I have come to the conclusion that the best way to tell if the toilet at work is occupied is not necessarily whether the latch indicator is red.  The best sign is that I’ve become desperate to go – then it will surely be busy!

For my area, I share a single male toilet with maybe 50 guys.  And lately with work I’ve often been holding on for some time, and when I finally find a 5 minute window to relieve myself, more often than not it seems I’ll need to wait for some time longer.

In fact some days the odds have fallen so badly, I’ve been convinced the same guy has been in the loo for 5 or more hours.

But I’ve come up with an ingenious idea, of changing the colours on the toilet door’s latch.  So when it is free, the latch actually shows red and people are forced to make the 60 metre trek to the next one.  I, however, will be in the know that it’s actually a sign it’s free. Maybe someone has done this before me.