I was in a Goodwill store this morning, and my 3 year old told me he had to use the potty. The sales rep told me they don't have a public restroom. As a public store, don't they have a legal responsibility to provide a restroom?
2006-07-27 02:40:13 · 10 answers · asked by ? 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
By the way, this is in PA
2006-07-27 02:40:37 · update #1
No idea if its legal but that's pretty retarted.
2006-07-27 02:43:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
No... there is no law that says "If you operate a 'public' store, you must provide a 'pubic' restroom." In my opinion, I don't think such law should exist. However, I believe that it should be the goal of all businesses to keep their customers happy. Providing a public restroom is a service all customers would benefit from. Therefore, all businesses should have a public restroom, but not required to by law.
2006-07-27 10:31:20 · answer #2 · answered by Carla G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. They have an employee restroom I'm sure. It's up to the owner if they want the customer to use the restroom. The company I work for has a restroom, but no one other than myself and my co-worker use it b/c that would mean that customer had to come to my side of the counter which puts me at risk. Not gonna happen.
2006-07-27 09:51:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, a restroom is provided as a service to its customers, but they dont have to provide a public one...
they usually will let little kids in the back to use the restroom, but its usually too dangerous in the back of a warehouse type store for customers to be freely roaming back there.
2006-07-27 09:46:43 · answer #4 · answered by Mj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they have a responsibility to provide a restroom for employees.
If they provide a public restroom, it must have some extra things (and i think there are there are minimum size requirements) to meet the fed laws about public bathrooms.
i hate it.
2006-07-27 09:47:01 · answer #5 · answered by nickipettis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every county is different but most places are only required to provide a public bathroom if they serve food and beverage for dine-in customers.
2006-07-27 09:44:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it is a law for a store like that to have a bathroom (public anyway). Ask a lawyer about the laws in your state.
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2006-07-27 19:09:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
.no they don't, i think you only required to have a public bathroom if there is food being served or sold on the premises
2006-07-27 11:03:14 · answer #8 · answered by King Midas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe it's required by law----but what do l know??? - I don't believe everything l see in the movies ( i.e. DaVinci Code ) either...or what l see in the "soaps"...or what l read in novels....or what l read in fairy tales..
2006-07-28 11:11:54 · answer #9 · answered by aBranch@60-WA ,<>< 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, was this on state street?
2006-07-27 09:43:48 · answer #10 · answered by Frankie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