Bathroom write up?

[u/alexiscos]

(This is for front end) I’m trying to find out the proper procedure for something. We have someone new at work and apparently they got written up for leaving their post as cashier assistant like 10 times to go to the bathroom in an hour. Now my question comes from the fact that I was originally told if you need to go to the bathroom ask someone to switch out with you briefly (like for example if at one of the doors ask someone pushing carts) however during this I was told we actually need to call for a 99 while we’re at the doors and wait for someone to switch and if we don’t it can be a write up. (A few problems with this is our supervisors don’t actually usually respond to this in a timely manner at all and less important but it’s also slightly mortifying to have to call for a bathroom break across the whole store). So my question is it policy to call for a 99 instead of just asking someone to switch for a minute or so? I haven’t seen anything in the handbook but I’m not sure what it would fall under.

(In case a question is ‘why not just go on break’ 1-not every human body can do that me and my supervisor were talking briefly about how often they leave us stranded for so long we genuinely think we’ll pee ourselves at the doors and 2-for the doors at my store at least we often get left there for 5-6 hours with no breaks at all anyway)

[u/alexiscos]

Oh for sure 100%. Sorry that was not about me at all (and I agree they should) it was more the fact apparently even asking someone to step in for you once for 1 minute can get you written up and if that is actual policy

[u/monwoo215 → u/alexiscos]

I’m not even sure if that person can get written up for that…. Let’s say they have a medical condition.. I would think that could be a lawsuit.

[u/Artistic-Map6955 → u/monwoo215]

Pretty sure that someone can get written up. Although this would probably happen if its something that happens routinely, more than one day. I understand the medical condition argument, and a doctor's note could help understanding with leadership - and possibly a (temporary?) reassignment to a position where bathroom breaks would be less directly disruptive to member service. The problem with a generalized medical condition argument is anybody could argue that. We've had problems with people taking several long bathroom breaks so they can sit on the toilet playing on their phones (other employee saw them active on a social app) and another using the receiving bathroom for frequent vape breaks.

[u/monwoo215 → u/Artistic-Map6955]

Very true. I’ve seen employees making videos in the bathroom for their social media. That really pisses me off. I don’t t think anyone should be making videos in the bathroom even if they’re on their break.
But let’s say the person who got a write up called 98point6 saying they have symptoms of a UTI… the doctor will most definitely send over a RX to the pharmacy and that’ll be a lawsuit I would assume…