re: #213 Eventual Carrion

Ha, reminds me of my first day at a major hospital in Pittsburgh. I went to the correct floor and decided I would hit the bathroom before reporting and being shown around. I knew I looked at the plate by the door before going in, but then the door shut and there was a female supply coin operated machine behind the door and no urinals. I did a quick 2 second panic, turned around and went back out to check the sign. Sure enough it said “Men” beside the door. So I took care of business and went on my way. I brought it up to one of the guys when I got settles in and he told me it used to be female but had changed a year before to men’s. He laughed that I freaked out for a second when I first entered.

One of the biggest buildings on the UC campus is laid out like a square, with men’s and women’s rooms on two corners on each floor. They alternate, so that the women’s room on floor one is a men’s room on floor to, and so on. This no doubt explains why, one day when I was in the front (sink) area washing my hands and chatting with a co-worker, we were interrupted by a scarlet streak zipping from the toilet area to the door, and saying “sorry, sorry, sorry,” in a baritone voice.

The campus engineering building also didn’t contemplate the need for women’s restrooms (except the one on the top floor for the Engineering department staff, and a on-stall job next to the entrance for visitors, and they had to give one of the men’s rooms a sex change too.