Poll: Using the handicap stall in the bathroom

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Do you use the handicap stall?

  • I'd only use the handicap stall in an emergency.

  • I'll take a normal stall first, but if they're all full, handicap stall it is.

  • I take the handicap stall first! The extra space is great.


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waggy

No Lifer
Dec 14, 2000
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if its just me i use the regular stall. if I'm with my son i use the handicapped one (he is 4).
 

OUCaptain

Golden Member
Nov 21, 2007
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I always go for the handicap stall. Not for the extra space but for the taller toilet. Standard height crappers make my legs fall asleep when I've been eating to much cheese. Being handicap isn't a free pass to avoid having to wait like the rest of us.
 

ultimatebob

Lifer
Jul 1, 2001
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There are only two stalls in the bathroom where I work, and the handicapped stall is twice the size of the other one. Oh, and nobody where I work is disabled. Which stall would YOU pick?
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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The handicapped stall was never meant to be handicap-only.

I usually use them myself as they tend to be cleaner and have a sink usually inside.
 

preCRT

Platinum Member
Apr 12, 2000
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I do not care for the handicap stalls but will them if other stalls are taken. I am a modest person and handicap stalls seem to always have the crack between the door and the divider centered in front of the throne. I don't like people looking at me when I'm doing what I'm doing in there.

Are you a guy? Do you use urinals in public bathrooms?

In HS, I always used the faculty restrooms. One bangers with more privacy than the student restrooms.

You have issues. Who the hell ever looks in through the cracks in stall panels to watch anyone crapping? I've never seen it in women's bathrooms, I can't believe any guys would give a shit either.
 

spidey07

No Lifer
Aug 4, 2000
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Are you a guy? Do you use urinals in public bathrooms?



You have issues. Who the hell ever looks in through the cracks in stall panels to watch anyone crapping? I've never seen it in women's bathrooms, I can't believe any guys would give a shit either.

Ironwing and most of ATOT is what you call a "scared pooper and pisser". They have been brought up to think of their body functions as pure evil and to feel shame anytime they perform them. They are still to this day scared of the toilet. It's like potty training failed them at like age 4. They are still stuck in the mental state of a 4 year old using the bathroom.

It's ok, I'm still here with your M&Ms ATOT, ready to give you a treat when you use the potty correctly at the age of 32. That day when you finally breakthrough and get your M&M, when you're 32 years old.
 

spidey07

No Lifer
Aug 4, 2000
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And here I was thinking those larger stalls were simply for larger people. Kinda like urinals!

I must admit I feel a great sense of superiority when I walk in and see somebody using the short urinal. Poor, poor short guy, here's a special children's pisser, just for you!
 

Kelvrick

Lifer
Feb 14, 2001
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I must admit I feel a great sense of superiority when I walk in and see somebody using the short urinal. Poor, poor short guy, here's a special children's pisser, just for you!

I often use the short urinal. It doesn't really matter to me. The important thing is the one with the smallest piss puddle at the bottom.
 

Kanalua

Diamond Member
Jun 14, 2001
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I use the "handicapped" stall...doesn't bother me. I prefer the handicapped stalls.
 

spidey07

No Lifer
Aug 4, 2000
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I often use the short urinal. It doesn't really matter to me. The important thing is the one with the smallest piss puddle at the bottom.

But! But! But! What ever shall you do about the dreaded splashback from your penis? The pee can actually touch you! Aren't you scared?
 

Imp

Lifer
Feb 8, 2000
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im 6'3, 240lbs, ill take the space

I'm 5'4", 130lbs, I'll take the space just because. It's nice having a 3 foot buffer between you and the next stall and the room to get up without touching anything in a handicap stall. Also, the doors open outwards for handicap stalls; no "OMG, please don't touch the toilet" while trying to open the door inwards.
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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I must admit I feel a great sense of superiority when I walk in and see somebody using the short urinal. Poor, poor short guy, here's a special children's pisser, just for you!
Some of us need more swing room.
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
73,163
34,485
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Ironwing and most of ATOT is what you call a "scared pooper and pisser". They have been brought up to think of their body functions as pure evil and to feel shame anytime they perform them.
Well I was raised Catholic.
 

JulesMaximus

No Lifer
Jul 3, 2003
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When I've worked for larger companies there were no handicapped people working there, nor have I ever seen a handicapped person in the building so I generally choose that stall as it offers the most privacy.

That said, I've gone in the bathroom to do my business and found the handicapped stall occupied so I've taken the smaller stalls many times. No big deal.
 

CZroe

Lifer
Jun 24, 2001
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It's stupid to even consider them the same as parking spaces. Parking spaces are reserved because they aid in accessibility for the disabled, not so that they don't have to wait in line. A normal bathroom stall doesn't prevent someone from getting somewhere. Handicapped stalls are not to aid in getting to a destination nor are they for bypassing "the line." They are marked only to indicate that they have extra facilities to aid the handicapped. Nothing more. Making assumptions is just stupid. The only accomodation I would make is letting an obviously handicapped person in next in a line because he/she can't just wait for any stall.