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I stopped in there after a hike and needed to use the restroom. They directed me to the back, where the mens room was out of order, so I had to use the women's restroom. There were papers all over the floor, garbage bins overflowing with more dirty paper, I never seen a restroom such a mess, ESPECIALLY IN A SUPERMARKET.
I wouldn't buy anything from there. I reported it to the NY State board of health though I had to give them the address of the store, which from their website, doesn't look right as it's listed on N.Main st in East Hampton.
The store itself was neat, but the restroom was such a mess! Plus their prices are a RIPOFF.
Last edited by Johninwestbury; 04-06-2009 at 11:53 AM..
Reason: keeping the focus on the health issue here
Now John, let me start by saying you did the right thing, no doubt, but one reason people use private businesses for this purpose is that there is an extreme lack of public facilities available. And if you think private business bathrooms are bad.....
Businesses provide bathroom facilities for a variety of reasons...they may be required by law (partially due to lack of available public facilities) or they do so for paying customers. It does not sound like you bought anything.
People who use private business establishments for this purpose (assuming they buy somehting) are called p*** customers.
I do not know if there is a name for folks who use said facilities and do not buy anything (it is theft of curteousy at least and maybe theft of sevices in some situations).
People who use the facilities, do not buy anything, and then report the business to the BOH......?
Your time may be better spent rallying the local government to provide facilities. Or be willing to do volunteer work and possible monetary donation to build a facility in Amagansett that does not already burden a possibly overburdened private business.
It's a dirty job the government does not want, so in many instances the private sector gets the job and does the best they can.
Just because Johninwestbury didn't buy anything doesn't mean it was wrong for him to report it. How many times have you heard on the news about people getting violently sick because of fecal matter on things. Supermarkets contain produce. If the bathrooms are gross, then the people who run the store are gross and therefore hygiene is lacking after using the toilet.
For example, you eat out at a nice restaurant. You order a lemon in your soda. Now if the person who cut the lemon but didn't bother to wash their hands after wiping their A_S, guess what, you've got fecal matter on your lemon from their hands which is now in your drink and you will most likely have a bout on the toilet later that night.
Many years ago I was at a Chucky Cheese and while I was washing my hands after using the restroom, an employee came out of the stall and just left. I should have reported her, my bad, however, I never took my kid there again.!
Breakdown down in society........dirty toilets and expired food on shelves at the supermarkets! Oh My!
Now John, let me start by saying you did the right thing, no doubt, but one reason people use private businesses for this purpose is that there is an extreme lack of public facilities available. And if you think private business bathrooms are bad.....
Businesses provide bathroom facilities for a variety of reasons...they may be required by law (partially due to lack of available public facilities) or they do so for paying customers. It does not sound like you bought anything.
People who use private business establishments for this purpose (assuming they buy somehting) are called p*** customers.
I do not know if there is a name for folks who use said facilities and do not buy anything (it is theft of curteousy at least and maybe theft of sevices in some situations).
People who use the facilities, do not buy anything, and then report the business to the BOH......?
Your time may be better spent rallying the local government to provide facilities. Or be willing to do volunteer work and possible monetary donation to build a facility in Amagansett that does not already burden a possibly overburdened private business.
It's a dirty job the government does not want, so in many instances the private sector gets the job and does the best they can.
I was going to buy something there, the retail area looked quite clean and they had a decent selection (although prices were high). But after seeing the restroom I decided not to.
I actually prefer to see what the restrooms are like before buying food in ANY establishment. As far as customers just going to use the restroom, what is wrong with that? If someone is driving on the highway you'd rather than go in their pants or on the side of the road than stop in the gas station to go?
The concept of pay toilets does not fly here in America. It may in Singapore, but not here.
I was out of the woods when I had to go. In that area of Amagansett are fields, unlike some guys I dont believe in doing one's business out in the open.
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