Women and the Restroom Stall Code

So we've all heard that men have bathroom codes for urinals and such but the "woman's restroom code" is hardly ever talked about.

I've been noticing a trend in my office building in our floor's restroom when it come to the infamous stall selection moment. There are 5 stalls; one is the handicap one and the others are standard. Since most of the people in our building are not disabled, there is always the choice of all 5. Well as a woman you would naturally choose the cleanest one, but the question comes into play does that really matter when there is a stall taken by someone else? Its an easy answer to pick which stall you wish to use if they are all unoccupied - just pick the cleanest. The challenge comes in when there is more than one stall being used at once. The handicap stall is taken by someone who is definitely not disabled and the one next to the wall on the other end is taken. You can tell that they're planning to be there a while, so do you pick the middle one with the sketchy toilet seat that always moves when you sit on it, or do you pick one of the other two that are near the "campers?" In this situation, I would run the risk of falling just so as not to disturb the campers.

Another challenge is when the restroom available is only a 4 stall. When the extreme ends are already selected by others, which one do you pick? I usually like to walk a little slower and try to figure out if the occupant is is just peeing or will be there a while. Then the selection is easier.

Another thing I've kind of noticed is that some women prefer to poop alone in the office bathroom and others don't mind sharing their time with the poop buddy. Rest assured that they are NEVER camped out near each other, but in that worst possible locations for everyone else to go and do their really quick pee and get out. I personally feel a little awkward when I walk in on someone's poop time and I know who it is by their shoes. They may not know its me, but I know its them. It doesn't bother me that they're pooping, but I think it makes them uncomfortable that I am there. I do my best out of respect to their moment, to RUSH through the time I'm in there - escaping the bathroom with partially clean wet hands from the less than mediocre job I did drying my hand on my bolt for the door.

I guess the girl code is similar to the guy's code in that do not pee/poop near anyone else unless you have to. Its just something funny I think we Americans have started. Wonder if there is something similar in other parts of the world.