Tattorack,
@Tattorack@lemmy.world avatar

They do. Or at least, here in Europe they do. Seems rather absurd there’d be a place where they don’t.

activ8r,

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.

intensely_human,

We’re all about the transparency over here in the States. We believe in the free flow of information.

macrocephalic,

How else would you check that a trans person isn’t in there?

intensely_human,

How else would you know what a person’s pooping face looks like?

kleenbhole,

$

Gestrid,

Some of them do.

In any case, typically, the ones that aren’t occupied are always slightly ajar, so there’s no need for an “occupied” indicator.

Donebrach,
@Donebrach@lemmy.world avatar

Uh, like if the door’s closed it’s more than likely occupied.

oohgodyeah,

Useless if the door swings shut by default, likely from poor horizontal alignment.

CileTheSane,
@CileTheSane@lemmy.ca avatar

Try to open it. If it doesn’t open it’s in use.

FooBarrington,

Which brings us back to the initial question.

Kolanaki, (edited )
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

You can also usually see feet under the door since there’s like 5 feet of space between the floor and the bottom of the door…

Gabu,

That’s an american thing

FooBarrington,

Which brings us back to the initial post:

I hate peaking under the stalls or knocking doors to figure it out. The answer is so simple.

Kolanaki, (edited )
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Just because OP doesn’t like it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist, nor does it change the question of what to do when they don’t have said indicators. All OP asked was “why don’t they have indicators.” These are reasons why. The other reasons are greed and laziness.

FooBarrington,

Come on, it doesn’t help anybody to suggest the things they say they don’t want to do.

“I want to do X without Y”

“Have you tried Y?”

It’s just a completely useless suggestion.

CileTheSane,
@CileTheSane@lemmy.ca avatar

You don’t have to peak under or knock, just try to open it. If it doesn’t open don’t bang or rattle it just walk away.

FooBarrington,

“Why don’t toilet stalls have indicators?”

“Just try to open them”

Yeah, that’s also not a useful suggestion, even less the second time around.

Feathercrown,

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.

mangosloth,

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.

Waker,

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 🙃

Prometheus,
pastermil,

I thought this is everywhere

And I’ve never been to Europe

onevia,
@onevia@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Where is the 6 in gap between the door and stall??

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

America

onevia,
@onevia@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

You got me there 😂

ramenshaman,

cries in imperial units

x4740N,
@x4740N@lemmy.world avatar

Laughs in civilised countries that use metric

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

To be fair, it sounds better to have a 1 meter gap than it does to have a 3 foot gap when you have no sense of scale.

detectivesniffles,

slides under your stall

don’t forget about canada too

macrocephalic,

I’m middle aged and I don’t recall a time in my life when vacant/occupied indicators weren’t on all public toilets.

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

A lot do. Just not all of them.

_haha_oh_wow_,
@_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works avatar

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.

TheSanSabaSongbird,

I just leave the door open, that way everyone knows I’m in there. I even wave at the kids.

x4740N,
@x4740N@lemmy.world avatar

We need a cursed comments for lemmy

SoleInvictus,
@SoleInvictus@lemmy.world avatar

Dad, is that you?

Nihilore,
@Nihilore@lemmy.world avatar

Australia checking in, those are definitely a thing here

Agent641,

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.

andthenthreemore,

They do.

danque,
@danque@lemmy.world avatar

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).

Blackmist,

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.

Wazzamatter,

TIl us North Americans apparently are the only ones with this problem…

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