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

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      Exactly! I genuinely learnt something from this post. What a strange world we live in, something so basic for over a century is not used by the hegemon

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    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.

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

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      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.

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    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.

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    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.

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      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 🙃

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    Cost. The gaps in most NA stalls are so big you will know whether it’s occupied anyway just by walking past.

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      Was a bit of a shock when I went to Japan and all the stalls are just small rooms within the restroom. It was nice. Bidet game is on point too.

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      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

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      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.

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    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.

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    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).

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    I’m genuinely curious to know where in the world you live. I would be horrified if someone was peeking under the stalls or bothering people by knocking on the doors.

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        Land of freedom.

        Freedom to poop with a giant gap between the door.

        Freedom to piss in a urinal with no divider.

        Freedom to wipe with toilet paper so thin, so dainty, that it’s practically see through.

    • When I frequented small cafés before the epidemic lockdown, it was typical in San Francisco to get frequent impatient door-knockers.

      Part of the problem is the lack of publicly available restroom facilities. Shopping malls often might have two restroom pairs, usually at the food court and by the movie theater, and then one each at thr major department stores, typically hidden by the changing rooms.

      I cannot say how this compares to other towns or other nations, but designing public lots in The Sims 2, I quickly learned to make sure there were facilities a short walk from everywhere. (Also skip the sinks and install showers, since sims dress and undress with a quick spin)

        • I don’t know. The Sims 2 was the last of the series by Maxis rather than by the eldritch maw of post-Origin EA lurking in the chaos void

          There may have been placeable bidets that weren’t useable. That said, it wouldn’t be too difficult to mod one together so that a sim sits down on it (as per toilet objects) and it increases hygiene.

          I did like that divicrats (floor threshold dividers) were regarded as room separators for matters of privacy and environment wheb I wanted a relaxed household where everyone poops and dresses in the open.

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      Idk about OP but where I live most public stalls do have indicators but not all of them. Often custom bathrooms for places like restaurants tend to be missing them since they’re to some degree custom designed to match a certain aesthetic and I’m guessing in those cases indicators are easily forgotten or just left out of more niche bathroom stall door designs.

      I wouldn’t be surprised if this is also an issue in older bathrooms with older stall designs because I remember indicators being less common when I was a kid. But I usually knock if I’m checking a stall like that and don’t try to look underneath until I’ve tried less invasive measures. Honestly usually you can tell just by looking at the shadows on the floor and seeing if there’s any movement or not, without having to bend over to check for feet.

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      Wait till you get a load of the accommodations in much of the developing world. I’ve had some real adventures during my travels over the years.