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Forcing Your Way Into A Public Restroom

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LittleO | 02:04 Sun 22nd Oct 2017 | Law
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I was just reading an article just now about an elderly lady who wet herself at a McDonald's because an employee would not allow her access to the restroom facilities. Here's my question-let's say a person was in this lady's predicament, having to go super bad and they simply told the employee "f-ck you, I'm going into the restroom" and shoved their way in if necessary. Would there be legal repercussions for this? Would the fact that you were on the verge of having an accident be a legal defense against any charges pertaining to this?
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My answer to your question is that in the UK and in theory, yes I think there could be legal repercussions (assault) and no I don't think that being on the verge of wetting yourself would be a defence. BUT in this case, old frail lady and young strong McD's employee? I am not sure it would hit court. have you got a link to the article?
07:50 Sun 22nd Oct 2017
jahu...drug use is a valid consideration.. when on jury service the public court house loos had special lighting that made the locating of veins for shooting up impossible.. had never encountered them before..was weird...
The last teenager to be hanged in Britain (Scotland) in 1960 suffered for the robbery and murder of a man whom he had lured from a convenience in a Glasgow park. This was known as 'queer-rolling'. Perpetrators were safe in the knowledge that victims would not complain at a time when homosexuality was still illegal. Unfortunately this one went wrong.
Jahu.. I knew this chap by sight... he lived at the top of the road but felt he could not make it..walked with a frame...
well you are getting a few Brit answers to what seems to be an American problem

No pregant women couldnt by right knock on doors....

yes the lady forcing her way past could be charged with assault and or battery or under the offences against the person act or public order depending on the facts
Criminal damage springs to mind if force is used

Little old ladies dont 'do' force you may have noticed neither do they use the word mothertrucker

I pee on the street and people really do come uip and argue the toss whilst 'I am doing it'. This includes me showing my colostomy scar and hemicolectomy scars and saying I am disavble as a result
(well they did ask)

No I dont allow strangers to pee in my house
In The Land of the Free I think a caller is lucky if you dont shoot thro the door ( lawful for you apparently ) without asking. In england no one has a gun

yes I have been the victim of a distraction robbery
s/o pees up stairs whilst you are talking to the thankful pal and you get turned over by the peer
That would be I suppose a McPee with Larceny

that is enough hypotheses
We do have two public loos in my locality, they will cost you 20 pence a go and are also fitted with defibrillators on the outside wall. They are kept spotless and also have a needle deposit box inside. Also some of the local shops offer free use of their facilities, these shops are signposted in the local info leaflets etc. Seems to work just fine.
As usual Peter pendants summed it up in his unique way. If your even in London pp, I’d be delighted to go for a drink with you.
Ratter I think that shop cooperation thing operates in some places here too..they have a wee sticker in the window..
// when on jury service the public court house loos had special lighting that made the locating of veins for shooting up impossible//

nope in Manch - Minshull st - someone had peed on the floor ( in the jury room - secluded for obvious reasons) - I could clearly see it and smell it ( mon morning) uugh
And when I pointed it out - I got looks like
'what do you want me to do about it - clear it up?'

so for the following days I cheered up other jurors with a greeting; "I hope all the men have peed and emptied their bladders before they left home because the bogs here arent worth peeing in" which the court staff didnt seem to think was very funny at all !

if the court didnt know I needed a disabled bog at the beginning they sure did at the end of fourteen days.
(Zacs pulls up a chair)
“drug use is a valid consideration.. when on jury service the public court house loos had special lighting that made the locating of veins for shooting up impossible”

Heroin is a massive problem in Scotland I know. In London or basically the whole world, cocaine is the pub illegal drug of choice, followed by speed, mdma/ecstasy if their going out clubbing after
Wish certain folk would answer the op instead of worrying about furniture. And on that note I’m off to bed, suddenly became smoggy around here.
Minty... "when on jury service the public court house loos had special lighting that made the locating of veins for shooting up impossible.. had never encountered them before..was weird..." So how did you manage?

It sounds like you struggled ;-)
Minty "A wee sticker in the window.." = wee here?

Ok, enough of the toilet humour lol
“So how did you manage?“

I don’t get it ratter as it’s 2017 in the uk and not 1664 in senegal
Oooops.
when a test was conducted by the main newspaper group here..most cisterns in pubs, clubs , restaurants, hospital and even the cop shop tested positive for cocaine ! perennial problem and ubiquitous..
// Edinburgh pubs ..in the city centre..are very precious with their facilities...//

in Malaga - which isnt in Scortland I know
the owner ( o el jefe) of the cafe said after coffee no 3 - I know what you are doing - just come in and use the bog ....
but..it is a sorry state when one can't find a place to wee !!
// cocaine is the pub illegal drug of choice, followed by speed, mdma/ecstasy .//

eek I am missing out - I go to a pub to drink er and socialise
( overpowering desire to suck my thumb close my eyes and take up a horizontal position at 21 30)
we don't have a local pub..nearest is about 2 miles away...but we do have loos !

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