Which Ocean County Stores Have The Cleanest, Well Stocked Men’s Rooms? Here’s My Thoughts…

My son Donovan is almost 15 years old now, but there was a time, I'll say ages 2 through 10, that every single solitary damn time we went shopping. he without hesitation would have to go either number one or number 2. No matter how many times we made him go at home before we left, Donnie Boy had to let loose as soon as we started our shopping adventure. So, as the Dad, it's my job to take him. After a while I started making mental notes of the places with nasty restrooms in hopes my son could "hold it" til we either got home, or to another store with cleaner facilities.

Funny thing is, now my kid is a big boy and doesn't need me to take him to the bathroom anyplace, but I still find myself ranking bathrooms while shopping! Like I said, when ya gotta go, ya gotta go! I really think this is important for those of us that still like to go to brick and mortar stores for our shopping as opposed to ordering our groceries while actually on the toilet. So I did some "research", while grocery and general home shopping over the past few weeks to come up with this list.

It's gotta be fully stocked at ALL times. you have to have someone on top of this! Post Covid we cannot have a large, let say big box store not have soap in the soap dispenser, or a second roll of toilet paper hanging around. How about the places that never have paper towels? Or worse, have a hand dryer from 1986 that blows like a soft Summer breeze? I need more POWERRRR!

Next, the floors. Now this is where personal hygiene really comes into play. Fellas, you can't be dribbling. Enough said. However, the floors need to be mopped at minimum every night or morning. For God's sake monitor the paper towel trash container for overflow, and please let's pick up the dirty paper towels that made it to the floor.

Finally, I could go on with more infractions, from mold to graffiti to boogies on the wall. No I'll stop with this one - Nobody, and I mean nobody needs to see a poop overflow while they're waiting for their cold cuts.

Yes, it's a relatively new store, but that German engineering is on display with the clean bathroom. Always a nice scent no matter what time of day you go. They really are keeping it clean!

Used to be a little dingy but they have really stepped it up. I like the hand dryer, I think it's a Dyson. Powerful. Let's you know it means business. Coming into their busy season now it will be interesting to see if they can stay on top of "the flow".

There are a few Shop Rites that could have been on the list. I like this one because I don't go here regularly, but the times I have had to use the facilities they have always been top notch. It's a busy place all day every day so that is impressive.

Places like Home Depot and Lowes are hard to compare to other stores when it comes to restroom cleanliness. Let's be honest, they are mostly inhabited by middle aged men who are confused and have had too much coffee. Not a good combination. But as a confused middle aged man who loves coffee, let me say this place stays on top of things, especially with the floor mopping.

I feel that it's almost unfair to put BBB on this list, since they have Bath in their name, but my wife did and still does spend a lot of time in this store when she goes and I when I go with her, I eventually have to go! Well kept, nice size.

So many reason's to love Wawa already, but If you realize they are always open, and the drunk people that come in to these places nightly, it really is amazing they even offer restrooms to customers at this point. Cheers to the Wawa Restroom Attendants! It's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it!