#116: Take care of your "handicapped" bathroom stall

The larger size of handicap-accessible bathroom stalls makes them attractive targets for the kinds of bad behavior that are common in public library bathrooms, meaning they are more likely than the rest of the bathroom to get into an unusable condition. It can be tempting to slap an out-of-order sign on and figure ‘people can just use the other ones until the custodian comes tomorrow.’ That may work for a lone adult with no physical disabilities, but it won’t work for a patron in a wheelchair or a patron with two small children who needs to keep them in sight. Make the call to get these stalls in usable condition, and point out that it’s an accessibility issue if whoever is responsible for maintaining your bathrooms pushes back.