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Ladies and gentlemen, I must at this time, as the above situation has happened to me at work at least three times in the last week and a half (and we have 12 nice, clean, working stalls in our office bathroom) reiterate common, unsaid knowledge and public bathroom etiquette: You must, MUST, for the sake of all that is comfortable, allow at least ONE barrier stall between you and the other person or persons that join you in defecation.

I repeat: GO ONE OVER YOU WEIRDO, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOU PEE.

I understand that when it comes to a public bathroom that you use frequently, like in this case, the office bathroom, many people have a favorite stall. It's their go-to. Maybe its by a wall and has an extra six inches of space. Maybe it's the one that's hidden from the bathroom mirror so no one washing their hands can see your feet. Maybe it's even just the one you go to to cry when you just got yelled at and even going there when you're not sobbing all over yourself you still think of it as your Cathartic Stall and always feel a little bit better when walking out of it, mascara raccoon eyes or not. But people, I don't really care about your normal stall. If you walk into the bathroom and there is only one person in there, you do not, under ANY circumstances, go into the stall right next to them. That's just freaking WEIRD.

There needs to be a barrier stall, people. I can't be the only one who thinks so.