

There were women's, men's and a separate accessible toilet. There was a changing table for babies in all of them.

Sorry I posted and ran it was a looong bedtime tonight.

OK dawn, not nice for you or your dd. But why is it any different if a disabled person is in there?

Also places that have one toilet for all that is also accessible, are non disabled people banned.

Yes of course they would have to wait if it was being used by another disabled person, in the same way that if someone in a wheelchair is in the disabled space on a bus and another wheelchair user boards, then it is first come first served, or if all the blue badge spaces are occupied by blue badge holders - that is just life, it isn't exactly chuckle worthy, and isn't a reason to use the disabled toilets if you aren't disabled.

just adapted so wheelchairs can enter more easily - surely this isn't the case, as disabled toilets can be used by disabled people who are not wheelchair users - if they have disabling continence issues or learning disbilities or ASD and struggle with queuing and noise or people like my ds who need their nappies changing, but who no longer fit on a changing table or on the floor of the ladies.

If it is a Multi Use toilet (ie disabled, men and women) then fair play, if it has the nappy changing unit in there and you need to change your baby, then fair play, but otherwise they are for the use of disabled people.