perhaps this could be Critical Thinking #5 but i like this title...

so you're taking a #2 in the office and someone gets into the stall next to you...do you:

A) let it all go anyway no matter how much noise and splashes you're going to make, while groaning in pleasure
B) let it all go somewhat but use muscles to let it go softly and gently into the water
C) put more toilet paper into the water so as to not make any splashing sounds
D) flush the toilet everytime 'the rush comes' to drown out any sound you can make
E) hold it until the other person leaves
F) make conversation about the weather to lighten up the situation

next question:

you're both done at the same time...do you try and leave before him or if he's already out before you, do you wait until he leaves? if you leave at the same time, do you make any eye contact while washing hands? :D

DON'T PUT YOURSELF IN THE SITUATION IN THE FIRST PLACE AND JUST GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL (FLOOR) AND THEN FOLLOW LETTER A. :)

A of course no matter the situation. Why would you feel embarassed about making noise while in the can? Everybody else in there is doing 1 of usually 2 things (sometimes more, I know). If someone is making noise, who cares?

I've always wondered why people find sex and defecation to be such taboo's when they are 2 of the most common activities on the planet.

sure but things like social ettiquette seperate us from the animals.

You don't see people having sex in a park or takin' a poop in public. These things may be common activities, but they're done in privacy for a reason.. it's rather offensive for many reasons which we need not go into... Bathroom ettiquette is just another level of this analogy, but much more subtle, of course.

Originally posted by Genom
A of course no matter the situation. Why would you feel embarassed about making noise while in the can? Everybody else in there is doing 1 of usually 2 things (sometimes more, I know). If someone is making noise, who cares?

I've always wondered why people find sex and defecation to be such taboo's when they are 2 of the most common activities on the planet.

well same thing goes for belching or farting out in public, it's somewhat rude and distasteful and some people take that consideration to the bathrooms...have you ever sat next to someone that really didn't give a shit (pardon the pun) and just let loose like there was no tomorrow as if they were intentionally trying to be as loud as possible? there was a time this happened and i couldn't help but giggle...he heard me giggle, gave a courtesy flush, and got real quite all of a sudden as if he didn't know i was in the next stall next to him and felt embarrassed he dropped all his kids off at the pool, all at once...personally, i didn't find it offensive at all and was quite entertained to a degree...

OK, this forum is really starting to degenerate fast and the worse part is, I helped. :)

I used to do B but now I do E...maybe it's an age thing, I just don't know.

As far as finishing at the same time...I could care less unless there is only one sink, then it's a race to see who can get their hands washed first and vacate the premisses. Besides, if you get out of there first and someone else walks in after you, you can always blame it on them...peeeyeew what a stench!

i think these are very valid questions that most ppl either don't really think about or do think about but were afraid to ask what others do in that situation...

i mean, what leg do you put into your pants first? i'm sure you've never really thought about it and probably can't answer until the next time you put pants on but most ppl specifically start with one leg

have you ever given thought to why in the hell there are doorknobs/door handles in a bathroom? You may wash your hands but I guarantee you the dude or multiples of dudes that crapped and pissed before you didn't...so think of that...YYYUUUCCCKK!

but to keep with the topic...(A) baby, all the way...it's the bathroom,...there is no etiquette...it be different if we all took a big job in public...

don't be afraid to loosen the reign when you go to pinch one off...it's not like someone is going to look in your stall and say,"Dude, that is gross!"

Can you imagine...someone knocking on your stall door in a public bathroom saying, "hey buddy...could you keep it down in there?"

BRX8, great question, and great title (toilettiquette).

I'm too embarassed to answer though, you all are going to have to leave first. :)

ok b

Under normal circumstances, I just continue with business as usual. But if I've had curry for lunch, and am in danger of releasing all manor of noxious fumes and squishy noises, then I'll generally try to hold on until my neighbor has left.

Damn, how did we get here? :p

Originally posted by BRx8
there was a time this happened and i couldn't help but giggle...he heard me giggle, gave a courtesy flush, and got real quite all of a sudden as if he didn't know i was in the next stall next to him and felt embarrassed he dropped all his kids off at the pool, all at once...personally, i didn't find it offensive at all and was quite entertained to a degree...

Thats hilarious dude, I had the same happen to me... But I cracked up pretty badly, couldn't help myself.. The guy was pretty embarrassed I think..

