Social Science Hearing someone you know take a dump...does it change the relationship?

[J_Moore]

I'm pretty casual when it comes to house-hunting but I refuse to live in a house where the toilet is not contained in its own room.

I've never lived in a house with a toilet in the bathroom.

I do not get that at all- imagine someone is in the bathroom showering (can be up to an hour sometimes), you are busting to go- or even worse have gastro or something. What are you meant to do?!?!?!

Separate toilets FTW.

been married for 5 years (lived to gether 10) I have taken 1 s**t in her "presence" due to being in a hotel room and getting food poisoning.

at home I wait till she has gone to bed or not at home...... I did make us renovate our house with a toilet outside the bathroom rather than in so I probably have a issue with these things

Mandated self-containted toilets and hour-long showers?

Ok, you people are freaks, and emblematic of the decay at the core of western civilisation.

No offence.

I lived for four years in a mixed-gender sharehouse with 4 other people. If everyone's respective partners were staying over, which wasn't uncommon, there'd be 8 people there. Sometimes more if friends were crashing on the couch (one duded crashed for about 2 months straight).

There was one bathroom, with the toilet in it. Nobody died.

 

[Leper]

Another thing that annoys me is the guys who wait till after 5.30 at work to take a dump - (our A/c goes off so ventelation in the dunny is also reduced) so you need to cut through the stentch to take a piss

I've always figured it's better for one to leave the kiddies at the pool on company time.

 

[tonk]

My seven month old turns crimson when she is trying to do one, She looks grimly determined and occasionally there are some acoustics, it makes me like her more.

 

[GreatBradScott]

Classy thread is downright classy.

If a mate or co-worker really, really, really needs to go, I'll let it slide.
Other than that, I'm content with not knowing of it's existence.

 

[Richo is God]

One BF poster on here (who shall remain nameless), was at her house once and the toilet that was IN the bathroom, didnt even have a lock on it!!!

Was my most stressful wee ever, was scared someone was going to walk in at any time (the toilet was on the other side of the room to the door too).

I have a set up like this, no lock on the bathroom door. Pretty simple to avoid the walk in - door closed=occupied, door open=vacant. Have never had someone walk in, even guests understand this simple yet effective arrangement.

 

[Lach72]

Yes female toilets can be disgusting, that is why there should be rules for every moronic lazy cow to follow. It's not that hard.

What the hell is the deal with tampons in the bin !!! why wouldn't they put just flush them anyway.

Disgusting behaviour, totally unacceptable, I would have moved the bin to their bedroom.​

They block the plumbing. I lived in an apartment complex where some stupid bint was flushing tampons and pads from the top floors. One day the plumbing exploded on the ground floor outside some bloke's apartment, showering the place with s**t, tampons and pads. Disgusting.​

 

[Jordie_tackles]

Absolutely should not have to hear someone else doing that, especially at work, I can no longer look at a colleague the same if I have been subjected to that.

There needs to be rules around toilet etiquette;

1 do not use the toilet at work unless completely unavoidable
2 If unavoidable put some paper in the bowl first to avoid loud plopping noises (I don't really want to hear your peeing sounds either so always a good decision)
3 Do not under any circumstances make any groaning noises or fart
4 clean the bowl after use and use some spray

I myself have probably only ever resorted to doing number 2's at work twice in my life, I think my system is now programmed so that it is not necessary between 9-5.

Wrong, nothing better than sitting at work, and just thinking man im getting paid to sit here and take a s**t.

Getting paid, its brilliant.

 

[The Chiefton]

s**t thread is s**t..

 

[powerful girl]

They block the plumbing. I lived in an apartment complex where some stupid bint was flushing tampons and pads from the top floors. One day the plumbing exploded on the ground floor outside some bloke's apartment, showering the place with s**t, tampons and pads. Disgusting.

Surely that would be the pads blocking it up, any decent plumbing should be able to handle the flush of a tampon shouldn't it?, they are smaller than the average poo. Been doing it for years without issue, but maybe there is a plumber out there than can set me right????

 

[Gabbie]

Surely that would be the pads blocking it up, any decent plumbing should be able to handle the flush of a tampon shouldn't it?, they are smaller than the average poo. Been doing it for years without issue, but maybe there is a plumber out there than can set me right????

Heard of a family of 4 women who flushed their white mice down the loo and the result was blocked system. One tampon plus water becomes one large object, I tried it as an experiment once. Plumber was not impressed when he was called out.

Some posters need to harden up, so to speak, it's a natural bodily function and where you do it shouldn't be a drama or a case of "ooooh eeeek fancy having a loo in a bathroom". As a kid I grew up in a house where the loo was in the bathroom, didn't worry us and our house was the newest in the street, others still had thunder boxes in the back yard. Try going to the loo outside when you stay at someone else's house in the middle of the night. Geez, hope nobody is planning on having a baby who already hasn't, are you in for a SHOCK.

