A routine stop at a petrol station during a family road trip turned into a heated confrontation for an Oklahoma father after another customer called police because he took his two young daughters into a women’s restroom.
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Tyler Brodsky was travelling home to Oklahoma from Florida when he stopped at a service station in Alabama so his daughters could use the toilet. According to Brodsky, he chose the women’s restroom because it was empty and he did not want to take two young girls into a men’s bathroom.
“I’d rather do that than bring two little girls into a men’s bathroom full of grown men and dirty stalls,” Brodsky wrote in the caption of a TikTok video that later attracted more than 13 million views.
The situation escalated when another customer confronted him after the man's wife and mother-in-law discovered a man inside the women’s restroom. The customer said his mother-in-law was unwell and became angry and called police while Brodsky was helping his daughters wash their hands.
Video recorded by Brodsky shows the man arguing with him outside the restroom.
“There is a man with two little girls using the women’s bathroom,” the customer complained. “He’s washing his hands with his daughters right now.”
As the argument continued, Brodsky’s daughters became distressed and started crying. An employee from the servie center stepped in, closed the restroom door on the angry customer and apologised to Brodsky and his children.
