August 01, 2003

Stall Tactics

There was an article in yesterday's Colorado Springs Gazette. It was all about public restrooms and the way we deal with them. Here are the rules they listed for public-restroom behavior:

  • Be willing to share toilet paper with those unfortunate souls in stalls without it. [Don't be like Elaine's nemesis: "Can't spare a square."]

  • Be aware of those desperate enough to use stalls with broken locks.

  • Don't peek through the cracks between the stall door and frame.

  • Flush.

  • Don't linger for chit-chat.

  • Don't laugh about or comment on what's going on in the restroom. Ever. It's a matter of courtesy in what can be an awkward situation.

Posted by at August 1, 2003 03:33 PM | TrackBack
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Once on NPR, they interviewed someone who had written a book about how women are more free in the ladies' room than they ever are. The author incognito had tape recorded conversations in the ladies' room, and her thesis was the women expressed what they never would anywhere else in the ladies' room, because now man ever came there.

I must say, I've never viewed the ladies' room as just such an oasis, but it was interesting, nevertheless.

Posted by: Jeannette at August 1, 2003 07:09 PM
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