I hate peaking under the stalls or knocking doors to figure it out. The answer is so simple.
We have these for years in Europe
Where is the 6 in gap between the door and stall??
America
cries in imperial units
slides under your stall
don’t forget about canada too
I thought this is everywhere
And I’ve never been to Europe
They do in the UK - where are you?
Yeah I don’t think I’ve ever seen one without, but being red-green colour blind I wish most didn’t only use those colours
They do.
You guys don’t have an indicator near the door handle?? It’s super common in the Netherlands. Almost every toilet has a small indicator, except for maybe some old doors the owners didn’t replace, but all else always shows if it’s occupied or not (not that people won’t try anyway even if red for occupied).
I just leave the door open, that way everyone knows I’m in there. I even wave at the kids.
Americans, isn’t it?
Next they realise that toilets shouldn’t have massive gaps around and under the doors.
Y’all are living with prison toilets.
Because in the US you can usually see the person shitting through the ridiculous gaps in the stalls.
This is why we can’t have nice things.
I’ve never seen one without.
They do…
Cost. The gaps in most NA stalls are so big you will know whether it’s occupied anyway just by walking past.
Was a bit of a shock when I went to Japan and all the stalls are just small rooms within the restroom. It was nice. Bidet game is on point too.
The way it should be 😔
I’m genuinely curious to know where in the world you live. I would be horrified if someone was peeking under the stalls or bothering people by knocking on the doors.
When I frequented small cafés before the epidemic lockdown, it was typical in San Francisco to get frequent impatient door-knockers.
Part of the problem is the lack of publicly available restroom facilities. Shopping malls often might have two restroom pairs, usually at the food court and by the movie theater, and then one each at thr major department stores, typically hidden by the changing rooms.
I cannot say how this compares to other towns or other nations, but designing public lots in The Sims 2, I quickly learned to make sure there were facilities a short walk from everywhere. (Also skip the sinks and install showers, since sims dress and undress with a quick spin)
‘murica
Land of freedom.
Freedom to poop with a giant gap between the door.
Freedom to piss in a urinal with no divider.
Freedom to wipe with toilet paper so thin, so dainty, that it’s practically see through.
A lot do. Just not all of them.
Some do. Most are too cheap to bother.
In my experience most do? Maybe the US is different from everywhere else?
Probably.
Most stalls are bolted together pieces of cheap metal with the most basic latch you can imagine. If an indicator adds 10 cents to the cost it’s not going to happen.
Never seen one in the US. Also in the US, 10% or so don’t even close right. Plus a 30 cm gap on the bottom and a half cm gap on both sides of the door.
It’s only an illusion of privacy; anyone can look through the door or under the stall.
Porta potty doors swing closed automatically, so they need the indicator. In public bathrooms, the doors stay open, so if it’s closed it’s occupied.
How else am I supposed to make new friends?
