I Never Heard That One Before!

Signs can be completely pointless. If we put a sign in the window "Just ask and we'll give you a FREE game", only 5 out of every 10 people would take advantage of it, because most people don't bother to read signs. Imagine if the same were true of traffic symbols? Oh, I didn't want to take the time to read the four letters on the stop sign, so I didn't bother to stop........

With that said, there are two types of people who will ask to use the bathroom at the store. The first type I can deal with, it's the people who just didn't see the sign. Usually it's the parent dragging the 8 year old with them that just bought a happy meal and visited 3 other stores before us, and the child's bladder is screaming bloody murder. I have a game for you, kid, it's called see if you can make it home without staining the back seat of mommy's new SUV.

The second person is the wise guy - they read the sign and think it will be the funniest schtick since Robin Williams if they knowingly ask to use the restroom. Woah, don't ask that in public, Dave Chapelle might overhear and incorporate it into his next HBO special. Maybe it was slightly funny the first time someone asked, but after 50 times it gets old, people. Then you have the repeat offenders, who after you tell them no, they ask again, this time with a "really?", or some other inflection to make sure they can't use the restroom. And trust me, our bathroom is so dirty, you would actually clean it up a bit by pissing all over the toilet.

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- Postman