It should be illegal to bring a magazine or newspaper into a multi-toilet office bathroom and sit there for a half hour, solidly defeating anyone else’s attempt to wait you out in the uncomfortable silence.
Do your business, then leave in a timely fashion. Save the bathroom reading for home.
one of my roommates sophomore year used to sit on the can and read for hours. We would have to go downstairs to the public restroom if we needed to go to the bathroom because we were too awkward to actually say anything. Now I’m not so awkward and don’t mind if people think I’m an asshole for telling them to get off.