Hey in some countries where lack of water is an issue the custom is to drop USED loo paper in bucket beside loo in a lot of hotels. Been there, done that and you know what, NO SMELLS, creepy crawlies etc. Though I did wrap used paper with fresh paper before leaving in bin.

 

[Catfish Alley]

It's not my favourite thing in the world to hear the person next to me but there isn't much you can do about it. I actually prefer going at work than at home. As others have said, you can take your time and you're getting paid for it. Often offices have a few choices and you can find a private bathroom.

I think the seperate room for the toilet must be an Aussie thing. I don't think I've seen that in Canada at all. Bathrooms usually have a lock though.

 

[Pie eyed]

Surely that would be the pads blocking it up, any decent plumbing should be able to handle the flush of a tampon shouldn't it?, they are smaller than the average poo. Been doing it for years without issue, but maybe there is a plumber out there than can set me right????

Apparently the tampon is the major culprit, in conjunction with invading small tree roots. Tampons are generally similar to velcro in relation to small wiry roots. Pads tend to just "surf" on by until a tampon clogs the works...then....even toilet paper starts to further clog things up.
A recipe for disaster in underground plumbing and a major cause of post drain cleaning embarrassment for many women.

 

[MrNatural]

Just a question for all the blokes on here.
I regularly have the mrs complain about the amount of time i spend on the crapper.
On average i reckon i spend about 15 mins at the time when at home, then at work it increases to about 20-25 mins. It s a good excuse to get away from the desk for a while.
I assume im not the only one that does it. Even when you are finished, i regular just sit there on my phone.

 

[BigKahunaBlue]

Sounds like you married a nagging woman. My wife doesn't care how long i spend in the shitter..doesn't whine, doesn't bust my balls like most aussie woman.

The way i like it and why we both are still madly in love with each other.

 

[Leper]

Just a question for all the blokes on here.
I regularly have the mrs complain about the amount of time i spend on the crapper.
On average i reckon i spend about 15 mins at the time when at home, then at work it increases to about 20-25 mins. It s a good excuse to get away from the desk for a while.
I assume im not the only one that does it. Even when you are finished, i regular just sit there on my phone.

Every bloke does this.
Every bloke's female person complains about it.
I call it "cooking" it.

 

[Dukes Of Hurley]

The one thing i hate most is when you go to a friends house, and their toilet or bathroom doesnt have a lock

It just makes me afraid that an unexpected intruder will walk in on you, when doing your business!

 

[kfc1]

my gf only complains when she wants her phone back

 

[Spadge]

i quite happily answer my phone and talk to mates while im taking a s**t

also have made phone calls while in the middle of snapping one off

 

[edgie]

Depends. If it's a nice healthy plop, there's nothing wrong with that. However if someone has the runs, or multiple plops when they go, it's a bit wierd and I overthink like "whats wrong with their diet, lifestyle, etc" Sometimes I get paranoid and try never to use the toilet around the half hour mark - people going before/after lunch or starting/finishing. But generally, if 2 humans have to take a dump at the same times then thats the way it is. And the regular sunday morning grog bog is an essential part of my weekly duties at work.

 

[ioppolo]

I've never heard any of my mates take a s**t but yesterday in the shopping centre toilets...I swear to god this one bloke must've imploded into his own arsehole.

 

[kfc1]

Who can youtube that classic clip from Austin Powers?

"who does number 2 work for?"
"you tell that **** who's boss"

 

[thegrach]

Wrong, nothing better than sitting at work, and just thinking man im getting paid to sit here and take a s**t.

Getting paid, its brilliant.

This. I sit and listen to the plop, it sounds like ch-ching to me

 

[I bleed Blue]

Right all this talk about taking a dump at work has talked me into it. Im off to destroy the company toilet. Be back in 30.

Genuine..

 

[CrimsonButterfly]

Women don't s**t or fart. Everybody knows this

This can really make it odd being a girl sometimes.

 

[Andre]

Being married, I can say I don't care if I hear my wife, but as a courtesy in a house with only one loo at the moment I warn if going so she can go first if required. Females tend to go off more about the smell afterwards.

At work I'll go if needed, but prefer a get in, go and out job. At home I'll often take a book and take my time. It's quiet me time.

It doesn't change how I see anyone, but I just don't want to see (leak), hear or smell any other blokes business, whether I know them or not. Thankfully at least the loo's at work are clean, being an office building. Public loo's where your general ferals use them are places to be avoided for taking a dump unless the choice is risking filling your pants or causing an internal injury.

Toilet's are a good argument that class still exists IMO. The more a place is associated with money in general the better the facilities and condition of them. Public transport and city street ones the worst, places like the airport and casino where you generally aren't unless you've got at least some cash aren't as bad. And the more a business is up the blue collar / white collar ladder the less likely of encountering a feral state in my general encounters.