I never expected my coworker to see *that*...

[desh]

OK, help settle a ridiculously overanalyzed debate at work.

Assume you wish to enter a restroom you know to be a single-person restroom not restricted to any particular gender. The door is closed and you can't easily ascertain whether the light's on, and therefore whether someone's in it, or whether the door was just accidentally closed. Assuming the following additional information, do do you test the handle to see if it's locked (and open the door if it's not), or do you knock first (and then test the handle if you don't hear an answer)?

[Poll #1511654]

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[goob712.livejournal.com]

I hate being the one IN the bathroom when someone knocks. I can never quite think what to say, and it's one of those situations where you HAVE to say something quickly, so often I let out a garbled yelp that has half a sentence or something meaningless.