Quote Originally Posted by wolverine View Post
I've seen business staff have to barge in after a homeless individual has occupied a single occupancy washroom for 30 minutes. Sometimes they'll bathe in sinks, smoke or some mental illness affliction will cause them to go crazy and trash the place. That's where the paying customer thing came about.
This is absolutely true. I remember the times before this restriction existed, and I remember when it began. Recently, I was in a Woodward restaurant that apparently tries not to totally restrict bathroom access, probably since they're near COTS. An obviously sick, bedraggled homeless person locked themself in the restroom and stayed for the entire time we had our meal, probably an hour. The staff had a heck of a time getting them out of there.