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Toilet used as storage
The cafe is welcoming, spacious and the people who own it are lovely.
However you have to ask them to access the toilet and they come and unlock the door, not great if you have urgency issues.
Then they unlocked the door to the disabled toilet and it was stuffed to the brim with menu boards, cleaning supplies and anything that didn't have a designated space in the cafe. I had to ask them to empty things so I could access the toilet. They emptied a bit and I had to ask them again to empty more as I still couldn't get inside with my walker. They took more out and eventually while it still had a lot of things in, I could squeeze in. There was so much still in there that I had no turning space and couldn't access the hand rail as something was resting on it and I thought it would all topple if I put my weight in it.
Upon leaving the toilet, everything that had been taken out of the toilet was now in my way to get to the tables. I then had to ask them to clear a space for me through the debris.
I sat and had my lunch and they proceeded to put everything back into the toilet, so I didn't access the toilet before I left as I didn't have it in me to go through that whole charade again! I didn't say anything as it was a low energy day for me and I didn't have it in me to educate them. I get tired constantly advocating for basic human rights eg toilet access that some days I have no fighting me.
It isn't an isolated incident as my dad, also a walker user had the exact same issue two weeks prior as well.
If I'd have been in my power chair they would've had to empty the whole toilet so I had space to maneuver and I don't think my bladder would have held on that long.
As I said earlier they are lovely people, but if you require access to the disabled toilet I would give this cafe a swerve
The cafe is welcoming, spacious and the people who own it are lovely.
However you have to ask them to access the toilet and they come and unlock the door, not great if you have urgency issues.
Then they unlocked the door to the disabled toilet and it was stuffed to the brim with menu boards, cleaning supplies and anything that didn't have a designated space in the cafe. I had to ask them to empty things so I could access the toilet. They emptied a bit and I had to ask them again to empty more as I still couldn't get inside with my walker. They took more out and eventually while it still had a lot of things in, I could squeeze in. There was so much still in there that I had no turning space and couldn't access the hand rail as something was resting on it and I thought it would all topple if I put my weight in it.
Upon leaving the toilet, everything that had been taken out of the toilet was now in my way to get to the tables. I then had to ask them to clear a space for me through the debris.
I sat and had my lunch and they proceeded to put everything back into the toilet, so I didn't access the toilet before I left as I didn't have it in me to go through that whole charade again! I didn't say anything as it was a low energy day for me and I didn't have it in me to educate them. I get tired constantly advocating for basic human rights eg toilet access that some days I have no fighting me.
It isn't an isolated incident as my dad, also a walker user had the exact same issue two weeks prior as well.
If I'd have been in my power chair they would've had to empty the whole toilet so I had space to maneuver and I don't think my bladder would have held on that long.
As I said earlier they are lovely people, but if you require access to the disabled toilet I would give this cafe a swerve
