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Bathroom Etiquette (Personal Pet Peeve)

Tacori E-ring

Tacori E-ring

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I understand some women "hover" as to avoid having to sit on a public toilet seat, but my plea to those women is please wipe your urine OFF the seat. NO ONE, and I mean no one, should have to clean that up. It is disrespectful and just plain rude. Act like the adult you are (the bathrooms in question is at a university so there is NO way it could be a child) and clean up after yourself. *sigh* Rant over.

What is your personal pet peeve?
 
Tacori E-ring said:
I understand some women "hover" as to avoid having to sit on a public toilet seat, but my plea to those women is please wipe your urine OFF the seat. NO ONE, and I mean no one, should have to clean that up. It is disrespectful and just plain rude. Act like the adult you are (the bathrooms in question is at a university so there is NO way it could be a child) and clean up after yourself. *sigh* Rant over.

What is your personal pet peeve?
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Yup, I see that alllllllll the time. Or how about people that just don't like flushing? Gross.
 
I can't stand it when women go into the bathroom together when there's a line. No, you are not making it any faster for the rest of us. In fact, I think it takes even longer when they do that because they're talking and not peeing! You know, if you're at a small bar with one woman's restroom, and you stand at the door for five minutes waiting for whomever is in there to come out. Then the door opens and three young women spill out giggling. Ugh. Drives me nuts.

Also when woman stand at the mirror and fluff their hair while you stand there waiting to wash your hands. Come on! Move out of the way!

Oh yeah, and how about warning me when you've walked out of a stall that there's no TP left? I always do that if someone is about to enter a stall I just left that has run out. It's just common courtesy, right?!? This thread has me realizing I have some anger issues with public restrooms.
 
It boggles me. But I try to be pretty zen about the dirty toilet habits of my fellow women. I paper every loo seat before I use it and have often had to bunch up a wad of paper to clean up the previous occupants 'dribbles'. That and I really try to avoid public loo's.

You will remember my CSI powder room incident. After experiencing that and resisting the urge to demolish the bathroom, I'm pretty good with icky loos.

My husband has often told me that us ladies have it easy - apparently some of the men's restrooms he has been in have been really, really icky. Apparently aiming for the bowl is optional - for both functions! :errrr:

Any why do so few people wash their hands anymore? I have even noticed a house guest or two not use the basin - because I can hear the water pressure from the taps flowing and they never get turned on for some guests. I am so so so very temped to tell 40 year old women, uh did you forget to wash? :eek:
 
Our work bathroom ALWAYS has wet seats, and finally I realized it's not just because we have incompetent hoverers, but also because the toilets flush violently and splatter water (hopefully clean, but it's still toilet bowl water) on the seat every time. Either way it's never fun sitting down on a wet seat.

ALSO: Cell phone conversations do not belong in the bathroom. I don't know why it bugs me more than two people in the same bathroom having a conversation through the stall walls, but it does...I just keep thinking of the victim on the other end having to hear all the um, ambient sounds.
 
Travel Goddess said:
I can't stand it when women go into the bathroom together when there's a line. No, you are not making it any faster for the rest of us. In fact, I think it takes even longer when they do that because they're talking and not peeing! You know, if you're at a small bar with one woman's restroom, and you stand at the door for five minutes waiting for whomever is in there to come out. Then the door opens and three young women spill out giggling. Ugh. Drives me nuts.

Also when woman stand at the mirror and fluff their hair while you stand there waiting to wash your hands. Come on! Move out of the way!

Oh yeah, and how about warning me when you've walked out of a stall that there's no TP left? I always do that if someone is about to enter a stall I just left that has run out. It's just common courtesy, right?!? This thread has me realizing I have some anger issues with public restrooms.[/quote]

I hate this. And queue jumping too. But I hate all queue jumping.

Also when the lady at the head of the line doesn't check the doors or vacant/occupied sign to see if in fact all the loos are used. If I'm lucky enough to be one behind the head of the queue I will tell her that 'that stall might not be occupied' but when Im 2 or 3 back in the line I feel like I can't say it, because I might be wrong and then there will be staring. :blackeye:
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Personal Pet Peeves - when someone doesn't replace the empty TP roll.

