I had about an hour before my speech and thought it might be a good time to use the restroom. I went downstairs, past the men’s dressing room in the theatre, and entered the restroom. I took a quick peak into a stall, and was quite surprised by what a saw.
Two toilets.
One stall.
A Double Toilet.
I was so surprised by it, I quickly took a photo of it with my iPhone, posting it on my facebook profile with a simple caption that said, “REALLY?!?!?!?”
The comments that followed from my friends were quite hilarious, and days later I still wonder, “why?”
I mean seriously, is there any purpose to this? The stall door closes. Do you find a friend and say, “let’s do this?”
I don’t think so.
I know women will go to the ladies room together, but I doubt that no one really intends to use the toilet together.
But there is this stall in this theatre that is oddly being wasted right now. I don’t know if they had to expand it for ADA purposes or if someone actually thought this was a good idea.
In my opinion, it’s just strange.
It makes no sense.
It’s a waste.
Do you have any “double toilets” in your life or organization right now? Things that just don’t make sense, but we let them exist anyways. Maybe quick patchwork jobs (like making two stalls into one for ADA purposes), that now really need a long-term fix? Is there anything that someone would really question as an outsider that you could now do differently (and better)?
Seriously think about it.
Maybe chat with a friend or colleague about it.
But have that conversation in a normal location like a Starbucks, and not in some strange Double Toilet stall.