LADIES: WHICH RESTROOM STALL?
An internet poster @MaryBethMayfair went online to ask a question about what the best practice is when visiting a ladies room. She drew a diagram showing a row of three cubicles, labelled with A, B and C. Stall C is farthest away from the door, against the wall. She says that, if you walk in and the bathroom is empty, you should choose stall C. Her reasoning: “I was just in cubicle C, and someone entered moments behind me, and went into B. I think that’s madness. Why, out of the two remaining cubicles available, you’d opt to go into the one right next to someone. I also believe that statistically, A is apparently the cleanest cubicle, due to it being used least.” Almost 200 people offered their opinions on the post, and most agreed with her. Nobody said stall B – the middle one – should be your first choice.
* Apparently this is a going concern.
* First of all, her logic is wrong. If nobody said stall B should be the first choice, then B would be the least used and the cleanest!
* Since when does any ladies room in the world have more than two stalls? Isn’t that why the lines are so long?
* Nobody should pick a stall until we run this by ChatGPT. (or Perplexity, or Claude …)
* I bet this is what MaryBeth Mayfair spends her time on when she’s supposed to be working remotely. Those 200 people who answered her, too.
* PHONE TOPIC: Ladies… your thoughts?








