Big and/or fluffy skirts aren't impossible in regular bathroom stalls, but I prefer the handicapped stall.

They removed the hooks from ladies' after a raft of purse theft.

In ours at work, the hooks are halfway down the door, which is okay since I don't often have a long coat to hang.

At the Delta Hotel in Montreal, they have hooks at the top and at the middle, with signs telling you to not use the top ones, which crack me up.

I haven't seen a fold down shelf in ages. I always liked those.

I think I'm a little too attached to the roominess. They're just so spacious! Why wouldn't you want all that room every time?

Um. I dunno. I sense that maybe you're utilizing your bathroom stall in a way the rest of us are not.

What do you need that much room for?

I haven't seen a fold down shelf in ages.

Last time I used one, it flipped up while I was on the can. Not a fan.

A lot of department stores still have them, which is great for smaller packages as well as purses.

Bathroom stall doors without hooks are evil.

But crime-free! Or whatever. That is the rationale, isn't it? At least in women's rooms, there are said to be roving bands of thieves who will reach over the door and steal your purse off the hook, while your pants are down so you can't get them. Or something.

Hence the new wave of hooks on the sides of the stalls I've been seeing lately. Those flip-down purse-shelfy things are pretty cool too, though not as handy for jackets.

Hah, what was that, quintuple x-post?

What do you need that much room for?

You are soured by LA real estate.

Also I stretch sometimes, maybe do a little dance, and the odd bit of shadowboxing.

But not if anyone's waiting, of course.

That would be wrong.

Got a problem with that, lady?

I do feel free to use the men's room.

Single stall men's rooms, I'm assuming?

Oh, I've used the multi-stalls in my time.

When one goes in and sees that the one occupiable stall is ovccupied, is it better to quietly retreat and go find another bathroom or say something? I opt for silence, and when I'm the occupier and someone says something from the door, I don't answer. Am I being rude?

I don't think I get it. Why would you need to say something? Why not just wait? I do kind of think not answering is iffy. (I'm presuming they asking if it is in fact occupado?)

I just don't buy the purse-theft thing. I mean, it's not far away, and there's nothing else to look at, so I'm pretty sure I'd notice as soon as my purse started moving. And then I'd grab it. I'm on the john, not in traction!

Anyway.