Pulaski

Imagine that.

Jerseygirl

Don't roll your eyes at me young man!

kimilseung

Wedding - no alcohol. Whats that all about?

zzrmark

I had to go to one of those this summer - tried to stimulate the senses with copious amounts of the freebie coffee but it wasn't quite the same...

Colorado calling

Probably been mentioned already in the 200 pages already but it gets me everytime I pass through an airport or large public building in the U.S. Toilet cubicles with huuuuuuge gaps in their construction. Why, why, why, why?

I can't be the only girl who tries to hang her jacket over the door in a way that covers part of the gap or positions luggage strategically to block the view. The worst case was at the county auditor's office when we went to get the marriage licence. The queue was so long by the time we had been served I needed to use the toilet. Found them and they were the same ones as employees use (another thing I don't quite get) and as I'm washing my hands and looking in the mirror I can see one of the women who was in the licence issuing office doing her business in a cubicle with gaps so big I wonder why they even bothered with doors. The gaps were so big I could recognise the person. Also the doors have a big gap underneath so you see almost the entire lower half of their outfit.

Is there some reason for this that I'm not aware of? Have asked hubby man times and he just shrugs and laughs and says "that's just how it is", his stock answer for all my WTF questions.

Pulaski

This has probably been covered, probably more than once, but always worthy of another look.

The only reason I can imagine for the scant privacy that American toilet stalls provide is that it prevents anyone doing anything "inappropriate" in there. Certainly from my perspective, literally, as I am 6'5", I find them most awkward as I can usually easily see over the top, and find myself hunched over while entering and while adjusting my clothes before I leave so that anyone else does see me and feel obligated to look away or to acknowledge me.

The reverse problem exists for me if I use the urinal next the first stall, as I have to make a conscious effort to make sure that, if the stall is occupied I keep my head down and/or looking away.

sir_eccles

Especially surprising give. The number of Republican politicians doing something inappropriate in bathrooms.

Steerpike

Good airflow, less smells ...

moneypenny20

Do Republican politicians do more inappropriate somethings in bathrooms than Democratic politicians?

SultanOfSwing

Fewer smells inside the stall, maybe, but certainly not out in the general common area of the public bog in question, since the increased air flow helps circulate it pretty well. Especially if someone's just had a breakfast burrito

The sad thing is, I'm so used to the gaps now, I don't even notice them anymore.

Leslie

Yup.

Bob

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Baby Doe, follow up

Lord PercyPercy

I went to one of these also, turned out there was a family history of alcoholism on one side, but still, how do they expect people to get up and dance without any alcohol? Isn't that what a wedding is all about?

Nutek

Free cake.

sir_eccles

Reminds me about the week before my wedding. We happened to walk past the venue we were going to be having our party in the next week. Another event was going on and it looked like the saddest party ever, no one dancing etc. Wife to be has breakdown and calls her grandmother who assures her that we have an open bar and enough drunks coming that we'll be fine, that cheered her right up.