Public Restroom Nonsense
 

All this talk of women in men's bathrooms and vice versa has me remembering all of the utter nonsense that takes place in public restrooms. I can't help but wonder if guys deal with the same crap.

Most of my observations have been at my office. We share restrooms with 4 other suites.

-Women will not poo if anyone else is in the bathroom. They will wait you out. I know you are waiting me out so you might as well just go...we all poo.

-Passive aggressive notes. I can't tell you how many times I've seen, and subsequently torn up and thrown away, passive aggressive notes plastered to the mirror, paper towel holder, door, etc!... "Don't throw leave towels on the floor, this isn't your house bla bla bla". Who the hell cares enough to leave notes in a bathroom?

-Hovering, stop doing it because you always end up pissing all over the seat for someone else who knows how to properly use a toilet.

-Talking, don't start a conversation with me once that stall door closes.

Is this isolated to the "Ladies" room?

Yes. Guys do their business and generally get out.

I used to stick an out of order sign on the stall that I liked best. 1 rest room for a floor, 2 stalls, 2 urinals, 6 suites.

How about bathroom stall graffiti? Do women's restrooms have that for entertainment, too?

The best graffiti is juvenile, obscene, and insulting.

Stand closer. It's not as long as you think.

Look, look! See Orca splash in the water!

This toilet paper is 400-grit sandpaper!

Here I sit, all broken-hearted...

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Men don't generally talk to each other in the restroom. Which reminds me of an Isaac Asimov (sci-fi) novel set in the future, in a city, and women talked freely in the restroom, but it was a cultural taboo for men to do so. That made me LOL.

This is from my office bathroom.. I added the "in bed" note. :)
http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/a...throomwars.jpg

...and then there's the guy who takes a cell phone call in the stall next to you. Farting and flushing all around while this shmuck chit chats with his wife...

THe CEO of the last company I worked for was notorious for talking to customers whilst sitting on the crapper taking a dump. One day, the timing was perfect. One of my coworkers and I were in the rest room at the sink, when a cell phone rings from a stall.
Voice of CEO.."Hello (CEO's name here)...."
Voice of CEO's other end 2 seconds later..."pbbbbfffffffttttttt"
The two of us had to run from the room before we burst out in hysterical laughter. We laughed about that for years.

Nothing different on that count, behavior is common to both sexes then I guess. I was never aware that it happened though(or rather, wasn't happening) until a thread was started on OT with it.

The shop manager leaves some about etiquitte that should be a "duh, who wouldn't know that?" Sadly, I guess its necessary. Otherwise, no, not common anywhere I've been.


I really don't get the guys with loose bowels who do this..not just the seat, its the floor. Most often seen in conference areas, it possible they are used to "Turkish" style toilets, and are indeed "sitting" on the seat in the sense their feet are in contact with the toilet seat and they are squatting above it.

Failure to raise lid, combined with bad aim results in a similar effect.

Individual. At a race track, it may be the only time I have for conversation. :D

unless you're in the sales department. those guys don't know when to shut up. i've seen a guy do a sale call on bluetooth, walking in the bathroom, to the urinal, wash hands, and out, all the time nonstop with the client.

Not just talking in the restroom... but trying to start a conversation at the urinal... you are standing there doing your business and some guy walks up to the urinal next to you, whips it out, and starts in with "hey, how's it going?"

Excuse me but when I have my wiener in my hand I'm not feeling chatty. :p

And how about those third world folks who wipe their bottom and throw the used TP in the waste basket? http://forums.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/puke.gif

These guys complain about the ones that don't - and the resulting clogged plumbing.

Violation of Men's Room Rule #1

If you can sit there and "wait the other person out" you didn't really have to go in the first place, and shouldn't be in there.

The other thing that bugs me is people who talk on their phones in the can. I make a point of flushing a toilet if I hear someone talking on a phone.

Cheers

d.

...Especially since women take the same amount of time for either (unlike men who spend 20mins pooping)

True story...I walked into the bathroom and a woman was on her phone, I didn't notice which stall she was in because other people were talking and the door was cracked so I open the door and there she is..didn't even lock the door. Then you hear her say to the person on the phone, "...oh yeah, im in the bathroom and someone just opened my door". Pay attention and lock the door stupid.

Another day someone posted inspirational notes on the inside of EVERY stall door and one on the back of the bathroom door that said, "Stay class and sassy!" So I put another note under it that said "...but not gassy, no one likes a farter"

I think a compelling reason why my Son will never be arrested or go to jail is because of the open toilets...hey, what ever it takes right?

BTW - why do we wash our hands after we pee? Urine is sterile and I don't make it a habit of pee'n on my hand and my junk is absolutly the cleanest part of my body...

Dude, granted, I don't have the bits and pieces but, I can imagine it gets sweaty down there..pretty sure I don't want to handle the good then handle my sandwich.

Besides, you still have to touch the door everyone else with maybe not so clean junk has been touching.

This thread stinks. SmileWavy