Flight attendant reported another flight attendant locked the bathroom door and put an out of order ...

Narrative:

Flight attendant 1 blocked the jumpseat area with curtain and locked the lavatory. I told him that we can't do that; the only way we can is if we have wheelchair passenger using the lavatory. He replied that he feels uncomfortable being to close to passengers around his jumpseat . He called the captain and told him that it was me who wants to keep it close.I told captain what was going on; flight attendant 1 still refused to do right thing. He locked the back lavatory (put a sticker out of service) on the back lavatory door. It is so wrong. I could not fix this problem. He was very condescending. I told him if he doesn't feel safe with customers he shouldn't be here. We can't make the customers uncomfortable and stop them from using lavatory.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Attendant reported another Flight Attendant locked the bathroom door and put an out of order sign on it; so he would not have to get close to people.

Narrative: FA 1 blocked the jumpseat area with curtain and locked the lavatory. I told him that we can't do that; the only way we can is if we have wheelchair passenger using the lavatory. He replied that he feels uncomfortable being to close to passengers around his jumpseat . He called the Captain and told him that it was me who wants to keep it close.I told Captain what was going on; FA 1 still refused to do right thing. He locked the back lavatory (put a sticker out of service) on the back lavatory door. It is so wrong. I could not fix this problem. He was very condescending. I told him if he doesn't feel safe with customers he shouldn't be here. We can't make the customers uncomfortable and stop them from using lavatory.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1754082
Time
Date	202008
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

Flight attendant reported another flight attendant locked the bathroom door and put an out of order sign on it; so he would not have to get close to people.