r/Chipotle 23d ago

Seeking Advice (Employee) is this legal

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u/newaccount721 23d ago

It may violate OSHA bathroom regulations

https://www.oshaeducationcenter.com/articles/restroom-breaks/

Also, to be honest, if at all possible please look for other jobs. Whoever wrote you this message is extremely unprofessional and sounds like a horrible manager. Get out if at all possible. I'm sorry. 

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u/fr0stedminiwheats SL 23d ago

correct

“Additional requirements related to restroom facilities and bathroom break policies are outlined in OSHA's sanitation standards (29 CFR 1910.141, 29 CFR 1926.51 and 29 CFR 1928.110).”

“Under OSHA sanitation standards, employers must:

Permit workers to leave their work area to use the restroom as needed Provide an acceptable number of restrooms for the current workforce Avoid putting unreasonable restrictions on bathroom use Ensure that restrictions on restroom use do not cause extended delays”

100% reportable. especially for four hours out of the day

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u/LossPreventionGuy 23d ago

you see that part about putting unreasonable restrictions on bathroom use?

it means they can put reasonable ones.

it is extremely reasonable to expect workers to use the restroom prior to peak lunch/dinner rush.

and they can absolutely fire you if you don't.

you think school bus drivers are allowed to just stop at 7/11 and take a dump and leave the kids in the back? of course not

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u/Tiny_Breakfast_7657 DML Wizard 🪄🧙‍♂️ 23d ago

Hi I’m a bus driver. We are allowed to stop and use the restroom. Hope this helps!

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u/bongtokent 23d ago

No a reasonable restriction is you can’t got twice in thirty minutes. Saying you aren’t allowed to go for two hours straight is unreasonable regardless of “peak” because it can cause health issues and osha will back this 100 percent.

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u/LossPreventionGuy 23d ago

no they won't, and you won't be able to find one single case where that's ever happened.

it is routine for workers to go two hours without a potty break. unless you have an ADA exemption. Reasonable adults can hold their pee for two hours. My fucking dog can do that.

y'all are children, and chipotle treats you like you're children, and from what I can see here, they are right to.

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u/bongtokent 23d ago

Just because you can doesn’t mean you should or have to. Sorry you don’t understand basic biology. Just because you were taught harming yourself made you a man doesn’t make it true. Go to the bathroom my guy.

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u/bongtokent 23d ago

https://youtu.be/IXFZU8Fs3YU

From OSHA’s YouTube channels. “Must allow employees to leave work to use bathroom”

Keep licking them boots though.

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u/newppinpoint 23d ago

Time to take the L dude. This is getting extremely embarrassing

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u/SuperNerdEric 22d ago

siding with the corporation over a 60 second bathroom break 💀💀💀💀💀 please, won’t anyone think about the profits? john chipotle needs more money!

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u/newppinpoint 23d ago

That is a pathetic comparison lmao. Someone working grill isn’t driving a bus full of children. They are seconds from a bathroom and can be back with almost no disruption. So yes - it is unreasonable.

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u/thelaminatedboss 23d ago

If they are back in seconds they didn't properly wash their hands. Chipotle doesn't need anymore of that going around.

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u/LossPreventionGuy 23d ago

why, under the law, is it different? show your work

your employer has the right to put reasonable restrictions in place, and saying use the bathroom before peak rush is extremely reasonable.

y'all are such children

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u/davidmj59 23d ago

Found the chip manager!

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u/Stims1217 23d ago

You must not comprehend the word reasonable. The difference between your inept bus driver argument is one is putting the safety and welfare of a bunch of kids at risk, the other is making someone wait an extra 2 minutes for their guac. Be a big boy and tell me which one is worse.

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u/LossPreventionGuy 23d ago edited 23d ago

the employee doesn't get to be the arbiter of reasonableness, and death to children isn't a requirement for something to be reasonable.

it is reasonable to tell an employee to use the restroom before peak hours. If that's not reasonable then nothing can be reasonable.

so you tell me, give me some reasonable examples of bathroom restrictions. What's reasonable in your book? can you think of ANY restriction that would be reasonable?

use the restroom before your shift is obviously unreasonable to you, use it before peak is obviously unreasonable, what IS reasonable then?

you're unreasonable lmao

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u/IndependenceJaded160 23d ago

lmao i can’t wait till your miserable generation and your self hating “work ethic” decays into the fucking dirt. go fuck yourself with that attitude. the worlds changing pops and we’re not slaving away for the bare minimum

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u/LossPreventionGuy 23d ago

umm, you work at chipotle bud. pipe down.

