So last night Scott and I went out for dinner. Mum had kindly offered to have the kids for the night (thanks Pam) so we took full advantage of not having to eat anywhere that involved plastic trays and an indoor play room!
We ended up going to a semi-swanky place in town, where the food was amazing and the toilets were unisex.
Yes, you read that correctly. After my main (fish with crab ravioli…OMG, so good) I headed to the ladies room. Except it was a ladies AND a mens room. How very European, I thought to myself when I saw the ‘Unisex Toilets’ sign above the door.
So in I went, where I was greeted with two rather large swans. Or were they ducks? sitting on the bench. Nice touch. I bet the men just love looking at those while they’re washing their hands, continued my random thoughts.
I walked into one of the toilets, shut the door and was greeted with this sign above the toilet:
“FFS, what’s with the 3M hook thing hanging out of the side like that” was my first thought (seriously, my self-diagnosed OCD tendencies never stop cropping up) before thinking, “Bloody hell. There must’ve been a lot of randoms going to the toilet without shutting the door for management to actually have to write a sign about it!”
I looked down at the toilet and was relieved to find the toilet seat wasn’t up, so I wrestled my way out of my jumpsuit, went to the loo, washed my hands and got out of there. All without having to share a basin (or a toilet) with a member of the opposite sex. Which, just quietly, was a little bit disappointing. I reckon it would’ve made for a cracker of blog post if I’d had to make swan/duck related small talk with some bloke in a bathroom!
What are your thoughts on Unisex Toilets? Have you ever used one? And did you shut the door?!
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