Ya know it reminds me of something I heard from a director (Michel Gondry).. There are three types of girlfriends..
1. ones that chuckle when you fart,
2. ones that find it to be an unpleasant thing but is polite about it (doesn't say anything),
3. and ones that outright ding you for it.

Luckily mine is #1 heehee

Besides those in my immediate family, I've never heard any woman fart in front of other people. I would be curious to read our female members answers to the above questions.

This situation comes up a lot with me. Fortunately, I have no qualms about letting it rip no matter how much noise I make. I have no qualms, because it has become apparent to me that NOBODY ELSE DOES EITHER. When I first started working here, I thought it was common courtesy to keep the noises to a minimum, but that is obviously not the case. So, I go with answer A.

However, I also line the water with some TP, not to reduce splash noises, but to keep the splash off my ass. I don't want someone else's shitwater on my ass. I also line the toilet seat with a double layer of TP.

And as for your last question, I always wait until the other guy leaves before I start wiping. I use a lot of TP when I wipe, and you can hear me rolling that stuff out, so I don't want anyone to know that I'm "That guy that uses 4 lbs of TP". I wouldn't use so damn much if the TP wasn't paper thin.

Originally posted by BRx8
well same thing goes for belching or farting out in public, it's somewhat rude and distasteful and some people take that consideration to the bathrooms...have you ever sat next to someone that really didn't give a shit (pardon the pun) and just let loose like there was no tomorrow as if they were intentionally trying to be as loud as possible? there was a time this happened and i couldn't help but giggle...he heard me giggle, gave a courtesy flush, and got real quite all of a sudden as if he didn't know i was in the next stall next to him and felt embarrassed he dropped all his kids off at the pool, all at once...personally, i didn't find it offensive at all and was quite entertained to a degree...

Dude I'm still laughing at that. I'm sure my cubemates are wondering what the hell I'm laughing about.

The Lounge at it's best!

In Japan the answer was D so often that toilets were wasting huge amounts of water, so nowadays in the Ladies they actually have buttons for 'noisemakers' that play a recorded flushing sound. However men are less shy - for example train stations have chemical-filled plastic bags hanging everywhere for drunk business men to pee into (to stop them peeing on the floor and walls - they are too drunk to find the toilets).

For me personally it would usually be B.

Originally posted by Squidward
sure but things like social ettiquette seperate us from the animals.

You don't see people having sex in a park or takin' a poop in public

Ok I'm guilty of the first but it was at night. I also don't see animals using the toilet very often.


The thing that you guys haven't considered except by maybe BRx8 is what the guy next to you thinks. While you shouldn't care, put yourself in that position. We can now start a new list.

If the person next to you (option A), do you;

A. Giggle in amusement?
B. Finish as fast as possible and leave the area?
C. Compliment him on a job well done?
D. Try to outdo him?
E. Make conversation about the weather to lighten up the situation?

There are too many scenarios to list and this thread is getting lower and lower!

I wash my hands before I use the restroom. I don't want all those germs on the handles getting on my hands and then transferred to my privates!

See, these things are a tad different. One is agaisnt most social conventions, the other is teh same, as well as unsanitary. There's cultures that find nothing wrong with sex in public. Or pooping in public. I know thats not the case for the majority though and thats why these actions arent commonly done in public. However, I dont se why I should be embarassed by the noise in a bathroom. Your in a specific spot for a specific action. Everybody in there will be farting, peeing or pooping. If any of these actions makes you laugh, maybe tis time to leave the potty humor behind.

Thats the way I look at it anyways.

Originally posted by Squidward
sure but things like social ettiquette seperate us from the animals.

You don't see people having sex in a park or takin' a poop in public. These things may be common activities, but they're done in privacy for a reason.. it's rather offensive for many reasons which we need not go into... Bathroom ettiquette is just another level of this analogy, but much more subtle, of course.

So I guess you're an 'a' then...:) <giggle>

potty humor behind????...o come on... what's NOT to laugh at...people are to uptight about this stuff...it's hilarious if you really think about it...sure it's embarassing when it creeps out on you in the middle of a meeting or your laughing with a bunch of colleagues and oops..you fart....sorry,,my wife says it's bordering on the immature but I'm sorry if laughing at the sound of air escaping out of a hole under pressure and the wacky noises it makes is immature than I guess i'll be immature for the rest of my life...sorry but it's funny...now there is a time and a place but the noise is just hilarious...