If you giggle the handle enough times till it unlocks, it doesn't mean that it becomes unoccupied.

Jiggle

Customer: * tickles door handle*

Handle: tee hee

The amount of times we’ve had people complain both bathroom doors were locked and had to explain it’s because people were using them is just too damn high

For some reason someone always seems to do this like five seconds right after you get in the bathroom. Like, did they not see you just go in? Could they not tell it was occupied by just jiggling the door once?

That's the worst when someone starts doing that while you're doing your business, they are going to cause you to prematurely pinch-off!

I was on my lunch once and someone kept trying to rip the door open for like, a good two minutes. I had called out occupied twice and was starting to get annoyed when I hear “Mommy!! It won’t OPEN!!!” A child had been pulling at the door and when I go to leave the bathroom less than thirty seconds later, the door is ripped open (as I’m opening it). Kid runs past me into the bathroom and mommy dearest is trying to murder me with her eyeballs. Twenty minutes later, as the two are leaving and I’m back on the floor, she comes up to me and tells me that I need to not use the customer bathroom because it’s rude to keep her kid waiting to pee.

We have one bathroom for our entire store.

Man I hate this, like what do I say? Mam’ I’m just trying to take a break and do my business in piece before I have to go back out on the floor and deal with you

customer ^{who cant comprehend occupied sign}

It also sucks that Starbucks bathrooms have almost become like public bathrooms for people now. I don't get why some cities seem to not have those porta potties anymore.

It's also weird how Starbucks will get flack if they tried to control people using their bathrooms, but Mom and Pop cafes or even just chains that aren't as big can get away with putting up signs that say, "Restroom for Paying Customers Only."

Our store is old so it doesn't have a code or an occupied sign, and the lock mechanism can come unlocked if you jiggle with the handle long and hard enough. I can't count how many times that I've had people walk in on me after jiggling the lock free AND I clearly said "Occupied!"

Edit: Thank you kind soul for gold!

I never thought bathroom doors could be difficult. But now I'm convinced people just don't pay attention or have presence of mind to just look at what's in front of them. Our doors don't have keycode number pads. I thought this would be an obvious indicator that when the doors are locked, it's because someone is using it. When most people find it locked (occupied), they immediately go to the barista at the front register or the closest barista and ask what the code is for the bathroom.

No seriously, I feel your frustration. When I was working in a phone wireless store by myself, I would close for the evening and a horde of people would show up and jiggle the door, demanding to be let inside. I wouldn't let them inside, and they would be pissed off. Not my fault they decided to show up 30 minutes after closing hours.

"The door won't open. Is it broken?"

No, someone is using the washroom. So many suns out there thinking the rest of the world revolves around them.

On the other hand, having to unlock the washroom to find someone passed out on the toilet isn't fun either.

Every fucking day.

Sit down to pee. Handle jiggles. Loud, angry knocks ensue. My bladder says not today, Karen. You're waiting now that you've frightened her.

When you finish kick them in the face.