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I've seen exactly one stall here in the states that is covered floor to ceiling
I've been to some high end hotels for conferences where there weren't gaps in the stall doors at least. There's still the gap at the bottom but at least you aren't making accidental eye contact to people outside.
For what it's worth, while there certainly are public bathrooms with stalls from floor to ceiling, the most common design does have gaps between the floor and the stall (at least here in Germany). Just not as big as the gaps in the US. You'd have to get uncomfortably close to the floor of a public bathroom to see anything. And no gaps between the door and the walls.
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This is why I love gender neutral bathrooms.
All the stalls have actual walls and doors that actually give you privacy.
Some even have sinks in each stall so you can go from wiping your ass straight to washing your hands without touching anything else. And if you have a bag with you, you don't have to grab it with your grody poop fingers and walk to the sink.
Some even have sinks in each stall so you can go from wiping your ass straight to washing your hands
See, I emphatically do not want that.
If I could rely on everyone else washing their hands properly it would be great. But I don't want to have to touch the stall door that has Aleppo been touched by people who haven't washed their hands after I've washed mine. I want the hand washing to be the very last thing I do before exiting, preferably via a push door that I can push with my foot or in a spot that fewer other people would push it.
Sadly since these people exist, they also touch common stuff beyond the bathroom.
Then open the door before washing your hands?
I’m convinced these shitty shitty stalls are the reason so many Americans fear the idea of trans people, or people who do not appear to be cis, using the bathroom.
There was a podcast (I think Hyper Focused or Search Engine) that had an episode about this: American toilet cubicles are the way they are because they want to know if anyone is wanking
I haven't listened to that. Is that sourced / verified, or just suspected?
Gotta love puritan authority 🙃
I took this as how do you install them so you can close and lock the doors at all. There are so many where you have to push the walls apart or lift the door with your foot before you can lock it
Two inch gap between the plywood rectangle wall and door so everyone can see you taking a shit? A foot between the bottom of the door and the floor so stupid kids can pop their heads under and keep you company? Say no more, I got you covered!
It really is impressed upon me how cheaply every public bathroom is constructed. I feel like somebody could sneeze too hard and the whole thing would jostle apart.