It's always been daunting. If there's not an empty cubical i leave. I have been late for classes by a good 15 minutes because of having to use bathrooms across campus before... but i just cannot do the whole standing thing, so it's the trade off i choose to take. Public bathrooms are disgusting...i used to carry a can of Lysol in my backpack for school.
The 1/4th an inch gap in the stall door is the devil. i hate it. Hate it. you have no idea how much, but i could go on about that for way too long if i let myself. It's just creepy being a girl in a room full of guys, with them able to see you. Given, they don't see me as a girl, but i still see them as men, and it's really kinda terrifying sometimes. *shudders* It's even worse if someone tries to check to see if someone's in the stall you're in because that surge of terror passes through you and fight or flight kicks in, even though somewhere inside you know they won't ACTUALLY do anything, but that tiny bit of logic does nothing to quell the thousands of visions that just flashed through your mind of what would happen if they did. Then again, I see myself as completely female, and half of those scenarios aren't possible yet.
Sorry. I have huge issues with bathrooms.
((you refers to me in the above. i don't know why i broke into second person, but i speak for no one))
