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bodhipooh t1_iupahn1 wrote

Newport Mall has gotten sketchier in weird, almost imperceptible ways. In 2019, I had the stupid idea of stopping by the bathroom in the food court area to wash my hands and I was greeted by what can best be described as a public shower service. The homeless hang out by the entrance to the bathroom and use it to take sink baths and the entire thing was appallingly dirty and messy, I had my son with me (who was just a few months at the time) and, not gonna lie, I was skeeved out and felt mildly unsafe. The whole thing felt off. I haven't been back to those bathrooms since then, and have only stepped inside the mall on a handful of occasions since then and each time it feels sketchier, despite the improving store selection.

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hippityhoppflop t1_iupxx3t wrote

I have been to the mall a good amount of times this fall and have never seen anything like that in those particular bathrooms. Those bathrooms are not the cleanest though

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black_stallion78 t1_iuq0cgo wrote

Sounds like the time I had my daughter with me at Port Authority in NYC and she had to use the bathroom. Low & behold a homeless woman was taking a sink bath all naked and dirty. I hid my daughters eyes and ran out!

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pm_me_CupNoodles t1_iupye88 wrote

seriously. I was at the food court about a year or so ago and I was randomly stopped by a young guy begging me to buy him something to eat from Popeyes, claiming he was hungry. I didn’t notice it immediately but I saw he was rocking a pair of Airpods, his clothes and sneakers looked decent. For some reason, I didn’t think much of it, likely since he asked for food and never asked me for money, but I couldn’t shake off the feeling something was just off about him. I said “sure,” but once we were there he took forever to decide what to order and I thought “this kid is likely just using me to get free food for whatever reason” so I say “wait for me, let me go to the bathroom” hoping I could lose him in the process. But when I got out of the restroom, the dude was waiting for me right outside the entrance. I made up my mind I was leaving after that, so I told him “sorry, I’m not buying you food”, he followed me briefly but never saw him again after leaving the mall. Has anyone had an encounter like that?

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