Comments on: Bathroom Neurosis: Not Wanting to be THAT GIRL

By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:39:26 +0000

I can’t say that I feel you on this one. When I was in high school, if I had to do the number 2, I would go into a bathroom (usually very very crowded) and do my business. I found it to be very hilarious to hear all of the girls screeching in disgust and running the fuck out of there as quickly as they could.

Now, at work, I do it for a totally different reason. I work in a factory and I’m the only girl on the floor, so I have to go to the women’s restroom located in the front office. I have no problem using the restroom because I hate the fact that most of the people in that office make more than I do (I know that's bad), some of them are assholes, AND they fired my boyfriend for a very shitty reason. So on a few occasions, I left the door to the bathroom open, turned off the fan, and “forgot” to spray. I would feel bad, but all of the nice office workers work furthest from the bathroom door. Hehe.

By: Jules

Jules — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:16:30 +0000

I have this problem too! I'm in high school, and the auto shop classroom (read: HOTT HOTT HOTTY HOTT HOTT GUYS) is RIGHT NEXT to the girls' bathroom that's closest to most of my classes. I usually run 4 flights of stairs down to the basement where no one ever is during lunch. I know I shouldn't worry about it, empowered women and all that, but I still do. At camp (all girls) I'd never worry about it but at school I'll just use my bathroom at home, lock the door, and wash my hands for a really long time with antiseptic soap.

By: Janers

Janers — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:26:47 +0000

I ALWAYS run water to cover up "bathroom noise".

Did you know:

In Japan they actually have toilets that have a sound blocking/music feature

By: e

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:42:57 +0000

ahahh I totally know where you're coming from. I lived in a dorm my first year and a half of college and there were times when I KNEW it wasn't gonna be dignified, and so instead of using MY OWN BATHROOM, which connected to another room, I would run down three flights of stairs to use the out-of-the-way public restroom.

After a few months, I found out the girl in the adjoining room had been doing the same thing. Because you can totally hear what's going on in that bathroom, and it's just mortifying.

By: eva

eva — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:59:57 +0000

hahah this is funny

i've worked at places and lived in really close quarters with groups of women and we were almost proud if we "blew up" the bathroom for the next person. we were bad

By: M

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:08:28 +0000

Believe me, I completely understand! I totally had that problem a few summers ago when I did an internship at this one magazine. The office was in a loft (read: loft apartment building) that was converted into a office building, which meant that there was an open space (where everyone had a desk, not a cubicle) and there was one bathroom (like a bathroom in an apartment) for 10 people. I really had no issue when I needed to pee. Whatever if I have to pee every 10 minutes that's my business, but I could not bring myself to poop there, every time I had to do that I went across the street to a Panera or McDonalds, which was really annoying

But seriously, having an office and only bathroom (or one men's room and one's women's room with one stall) is dangerous because hell, what happens if the office orders lunch and everyone get food poisoning? You're fucked!