The public/work/restaurant washroom toilet stall is a place that none of us would prefer to be. Let's face it, most people (at least the normal ones) would prefer to take care of business within the confines of their own domicile. I don't think anyone would begrudge me that point of order.
Perhaps this is due in part to the "door puller". Now, i'm not sure if the "door puller" phenomenon takes place in the female washrooms because I don't use them, or go in there. The "door puller" is an odd sort, to say the least and typically appears when you least want them to. You know how it goes; you're comfortably seated...well at least as comfortable as you can be with your pants down in foreign confines and the "pull" comes.
Being imposed on you cough, you clear your throat, you end up saying "hello" in hopes the door puller will go away. But, they try the door again. What the Hell, man? Once they try the door once and it's locked is that not an incredibly strong indicator that the stall is in use by another person? What, exactly, is the "door puller's" thought process anyway? Do they think to themselves "if I pull enough on this locked door, it may open and it may happen that nobody is actually in the stall". Is that what they are thinking? I sure as Hell don't know but the next time it happens to me, I plan to say (loudly) "Phew, glad you showed up...can you go find me a hacksaw please?"
Chances are, they won't return to pull the door as they run out of the washroom.

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