I’m always surprised about the morons I run into “overhere”. Americans are known for being so prude. But if it comes to their public bathrooms, for a civilized country like that, I can’t understand why you get so exposed, with all these gaps between the doors.
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If we didn’t have cracks in the stalls, or at least partitions that did not go all the way to the floor, it would make it much harder to spot the pervert toe tappers.
I have to say that one thing about gaps between the doors is that if you run out of toilet paper you can ask the dude beside you to send some over. Any polite American would be happy to oblige. No gaps = no toilet paper in an emergency. Ask yourself if you are willing to just “finish up and stand up” or not.
Not only can you send an emergency sheet or two under the stall, you can also pass the sports section back and forth.
But whatever you do, like DBlock said, don’t talk on your cell phone when you’re in the stall. That’s just rude.
The gaps are both a blessing and a curse. I’ve had a dude kick my foot from the next stall. Fortunately it was a coworker just teasing me and not some footsie perv.
In my hotel, we have lots of marble. Some of the bathrooms are made with black marble floors and partitions. Basically, in these bathrooms the floor is a mirror to the next stall’s crotch.
You also sometimes get the nosy 5 year old kid who likes to stick his entire head underneath the door to look at you taking a stinker.
Obviously, you must be all guys!!!! You don’t care. Guys fart in public, too!
@complaint999, chicks don’t don’t fart in public “overthere”? What’s more prudish? No cracks in bathroom stalls or women who don’t free-up.
I feel completely the same way as with the huge cracks in between the doors, and also with at the bottom of the stalls.
It’s just so uncomfortable to have a little kid walk in with their parents who are supposed to be watching them and they either crawl underneath your stall or peek through the crack to say hello.
It’s a rare find to actually discover a bathroom where the stalls are completely private.
Plus, it’s just as easy to ball up a wad of toilet paper and throw it over the top as it is to hand it over the bottom.
jenkins on December 29th, 2007 at 1:04 am | Link
Public bathrooms are a huge pet peeve of mine, but when you gotta go, you gotta go… Hanging a coat on the hook helps to cover one crack between the door.
It is a nice surprise to find a bathroom with a more private stall. No need for the entire room, or the little kid in the booth next door, knowing what is going on. You are obviously all guys who have never been in the middle of changing a tampon and then have some little kids head peek underneath the stall…NOT fun. LOL
SMB on January 9th, 2008 at 8:13 am | Link
You people all need to get a job, way too much time on your hands. And to the poster who does not think this country is cililized, **** You
IAN on January 9th, 2008 at 2:07 pm | Link
i don’t look in the cracks, maybe i should watch for people that do
allison on March 25th, 2008 at 1:15 pm | Link
you are so right!!!!! finally someone that complains about it, I thought I was the only one! I am from Southamerica, and I cant understand why restrooms here are that way!!!! I feel safe when I use the restroom in Uruguay but here I’m always in a hurry to get out. The only problem we have in my country is that there is not always toilet paper available so you better have some with you when you go out. thanks.
Juliana on December 10th, 2008 at 11:21 am | Link
The worst is the guy/girl who tries to open the closed stall door and then, as if they weren’t convinced by the locked door, takes a peek between the crack just to make sure that its really occupied. When they do this I always say something like “Yep, its occupied.” This usually prompts them to mumble an apology and promptly leave.
Dave on March 6th, 2009 at 3:49 am | Link
We’re not talking about the massive crack that partitions the next cubicle; this posting is more about the 3 cm gap either side of the cubicle door, so anyone waiting to use the toilet can see the present occupier going about their business. The toilet cubicle is the only thing left anywhere where big brother is not watching, yet the Americans take it a step further and make your motions very public indeed…. maybe that’s way they call it a ‘Public Convenience!!!’
Jazz on June 1st, 2010 at 2:08 pm | Link