In fitting with the “offseason topics” theme this afternoon...I know I’m not the only who travels regularly for work...and therefore often needs to use a public loo to take care of business.
Generally, I expect a certain degree of messiness - bc people are savages. But this one happens to me regularly, and for the life of me I don’t fucking understand.
You lock the door to the stall, or bathroom itself if it’s a “one-man”...and sit down to attend to your business.
Someone else arrives and tries the door, only to find it locked.
Why in the name of all things holy do people then proceed to start knocking on the door of the bathroom or stall AFTER they already tried the door and found it locked?
Is the fact the door is locked from the inside not a clear enough indicator that the toilet is occupied? What the fuck is wrong with people?
The other one that kills me is when people who feel compelled to build a “nest” before sitting down to their chores then leave the nest in place, rather than flushing it with the rest of their business. Those people should be sentenced to a week of cleaning that public toilet. With a toothbrush.
OK rant over. Anyone else got any gems that really set them off?
Eagles Fan: Um... aren't you going to wash your hands?! In Philadelphia, we are taught to wash our hands after we pee.
Giants Fan: In New York, we learn not to piss on our hands.
There's times when people don't flush after taking a shit, yet the toilet works perfectly fine. WTF. Disgusting.
I am one of those people and I have some horror stories that I'd rather not share. Oh and a couple of times I found used syringes in the bathroom from guys shooting up in the bathroom.
The stalls aren't amusement park style small to make it a challenge - how the hell am I standing in a pile of piss at all the stalls by 10 AM? Are people's aim THAT bad?
The stalls aren't amusement park style small to make it a challenge - how the hell am I standing in a pile of piss at all the stalls by 10 AM? Are people's aim THAT bad?
Seriously. I’ve accepted that actually putting the seat up is asking too much for some people...but how do so many miss the toilet altogether?
Why the FUCK does he keep coming up to our floor instead of using his own bathroom????
HA! I own a pizza place across the street from a high school - had the principal ask me to not allow the students to have sex in the bathroom because one got pregnant there. I'm like - how? What am I supposed to do? Bathroom is around the back corner of a fairly large dining area not visible from the kitchen or counter, pretty easy for anyone to slip in there unless I put a guard out. Not gonna happen.
Tell the kids not to screw in public places, and if they can't help that, then wear a rubber, and if you can't help that...
Why the FUCK does he keep coming up to our floor instead of using his own bathroom????
Whenever something serious is going on, I usually go to a different floor. Too awkward for the people I see every day to deal with that.
And Greg, you answered your own question. If he's blowing up the bathroom, why would he do it near his own office?
I've also wondered why public men's toilet seats aren't spring loaded to be in the up position by default if no one is sitting on them.
Eagles Fan: Um... aren't you going to wash your hands?! In Philadelphia, we are taught to wash our hands after we pee.
Giants Fan: In New York, we learn not to piss on our hands.
If you touch your dick, you wash your hands. Eagles fans shouldn't be ahead of Giants fans on this.
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Try owning a business that is required to have a public bathroom. You would think that it was the first time some people have had the opportunity to use indoor plumbing. From people who 'hover' over the toilet, and spray liquid shit down the back of the toilet seat, to actually hearing a couple have sex in the same bathroom. (no they weren't both the same instance)
HA! I own a pizza place across the street from a high school - had the principal ask me to not allow the students to have sex in the bathroom because one got pregnant there. I'm like - how? What am I supposed to do? Bathroom is around the back corner of a fairly large dining area not visible from the kitchen or counter, pretty easy for anyone to slip in there unless I put a guard out. Not gonna happen.
Tell the kids not to screw in public places, and if they can't help that, then wear a rubber, and if you can't help that...
That's classic!
People are fucking animals.
I laughed at the toilet paper nest stuff too - I can't even count how many times I've walked into one of those. Seeing the nest, you know they were sitting - but somehow, they usually still manage to get piss all over it. It's mind boggling. Then you have to kick it into the toilet with the bottom of your shoe and flush it if there isn't an alternative, cleaner stall vacant. I'd never even go near any of that with my hands.
I'm so glad I work remotely/from home. Sharing a bathroom with a bunch of people on a daily basis always sucks. So many people are just absolutely disgusting.
