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[smileydee]

Poll Public Restrooms

Comments

[smileydee]

That is a good point I suppose. However, what if it's going to be a loud poop? I think I would be embarrassed to have a nice loud resonating poop with a bunch of strangers around, even if they already knew I was there to poo.

[talcotts]

That's pretty much where I am. I voted for the first option because, as much as I can help it, I'll wait. That said, in an emergency, the public toilet, crowded or not, is better than the alternative.

In any case, the public toilet with strangers is generally less embarrassing than the private toilet within earshot of people you know.

I never realized that I'd put so much thought into this.

[welfy]

I guess it depends. If I was going to have a loud, gassy or gross-sounding diarrhea poop, I'd try to wait until everyone was gone!

[smileydee]

I hate when you're like "ah i'm going to have a nice satisfying silent poop" and then you unexpectedly let out a great trumpeting fart. Is that TMI?

[welfy]

Nothing is too TMI for the internet.

So you came out of hiding to talk about poop? :^P I haven't seen you on here in, like, forever.

[smileydee]

Poop is very important.

*pfft* Girls don't poo.

[jhf]

I have a thing about bathroom noises; in private bathrooms I usually run the sink when I'm on the can, and I curse quiet bathroom fans -- the creation of white noise is one of the latter's functions!

It's one thing for people to know what's going down in there; it's another for them to hear the blow-by-blow.

But I got over my public restroom fear when I was Driving. I had to; truck stop restrooms don't ever clear out. Don't bother me, I'm busy in here.

Re: *pfft* Girls don't poo.

[smileydee]

In my imagination truckers are among the last class of people I'd expect to be sensitive about bathroom noises.

Re: *pfft* Girls don't poo.

[welfy]

A trucker, eh? Usually truck-stop bathrooms (at least the big ones) have such a big, long bathroom so one could kind of hide in the most far-away stall. Plus, I know at least in Flying J they play this annoying music that covers up the sound some!

(My husband is a trucker)

Re: *pfft* Girls don't poo.

[smileydee]

Hey, you married the guy? Grats!

[overloadut]

Ugh. I used to be #3 through and through. I hated letting it go when people were in the bathroom. I would also wait to wipe and leave the stall until the bathroom was empty.

However I have recently been trying to get over it and I've been getting a little better. I still have an aversion but I force myself to just go ahead.

[sandkat]

Well, if I'm at like a mall or something they will usually have one of those fancy electronic toilets with 10 different buttons on them. One of the buttons they have is a fake flushing sound to mask any embarrassing sounds so I would probably go ahead and poo and just use the little button :D

If the toilet is normal, then I'd probably wait till it was clear :x If the toilet was of the squat variety, I would just hold it lol.

Toilets are always a crap shoot in Japan >.>

[smileydee]

"Toilets are always a crap shoot in Japan >.>"

HA!