toilet etiquette

[comloulou]

Honestly you can tell me if I have too much time on my hands but can anyone explain why, when there are 4 empty cubicals, 95% of people will come in and sit on the lav next to the one youre in? Is it a herding instinct?

[5029]

I always take either the end cubicle or one with no-ne on either side. Suppose I'm quite a private person and don't like others listening!

[comloulou]

EXACTLY! how disconcerting to either hear someone elses doings or know they can hear yours? Its more the fact that there are other free ones, theres no need to sit with me. Please people have some respect!!! and relax....

[andy hughes]

Yep - I agree. As a man, I don't need the tiresome ritual of putting a load of toilet paper down first to avoid a splash, but I do prefer not to have my personal space invaded when there is no need - and that goes double for my ablutions!

[andy hughes]

By the way, I don't think you have too much time on your hands - if you are asking if people prefer the toilet roll facing them, or unravelling from the back, that's a sure sign you have too much time .... although that is an interesting question come to think of it ..... !

[xyzzyplugh]

According to tolietpaperworld.com (I am not making this up), 68 percent of people surveyed like the hang toilet paper with the first sheet going over the roll. Twenty-five percent prefer to hang the roll under. The remaining 7 percent just don't care or think about such deep questions.

[bluedolphin]

there are toilets in Japan which have auto biddets (spelling?) and a button which starts imitates the sound of a flushing toilet. So when you enter the toilet you position yourself on the throne and then press the button which creates the sound of a flush so masking your own tinkle and splash. When you are finished you press another button and a biddet (thin tube swings out from under the toilet and washes you. You can set the temp and flow using more buttons. Also on sale is a mini mini spray for you to spray into the toilet bowl to avoid an unpleasant odours that may me lingering in the bowl.

[snotmonkey]

never been that worried about which cubical to use, what worries me is, if using anothers toilet when they are within earshot (toilet near front room, kitchen) is it better to go into water so it makes a noise or run it down the side and keep it quiet, i get embaressed when making a noise but imagine they think i'm missing and hitting the floor if i'm quiet:-)

[comloulou]

wow! I wasnt going to post this but Im glad I did. I want one of those japanese toilets! p.s, i prefer the paper over the roll.

[brawburd]

I couldn't go to sleep at night if my toilet paper was hanging over the roll! And my friends find my visits to their toilets irritating as I always change the roll round! Yes, certainly a worry to find myself admitting to worrying about that!

[Cycleman]

Don't you just hate it when your bursting for a number 2s in public and you race to the toilet and its got that dreaded sign "CLOSED FOR CLEANING REOPEN IN 20mins".............aaaaaaaaaaarrrggg.

[comloulou]

I think number 2's are always inconvenient, I always need to go the minute I leave the house, I think nmy bowels are rebelling after years of mother saying ' make sure youve been cos you cant go once we've left the house ...'

[gazzawazza]

Hey Cycleman, years ago I was camping in Spain and had just fell foul to the dreaded "Spanish Tummy."

Half asleep one night I felt another uncontrollable number two developing, but I knew it was going to be in the form of a number one if you know what I mean...!

I jumped out of bed and bombed off through the night 200 yards for the bog to find... The cleaners there and all toilets closed... IT WAS FOUR IN THE MORNING FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!

[comloulou]

Gazzawazza I may regret this but here goes...so what did you do????

[LukeMc]

When i was on Dof E, i got a pain in my tent and had to rush to the port a loo on the site at 3 in the morning, but there was no light!. So i did my best, and then went back to sleep... in the morning i went to the loo (to see the damage). I lifted the lid and the messi had left was horibble, it was all over the place, and wen i lifted the seat, there was a puddle on the inner seat.

[comloulou]

This is turning into a bit of a confessional!

[jomii.co.uk]

Anyone else suffer from stage-fright?

[comloulou]

Is that a euphomism or do you genuinely mean stagefright? If it helps I can be sure to get the trots when i have anything important to do like today and a job interview. God knows how I'll cope...wheres the imodium?

[harry7623]

ok some good points here. i tend to go for the end cubicle on the outside wall. typically these are the ones with the noisy Xpelaire unit. In this way I make sure I can't be boxed in on both sides - very disconcerting, I am spared the embarrassment of sending unfortunate smells or sounds into the room (drowned out and quickly removed respectively by the Xpelaire), and I am also spared the nasty smells eminating from others. I have a question though - what kind of masochist (or do I mean sadist?) designs a public toilet with highly sound resonant ceramic tiles?

[TA Casualty]

Wow, a few valid points here!!! Firstly, I always try to find a cubicle with no one beside me, and preferably an end one. If it's busy in the loos, then sometimes I'll put toilet paper down first to dampen the sound. On the subject of toilet roll over or under, I have to have mine over the top of the roll. I had a few people round one Saturday, and when I went to the toilet, someone had changed the roll, and put it facing the wrong way.Obviously, I put it the right way round. I came back and asked if anyone had any preference, and basically got the mick taken out of me for being anally retentive.(no pun intended) The next time I went to the toilet, someone had turned the roll round again, and decorated the mirror, window and toiletbrush with loo roll, just to hack me off........AAAAAAAAARRGHHHHHHH