I've been traveling around these United States since I was a little girl, which is a very long time. I want to talk today about restroom stalls. During those travels, I've seen stalls at rest stops along highways, in parks, in gas stations, restaurants, theme parks, amusement parks, and even hotel lobbies. I swear, as I've gotten larger, the stalls have gotten smaller. If any handicapped ladies are wondering why so many women who are not 'challenged' use the handicapped stall, it is because that is the only stall they feel they can squeeze into.
I suppose men don't have this problem; certainly hubby doesn't quite understand my anger over this. But when I go into a stall, and the opening door comes within 2 inches of the toilet bowl, I am left wondering where I am supposed to stand in order to close that door. I suppose an underfed 8-year-old could stand next to the toilet and close the door, but I am not paper thin. The only thing I can think of is that we ladies are supposed to stand IN the toilet to close the door. Then we can step out, shake the blue liquid from our dainty high-heeled slippers and do our business. Hopefully, the toilet will flush before we are required to step back into the bowl in order to open the door to leave.
At the same time, toilet paper containers have become enormous. I recently made the mistake of choosing to use a 'normal' stall, and after contorting myself to get the door closed, and seating myself, I found the over-sized toilet paper container trying to sit on my lap! This would have been quite a feat, since I have no lap. The entire experience was quite claustrophobic.
Please, whoever is designing bathroom stalls these days … give us room to breath!
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