# There are restroom stall doors for a reason **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 14, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932 "2013-03-14T17:16:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/1 "2013-03-14T17:16:31Z")
If you are using a public restroom with stall doors, but I can see your butt cheeks, you are doing something wrong. Entering the restroom at work today, somebody had the stall doors closed, but was oriented not towards the toilet and squatting low enough that in the doorway to the hallway, I had the misfortune of _seeing them actually wipe their ass_. WTF? There are so many things wrong with this - why squat oriented towards the stall door instead of the toilet? Why squat with your ass so low it is below the stall door? Is it a record that I have gone my entire life without seeing another adult human wipe their ass? There’s something about public restrooms that makes people into gibbering morons. At least with a private restroom, if you’re doing funky shit that I don’t want to know about, I’ll never have the displeasure of seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/2 "2013-03-14T17:37:15Z")
The only explanation I can come up with is, maybe it was coming out from both ends and they were facing the toilet to puke? I offer you my sincerest condolences on the loss of your “not seeing an adult human wipe their own ass” [del]streak[/del] record. ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/3 "2013-03-14T17:40:44Z")
So wait, the person was facing the toilet, and they were squatting so low that you could see their ass _under the door_? I don’t think I’m flexible enough to do that and still be able to wipe. That is truly bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/4 "2013-03-14T17:46:13Z")
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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/5 "2013-03-14T17:48:47Z")
Was the ass image enough to ID the person? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/6 "2013-03-14T18:02:24Z")
I told you to stop crawling around mens’ restrooms on your hands and kness. No good will come of it. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/7 "2013-03-14T18:05:43Z")
Pics or it didn’t happen ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/8 "2013-03-14T18:05:48Z")
They may have had an assplosion and were wiping up things from all over and didn’t want to touch their pants yet. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/9 "2013-03-14T18:10:11Z")
Was their TP folded, or scrunched up? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/10 "2013-03-14T18:14:32Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > \ > > \ > > \ (\*) > > \ Aw come on! Was that really necessary? ---
**Author:** ![EMCEE\_98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@EMCEE\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EMCEE_98)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/11 "2013-03-14T18:18:34Z")
OP, I’m sorry for your trauma, but I have to say I can’t stop laughing about this thread (Schadenfreude by Proxy?). ---
**Author:** ![AHarris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@AHarris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHarris)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/12 "2013-03-14T18:18:42Z")
How is this possible? With the stalls I have seen, you would have to be sitting on the ground in order for your butt to be visible when the doors were closed (at least to someone who is standing up). ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/13 "2013-03-14T18:26:19Z")
Never use a public restroom in China then. You’ll make friends in the weirdest way. ---
**Author:** ![EMCEE\_98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@EMCEE\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EMCEE_98)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/14 "2013-03-14T18:57:54Z")
Maybe the stoop-shitter was from a country where they crap in holes in the floor? ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/15 "2013-03-14T19:08:04Z")
I think the OP means the stall had a door, but the offending ass-wiper hadn’t closed it. Unless I’m being whooshed… or possibly flooshed here. ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/16 "2013-03-14T19:23:40Z")
Maybe it was one of those “didn’t even have to wipe” deals and they were proud of it and showing off. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/17 "2013-03-14T19:24:40Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > I think the OP means the stall had a door, but the offending ass-wiper hadn’t closed it. > > Unless I’m being whooshed… or possibly flooshed here. He said the door was closed; perhaps he’s one of those people who gets right up to the crack between the door and the frame to peer into the stall, then gets offended by what he sees? ---
**Author:** ![pope\_hentai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/18 "2013-03-14T19:38:31Z")
Meh. The average stall door i’ve see usually appears to have about a foot to 2 ft clearance on the bottom. i’ve seen some higher though at various venues, so i can picture the situation in my head (a sadly unpleasant visual, mind you.). the squatter would have to either be prety close to the door though… or there is alot of space in front of the stall. This rates up there with the guys who use urinals with their pants and shorts around their knees on the wtf scale, though. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/19 "2013-03-14T19:51:37Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > He said the door was closed; perhaps he’s one of those people who gets right up to the crack between the door and the frame to peer into the stall, then gets offended by what he sees? ::rereads OP:: :smack: Ok, I got nuthin’. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932/20 "2013-03-14T20:12:28Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > The only explanation I can come up with is, maybe it was coming out from both ends and they were facing the toilet to puke? This is the explanation I’m going with. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-restroom-stall-doors-for-a-reason/652932.md?page=2)