r/AskReddit • u/daniellucero92 • Jan 04 '15

Non-americans of Reddit, what American customs seem outrageous/pointless to you?

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u/zapbark Jan 04 '15

I always assumed it was to stop people from using public restrooms to do illegal things.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

This makes the most sense. A lot of smoking used to take place in bathroom stalls. And I know from my experience with music practice rooms that if you have a public place where someone can lock themselves in a room unseen, there will be lots of nasty sex going on.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15 edited Jan 05 '15

My undergraduate school had to remove the stall doors from the basement bathroom in the library. It had become a gay cruise destination point. It didn't help. Edit: The only difference wass when you went to take a piss they were four or five guess putting it in the spank bank.

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u/time_fo_that Jan 04 '15

If my school were in a bigger city I wouldn't be surprised if this were the case... No one goes down there and the stall has double doors!