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I've seen a few other people say they avoid malls. I love them - once you get there, they have restrooms all over the place - department stores, restaurants, mall restrooms themselves. Are everybody else's malls different somehow?

Oh, man, that stinks. I went to a service station once that did not have a public restroom. The people who worked there told me that their manager would fire them if they let me use the employee one. I couldn't believe it. This was at the beginning of one of the worst attacks I'd ever had and we were 500 miles from home. Luckily the tire and oil change place across the street had one. I used it, no questions asked.

One good thing did come out of that nightmare. I got super-serious about getting my IBS under control and found this Website.

Places I avoid now have mostly to do with being "stuck" so it's primarily avoiding travel situations where I have no control over getting where I need to be and there are no bathrooms: subways, buses, and driving when I'm likely to run into a traffic jam. Banks used to be off limits for me, too, but I've re-introduced them. And I love the fact that our public library stopped locking the restroom doors. It's the little things in life.

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