What the fuck is wrong with some people? There are three stalls. One of the end stalls is occupied. The other two are clean. Why the hell would you select the middle one? For crying out loud people crapping want their space.
There was a humorous app making the rounds where you had to choose a urinal based on occupancy. The cardinal rule was to never select a urinal that was adjacent to one being used (if possible). This rule holds for bowls too. Where were you people raised?
People don’t take craps in a vacuum (though that would be interesting to see). Perhaps the outer stalls were occupied when he entered and had no choice but to take the middle one. The other two guys finished their business and left poor middle-stall guy all alone before you entered. It’s happened to me many times at my office john, which has a similar design.
Geez, panties twisted. They are stalls (i.e., surrounded by partial/whole walls), right? That’s pretty much the definition of privacy. If you want more, crap at home. Why so concerned about the selection of stalls? Maybe the guy didn’t see your feet…or care much. A toilet is a toilet is a toilet. I don’t pay any attention to who’s in which stall when I go into a public restroom. I’m an equal opportunity shitter. Any clean toilet is as good as the next clean toilet. I pretty much make a beeline to any random stall, check it’s cleanliness, and continue on to my business. I rarely even notice any feet that may or may not be on the other side of the partial wall. As a result, I am rarely bothered by the presence of another shitter nearby (with the exception of floor pissers and discourteous non-flushers*). You should try to be more like me. It’s liberating.
*Don’t even get me started on automatic flush toilets.
Turns out gravity provides a useful separation function.
I can’t remember the last time I cared about what someone else did in the bathroom. As long as the previous users didn’t get…stuff all over the stall, I don’t care what people get up to.
I guess I was thinking of space as being the most likely location for needing to poop in a vacuum. You’re right though that a vacuum does not imply zero-G.
I don’t care how irrational it is, I still get upset when someone sits down in the stall next to mine when there are 5 unoccupied stalls in the whole rest of the bathroom. It’s only happened a couple times since I started working here, fortunately.
OP here. Shocked at the responses. I liken a toilet stall to a parking space. If you have an empty lot except for one parked car, and you park next to the lone car, I think there’s something wrong/odd about you.