A Walmart worker is warning women against using the retailer’s restrooms, saying serious health hazards are hiding in plain sight.
The employee, named Devan, made the public service announcement in a TikTok video which has clocked up 611,000 views and a whole lot of alarm.
“This pertains to men and women, but mainly women, and you’re gonna see why,” Devan declared, before revealing that the restrooms’ toilet paper was the problem.
Before taking a pee or poop break inside the store, the employee urged shoppers to check inside the toilet paper roll dispensers to see whether IV drug users had wiped their needles.
In the video, Devan showed a picture of a toilet roll which was speckled with blood-like spots.
“This is from needle-using junkies going into the bathroom, taking that cover that’s over it [the toilet roll dispenser] off, sticking their needles in there and cleaning their needles,” Devan claimed.
He added that even if you don’t see blood on the roll, it’s important to check for pin-like holes since needles aren’t necessarily always bloody after use.
“If you wanna be safe, take the cover off, check the toilet paper. If it looks like that, get up and throw that s–t in the trash,” he urged.
He said Walmart shoppers should bring wipes of their own to ensure their safety.
The Post has reached out to the retailer for comment.
Devan said that he has personally seen blood-speckled paper once or twice at Walmart — but viewers said they had seen similar things in a variety of public restrooms.
“Saw this in a small café in Rome Italy. it’s a worldwide dilemma,” one wrote.
Meanwhile, others were shocked by the revelation and thanked Devan for his public service announcement.
“Never would have thought of that! Thank you soooo much for the heads up,” one grateful shopper said.
“Thanks for the advice!! This is crazy!! How scar. Simple things like toilet paper can be a hazard,” a second shocked viewer said.
This isn’t the first time someone on TikTok warned their followers about the risk.
Last year, TikTok tipster Dane Jones warned shared a snap of a toilet paper roll covered with small red flecks alongside long, thin and colorless streak marks.
“If you look closely, you will see a bunch of tiny red blood splotches,” Jones noted. “That is not from someone’s bloody nose or little accident.”
“It’s from someone cleaning their needles — dirty needles to be exact,” he continued. “We don’t know if this was one person or multiple people cleaning their needles from injecting drugs.”
He urged anyone who saw such a sight to immediately leave the public restroom.
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