Toilet cubicle etiquette

I would have chosen A if it was clean/had toilet paper as I'd prefer not to be next to others doing whatever, however, I really don't think there is any etiquette.

I got my letters wrong. If you were in A, I'd go in B.

If no-one was in A I'd use that, but I might use B. I like to mix things up.

I'd go to whichever felt most comfortable, be that location, cleanliness, having toilet paper, whatever. Doesn't matter who else is where. They are individual units and private. Sometimes I have to skip over cubicles due to mess or lack of toilet paper.

No the one closest to the entry point is statistically the cleanest, as most people choose the one furthest away.

I never even think about spacing. I just walk in, probably choose the one with the most obviously open door (I don’t want to have to check if it’s occupied or not), glance in the toilet bowl to check for horrors, check there’s paper, then I’m happy.

I have noticed this too!

If there was one car in the car park, I would park at least 1 or 2 spaces away from the other car.

But I’ve noticed other people would park right next to the car, leaving no spaces.

I remember being at an outdoor event and going to a space really far away from anyone else and had someone come and sit so close to me that she was actually sat on my skirt and I had to ask her to scoot over so I could pull my skirt free, even though there was an entire field full of space.

Lack of toilet paper or shit, blood, sick, or piss, or all 4, or a mixture of some, would send me to whatever other toilet was available. Did you check for evidence of a massacre in toilet C before you left?🥸

IME most women leave the gap, which means A and C will be the most popular and B the cleanest.

The correct answer is C always choose the toilet furthest away from the entry point that is the cleanest.

I would not choose one next to an occupied one if I could avoid it, in case that occupant was doing a poo 😬

But, I don’t there’s any etiquette about it.

I would more likely gone C then B possibly next if all empty

If someone was in C or A I would go the opposite but I am not bothered if someone went next to me

I love this light-hearted threads but funnily enough I think there has been genuine studies on thus

Something about 'toilet cubicle maths' or something like that

I think it is a bit of fun but I am also fascinated by the theory behind these things

I'm a creature of habit. I'll use the toilet I always use if I can. Obviously won't wait for it but if I have a choice I'll choose 'my' toilet.

I HATE that OP. Our work cubicles are open at the top and botto. And when I go in to have a sneaky poo someone ALWAYS chooses the cubicle right next to me. Or has a very long chat with someone right outside my door. I hate it.

I always avoid the cubicle someone has just come out, so I don't have to breathe in their faecal particles 😂

I don't have a cubicle preference, but I do check for skid marks / period stains and quickly exist the cubicle if I see these things.

What annoys is when people put wads of toilet paper in the toilet bowl so people can't hear their plop plops. It just blocks the toilet for the next person, and no one cares anyway, we all plop plop.

Maybe they were desperate and didn't have time to select an "appropriate" bog 🤣

I'm with you OP.

I understood that it was light-hearted OP and voted YANBU. Providing of course that if C was occupied, I would go to A ONLY if it had a) a locking door, b) a hook to hang my bag and c) plenty of loo roll. If it didn't have a), b) or c), I would therefore try cubicle B.

@MaryBethMayfair I understood the assignment, Im having a slow work day too!
In those circs I would definitely opt for A, I always leave a cubicle between me and others if possible.
Also if Ive seen a work colleague go in, I prefer not to leave until they've left.
Context I work in a team of 20 on a floor of hundreds so our loos are one long row of about 12 - This results in many location choices!

I applaud the diagram!

I can't understand why people would not want to leave an empty space in between when there's a choice, but some people seems to need to be as close to others as possible, toilets, car parks, beach...

I would choose A or C.

A is statistically the cleanest but C is furthest away and has a window.

(We have mixed sexed toilets and I feel more comfortable in C don’t really know why).

But nearly everyone (mainly female staff) choose B even if the other toilet is empty.

It doesn’t bother me but if someone is in C, I use A instead of the one right next to them.

In my office, my personal preference is always our A. No particular reason other than that's the one I use and I'm obviously a creature of habit. My next choice would be B. Our C would throw me entirely as it opens onto a view of the caretakers cupboard rather than the sinks, so I'd find that very disorientating. I think I've only used it once in ten years when a training session with set breaks caused higher than usual footfall.

I'm with you OP.

A tiny bit more privacy is nice.

I always hang on a second too so I don't have to wash hands at the same time and hang around for the hand drier.

Maybe I'm weird 🤷‍♀️

Totally get it OP.

But for instance if all three were empty I wouldn't take A automatically because the next one might be better, so I'd check B too. If the standards are equal then I'd go ahead and use B rather than go back to A.

So maybe it's someone like me on autopilot.

From experience I like to go far enough in to retrigger the sensor light, if you go for the equivalent of A at work the light doesn't trigger so can go out mid visit and isn't triggered by someone in a cubicle which given zero natural light isn't fun.

So I tend to head towards C and divert back if required.

Also A is the most often not working in that set of toilets...