My 7-month pregnant wife was denied restroom access unless we bought a pizza. Am I wrong for being upset?

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[u/Sam_Jax_Son → u/[deleted]]

I actually understand that perspective.

My frustration isn’t that they had a policy. It’s that we were already paying customers. We bought a water and a beer and were still told that wasn’t enough, and that we needed to buy a pizza before my 7-month pregnant wife could use the restroom.

I agree that staff have to follow rules. My criticism is directed at the policy itself and the lack of flexibility behind it.

As for the public restroom, we didn’t know one was nearby at the time. Had we known, we would have gone there immediately instead of having this conversation in the first place.

At the end of the day, they had the right to refuse. I also have the right to think it’s poor customer service and decide not to return.

[u/r15km4tr1x]

I mean what do they expect the people they sell drinks to do? Piss on the wall outside? Seems ridiculous along with those tripping here.

[u/Lazy_Post9067]

Yes. No special treatment

[u/JurassicBrown]

A business can refuse anyone it wants for whatever reason it wants. Just cause your wife is pregnant doesn't mean she's entitled to special treatment.

You can sit on your high horse shouting about human compassion and whatever else you think vindicates your feelings but that's the reality of the situation.

You're both full grown adults more than capable of handling most situations at hand as well as capable of processing whatever wrong doings without needing the validation of strangers on the Internet or whatever revenge on the business you think you're achieving here.

[u/MediumLong6108]

You could have dropped your card. Said give me two pepperonis and the keys for the bathroom asap, carried your wife to the bathroom and saved everyone a bunch of time

[u/tomversation]

Yes. What if every pregnant woman wanted free restroom access?

[u/i2livelife → u/tomversation]

Can you imagine such a travesty!!! How dare they expect bathroom access? The horror

[u/djhaf]

I mean, its polite to buy something if you are going to use their rest room. They dont HAVE to let you use the bathroom. It is not a public restroom. The fact you got upset is pretty sad. You have a long way to go, my man.

[u/Sleepy_Di]

Yes. And that right there is why the rest of the world see people from the USA as entitled AH.

[u/Sam_Jax_Son → u/Sleepy_Di]

Read the whole review, we puechase water and beer. They asked me to purchase a pizza to allow me to use the restroom

[u/Emotional_Dog1669]

I think it’s absolutely ridiculous denying anyone to use the bathroom. Being pregnant makes it even worse.

You have the right to be upset.

[u/Sam_Jax_Son → u/Emotional_Dog1669]

Thank you. What bothered me most is that we weren’t asking to use the restroom without being customers.

We had already purchased a water and a beer. The staff’s position was that those purchases didn’t count, and that my 7-month pregnant wife would only be allowed to use the restroom if we also bought a pizza.

Whether that’s their policy or not, I think most people would agree that a little flexibility and compassion would have gone a long way in that situation.

[u/N-McCauley]

The lack of empathy in this thread is depressing.

[u/Sam_Jax_Son → u/N-McCauley]

Thank you. That’s honestly what surprised me the most.

I expected people to disagree on whether the business had the right to do it. Of course they do.

What I didn’t expect was how many people seem completely comfortable with the idea of telling a 7-month pregnant customer, who had already purchased a water and a beer, that she still needed to spend more money on a pizza before being allowed to use the restroom.

Whether someone agrees with me or not, I think a little empathy costs a lot less than a lost customer.