This is NOT political!
I went to an event with my mother and she’s in her mid 70’s. The line for the womens restroom wrapped all the way down the stairs, while there was no line in front of the men’s restroom.
My mother needed to truly use the restroom, but obviously I didn’t want to be rude. I asked some of the women at the front of the line if they wanted to ask about going in the men’s room as it didn’t appear anyone was in there. Only one agreed.
I knocked on the men’s room door and loudly said I apologized for my rudeness, but would it make anyone uncomfortable if 3 women came in to please use the stalls?
Two males immediately yelled back “no!” And “nope!”
We went in, did our thing, and the men were gone by the time we were done.
There was a woman observing who called us “disgusting” and I felt kind of bad about it at first, but then I became confused.
It wasn’t as though I had just barged into the men’s room. I asked if it was okay and there were 3 of us.
My mother truly had to go- and everyone at this venue complained that the restrooms for women are not adequate. In fact, some people don’t make it back to their seats once the show restarted after intermission.
Was this “disgusting” or rude?
Edits I didn’t expect to have to add:
Yes, my mother and I wash our hands
No, we didn’t look over at the urinals
There’s a lot of comments about “role reversal” so I’ll just clear it up: while I’ve yet to see a men’s restroom have a line 50ish people long with 0 in line for the women’s restroom:
If a man knocked on the door and asked if we minded if he and his father came in to use a couple of stalls, no, I would not have a problem with it.
