Gender Neutral Toilets: Pret A Manger

JReacher1

Manxman_in_exile wrote: »

On my train route to London all the first class toilets are disabled facilities, but they're used by everybody. Shouldn't they be?


(Oh - I should add to my previous post that the ambulance station was a private one and not NHS - where I'm sure the ladies would have been pristine. God knows why we were giving money to the private sector.)

I don't believe the toilets you use on the train are disabled facilities, they are disabled friendly but not specifically earmarked to be only used by people who suffer from disabilities.

davidmcn

JReacher1 wrote: »

I don't believe the toilets you use on the train are disabled facilities, they are disabled friendly but not specifically earmarked to be only used by people who suffer from disabilities.

To be fair, that's the same as many other accessible toilets. They rarely come with explicit "only to be used by the disabled" policies attached to them.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Downstairs closet in my house in unisex. Always has been. It has no seat to prevent people hogging it!

onwards&upwards

Unisex toilets are fine if the cubicles are solid and secure and ideally with their own hand washing facilities, so little mini bathrooms really.

When they are flimsy cubicles with paper thin partitions, wobbly locks and 8 inch gaps at the top and bottom of the stall, then I can see how a woman with a history of being raped or sexually abused/assaulted would find it distressing to use them with a man in the next cubicle along, or in both the adjoining cubicles, or with a queue of men just a few feet away.

I’m all for gender neutral, think it’s great, but i’m also all for women feeling safe and if you want both you need the facilities to allow it to happen.

Snowedunder

As a disabled female I have my own opinion or should that be problems with toilets in general.

However, on a lighter note, if you are ever in New York, opposite Penn Station on Broadway, do not use the upstairs McDonalds 'facilities' which consist of one door marked 'Restrooms, then 3 cubicles with no doors I kid you not!!!

born_again

Many cafe's round here do not have any toilets that are either gender-neutral or gender-specific ones.

They simply have a sign on the door that says TOILET.

We all just stand in a line waiting.

davidmcn

Snowedunder wrote: »

However, on a lighter note, if you are ever in New York, opposite Penn Station on Broadway, do not use the upstairs McDonalds 'facilities' which consist of one door marked 'Restrooms, then 3 cubicles with no doors I kid you not!!!

America in general really doesn't trust people with cubicles - they're fond of doors with massive gaps at the top and bottom, and cracks down the sides, leaving the bare minimum of modesty somewhere in the middle.

DoaM

I'm struggling to find a Consumer Rights question anywhere in this thread ......

mattyprice4004

JReacher1 wrote: »

Why were you in the female toilets?

Our toilets hadn’t been upgraded to self cleaning quite yet.

Murphybear

unforeseen wrote: »

However the lady appears to have made it clear that rather than having a hidden disability she wanted to use it because l she was uncomfortable using a unisex toilet.

I have an invisible disability and never had any problems explaining why I am using it without resorting to detailed discussions about my disability.

Our local Waitrose has a big sign on the door of their disability toilet. It says

“Not all disabilities are visible”

Good for them

A few years ago I used some disability facilities and when I came out someone in a wheelchair had a real go at me, saying I wasnt disabled. I explained I had just had the 5th of 5 knee operations, the last one being a replacement. I offered to show her my many scars and explained I had only just stopped using crutches.

The look on her face was a total picture. :rotfl: