Non-handicapped people using handicapped restrooms?

[Pookie4557]

Unless there's actually a handicapped person I see no problem in going into the handicapped stall, especially if there are no other stalls available. In my school, where there's only two stalls, I usually just go into the handicapped one because I want to be able to fit in there comfortably with all of my things I carry with me, and I've never stepped out to see an actual handicapped person there.

 

[DarkDesertFox]

Honestly, that woman sounded like a bully. If all the stalls are full and it's an emergency you might as well use it. People are always trying to pick fights over stupid things.

 

[AquaStrudel]

If it's the only stall open then I'd go ahead and use it. If there's a handicapped person waiting then it would be a little rude to do so, but if not then I don't see the problem

 

[shunishu]

Honestly, that woman sounded like a bully. If all the stalls are full and it's an emergency you might as well use it. People are always trying to pick fights over stupid things.

also there are plenty invisible disabilities, so how can she assume..

 

[Soigne]

perfectly fine if there's not a handicapped person waiting to use it. but then again i don't use public restrooms

 

[Corrie]

No offense but honestly, have you ever actually seen the handicap washrooms being used by a handicapped person? I say screw that child and go and use it if you need to. Obviously if there are other open "regular" stalls than use those but don't wet yourself cause you MIGHT so happen to have a handicapped person want to use the stall instead.

 

[kayleee]

If every other stall is full I use the handicap one. I don't see how or why that would even be a problem unless theres like a line of handicapped people waiting to use it and you're taking forever

but if you just get in do your business and then get out it's really not anyone else's business which stall you use so that lady was out of line imo

 

[Buttonsy]

I think it is okay to use the disabled washroom/stall as long as it is the last one or you really specifically need that one. Obviously taking it when every other stall is available and you don't truly need it is really rude, but if you have use for it or there are no other ones, you should be able to use it, in my opinion. (BTW, I'm not a physically disabled person, but I am developmentally disabled so I'm part of the disabled community, although I recognize that most disabled/"handicapped" spots are designed with the intention of being for use for physically disabled people, so if any physically disabled people disagree with my opinion, please feel free to correct me, I would not want to speak over others whose lived experiences are more relevant to the discussion!)
Anyways, that's my opinion, although since those restrooms are mostly intended for physically disabled people, it may be best to try to find the opinions of physically disabled people on this subject (perhaps try looking for disabled forums or blogs/vlogs).
But another thing to point out is that you cannot always tell just by looking if someone is disabled or not, there are people like me who have developmental or intellectual disabilities, and there may be physical disabilities which aren't very visible? I'm not as sure about that because I'm not physically disabled and don't want to talk too much on a subject I have not lived, but that is another possibility to consider.. While most of these stalls are generally made in mind of physically disabled people, do try to make note that developmentally and intellectually disabled people can still make use of them, for example I use mobility scooters while shopping from time to time because I find that being able to rest while I shop reduces my risk of having an extreme meltdown while shopping.

My thoughts are a little all over the place so sorry if some of that didn't make sense or seemed irrelevant.

 

[Nightmares]

If the rest are full or are taking ages, then yeah, I'd use the disabled toilets

I mean, I've hardly actually ever seen a disabled person going into one of these, and it's highly unlikely that I'd be inside when a handicapped person needed to go in.

If there was a disabled person there, I'd obviously let them go first, so I don't really see the problem with it. Just as long as you aren't stopping people who actually need to use it.....to use it

 

[boujee]

use them all the time
so spacious

 

[Ichigo.]

i don't see a problem with it? just try not to use it if you know you're gonna be in it for a long time lmao (but ofc that doesn't hold if all the other stalls are occupied and u GOTTA go). tho tbh i'm guilty of using it to change my clothes in addition to using the toilet. like, i'm in a lab where i have to wear professional clothes, so i'll have to change into different pants from time to time when i have to go to lab, and it's so much easier to use the large, handicapped stall to change in. anyway it's not that big of a deal that lady just sounds like a jerk

 

[MozzarellaSticks]

I've been the person taking a dump while a handicap person was waiting. It's no big deal. They're handicap accessible, not handicap only.

