[kirklancaster]

"It's unclear what triggered the incident, but a spokesperson for Tim Hortons said it appears an employee had refused to let the woman into the restaurant's locked restroom.

"Our current understanding is that the (employee) used their discretion in this case and denied access … based on past behaviour," the spokesperson told CTV News in an email.

The worker was worried that letting her in could impact "the immediate safety" of customers and other employees, the spokesperson said, though the concerns were not specified.

It would appear from the above that the gross woman perpetrator was KNOWN to the staff member and had a previous history of violent behaviour at the restaurant, which - to me - JUSTIFIES the staff member's decision not to allow her access to the washroom.

In addition, the vile and violent actions of the woman after being refused access is confirmation that the staff member was CORRECT in his/her decision.

Incidents such as this should not be put forward as any type of evidence for a case that restaurants and eateries SHOULD give anyone and everyone MANDATORY access to their toilets because it actually DAMAGES that case and reinforces the opposing argument.

In any democratic society, to allow violence or the threat of violent reprisal to change rational policy is woefully wrong because it is succumbing to the lawlessness of the bully.

And that applies not only in the case of the bullies directly perpetrating violence and threat of violent reprisal but also in the case of all those who seize on these incidents to make political capital from them to suit their own anti-democratic anti-establishment agendas.

In my opinion.