kindergartener height posted in bathrooms, mar 8, 2008

whenever a public men’s room has the type of urinal where it’s not down into the floor, there’s always at least one at what i always think of as “kindergartener height.”

if you haven’t had much men’s room experience, what i mean by this is the urinal is installed lower on the wall such that if you’re taller than a kindergartener you should probably be a little careful not to accidentally pee on top of it instead of in it.  i’m not the kind of guy most people would consider tall and i do worry about exactly that whenever the kindergartener-height urinal is the only one available.  i can only imagine what it would be like for a basketball player, but then again i also worry that i’m going to hit my head on the supports on wooden roller coasters.

what i don’t appreciate is that even in places where it’s unreasonable to expect a kindergartener to be on a regular basis, there’s still that at least one kindergartener-height urinal that nobody wants to have to use.