Toilets and gender - very light hearted discussion

Qcmbr

At work we have four toilets per floor of which two are male and two female - we have about a 10 - 1 balance of men to women and so we got to bitching about how unfair it is that they (the ladies) get two toilets while we have to hike around looking for an available stall. These toilets are single occupant rooms (as a toilet prude these are my favourite toilets of all time! - I can't do 2's in public except in dire emergencies) but we got to talking about some of the other offices where the toilets are larger etc.. and several people are in there at one time. We were discussing which toilets should be used by people who are gay or who have changed gender. We couldn't think of a fair answer as it seemed to be a little bit like the farmer, fox, bag of grain and chicken puzzle but we couldn't resolve it.

If a gay guy goes into a male toilet does that cross boundaries which is why (I presume) we have traditional male/female seperation in the first place?
Would women be offended if the gay guy went to their toilet?
Would guys (gay or straight) be offended if women went in the men's toilets?
Which toilet should the gender change individual attend?
Is it all too confusing and should all toilets just be unisex?
If you did opt for four different sexual orientation toilets what would the door symbols be?
Which one would be the cleanest?

We couldn't work out what would be fair or leave everyone satisfied except for having single occupancy loos which brought us back to the unfairness of having to travel several floors looking for an available male toilet.

poppers

My goodness! A lot of mental energy is being expended here.

Qcmbr

It was a Friday afternoon.

Qcmbr

We had a lot of fun thinking up toilet door symbols - regarding our forementioned imbalance issue we came up with a guy with crossed legs or since we're a load of geeks really big glasses on the guy.

serendipity

Easy - fire some of those guys and hire women to achieve potty parity.

Many men are slobs in the restroom, so I'm not thrilled with the idea of unisex singles. Unisex stalls are definitely out - I wouldn't want prying eyes peaking in through the cracks. I like my privacy.

Qcmbr

I don't think you'd get any arguments for hiring more women...

poppers

"Many men are slobs in the restroom, "
I used to work at a gas station when I was in high school. Part of my job was to clean the restrooms. Far and away, the women's restroom was much much messier, not just once in a while but on a daily basis. I was really quite shocked by this.

juni

I don't engage in potty talk.

serendipity

Far and away, the women's restroom was much much messier, not just once in a while but on a daily basis.

Many women are slobs too. I think that a lot of kids (boys and girls) are taken to the women's restroom and the moms don't clean up after them.

Elsewhere

I'm confused by your use of "single occupant" and "multiple occupant" rooms. Are you saying the "multiple occupant" rooms have multiple open toilets in plain sight without any walls or barriers?

Toilets and gender - very light hearted discussion

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