Ladies and Gents toilets

[watervole]

Had lunch in a small cafe this afternoon. Went to the toilet afterwards. The ladies was in use, so I used the gents - they're both identical, one stall each, no urinal.
Do other people do this? When there's only two loos and they're in separate rooms, what is the point of restricting them by gender?

Comments

[scarlatti.livejournal.com]

If there's only one stall, I don't see the point of gender restriction, either. Hmm. (Maybe there is some law or regulation that places of public accommodation must have restrooms assigned to each gender?)

[jophan.livejournal.com]

Most loos over here in public places are unisex, with the (rather large, of course) exception of eating and drinking places.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

I guess Sweden is ahead of us there. It makes far better sense, especially as there are nearly always longer queues outside Ladies loos in any case. (We often have things like sanitary towels to worry about, quite apart from not peeing standing up)

Loos...

[(Anonymous)]

I'm reminded of a French restuarant I know - a single big communal area with wahbasins and stalls, and a small area behind a "western bar door" for the urinals. Seemed eminently sensible and practical....

Alastair