Locking The Toilet Door

[TonyHancock]

On my recent MEL-LHR in F I awoke about five hours away from LHR and wandered down to the lavatorial facility to "freshen" up. The green for vacant sign was on the door so I pulled down on the door handled and opened the door. Eeeeeeeeeeeek! :shock: Did my eyes deceive me? No they bloody didn't, a gentleman was "sat on the throne" before me. I was beginning to wonder if I had awoken in a West End theatre farce.

Ordinarily I would have put this, somewhat, unfortunate event behind me, and filed it in the "not to be accessed" part of my limited brain...but exactly the same thing happened on my return journey. :shock:

In 22 years of air travel this had never happened to me before...and then I am traumatised twice in two weeks!

Is there something that makes the locking of the F toilet harder than other toilets?

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

So the guy was sitting there in the dark ?? :shock: :shock:

 

[cove]

No Tony,but it is an IQ test!

 

[Homer]

So the guy was sitting there in the dark ?? :shock: :shock:

I was just about to ask the same question, but I think there are subtle lights in the mirror surrounds in F.

This is something that my father would do, not that he has ever travelled in F. He hasn't locked a bathroom door in his life.

 

[cove]

And I meant to say that you were way too young to have this happen to your developing young brain.

 

[bossreggie]

Lock the door people!!!!

You wouldn't catch me with an unlocked door even if I was just washing my hands!

I always knock as I'm so worried this type of incident may happen.

Wasn't the same bloke was it?? He may have died on the throne on the way over and not been removed since?!

They'll probably remove him during the next "major service". Lol


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[drron]

Well it could have been a 2 year old playing in there.

 

[richie9x]

Unless the door lock was broken, then there is no excuse not to lock the door.

I have seen pilots knock on the toilet door before they entered. Not sure if it is company policy or maybe it has happened to them before so they make sure.

 

[Walter_Plinge]

I've seen a couple of passengers who look bamboozled by the toilet doors, perhaps first-time flyers. So this doesn't surprise me.

 

[JohnK]

To be fair if the lock on the toilet door is the same on all aircraft (i.e slide the latch across) then unless one slides the latch all the way across the door will remain unlocked.

Either that or they were in a hurry!

 

[haydensydney]

God... I have to share my story.

+1 and I were in the NZ lounge in SYD awaiting a flight back home to WLG. I thought of going to the lavatories and as usual I approached a 'vacant' shower room. I opened the door and there in all HER glory was a middle aged woman, buck naked, sitting on the toilet reading a magazine. She had a towel wrapped around her head but apart from that - she was totally naked. It has been quite some time since I last saw a woman naked, let alone one taking a dump, hence my surprise. As soon as the gravity of the situation set in, and as soon as she realised that she didn't lock the door, then ensued what could only be described as loud screaming chaos. As I was shutting the door in my shock I yelled "You should've locked the f*&%en door!" and from her spewing retort it sounded like she was blaming me for entering her domain. Hopefully she learns her bloody lesson.

 

[tuapekastar]

God... I have to share my story.

+1 and I were in the NZ lounge in SYD awaiting a flight back home to WLG. I thought of going to the lavatories and as usual I approached a 'vacant' shower room. I opened the door and there in all HER glory was a middle aged woman, buck naked, sitting on the toilet reading a magazine. She had a towel wrapped around her head but apart from that - she was totally naked. It has been quite some time since I last saw a woman naked, let alone one taking a dump, hence my surprise. As soon as the gravity of the situation set in, and as soon as she realised that she didn't lock the door, then ensued what could only be described as loud screaming chaos. As I was shutting the door in my shock I yelled "You should've locked the f*&%en door!" and from her spewing retort it sounded like she was blaming me for entering her domain. Hopefully she learns her bloody lesson.

Totally her own fault! I hope you didn't end up seated next to her (on the plane, that is )

 

[thewinchester]

Is there something that makes the locking of the F toilet harder than other toilets?

Stupidity, lack of a personal assistant to hold one's hand, and if it was you Tony who forgot to lock the door - an indecent amount of quality bubbly that wasn't joined by a decent cheese plate or three on the way down.

 

[haydensydney]

Totally her own fault! I hope you didn't end up seated next to her (on the plane, that is )

Lol she was on the same flight, but further back in the aircraft. There were some un-nerving close encounters at the bar/food area in the lounge though.

 

[lukaboy]

Ive walked in on a FA in J doing the same thing... He might of knocked on the way in but I didn't! I did get a bit of extra service after and bubbles to rake home so I wasn't too scarred!

 

[Moody]

God... I have to share my story.

+1 and I were in the NZ lounge in SYD awaiting a flight back home to WLG. I thought of going to the lavatories and as usual I approached a 'vacant' shower room. I opened the door and there in all HER glory was a middle aged woman, buck naked, sitting on the toilet reading a magazine. She had a towel wrapped around her head but apart from that - she was totally naked. It has been quite some time since I last saw a woman naked, let alone one taking a dump, hence my surprise. As soon as the gravity of the situation set in, and as soon as she realised that she didn't lock the door, then ensued what could only be described as loud screaming chaos. As I was shutting the door in my shock I yelled "You should've locked the f*&%en door!" and from her spewing retort it sounded like she was blaming me for entering her domain. Hopefully she learns her bloody lesson.

Why didn't you use the toilet? Wouldn't that have also avoided the unpleasant encounter??

But I have the opposite complaint - every long-haul trip I have been one there has been at least one time when I have been sitting on the toilet and seen the door creak and bulge as someone tries to enter it. They can't ALL be colour-blind non-english speaking pax!

And there was one time when an FA actually unlocked the door on me. There were some mitigating circumstances but it was a little embarrasing - particularly as he wasn't my type.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Here's something you may not have known. How do the FAs (or anyone else for that matter?) get into the toilet if its locked? The small rectangluar "lavatory" sign slides away and reveals an unlock mechanism.

 

[medhead]

Here's something you may not have known. How do the FAs (or anyone else for that matter?) get into the toilet if its locked? The small rectangluar "lavatory" sign slides away and reveals an unlock mechanism.

Yeah I know. The FAs have even let me use it to lock/unlock the door for take off/landing


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[TonyHancock]

Yeah I know. The FAs have even let me use it to lock/unlock the door for take off/landing

On the subject of the toilet door manual override I have seen it used, by the FA, to make it appear to passengers that the toilet was occupied to prevent it's use. I was flying J on a 4 class 747 sold as 3 class, and had the good fortune to be seated in the F cabin. The FA wanted to prevent the passengers from the J section using the "F" toilets. I didn't really understand why.

 

[serfty]

...
But I have the opposite complaint - every long-haul trip I have been one there has been at least one time when I have been sitting on the toilet and seen the door creak and bulge as someone tries to enter it. They can't ALL be colour-blind non-english speaking pax! ...

Actually, I am "red and green" colour blind and in the dark of a long flight it is VERY hard for me in the dim light to discern if a door is locked or not as the red looks green looks red ... . :-|

Also, without my reading glasses¹ in older aircraft it's also hard to discern between the "VACANT" & "ENGAGED" in that same dimness.

The best are the more contemporary aircraft with the (─) and (|) symbols.

¹ Which are safely stowed during the period I am trying to sleep