When someone leaves towels on the floor. Drape them over the tub or shower curtain at least!

When someone doesn't clean the sink after brushing teeth.
 
Agree agree agree on the dribble clean up.

+1 on the cell phone. Unless you are on fire and/or somehow are stuck on the toilet, there is no conversation *that* important that you need to have it while you are on the potty.

Also, don't ever call me on the phone or try to have a cross-stall conversation with me if you are on the toilet. Unless you are on fire and/or somehow stuck.

And if you are on fire and/or somehow stuck on the toilet, I may laugh at you a little.
 
Steal said:
Any why do so few people wash their hands anymore? I have even noticed a house guest or two not use the basin - because I can hear the water pressure from the taps flowing and they never get turned on for some guests. I am so so so very temped to tell 40 year old women, uh did you forget to wash? :eek:
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Bleh. At my last job, I always had a mental list of the women who either didn't wash their hands at all, or those that didn't use soap. We had those automatic foam dispensers that make a loud noise when they're activated and if I heard someone washing their hands and didn't hear the soap, I always peeked through the sides of the stall door to see who it was.

I used that mental list to determine what foods were safe to eat on "potluck" food days at work. I don't care how good Gloria's brownies were supposed to be. I saw her leave without washing and I never looked at her the same way again.
 
Ditto to everything that everyone has said. It seems like commom courtesy, but I really worry about some people! :errrr:
 
Tacori E-ring said:
I understand some women "hover" as to avoid having to sit on a public toilet seat, but my plea to those women is please wipe your urine OFF the seat. NO ONE, and I mean no one, should have to clean that up. It is disrespectful and just plain rude. Act like the adult you are (the bathrooms in question is at a university so there is NO way it could be a child) and clean up after yourself. *sigh* Rant over.

What is your personal pet peeve?
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Oh my goodness!!! This happens at WORK! There is 0% chance of it being a child! It became so ridiculous that signs had to be put up! :nono:

I also hate when people can't throw their paper towels away properly. It's mind boggling to me that people don't flush properly either! *shudder* :errrr:

At work, one of the things that really annoys me, in addition to what I listed above...when people (germ phobes and non as well) use the handicap button to get out of the bathroom. Quite frankly it's so rude, especially if someone is in the bathroom.
 
Travel Goddess said:
Steal said:
Any why do so few people wash their hands anymore? I have even noticed a house guest or two not use the basin - because I can hear the water pressure from the taps flowing and they never get turned on for some guests. I am so so so very temped to tell 40 year old women, uh did you forget to wash? :eek:
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Bleh. At my last job, I always had a mental list of the women who either didn't wash their hands at all, or those that didn't use soap. We had those automatic foam dispensers that make a loud noise when they're activated and if I heard someone washing their hands and didn't hear the soap, I always peeked through the sides of the stall door to see who it was.

I used that mental list to determine what foods were safe to eat on "potluck" food days at work. I don't care how good Gloria's brownies were supposed to be. I saw her leave without washing and I never looked at her the same way again.
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I've heard of girls doing this because they don't want to dry out their hands! :confused: :confused: :shock: Umm...isn't that what LOTION is for?!?
 
I will say that in certain public restrooms, I will throw my paper towels on the floor. I heard on the radio (maybe the John Tesh program?) that if you use a paper towel to open the door to the restroom as you're leaving (which I do), and there's no trash bin near the door, throw the paper towel on the floor next to the door. It's only a matter of time before they'll get the point and put a bin there.

And why do they design the doors to restrooms so that you can push them open without using your hands, but when you exit, you have to pull? Should be the other way IMHO.
 
As a guy, my biggest pet peeve is when someone tries talking to you while you're doing your business. No, I don't know who won last nights game. No I didn't watch it. No I did not happen to scope out the rack on the waitress. No no no no no no no! Quit talking to me!
 
bloody seats, tire tracks, wet puddles, and not washing hands!

Also, if it's gonna take a while, please curtesy flush halfway so i dont smell it 7 stalls away. (that helps w/ tire tracks too because they wont have time to settle in)
 
ForteKitty said:
bloody seats, tire tracks, wet puddles, and not washing hands!

