I hate peaking under the stalls or knocking doors to figure it out. The answer is so simple.
TIL occupied indicators are not standard in the rest of the world.
I think it’s uniquely US problem, along with weird gaps so you can always look at the person shiting
In the US just peer through the crack between the door and the wall. Ensure solid eye contact with the current occupant. Determine how much time they’ve left. Adjust plan accordingly.
I always reach under the stalls to grab their ankles. Scaring the shit out of them speeds things up
I’m pretty sure that would show me down. I’d have to spend half an hour wiping after pinching it off with that clench.
You shouldn’t do that.
The doors are deliberately designed to have a large gap on the bottom, so you can poke your head through. This is the correct way of doing it.
We have these for years in Europe
I thought this is everywhere
And I’ve never been to Europe
I’m middle aged and I don’t recall a time in my life when vacant/occupied indicators weren’t on all public toilets.
They do. Or at least, here in Europe they do. Seems rather absurd there’d be a place where they don’t.
Bear in mind the US also has massive gaps in their public toilet doors. They do seem to be struggling. Then again I’m from the UK, so… Yeah. Send help.
We’re all about the transparency over here in the States. We believe in the free flow of information.
How else would you check that a trans person isn’t in there?
How else would you know what a person’s pooping face looks like?
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
Often but not always in Germany too
Yeah here in Japan most places have a red and blue indicator that moves with the lock. Bidets and toilet seat sanitizers are also pretty standard in any decently modernized areas. We kinda win when it comes to bathrooms.
Just got back from Japan. I’m always surprised when I’m in the middle of nowhere and the public restrooms have heated sitting, deodorizer, bidet, background sounds. Like… Wtf? That’s better than my toilet at home. And I’m not even from the US 🙃
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.
Australia checking in, those are definitely a thing here
Its super awkward when youre too busy unlatching your ground harness to connect your toilet harness that you forget to lock the door, and some cobber walks in and sees you hanging there with your dick and balls out, pooping into the void of space.
Cost. The gaps in most NA stalls are so big you will know whether it’s occupied anyway just by walking past.
Wait till you see Kansas City airport they have lights outside showing you how many occupied, and lights inside showing you red or green for what’s empty full
Uh, like if the door’s closed it’s more than likely occupied.
Useless if the door swings shut by default, likely from poor horizontal alignment.
Try to open it. If it doesn’t open it’s in use.
Which brings us back to the initial question.
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’ve never seen one without.
In 'merica, we love to grab the door and shake it or look through the 2 inch gap to check if it’s occupied 🇺🇲
Where I’m at, the majority of them have the lock with indicator but that lock is broken and above it is a shitty non indicating lock.
Do your toilets not have these things:
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TIl us North Americans apparently are the only ones with this problem…
All the ones I’ve seen stand open when they’re not locked.
