The bathroom people.

[Faustus]

They are coming for you.


Seriously though whats the deal with odd behavior in the bathroom at your job? I don't get it.

You got the shit talker, who tries to strike up a conversation from the stall next to you.

You got the cellphoner, who talks with his friends and family while taking a dump.

I've now ran into the groan/sigher who though otherwise completely quite constantly goes "uhmm.mmm.mmm.m" and sighs.

The lingerer who from the sound was done 1 min ago but for some reason hasn't left the bathroom (this is a creepy one)

The follower, who attaches to you ask your going toward the bathroom, follows you in, and attempts to continue the conversation while you go into the stall.

The hand washer, who spends at least 2 to 3 min washing his hands... sometimes his face.... fixes his hair.... whips out a comb.... washes his hands again.

Is everyone I work with just insane?

[BJ_M]

washing ones hands is not a bad thing really ... people dont do it enough ...

[Cole]

One that used to happen where I work:

The person who covers the seat with toilet paper, very carefully using single sheets, does their business and then leaves the seat like that.

[anitract]

LOL At my girlfriend's place of employment there is a lady who moans and mumbles to herself while on the can...I don't know what to think of this. ^_^;;;

[Faustus]

I almost forgot, there is at least one person at my job that builds a mount of TP to crap on, then leaves it that way.

Its so much you can't flush. WTF?

[anitract]

errr....lol...that reminds me of my highschool. we had a couple of bathrooms with open stalls...that is, no. doors. at. all. made for some interesting situations. can i just say...WHY?

[adam]

Doesn't it suck when you lay out the TP on the seat then turn around too quickly to sit down, and it just blows off?

There was a funny video circulating for a while where some guys in an office built a shit machine. It was just a tape recorder with the funniest crap and fart noises and they attached stuffed pants with shoes sewn on so it looked like there was a guy in the stall. Then they filmed people's reactions.

[Cole]

Years ago, in a previous place of work, we had a lady who used to do her business and then proceed to wipe it around the cubicle wall.

She was never found.

[anitract]

Doh. *sorry he read that last one* *sick face*

[shelbyGT]

I play my cell-phone video games while taking a dump at the office, but I never talk on it or let it make sounds.

And the loud farter... I know that it happens, but it's... just... wrong? It's like they purposefully pushed it out so it'd be loud.

[Conquest10]

Yesterday I went into a stall and found a sausage biscuit still in the wrapper sitting right on the toilet seat.

[smearbrick1]

Yesterday I went into a stall and found a sausage biscuit still in the wrapper sitting right on the toilet seat. :paranoid:

One must wonder... how did it end up on the seat? Did the guy have it stuffed between his legs in anticipation of eating, but got distracted? Or maybe it's a more logical explanation like... was trying to feed the toilet god, or was trying to entice a small animal out of the toilet bowl.

My favorite people are the urinal guys. These guys have 25 square of pee space (a 5 by 5 space in which they can lean, stand, whatever) and they always seem to spread their legs so far apart that it extends into my urinating plane. It's just really odd trying to take a leak with a foot from the guy next to you in your space. Someday when I'm feeling bold, I'm going to miss the urinal and piss all over his foot.

I have space issues.

[MackemX]

Yesterday I went into a stall and found a sausage biscuit still in the wrapper sitting right on the toilet seat.

nice one, did you put it in your pocket and eat it later?

[AlecWest]

Where I work, custodians began finding shoe-prints on the toilet seats (facing forward). We have a lot of Asian immigrant employees and someone told me that this is the way some of them do their business ... by standing on the seat, crouching down, and letting whatever fly. They still haven't figured out who's doing it. All they know is that shoe-prints are showing up on toilet seats in both men's and women's restrooms. Weird.

[BJ_M]

thats very common -- if you have been to many asian countries you would see why right away ...

which are like this (china) (often worse - believe me)



or this (japan)


often seen is just this ...


in case you dont understand

[MackemX]

in case you dont understand

so you have to take of your clothes also?

[BJ_M]

well if you dont .................

[abc-123]

As if the indignity wasn't enough.... pic number 3 doesn't even have a door.

[BJ_M]

ive seen them without even walls - or any form of 'paper' either ...

[lordsmurf]

I'm a hand washer. I like to wash my hands, maybe my face if it feels dirty, fix my hair if it's messed up. And if I get hair gel on my hands while fixing the hair, wash again.

I don't see anything wrong with good hygiene and grooming.

For people that want to have a conversation, the easy way to make them be quiet is to say "I have one word for you" and then squeeze out a loud one. They usually shut up and go away.

If you're sick, I can understand the groaner or heavy breather. They're obviously not doing so hot.

[anitract]

Supposively squatting is better for you than sitting. It creates less pushing strain (which can lead to wonderful things like hemriods).

First google hit: http://lillipad.co.nz/pagetwo.html

[glockjs]

one day im gonna bring a portable dvd player in with me while im taking a crap and play pr0n

always wash my hands. not for a stupid amount of time but enough to get em clean. its dirty if you dont. hell if i see one of my friends try not too i yell at them and make them lol

[Guest]

Hand washing with #2 only.I dont pee on my hands.even if I did,it is sterile.

[SquirrelDip]

This is the most common I found in Malaysia (and Bangkok, Jakarta, Ankara <- a few other cities I recall). Most are changing to western style as the number of manufacturers are decreasing (so tend to find them only in the older buildings).

If you think about it they are actually a lot cleaner as you don't touch anything (which is why you sometimes see footprints on toilets in western countries).

Takes a little getting used to... Pay attention to your aim as your butthole shifts back a couple of inches when you squat... I found that tucking your pants into the back of your knees worked well - got them out of your way and helped support your weight a bit...

[Faustus]

Anyone seen the episode of Bullshit! when they talk about germs and stuff and how bathrooms are way more clean then other areas around an office?

[jimmalenko]

More commonly known as a "Reverse Kangaroo" in Australia ...

[Guest]

Anyone seen the episode of Bullshit! when they talk about germs and stuff and how bathrooms are way more clean then other areas around an office?

yeah.Bank counters had the most E.Coli. More than public toilet seats.

[Cunhambebe]

LOL LOL LOL

[ZAPPER]

I have been in some semi-remote places with pit latrines that are only a trench in the ground that you straddle and squat over, for privacy you put on a poncho. Depending on the equipment and clothing you have on taking a dump can become a major event.

[Cole]

for privacy you put on a poncho.

Although I never saw this myself, many of my sales floor friends would witness a rather unsavoury sight. We used to get alot of customers in our store wearing traditional full length Arabic dress; men and women. Every so often there would be an incident where one would wander off into a corner have a poo (while still standing I believe) and just walk away and leave it.

Another occasion one of the girls found a carrier bag in the changing rooms. She picked it up only to have the contents - urine - explode all over her shoes.

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Regards the Asian style loo; I did enounter these in an Urzbeckistan airport - didn't go for it as my poor old knees would not put up with a postition like that and I would have had to kneel down; I would rather stick my arse on the loo seat than my knees anyday!