bathroom mystery

the bathroom that i frequent here at work has 3 urinals (though the middle one never gets used) and 5 stalls. the last stall is an extra large one for the handicapped, though to my knowledge, out of the 500+ employees in this facility, no one is handicapped. typically i like to use the handicapped stall in a public bathroom whenver i can because there is more room, and it's more comfortable. i am not handicapped and i don't care what you have to say about this, it's roomy.

my problem is that every time i go to the bathroom here at work, the door to the handicapped stall is locked. there are no feet below the door, therefore i can only assume that no one is curently using it, yet the door does not open. what kills me is that a couple of times i've been in the bathroom washing my hands or something and someone will come out of the handicapped stall!! this confuses the hell out of me.

i don't want to look like a jackass, having someone walk in on me while i struggle to break into the handicapped stall when there are 4 other perfectly good stalls to use, and therefore i never try too hard to open it. i swear there must be some code that i am not privy to, the damn thing is always locked. i guess i have to file this one under the "spice of life" category.