Women are funny.
There is a bizarre unspoken Etiquette of the Bathroom at my workplace: if more than one person is in the bathroom, anonymity is maintained.
Woman A goes into a stall. Woman B comes in a few moments later. Whomever finishes first, say Woman A, will flush and exit the stall to wash her hands. Woman B will not emerge until she hears the Woman A exit the bathroom.
As it happens, yesterday i was Woman B and entered the bathroom second. But i finished first. As i was washing my hands, i noticed Woman A’s feet were both turned to the side instead of facing forward. My interpretation of this is that she was standing there, waiting for me to exit, before she flushed and came out herself.
Maintaining anonymity.
Of course, not everyone is like this. There are folks who try to learn everyone’s shoes, and will then speak to you from the stall. Personally i prefer to follow a strict no-talking-while-peeing rule. If you are in a stall, or if i am, i don’t want to talk. We can talk at the sink or outside the bathroom, but please, let me pee in peace.
It’s a strange place, the bathroom.