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[wook77]

I spent the weekend shopping which meant loads of public restrooms.

I just don't understand people, especially women, in the restroom so... random poll.

[Poll #819976]

Feel free to give more details in the comments.

Comments

[starrysummer.livejournal.com]

Okay, yes, invasive questions, but I *like* invasive questions.

And I don't put my makeup on in the stall! Knowing me, I'd drop my lipstick down the toilet or something.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

I had a friend who would do that... sit there are all crouched up in the stall and put on her make-up.

I was the only person in the bathroom multiple times this weekend and darned if someone didn't sit right down next to me. A couple of them started to talk to me and I was all I don't know you go away I'm busy in here!!!

Another woman was conducting business in the stall next to me yesterday and I wondered if the person on the other end knew what she was really doing while on the phone.

[ficlette.livejournal.com]

I think this has been the most relevant poll I've taken all week.


And I've taken a few, I assure you.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

YAYES! Especially where you're at now. I just don't get it... why would you sit right next to the person that's already in there when they're sitting in the middle of the room? Then, to start chatting to them? I don't care that you think the floor is beautifully tiled. I'm sure as shit not going to tell you whether I've tiled or not. And THEN to sniff and huff and say about how rude I am when I don't respond? GAAAAAHHHHHHH. (yes, this was at Lowe's...could you tell from the subject matter?)

I just really don't get it.

[ficlette.livejournal.com]

...Just need a place to display teh new icon. :D

[wook77.livejournal.com]

*drools*

[lurkitty.livejournal.com]

My criteria for stll choosing weren't on there - so at the risk of being diagnosed OCD, I choose:
-The first stall
-If that stall is not clean, I choose the next until I find a clean one.

Studies of public restroom use suggest that the stall used least often is the first stall. But I mostly choose on cleanliness, usually whether the seat is clean.

Now you know way too much about Kitty...

[wook77.livejournal.com]

I'm a random stall chooser myself... first clean one is good enough for me but sometimes I don't start looking until the middle of the room.

I love Sani-Seats... the inventer deserves the Nobel Peace Prize as he/she has kept me from killing loads of gross people.

[incapricious.livejournal.com]

Heh. I do the same thing. :)

[otempora01.livejournal.com]

I use the middle stall. All the time. I hate using the stalls by the walls. And I don't care who's in there using what stall as long as they're not using the middle one. I think it should be an option!

[wook77.livejournal.com]

:( Sorry. I'll remember that the next time I create a poll about stall choices in the bathroom.

[irrevokable.livejournal.com]

Between you and karin's comments and that icon, I just LOL'd pretty badly. xD

[otempora01.livejournal.com]

There's going to be a next time? XD

[incapricious.livejournal.com]

... someone you didn't even know started talking to you while you were in the stall? Dude. That's... WTF?

[wook77.livejournal.com]

Yeah but the most surreal part was where she got mad when I didn't respond.

[giddy-london.livejournal.com]

Oh god. I hate public toilets more than anything. Ever. I will not use them unless I absolutely have to, and I don't even have the germ thing with my OCD. Hell, there are some people in whose houses I am scared to use the toilet.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

I don't mind them as long as there are sani-seats there. Those give me a false sense of security for some reason.

I do have this thing that if a little old lady comes out of a toilet, I won't go in there as most of them seem to pee on the seats.

I went to Coachella this past year and while going... this woman seriously sounded like she was giving birth to an alien baby in the next stall. She actually kicked the door multiple times and then yelled "OH GREAT JESUS". It freaked me out so much.

[giddy-london.livejournal.com]

Ew, no. I totally agree about the old lady thing. They do always pee on the seat. And you just know that 40 odd years ago they were yelling at their kids for doing the same.

See? See why public toilets are so bad? Ugh.

[rubytuesday5681]

well if there were ten stalls and one of them was occupied, i would take a stall that was 2 stalls down from them on either side. so there would be one stall in between, at least, maybe more if that stall wasn't clean. i have to find a clean one. but i hate being right next to someone and i don't like to use the first or last stalls. but the most important thing is that it be clean.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

Yeah, see, I'm about the same as you. I'll take whatever is clean and not next to the only person already in the room but at least one down from them.

This woman sits down next to me and starts talking and then gets mad when I didn't respond. I was so upset at her by the end.

[irrevokable.livejournal.com]

Hahaha I remember you telling me about the lady who sounded like she was having a fucking baby in the stall next to you that one time.

But, usually, I don't have a preference for which stall. I just go to the first one that catches my eye, check to see if it's clean and has the necessities or whatever.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

What makes a stall "catch your eye"?

Whimsy?

[irrevokable.livejournal.com]

Am I sensing some underlining sexual reference here or is it just me? ;D

And honestly, hell I don't know. I just go for a random stall. The first one I see is usually the one I go for but I never go for the very first or very last or dead center one. Don't ask me why because I honestly haven't thought about this all too much before tonight, damn you.

[inmyth.livejournal.com]

I don't do any of the 'noises/activities' you describe heh - most of the time I'm so relieved to get to the toilet (As I only use public ones in an emergencies) that I don't care what's happening around me or I'm making any sounds, if any....