Sure - let's spit gum in a waterless urinal, cause that'll work out well. Let's take a giant shit and not bother to see if the motion sensor actually flushed the toilet - because yes, you can actually manually flush a hand-free toilet if you need to. Dudes using the stall right next to you at 8 am when there are literally 6 open stalls on the opposite side of the room. That's like 3 of 1000 - i hate it.
With that all said, from what the women in my office say - the women's room is about 10x worse. I can't quite imagine it.. and I don't think i want to.
I miss the days of working in the suburbs and having our own bathrooms, at least people were somewhat considerate then.
Agree 100%. Really need to be on the phone while taking a shit?
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both finish at the same time.
Eagles Fan: Um... aren't you going to wash your hands?! In Philadelphia, we are taught to wash our hands after we pee.
Giants Fan: In New York, we learn not to piss on our hands.
If you touch your dick, you wash your hands. Eagles fans shouldn't be ahead of Giants fans on this.
Wry amusement is difficult, I get it.
Um, Jay. How do you know that?
My gripe is probably just me.....while I’m taking a wee, I don’t like it when the guy in the stall Next to me is both dumping a load and farting big time while dumping. The thought of all those smells about to permeate my nostrils overwhelms me. Now I know the dude probably can’t do anything about it, but this is just something I really can’t stand.
I feel better getting this off my chest too.
Sharing a bathroom with a bunch of people on a daily basis always sucks. So many people are just absolutely disgusting.
Bathroom habits certainly offset some of the notion that we as people have greatly evolved.
I am continuously amazed how many men walk out of stalls and don't wash their hands. Like other people in the bathroom witnessing these transgressions are ghosts.
Who the hell wants to stand in piss?
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Sharing a bathroom with a bunch of people on a daily basis always sucks. So many people are just absolutely disgusting.
Bathroom habits certainly offset some of the notion that we as people have greatly evolved.
I am continuously amazed how many men walk out of stalls and don't wash their hands. Like other people in the bathroom witnessing these transgressions are ghosts.
What about the guy who comes and stands next to you when there are plenty of other urinals he could have used?
Dude walks out of the stall, and I'm at the sink washing and I look in the mirror and see him leaving and I just said "hands" and looked at him through the mirror.
and he hears me, makes eye contact through the mirror and aaid "oh, yeah, I hadn't even thought of that" and went on to wash his hands. So I said "let's make this a habit".
Guy was a literal genius computer programmer but he hadn't thought that not washing your hands after shitting is possibly harmful?
people are disgusting and it's not on display any "better" than the public restroom.
pet peeves of more public places than the work bathroom:
1. people talking on their phone in the bathroom, extra cringe credit for using speaker phone
2. people who wash their bodies in the sink
the rest have mostly been mentioned. I try and avoid public restrooms as much as possible. traveling as much as I do I'm in airports, train stations, etc a lot and they are the worst of the worst.
I mean... what in the fuck, man. WHY.
How do you know how well strangers are wiping?
I understand that they do this in places with poor plumbing that can't really handle the paper in the pipes; but we had no problem of the sort in my office. The toilets all flushed and were more than capable of taking the toilet paper with it. There was no reason to be doing this there.. and yet, he would do it every day.
I mean... what in the fuck, man. WHY.
Someone else already mentioned this.....I must be blessed, because I've never seen this in my life.
Oh man this is brutal too, good one.
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I'm sure everyone has also wound up in a public restroom with the older gentleman who somehow sees a need to drop the pants all the way to the ankles at the urinal.
I mean... what in the fuck, man. WHY.
Someone else already mentioned this.....I must be blessed, because I've never seen this in my life.
Indeed you are, my friend. I've been unfortunate enough to have seen it more than once. Terrible. Will never understand it.
Not only does it accomplish nothing, but it also gets a lot of your pants touching the bathroom floor that has already been doused in piss.
A lot of these people must have had parents that just breezed right through any semblance of bathroom etiquette or hygiene. In their world, I guess this behavior is just normal.
I mean... what in the fuck, man. WHY.
I haven't noticed this either but I can't stop laughing at this nevertheless!
I mean... what in the fuck, man. WHY.
That and the guy who stands there with both hands on his hips.