the bathroom comfort scale

I have been thinking lately about the fact that I don't like to follow people into public bathrooms. Sometimes I have to, but I am a little uncomfortable doing this. I have also given a lot of thought to how standard certain bathroom discomforts are. As such, I have devised a grading scale. It is specific to the men's room because that is the one I use. For the record, my comfort level is no higher than four.

• Comfort Level 1: Unwilling to use the public restroom at all if anyone else is in it.
• Comfort Level 2: Will use urinal when in need.
• Comfort Level 3: Will use a stall if no one else is in the restroom.
• Comfort Level 4: Will use a trough urinal when other people are in the restroom.
• Comfort Level 5: Will use a stall even if there are other people in the bathroom, but will take a stall toward the back of the bathroom.
• Comfort Level 6: Not at all uncomfortable about using a trough urinal.
• Comfort Level 7: Will proudly march to an open stall with newspaper even when all other stalls are used.
• Comfort Level 8: Will strike up conversations with the person in the next stall.

I am sure that I missed some steps in my scale and I know that it does not take women's bathrooms into account. Still, it works for my purposes.