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> Dear All,
>
> This is to share a very upsetting, very personal
> experience I had at
> Mcdonald's in Philcoa on the morning of May 9, 2007,
> at around 8:00 am.
>
> After eating breakfast with my daughter, I went to
> the 2nd floor to go
> the ladies' room. When I got to the 2nd floor, I was
> a bit surprised to
> find a lone man sitting in a corner table near the
> restrooms. The man
> was apparently waiting for his order to be brought
> to him (he had the
> no. 4 plastic sign on his tray). I even wondered
> briefly why he chose to
> take a seat at the 2nd floor where it was hot (the
> aircon was not yet
> on) and there were still seats available on the
> ground floor. Anyway, I
> did not give the matter any second thought.
>
> I entered the ladies' room, locked the door. The
> door was the type that
> had horizontal slats on the lower part. I was about
> to go to the toilet
> seat when I happened to look again at the lower part
> of the door and to
> my disbelief, I thought I saw a face peeping through
> the slats. I
> double-checked by looking closer and recognized the
> face of the lone man
> sitting outside. He saw me. I immediately grabbed
> open the door to
> confront him. He pretended to be just coming out of
> the men's room,
> which was opposite the ladies' room. I asked "Bakit
> ka naninilip!?" and
> he denied it. I insisted and said I saw him peering
> through the slats.
> It seemed he was surprised that I was seriously and
> angrily confronting
> him and after a moment's hesitation, he started to
> walk away towards the
> exit at the second floor. Finding the door closed,
> he ran towards the
> stairs and hurriedly left the restaurant.
>
> I was not able to catch up with him (I also had a
> moment's hesitation
> because my bag was still inside the ladies' room and
> was deciding if I
> should get it first or run after the man). I also
> deeply regret now that
> I did not have the presence of mind at that moment
> to shout and alert
> the guard to block the man's escape.
>
> I immediately called the guard to report the
> incident. We went upstairs
> again and I related the whole thing. When I pointed
> to where the man was
> seated and the guard saw the number, he said he
> thinks the man will come
> back since his food has yet to be delivered. (I
> could not believe it, I
> was aghast at such thinking!!) I said I don't think
> the man will come
> back just to get his food, he was caught peeping!!
>
> I went to the manager to ensure that he gets to know
> of the incident
> first-hand and to demand that they make sure their
> customers are
> adequately secured and protected while inside their
> premises. (I found
> out that the guard had not notified the manager yet
> and the manager had
> no idea at all that an incident had happened right
> under his nose only a
> few minutes ago, though he admitted seeing a man
> running out of the
> restaurant.)
>
> I emphatically told the manager that the 2nd floor
> is especially
> vulnerable because there are not many people there
> especially during
> slack time (Mcdo Philcoa is open 24 hours). I
> pointed out that many
> female students and call center employees, among
> others, frequent the
> restaurant. What if the intention is not just to
> sneak a malicious look
> at unsuspecting females using the toilet? (I shudder
> whenever I think
> that it could have been my daughter who went up to
> use the ladies'
> room!!) An even horrifying scenario is that any man
> with evil
> intentions could easily slip inside the ladies' room
> when a woman enters
> it. Once inside, he can do anything evil, from
> hold-up to rape!! and
> nobody would even be aware of it until the crime has
> been done.
>
> I really regret the man was not caught and
> identified. His not being
> able to eat the food he ordered and paid for is
> definitely not enough
> punishment. I can only share this experience with
> you now so that you
> are warned. I hope nobody else would experience it.
>
> I hope you will pass this on to your friends and
> relatives so that they
> may also be warned. The incident can happen in any
> public toilet and it
> would be best as much as possible to always have
> somebody go with you or
> better yet, avoid going to restrooms where there are
> not many people
> around. (If you are alone and really cannot avoid
> it, notify the guard
> or the staff that you will be using the restroom.)
>
> If there is a way that this can be sent also to the
> QC Mayor's office or
> even the concerned barangay officials so that
> something may be done
> about deploying police or security to the often
> crowded, busy and
> crime-attractive Philcoa area, then please do so.
>
> Ingat.
>
miriam
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