Published: 13 Nov 12 13:48 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20121113-46143.html
A man in a wheelchair was refused the use of the toilet in Düsseldorf town hall during the weekend's Karneval opening celebration, after a guard deemed him a "safety risk," a newspaper report said.
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"I had always been allowed to use the handicap-accessible toilets there," said Brauers, who has been severely disabled since birth.
No I am merely showing you that the article stated he regularly used the handicapped toilet at the facility, it is a quote from the article.,You did read the article???
your post #3
asked
"Why did he not go to a handicap-accessible public toilet? Is there none in the respective zone?"
my answer was." I had always been allowed to use the handicap-accessible toilets there,"( there was the Town Hall, where he was.
conclusion , there was a handicapped toilet where he was at, and he had used it numerous times before, but now was being denied for some safety reasons
I was merely trying to tell you that there was a handicap toilet in the Town Hall.
Hopefully this clears it up, no ager intended :-).
Am I wrong to assume that the toilets in a town hall are to be used by people that are there with various businesses? That's why I also assumed that the guy used those toilets when he was there solving whatever issue. And the sentence you highlighted shows only that the town hall has toilets that are appropriate for the needs of handicapped (as they were already tried by the guy).
Obviously, the guy was neither invited to the celebration nor had some other serious business to the town hall (otherwise he would have use his invitation to enter the building). So then why did he demand to use the toilet of a public institution where he had no business instead of using a public toilet? The fact that he already experienced the mentioned WC is no argument in my opinion. Last time when I delivered a package to your company I used the toilet there - does this mean that I am entitled to use it again when I am in the neighbourhood? Even if it is only the security guy there, because the whole company is on a teambuilding trip?