Also, if it's gonna take a while, please curtesy flush halfway so i dont smell it 7 stalls away. (that helps w/ tire tracks too because they wont have time to settle in)
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EWWWWWWWWWWWW EWWWWWWWWW EWWWWWWWW EWWWWWWWWW ok I'm done now :errrr: :eek:
 
I am so glad I am not alone! These toilets do not have auto flushes, plus it is OBVIOUSLY urine. I feel like every public restroom I have used lately has this problem. So disgusting! I totally forgot about not flushing, using the last of the TP, not washing hands, and all the other stuff that happens. Makes me never want to leave home.
 
None of us can know for sure since women don't go into men's rooms and vice versa, but I think overall men are grosser than women when it comes to bathroom etiquette.

I mean I've even seen floating Baby Ruths. :knockout:
Then there's the stuff guys write on walls.
I think fewer than half even rinse their hands in water.
 
I have to agree with kenny- there's one gents and one ladies washroom where i work, and the ladies washroom is almost always occupied so I have to use the guys washroom quite often, and every time i walk in I see that the toilet has not been flushed :eek:
 
We have someone on our floor who, I can only imagine, grabs too much TP and then decides she doesn't want to use half of it, so she wads it up for the next person. I don't know of anyone in their right mind who would want to use used TP (even if it's under the guise that it's unused).

Also the cell phone thing kills me. There's another girl on our floor that does it all of the time. Drives me bananas.
 
We have automatic flush toilets in our stalls, and some people will half pull-out the seat covers or hang toilet paper to cover up the detector. Now, I understand that it's inconvenient if the dang thing flushes on you while you're using it...but please REMOVE the paper when you leave the stall and for goodness sakes FLUSH! :angryfire: :angryfire: :angryfire:
 
Selkie said:
Our work bathroom ALWAYS has wet seats, and finally I realized it's not just because we have incompetent hoverers, but also because the toilets flush violently and splatter water (hopefully clean, but it's still toilet bowl water) on the seat every time. Either way it's never fun sitting down on a wet seat. quote]


Very true. This morning the toilet actually splashed on my leg. Not a great way to start the day!
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jas said:
+1 on the cell phone. Unless you are on fire and/or somehow are stuck on the toilet, there is no conversation *that* important that you need to have it while you are on the potty.
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hahahahahaha :lol:
 
ForteKitty said:
bloody seats, tire tracks, wet puddles, and not washing hands!

Also, if it's gonna take a while, please curtesy flush halfway so i dont smell it 7 stalls away. (that helps w/ tire tracks too because they wont have time to settle in)
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Ditto to flushing half way through! Or right after it plops in :)
 
Travel Goddess said:
Dancing Fire said:
maybe you ladies prefer this toilet... :bigsmile:

http://www.beijingtraveltips.com/sights/squat_toilet/squat_toilet.htm
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I was at a shopping mall in Moscow that had "toilets" like that in the stalls. I just had to hold it till I got back to my hotel. I'm not even able to hover over a typical USA toilet so a hole in the ground is out of the question.
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I saw squat toilets when I was living in Japan. My thighs are NOT tough enough to handle that, for sure. Thank goodness there was always one Western-style toilet around in those bathrooms.

As to pet peeves - the urine dribble, yes. Ugh. And the blood. And people, if you poop, PLEASE flush. Gah I hate public toilets.
 
kenny said:
None of us can know for sure since women don't go into men's rooms and vice versa, but I think overall men are grosser than women when it comes to bathroom etiquette.

I mean I've even seen floating Baby Ruths. :knockout:
Then there's the stuff guys write on walls.
I think fewer than half even rinse their hands in water.
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Someone asked that in a thread a while back and I asked a friend in the cleaning business and he said on average these days the women's bathroom is worse.
It used to be the men's was always worse.
 
I would LOVE to have an ordinary peed seat - the stuff I have to deal with her is so bad that when I go back to the states and deal with that normal stuff I'm in *heaven* seriously.

That said, I think if all women sat their asses down there wouldn't be any NEED to hover. Geez, and in america where they have all of those wonderful seat covers!
 
A supervisor who chats every time either she is in the stall, or I am.
 
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