Not the men’s. And in my experience, the men’s is the one that much more often needs locking.* In fact, maybe they should keep the men’s room locked and not give anyone the key, in order to keep it clean.

Of course not. I kid. I think everyone has the right to pee. This isn’t Urinetown.

So I’m offended on behalf of us all. Of course I am. I’m offended that women can’t just walk into what should be a public service, and I’m offended for the men that I assume they presume would walk right in if it weren’t locked. Men are people too, you know. And if they want to use the women’s restroom, as a friend of mine once said, let them live their truth. At the very least, we have doors on the stalls.

 

 

*How does it smell so much in there? Is it peeing onto porcelain, rather than into water? If that’s the case, they should get rid of urinals. Because it smells like a barn in there. Trust me, I know—I go in there when I need to go to the restroom at my therapist’s office.