Toilet doors don't open outwards because they could hit the person standing waiting or washing their hands. In public places where space is a premium, it is often not possible to have the sinks in a separate part of the bathroom. The exception to this should be disabled cubicles, designed for use by those in wheelchairs, where an inward opening door would mean no room to turn the chair around. The one in my office is carefully placed next to the kitchen so that anyone coming out of the toilet can successfully hit anyone coming out of the kitchen with their hot drink or food...

I remember using one in Belgium where it was possible, when seated, to see into the hotel foyer over the top of of the 'saloon' style doors...

LTS