Friday, May 22, 2009

Safety Precaution...?

Grocery shopping is an unfortunate necessity in order to survive. I am one of the lucky few who has the wonderful opportunity of going when my friends with cars go. …yippee… Macey’s tends to be the store of choice with these kids so that is where we went. There was a slight problem though, remember how I said I can only go when my friends were going? Well when my friends were ready so was my bladder…it was bad. So the moment we step into the giant pantry I excused myself.
I hate public restrooms – with a passion.
I find them dirty and (potentially) unsafe.
But this was a rare occassion in which I was grateful for their existence. So I entered the stall and went to lock the door only to discover there were two locks. Yes, two. Enter worry/panic mode. Now why would a grocercy store need two locks in a bathroom stall unless there had been some “issues” before.
So not only do I have to use a public restroom, I have to worry about my safety.

Dear Macey’s:
Do you really think it’s a good idea to have two locks? Can’t the attacker just crawl in from below or creep in from above? Won’t the double lock (or “doublie” – pronounced doob-lee – as I like to call it) act as a detainer as I try and unlock the “doublie” to escape? It is not a safety precaution as much as it is an instiller of fear.

Either way…I used both locks.

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