That's what I think every time I go into a public restroom and can't find any trace of a hook for a coat or handbag, as in "Fucking men who design these bathrooms with no regard for a woman's needs."
And what I need right now, aside from relieving my bladder, is a hook to hang my stuff on. I'm not like George Costanza—I don't strip down to do my business—but sometimes I am wearing a long coat that would be better served hanging away from my backside.
You know what I'm talking about.
Then there's my purse and laptop bag. I would rather not set my luscious Kooba bag or quirky Orla Kiely on the Petri dish of a floor that clearly hasn't seen a mop since the OxiClean guy died.
Here's where I start blaming men, who traditionally don't have extra baggage (literally, at least) or clothing that needs to be hung up. Dudes don't think about the convenience factor of a hook. These are the same guys who have designed stadium bathrooms with an equal number of stalls for men and women. Um, when are you going to learn that chicks need more stalls so we can get back to the game or totally rad reunion concert just as quickly as the XYs of the world?
So architects and building planners of every gender, when you do figure out a better ratio of bathroom stalls for women to men, throw a hook in each one, please? I've got a few hang-ups.
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Us men have built-in hooks, we just pop a woody and loop our messenger bag strap over that. Makes aiming a little tricky, but hey we're men, a little piss on the floor is par for the course.
Seriously, I have the same complaint. What's even more frustrating is going into a stall and seeing a the holes where a hook used to be.
Not only that, because they don't "sit" they make toilets to freakin low!
So true! I've never thought about blaming men for the absence of bathroom hooks. I will now though!
With you on this one...all bathrooms should have hooks. Ugh! I hate putting my precious on the floor.
I have long admired the late actress Greer Garson for many reasons, foremost among them the vision and practicality of this:
Garson donated millions for the construction of theaters at both Santa Fe University of Art and Design and Southern Methodist University, BUT only on these three conditions ...
1. They had to have circular stages,
2. Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" had to be the first production, and
3. The theaters had to feature large ladies' rooms -- more facilities for women than for men.
Brilliant!
Don't know if those restrooms also have plenty of hooks, but I'll just bet they do!
I just blame men for everything. It's easier that way.
Why you took picture from aerial angle? You should take a picture from peer to peer view. This toilet seat is looking weird.
Men's bathrooms have hooks in the stalls... They are there to hang up our suit jackets or overcoats. You must be spending too much time n Wal-mart johns...
I'm sure you do... And your 16 cats will forever thank you and keep you warm at night.
I want to punch u in the face for this pointless unfunny blog!
I completely agree! How about stalls that are so shallow you cannot close the door without stepping back so that your legs are touching the toilet?? Or so narrow that your thigh hits the toilet paper dispenser when you sit down. And the TP is mounted so low you have to bend way over to look for the paper. Or restrooms with no lighting over the stalls, you can't tell if the seat is wet or dry. How about those paper towel dispensers mounted so high you have water running into your shirtsleeves reaching for them. Sink faucets that are so undersized your hands touch the sink basin when you try to rinse the soap off...oh don't get me started!
I feel you. This is like every bathroom stall at Forestview High. You are my favorite for posting this.
you go to ghetto joints, thats what you get...
Your all are abunch of sexist men haters. Ever considered that the design of your bathroom stall may be the fault of your cheap establishment or perhaps ponder the fact a women could have potentially been responsible for those decisions? It's a restroom stall not first class on a flight. And most bathrooms are fitted with hooks on the back of the door. Perhaps you should spend less time blaming people and more time considering if you need all that crap you drag along with you. If you weren't so absorbed by your possessions and spending on designer products you might be able to see past your own noses and realize there is more to the world.
Bathrooms in offices that have a pushbutton lock in the doorknob. Then I get to use a toilet that sits out in the open, not knowing if that lock is secure. Of course the toilet sit in the line of sight of that door, and often an entire room. (That's why they invented stalls.) Hate that.
Hooks I can work with. Quit putting the stupid toilet paper dispensers at knee level. Without getting indelicate, one must occasionally spread one's knees and reach. WHAP! Right into the dispenser. Which, being 10 inches from the ground requires you to lean over and reach up into the dispenser to get your requisite 2 sheets of TP.
Yes, they are designed by idiots.
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