Toys"R"Us/Babies"R"Us

Preface

This was the first place I visited on my quest to find the best public restroom to drop the kids off at the pool.  As mentioned in my previous post, I read a suggestion on Reddit that a lady left saying her husband is on the road a lot and prefers to use this establishment due to the low volume of men that shop there and that the bathrooms tend to be very clean.  I decided to test this theory.

Keep in mind that the Reddit post was from almost a year ago and since then the company has announced they are going out of business.

Before walking in I decided to pretend like I was there to shop all of their drastically reduced merchandise.  Upon entering the store, I could immediately tell that they were going out of business. There were boxes of car seats and toys everywhere and quickly picked up on the more than typical lackadaisical attitude the employees exuded.

After spending a couple minutes looking around I came to the conclusion that nobody would notice and if they did they sure as hell wouldn't care.  I drifted towards the restroom which was located at the front of the store.

Review

The men's restroom had two stalls (one of which was a handicap stall) and a urinal.  Being the upstanding moral citizen I am, I chose the non-handicap stall.  Overall the bathroom had a tinge of grodiness like it hasn't been cleaned very well in awhile but not at the level that you were afraid to touch anything or sit down like you would expect to find using a porta-potty.  So the theory of it being clean due to the lack of use could have been true before the employees knew they were going to be let go however now that is not the case.

The toilet paper was the typical thin commercial type that you would expect to see at any retail establishment.  On the plus side, they did had a full roll of TP which I double checked beforehand.

While in there, a father brought his kid (who was clearly in potty training) into the stall next to me.  It was slightly awkward trying to go while the child pretended to make robot noises and the father discussing proper bathroom etiquette.  Luckily they weren't there long and were the only visitor I had while I occupied the facility.

When it was time to finish up I noticed that the actual toilets were nice and powerful which definitely elevated any fear of clogging.  At this point, no real issues until it was time to wash-up.  That's when I noticed the sinks were broken!  To compensate, they had bottles of hand sanitizer which were adequate but personally not my preferred way to clean my hands (this is why).

After exiting the restroom, I tried sneaking back out the door I came in which had an absence of employees hovering around but it was locked from the inside forcing me to go out the other door past all the employees working the registers.  I casually strolled out the store.  I'm sure no one even knew that I was there just to poop and if they did I'm sure they really didn't care.

Overall, I'd give it 3 out of 5 rolls.