 

[p e p p e r]

the handicapped stalls are for eveyone to use, it has the sign because its handicap accessible. that old lady was a nut job. really? mixing religion with restroom usage? of course it's common sense and common courtesy to let a handicapped person use that stall first, but if no one needs it anyone can use it

 

[Rasha]

if you're not handicapped then don't go to the handicapped restroom unless you're like a child or someone with a medical condition that makes it an emergency.

 

[Soda Fox]

Personally I won't use the handicap stall unless it's the only option and unless there's an elderly person or handicapped person already waiting in line, I don't think it should be a problem for anyone to use it.

That old lady in OP was just being stingy. I wouldn't take anything she said to heart.

 

[Antonio]

God, i use to love using the handicap bathroom growing, it was like getting the pent house in a hotel. I never realized it was for handicap people until i got older. I originally thought it was there just for looks, but i was like 7 so. The only time i use the hadicap bathroom is when the BOY AT SCHOOL, don't flush the toilet and that's the only one without pee on the seat. #TrueStory

 

[Fleshy]

If I really have to use public bathrooms I'll use those ones, I feel extremely uncomfortable in regular public bathrooms, I only go if I really have to and if it's not busy, so it's unlikely that there'd be someone else who needs to use it. I do feel bad though, but I don't see the problem as long as you're not preventing someone else who needs to use it from using it, they are usually marked as accessible, rather than only for certain people.

 

[windloft]

i would try not to use a handicap restroom because i hate going to public restrooms in the first place, lmao.

only if it's for emergencies tho, otherwise i tend to stay away from them out of respect.

 

[Envy]

I don't think it makes you a sinner. Sin is such a meaningless concept, if you ask me. It's strange that this lady called you a sinner for this. I don't recall anything in the Bible speaking of such a thing. For you see, the Bible and the concept of sin deals less with prohibiting what harms others, and more to do with what allegedly offends God.

ANYWAY, where I was going with the above is that while I do not think it is a "sin", I think that people should be more respectful of others. In your case, the other stalls were taken, so I kind of understand it... But it needs to be said, some people don't have the option. If you take a restroom that is the only option for them, while you had other options, then it is rude.

I have a transgender friend who has been treated like dirt at her job. They don't allow her to use the women's restrooms. They force her to use the Family restroom. But there is a problem there. Now you see, it gets worse than that. She is (or was? I don't know anymore lol) a cashier, and cashiers can not freely go to the bathroom for obvious reasons, they can only go at designated times. So, you know, when someone else is using the Family restroom, she doesn't have a bathroom to use, period, and could have to wait hours on end, or not get to go at all if enough people were using it when she needed it. I kid you not, she told me that the manager who told her that (even though the company's policies are less strict) kept on using the family restroom, right in front of her. Along with everyone else, even though it denied her the right to have any bathroom to use whatsoever.

It frustrates me. Family restrooms were never created so random people could use the bathroom privately - they were created so single parents with children of the opposite sex would have a bathroom they could safely take them in. I know that initial purpose doesn't include transgender people like her, but I think it's only fair that it would include them (when they run into an issue like this manager) and people who don't pass either way.

People should be more respectful of others... If you have two options for a bathroom to use, and you know someone else doesn't, don't take the option away from them! It may seem minor, but as in the example I gave above, it isn't always that way.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

If there isn't a single handicapped person in sight or I'm in the bathroom alone and no one is coming in, then I like to use the handicap stall. I almost always feel really claustrophobic in smaller stalls so I prefer not to use the smaller one.

There are no handicapped people at my school so I always use the big stall.

At a supermarket I usually go into a small stall...

Wait. Why am I talking about my bathroom habits again?