I absolutely hate bathroom stall doors swinging inward!

[Brent]

I absolutely hate how the doors on bathroom stalls swings inwards, towards the toilet, argghhh. Every time I have to pee in one when I'm done I turn around and have to do a twisty and bendy motion, almost like a dance, in order to pull the door open cause there isn't enough room and I really don't want to step close to or around the toilet.

WHY can't they make it so the doors swing outwards!? I guess they don't do it so people don't hit other people with the door, but seriously, I think we could figure that out and avoid hitting people. I absolutely loath the inward swinging door.

 

[DeafPoet]

As always, Trek holds the wisdom you seek. Automatic whooshing doors will solve everything! They can't go all the way to the floor though. That shit would be heresy!

 

[Miss Chicken]

Either you are a big man or else you have been using very small toilet stalls because I have never had a problem.

 

[CommodoreKong]

I'm pretty sure it's illegal to build doors that swing outwards. In the event of a fire they don't want doors to be blocked from the outside preventing people from escaping.

 

[sidious618]

I'm pretty sure it's illegal to build doors that swing outwards. In the event of a fire they don't want doors to be blocked from the outside preventing people from escaping.

Some stalls wing both ways.

Edit: Yeah, I know I'm just asking for a joke here. Have at it if you must.

 

[DeafPoet]

I'm pretty sure it's illegal to build doors that swing outwards. In the event of a fire they don't want doors to be blocked from the outside preventing people from escaping.

Some stalls wing both ways.

Edit: Yeah, I know I'm just asking for a joke here. Have at it if you must.

No good. Might get in the way of my wide stance. *rimshot*

Thanks folks, try the veal!

 

[auntiehill]

^ Rimshot.


OK, back to the OP. I know what you mean. I've been to a few places, like small restaurants and such that try to cram as many stalls in the tiny bathrooms as they can. And then, just to add insult to injury, they make the door swing inwards, so you practically have to be a Circque de Soleli member just to get out of the damn thing without brushing your leg against the toilet. YUCK.

 

[Brent]

Either you are a big man or else you have been using very small toilet stalls because I have never had a problem.

Every time i go pee i turn around and have to do a dance to get the door open without stepping in pee or brushing my leg against the toilet

no, they just need to reverse the direction of the doors, thank you

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

Why don't you just use the urinal then?

 

[RoJoHen]

Either you are a big man or else you have been using very small toilet stalls because I have never had a problem.

Every time i go pee i turn around and have to do a dance to get the door open without stepping in pee or brushing my leg against the toilet

no, they just need to reverse the direction of the doors, thank you

I have never had this problem in a bathroom stall. I cannot figure out what you're doing wrong.

Why don't you just use the urinal then?

Agreed.

 

[Captain Ice]

Why don't you just use the urinal then?

Agreed.

I'm assuming it's being used.

But then again, I can't duplicate the problem with the stall door. Sounds like it might just be a small stall to start with.

 

[jamestyler]

Why don't you just use the urinal then?

It may be a situation where it's against the man code of conduct and the only available urinal is between two very burly men.

I hate small cubicals. I haven't worked at a venue where I haven't found one that wasn't ridiculously small. Which is a bit of a nightmare when, thanks to the joys of spandex, I need to fully undress before I can even think of peeing.

 

[Jadzia]

What if the door is broken? which most seem to be. It's easy enough to keep your foot against a door that opens inward, but you can't do that if it opens outward.

But isn't it normal for all (human sized) doors to open inward? Except those designed for wheelchair access, which tend to open into the bigger space (often outward).

I hate small cubicals. I haven't worked at a venue where I haven't found one that wasn't ridiculously small. Which is a bit of a nightmare when, thanks to the joys of spandex, I need to fully undress before I can even think of peeing.

When I was about 4 or 5 years old I remember I preferred to strip completely before using the bathroom. It just didn't feel right to me to be sat peeing while I had clothes on.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

I absolutely hate how the doors on bathroom stalls swings inwards, towards the toilet, argghhh. Every time I have to pee in one when I'm done I turn around and have to do a twisty and bendy motion, almost like a dance, in order to pull the door open cause there isn't enough room and I really don't want to step close to or around the toilet.

WHY can't they make it so the doors swing outwards!? I guess they don't do it so people don't hit other people with the door, but seriously, I think we could figure that out and avoid hitting people. I absolutely loath the inward swinging door.

I understand your plight completely.

Here at work our toilet doors are all designed to open both ways, purely for people with limited mobility, and also in the disabled toilets, as it is understood that not everyone has the manoeuvring capacity to negotiate the toilet bowl (which is always right next to the adjacent partition thus leaving us precious little leg room) and the tiny, tiny little wash basin (which in our line of work is surely not compliant with handwashing technique regulations). The mechanism of the door locking is very neat indeed, and I believe ought to be rolled out everywhere, especially in motorway service stations (I've become a bit of a critic of service stations along the M6 of late, but that's another story altogether ).

What if the door is broken? which most seem to be. It's easy enough to keep your foot against a door that opens inward, but you can't do that if it opens outward.

The Foot Manoeuvre™ was standard practice in our own University. Thank goodness for in-swinging toilet cubicles back then.

I hate small cubicals. I haven't worked at a venue where I haven't found one that wasn't ridiculously small. Which is a bit of a nightmare when, thanks to the joys of spandex, I need to fully undress before I can even think of peeing.

When I was about 4 or 5 years old I remember I preferred to strip completely before using the bathroom. It just didn't feel right to me to be sat peeing while I had clothes on.

I still feel the same way even today - for one thing I feel it's somewhat more hygienic to not wear your clothes while doing The Business™.

Which is why I usually tend to live alone. [Thank God - someone]

 

[jamestyler]

When I was about 4 or 5 years old I remember I preferred to strip completely before using the bathroom. It just didn't feel right to me to be sat peeing while I had clothes on.

At the risk of making myself sound stranger, I don't feel comfortable without trousers at the ankles

I still feel the same way even today - for one thing I feel it's somewhat more hygienic to not wear your clothes while doing The Business™.

Thats one half of the reason I have to get undressed when in gear. Aside from accessibility issues. A few stray drops of urine onto my tights and I'd be hunting out my spares and moaning about how tight my boot laces are.

Go for a sit down pee. Nothing better than a sit down pee with a hangover.

 

[sidious618]

Why don't you just use the urinal then?

Am I the only person who refuese to use a urinal? I just find it quite disgusting. I need my privacy, damn it!

 

[Alpha Romeo]

Why don't you just use the urinal then?

Am I the only person who refuese to use a urinal? I just find it quite disgusting. I need my privacy, damn it!

Who's looking? Who'd WANT to...

 

[sidious618]

Who's looking? Who'd WANT to...

You know you do. Don't deny my beauty.

 

[Gertch]

Why don't you just use the urinal then?

Am I the only person who refuese to use a urinal? I just find it quite disgusting. I need my privacy, damn it!

Yeah, I find them very uncomfortable to sit on.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

Why don't you just use the urinal then?

It may be a situation where it's against the man code of conduct and the only available urinal is between two very burly men/

If the urinal is open, then use it. Who cares about that? So long as it's eyes forward, you'll be out of the bathroom in a few minutes.