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Odd behavior in theater restroom
Posted by: Teacher64 03:12 am EST 12/21/15
I know there are frequent threads on this board addressing theater etiquette, and this is something very odd, and probably illegal, that I have witnessed first hand on TWO separate occasions while at the theater. It is women walking into the men's restroom. This happened at ART when I went to see FINDING NEVERLAND. The line for the women's restroom was deemed "too long" and so three women walked into the men's room and used the toilet stalls.
And now today, we (me and my two sons) went to the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Show and while using the men's room AFTER THE SHOW (not during intermission), two women came into the men's room, each with a little girl (probably around 10 years old), and used the toilet in the stalls. Now just to familiarize people with the men's restroom at Radio City, it appears to be "vintage" in that much of the fixtures are classy but very old fashioned (right down to the foot pedal you have to step on to activate the hand blowers). The urinals are on either side of the room, and are equally old fashioned. Very tall going all the way down to the floor with no dividers. The only type of urinal with less privacy would be the old urinal trough. Well, these two women marched right into the men's room (which had no line) with their two school aged girls because they felt the line at the women's room was too long. I even heard one of the little girls say something about not feeling comfortable being in the men's bathroom. The woman just put her hands on the girl's shoulder and pushed her towards the stall. It certainly got some shocked reactions from the men (and especially the young kids) who saw females in the men's room! But, as far as I know, nothing was done about this.
Now, try switching genders. Have an adult male walk into the lady's room and you will have an incident that will make the papers. The man will be arrested and will probably have to spend the rest of his life registering as a sex offender.
The lines for the women's restrooms are notoriously long in most theaters. But women just feeling that, because the line is too long, they are ENTITLED (and that what was the attitude of these women both times it happened) to use the men's restroom is something that is getting a little out of hand. Either these theaters need to make the women's room larger to accommodate more women, or they need to put an usher at the men's room door to stop this from happening. Women should NOT be using the men's room in theaters. (Or anywhere else for that matter.)
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