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Toddler bathroom emergencies do not care about store policies. Some owners do, though. So when a little girl urgently needs a restroom, her dad is told to buy something first.

He follows that rule exactly.

See why the purchase immediately comes back.

Sure I will make a purchase to use your restroom

Not me, but my dad.

Many years ago my parents took us on a family vacation.

Being a family of 5 and trying to save costs, we opted to take a 2 day scenic drive in stead of flying.

They had to pull over.

My youngest sister was just off her diapers, and had to urgently pee.

My dad stopped at a filling station in a small town, to let my sister use the restrooms.

Cue the grumpy old store owner refusing to let her use the restroom, because we haven’t actually bought anything yet (there was a line waiting at the fuel pumps, and still a couple of cars ahead of us).

This was a clever workaround!

Seeing as my youngest sister was really struggling to hold it in, my dad goes into the shop and chooses the shadiest looking snack he could find, and pays.

Sure as hell – after my sister did her thing, he proceeds to return the snack because – wouldn’t you know it – the expiry date on the packet was way in the past.

You can also bet that we went to the filling station across town to refuel the car.

That dad was pretty smart!

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.

You’d think they’d make an exception for a little kid.

Someone with IBS weighs in.

Restrooms at gas stations have gotten nicer.

A gas station employee shares their perspective.

Seriously, when you gotta go, you don’t have time to buy something first!

His dad bought the shadiest snack he could find so his young daughter would finally be allowed to use the restroom. Once she was done, he returned the long-expired snack and took the family’s fuel business somewhere else.

He made the required purchase, just not the required profit.