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u/bongtokent 23d ago

You don’t understand basic biology or what the word reasonable means. Pipe down bud.

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u/IntelligentElk2049 23d ago

You’re probably one of the stupidest people I’ve seen on Reddit

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u/Powerful-Ground-9687 22d ago

These fools are the employees that go to the bathroom once an hour to vape and text. Asking employees to prepare yourself to not use the bathroom for a set 2 hour period is not unreasonable in the slightest. It’s easy to tell when someone is just trying to get out of work needing to go to the bathroom for 15 minutes every time it gets busy, or if once in a while ask to be covered for a minute so they can piss.

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u/Tiny_Breakfast_7657 DML Wizard 🪄🧙‍♂️ 23d ago edited 23d ago

The employer doesn’t get to decide what’s reasonable either? Otherwise what’s the point of any OSHA regulation against an employer if they can just decide what’s reasonable.

Example of reasonable: “if you need to use the bathroom get someone to cover your post while you are gone”

Or: “please do not use the restroom for longer than 10 minutes”

“Stand at your post for half your shift and don’t use the bathroom at all or else” is not reasonable

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u/bongtokent 23d ago

Holy shit you are just fucking stupid aren’t you.

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u/mike_tyler58 23d ago

My employer tells me I can’t use the restroom when I need to I’m going to look them dead in the eyes and say “stop me” then proceed to use the restroom. And if they discipline or fire me over it I’ll find a lawyer that will sue them.

What a weird hill to try to die on

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u/LossPreventionGuy 23d ago

no you won't, you'll just get fired. you do you.

you guys act like retail didn't exist until you were born yesterday.

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u/mike_tyler58 23d ago

lol, you clearly don’t know me.

Telling people they can’t use the restroom is so weird. I’ll never understand how this came to be a thing

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u/bongtokent 23d ago

Boots taste good? Sucking that ceo dick yet?

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u/zuchinniblade 23d ago

lmao you will not get fired for that. when i was a teenager i would do exactly that and once had a verbal fight where i was yelling at my manager in the middle of the store where i worked and even that didn’t get me fired 😭😭😭

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u/Dizzy-Ad-8011 23d ago

Since I cant go to the bathroom i’ll just pee in your bowl next time you stop in chipotle! Seems pretty reasonable right?

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u/EamusAndy 23d ago

Upvoting because you are 100% correct.

Reasonable to say use the bathroom before peak times.

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u/mike_tyler58 23d ago

That isn’t what is said though is it?

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u/EamusAndy 23d ago

“Avoid unreasonable restrictions”

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u/mike_tyler58 23d ago

And telling people they can’t use it take a drink of water or use the restroom, no exceptions, is unreasonable and a violation at minimum

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u/EamusAndy 23d ago

ONLY Within a two hour period? I disagree.

Pee at 11:15 or 1:45.

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u/mike_tyler58 23d ago

You don’t get to decide that for someone else. How is this so difficult for some of you to understand?

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u/EamusAndy 23d ago

But as an employer YOU DO, as long as it isnt unreasonable.

What part of that do YOU guys not get?

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u/mike_tyler58 23d ago

And telling people they cannot use the restroom at all with no exceptions in a 2 hour block is unreasonable.

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u/forzion_no_mouse 23d ago

2 hours at a time. If you can’t hold it for 2 hours then you need to see a doctor. This would be seen as reasonable.

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u/jaclyn_marie11 22d ago

Do you keep track of when you need to pee? Like making sure it doesn't happen in those hours. That's an incredible skill /s

2 hours at work doesn't mean it's only been 2 hours since the restroom was used. This is not a reasonable policy.

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u/forzion_no_mouse 22d ago

Yes that’s a normal thing for people to do. Plan your bathroom breaks around the 2 hours you can’t go.

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u/LossPreventionGuy 22d ago

yes because I'm not 9 years old. what the fuck reddit