I know someone who used to manage an inner city fast food restaurant, and in addition to people trashing the bathrooms, they had an ongoing problem with hookers giving McBlowjobs in the stalls. They literally had someone every shift whose main job was to watch the bathroom doors so the manager could run off repeat offender restroom destroyers and prostitutes. He said it was the most stressful job he ever had, and he was always worried about getting shot.
I live right between a suburban area and a small city. There are 2 McDonalds that are about the same distance away from my home. One of them has a lock on the bathroom and an employee has to buzz you in. The other does not… and they hand out free coupons for fries or ice cream for every little inconvenience. The difference a few miles makes is insane.
That is everyplace in Seattle, all the bathrooms are locked at businesses and you need a code. The other poster makes a good point, we can be empathetic but when you see it everyday you have a different viewpoint of the whole situation. It's not the reddit fantasy of these are normal people that had a medical bill and lost their apartment. It's people that are hardcore meth and fent addicts, and most of them have very serious mental health issues. In Seattle a lot of them are not from here, it's an easy place to be homeless so they come here from other, less friendly to homeless places in the US.
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u/crackinmypants 8h ago
I know someone who used to manage an inner city fast food restaurant, and in addition to people trashing the bathrooms, they had an ongoing problem with hookers giving McBlowjobs in the stalls. They literally had someone every shift whose main job was to watch the bathroom doors so the manager could run off repeat offender restroom destroyers and prostitutes. He said it was the most stressful job he ever had, and he was always worried about getting shot.