Why is it that when someone wants to use a public restroom which happens to be occupied at the time, the tendency to knock politely seems to have been replaced by repeated attempts to open the door, as noisily as possible? Is this just in the US?
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ANSWERS: 9
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Maybe there is a crowd of people dying to go, or maybe the person like me has just finished off one of those 500 ounce fountain drinks. Really it is annoying isn't it?
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Well... if you made me wait any longer i might have to pee through the crack under the door. It is alot like how people wont wait for you to unlock the car door and keep pulling the handle which causes the lock to get stage fright and not work in a timely manner.
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No, it happens in our country as well, I personally think its the way people are educated now a day, there is just no respect or manners anymore. People have just become too busy to teach their children the critical basics we were taught.
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If I don't know that the restroom is being used, it makes more sense to attempt to open the door. If it's locked, then I know it's occupied. There will be no need to knock. There have been times when I'm using the restroom. The door is locked and someone will just knock and knock and knock. Doesn't make any sense.
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I don't know if it's just the U.S., but now I've got a neurosis or something about locking the bathroom door, because my family all seemed to try the knob and then knock, confused, when it didn't open. I can't go till it locks unless I'm about to piss myself. Night at a hotel with a bathroom door with no lock at all? Augh. That said, we've got a few bathrooms with heavy wood doors that swing shut automatically- these are real doors, not stall doors. Stall doors I'll knock, but the heavy wood doors, I'll usually try the knob gently first.
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i know EXACTLY what you're talking about. it drives me insane. i've even had to shout "just a moment!" it's kind of embarrassing really. but it's rude to keep trying to open the door...
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ive never had that happen here in GB? and ive never heard anybody complain about it? so maybe its an american thing, and if so, we will probably have it soon hehe
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Okay, now I did feel kinda sorry for the guy knocking, but this was funny. It was a little old man at the will call counter at a warehouse, which happened to have a restroom right next to it (I was working at the will call at the time) Now, one of my co-workers, a large man I'll call Ted, was in there on his break, where he usually spends all 15 minutes. Now this little old man was waiting patiently for 8-10 of those 15 minutes, and you could tell he was becoming uncomfortable as hell and really had to go. Well, he eventually couldn't hold it and became increasingly urgent with his knocking until finally "Ted" opened the door, pants around his ankles and said... "Unless you think you can do a better job of wiping my ass, quit knocking." then shut the door.
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I don't know if it happens much in Australia but the opposite situation annoys the heck out of me. It has happened quite a few times that I've knocked on the toilet door and nobody has answered (even when I've knocked reasonably loudly). Then, I've tried to open the door and found to my horror that somebody was in there. The worst was when I was three and saw my dad's willy. He was really angry with me but how could it be my fault when I knocked and he didn't answer?
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