foxyplatform
New Member
I was queuing for the disabled toilet as the regular toilets were out of action, (considering they have only recently been refurbished and reopened!) and there was at least ten other people in front of me. I suffer from Chron's Disease, so as you can imagine, getting caught short can more distressing than usual.
A woman in the queue decides to try the toilet in the adjacent café within the station and I decide to do the same. Although they have a rule of having to purchase something before using the toilet, they unlocked the door for her and let her use the toilet, no further questions asked. Just as I was about to use it, the girl who had come from behind the counter with the key blocks me and points out the policy to me. I said why did you let her use the toilet without purchasing anything and she went back to the counter and said that's just the way it is. She said the next nearest toilets are in the nearby shopping centre and there was no way I could have made it. I plea with her to allow me as I've got Chron's Disease and right now I'm in agony trying to hold it in, but she just stood staring at me smugly.
At this point, I can no longer hold it in, and I end up soiling myself, some of the mess goes onto the floor, and I whispered sorry, and feeling very humiliated, back away and she gets a walkie talkie out and whispers something into it. I walk through the station, still in a lot of pain and humiliation, all of a sudden, station security demand that I stay where I am, and ask me if I realise what I did in the café is a public disorder offence. I tried explaining it was involuntary and explaining my medical condition, but they laughed at me and said they've seen and heard it all before, and when I tried walking away, they got me on the ground and said the British Transport Police are on their way, minutes later two officers appeared and they took me to their office in the station and interviewed me, taking my details and refused to believe that what I did was a genuine accident brought on by my medical condition.
What's likely to happen next? If this goes to court, am I likely to be convicted, or will they see it as a genuine accident and that I was treated in a very heavy handed sort of way at the station?
A woman in the queue decides to try the toilet in the adjacent café within the station and I decide to do the same. Although they have a rule of having to purchase something before using the toilet, they unlocked the door for her and let her use the toilet, no further questions asked. Just as I was about to use it, the girl who had come from behind the counter with the key blocks me and points out the policy to me. I said why did you let her use the toilet without purchasing anything and she went back to the counter and said that's just the way it is. She said the next nearest toilets are in the nearby shopping centre and there was no way I could have made it. I plea with her to allow me as I've got Chron's Disease and right now I'm in agony trying to hold it in, but she just stood staring at me smugly.
At this point, I can no longer hold it in, and I end up soiling myself, some of the mess goes onto the floor, and I whispered sorry, and feeling very humiliated, back away and she gets a walkie talkie out and whispers something into it. I walk through the station, still in a lot of pain and humiliation, all of a sudden, station security demand that I stay where I am, and ask me if I realise what I did in the café is a public disorder offence. I tried explaining it was involuntary and explaining my medical condition, but they laughed at me and said they've seen and heard it all before, and when I tried walking away, they got me on the ground and said the British Transport Police are on their way, minutes later two officers appeared and they took me to their office in the station and interviewed me, taking my details and refused to believe that what I did was a genuine accident brought on by my medical condition.
What's likely to happen next? If this goes to court, am I likely to be convicted, or will they see it as a genuine accident and that I was treated in a very heavy handed sort of way at the station?
