ou throw the door open. It’s a bathroom all right: even though the frosted glass in the door is broken, there’s no mistaking the aroma.

You rush through. You’re standing in the middle of a long smelly bathroom. There are at least a dozen students already there.

They’re talking, laughing, telling each other what they did in the holidays. A cloud of blue cigarette smoke is rising from several of the cubicles. But suddenly the students see you. There’s a huge silence.

A huge huge huge huge huge silence. You know why. You’re in the wrong bathroom. With the glass broken on the door there was no little drawing of a man or woman to tell you which was the right one. You go bright red. You stand there in shock. This is the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to you. It’s a make it or break it moment.

What are you going to do?