I will always choose the handicap stall because I like the space between myself and the next stall. It seems like the US bathroom system encourages games of battle shits and I’m not willing to play. I’ve only had one instance where I walked out and a person who actually needed it was waiting. I felt terrible, but it was only once out of hundreds. Does anyone else do this?
Duh. They’re handicapped ACCESSIBLE, not reserved
This may be unpopular, but the stalls are handicap accessible, not reserved.
I do try to be considerate. I keep time short and at work, where I am aware of where people who would have a greater need than I are located, then I go to the restroom they’re least likely to use.
I do, but I’m handicapped.
ETA: I don’t really care if a non-handicapped person uses it.
What does ETA stand for in this context? Edit to Add?
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Well, yeah, but I’m in a wheelchair sooo…
Yes, for my own physical needs.
The default stall is frequently so small that I tend to get my back twisted or smacking a knee on the bowel trying to navigate the inward opening door that almost hits the toilet in a stall barely wider than my shoulders. I’m not even a big person, extremely average. But normal stalls in the US are built like airplane seats.
Work stalls are a little bigger than businesses so I use the regular ones there.
So yes, if the normal stall is tiny I use the big one and that is generally the case. In all my decades I only held up someone who needed it once, but was in there because the other stalls were taken.
I usually go for the non-accessible one first, but if that one is occupied or dirty or something I readily use the handicap accessible one.
every time first
My peeing experience is not tangibly improved by more leg room, there’s plenty in regular stalls.
I use it often, and have never walked out to someone waiting for it. If I did, I wouldn’t feel bad, because I take like 1 minute to poop.
I only use the handicap stall if all the others are already occupied and I am literally about to shit myself. Otherwise I’ll just wait for a normal stall. I don’t wanna be the reason someone with a wheelchair couldn’t get a stall in time and shat themselves.
Of course. Plenty of bathrooms are only disability accessible by default these days and I won’t go shit in the garden because I couldn’t find one that wasn’t.
At work, yes. They made room for the handicap stall by narrowing the other stall to the point where my shoulders brush the walls. Too f’ing awkward.
Oh God you just reminded me of a funny story. I had a boss that was probably 600lbs+. He was huge. The bathroom was a single occupant situation, and the toilet was positioned what I would consider a normal distance from the wall next to it. Typical distance to allow reach to the to dispenser.
This monster of a human had literally crushed a crater into the drywall from sitting on the toilet and being pushed up against wall. Every time I used the bathroom and saw it I laughed a little. I think I was just amazed this person could actually function.
I usually only use it when I need it. Be it when I am having a hard time with mobility or it’s the only one left. Doesn’t really bother me if someone else that may or may not need it is using it (you can’t always tell just by looking).
I use whatever stall is open and clean.
