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.

Bathroom stall doors without hooks are evil.

I didn't even think guys would notice this. How sexist of me.

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.

It's sad that it's the NYCers who brought this up, because it had never occurred to me as a potential problem.

Maybe I'm revealing a pattern of just not thinking about bathroom stall door hooks. God, I hate being willfully ignorant. Noooooooo!!!!

Got a problem with that, lady?

No. I'm pretty entertained by it though.

Go pee on the thief!

Go pee on the thief!

HAR.

What do you need that much room for?

I once commandeered the handicapped stall at a party after too many shots of tequila. It's roominess meant that I became a stop on the party tour. At one point I looked up from leaning over the toilet and the were four people in there, hanging out with me.