Everybody is talking highly of the new home of the Minnesota Twins – sunshine, outdoor baseball and no Astroturf. However, all things aren’t perfect. The Star Tribune recently said that the lines at Target Field are much longer than the women’s restroom lines. The article claims a few reasons: there are 401 women’s fixtures and 266 for men and , “…guys just congregated near the food stands on the first-base side of the main concourse. They tended to other business there, as well, rather than seek out lesser-used restrooms.

Michael Rand says that there is a fundamental design problem in the way the bathrooms were designed and he uses a humorous drawing to illustrate the poor design for those of us who can’t experience the bathroom madness in Minnesota.

Rand says that because of the “U” shape in the restrooms, the queue line are not aware of the vacancies of urinals in the backside of the bathroom.

So what’s the solution. I’ve come up with a few:
1. Break down the middle wall and attach troughs along the walls.
2. Hire a concierge to direct people to vacant stalls.
3. Use the power of technology and have a “Now serving” screen with the appropriate toilet number that is free.

What do you think?