Bathroom Choices

[Cyriel]

[COLOR=Navy][CENTER]We all know the risks of walking into a public restroom - especially the ones in our public schools. There's the sour scent of urine that has permeated itself into every crevice of the bathroom, and seems to radiate out of the walls. The stalls themselves are of a nondescript coloring, with paint chipping, as well as years of scribbled messages of love, labor, and everything else one can think of, with the generous servings of obscenities and mature language. Ah, the education one can receive from reading the mysterious messages left in bathroom stalls.[/CENTER][/COLOR]

[COLOR=Indigo][B]But here's my question:[/B] if you walk into a restroom and there are four stalls, which one do you choose, and why? In your school, is there one that you [I]always[/I] use? What are some of the interesting things you've read while relieving yourself? Any other bathroom stories that can entertain?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]I, for one, usually use the second or third stall, and I have no idea why. Maybe the thought of being in the middle is more comforting...? :animeswea
One day I walked into the bathroom stall, and I happened to find a banana peel in the little open container for feminine napkins...:animestun What the schmack was that doing there? Why in the world would you eat in the bathroom? It's disgusting![/COLOR]

[Panda]

Thank you Cyriel for a much needed chuckle today. I shall share with the masses my personal preferences in bathroom stalls. I have always used the stall the farthest away from the door that was not a handicapped accessible stall. I feel that the larger stall is reserved for those who need the extra space and those toilets seem to be taller than the others. Which when you are short becomes a problem if you can't keep your feet on the ground.

Now here is a bathroom story to entertain and frighten. Many, many moons ago I use to work at a movie theater we had an "incident" concerning the restrooms. I live in a small town so this theater was the one and only one in town. So basically if you wanted to see a movie, this place was your choice. The janitor was fired for peeking into the restrooms through the air vent! Apparently there was a service crawl space that went above the restrooms and he moved part of the vent to peek through at people answering the call of nature. From this vantage point he could see into the first 3 (out of 4) stalls of the restrooms...but not the farthest one from the door. Ah ha! You see my wise choice in stalls came in handy for once!

Needless to say he got fired.

[Retribution]

[SIZE=1]I'd pick stall four, only because it's closest to the wall. There's less people around ... and more isolated. I guess with urinals, I pick the one farthest away from another person. It's an unwritten law to do so. Anything else would be deemed "gay." At least that's how it is at my school. Besides, I don't like peeping at other guy's junk.[/SIZE]

[Sea Of Chaos666]

I would chose stall 4. I don't know why it's just a feeling I have. And at the school I go to it's the only one that does not have writing on it..Don't know why...

[future girl]

[size=1]I don't use public restrooms. I've trained my bladder to hold it until I get home or to a friend's house who's bathroom I would consider safe. I've been known to hold it for upto 16 hours just because toilets are a scary thing. You could get all sorts of diseases from a toilet seat and that balancing act we girls do just doesn't feel safe enough to me. The only time I go into a public restroom is when I have my period and that's only to change my sanitary pad because you know, I like to be sanitary. That, thank GOD, does not require me to sit down. I usually use the handicap stall because it's pretty spacious, so yea.[/size]

[Annie]

[color=darkgreen]Wow, this is the first that I've seen in the Lounge, lol. While the environment and conditions of the bathroom greatly decide my decision, I'd have to say that I would choose the stall furthest away. Sorry, but I like my privacy.

As for a horror story, that'll take a bit to think about. It's not necessarily something that I did. But it definitely sways me to stay away from the door, or near the middle. Okay, last week, I was in the mall shopping for a b-day present for Jeh, and I bought a T-shirt for myself (after I'd gotten Jeh's present, of course). Well, it was really hot out that day, and I had to walk across the long parking lot to get to Best Buy. So, I figured I'd change into my new, lighter T-shirt.

I headed to the upper level bathroom. The bathroom is set up so that you have to walk down a small corridor before you make the turn into the restroom area. Well, I saw that a few women were leaving, so I thought the stalls would be empty. To my dismay, the stalls were all filled. No big deal, I would just wait my turn. That didn't happen. My stay there was cut short when a woman in the middle stall decided to release..the demons (to put it nicely). I'm sorry, but I wouldn't be able to stand there without feeling really, really uncomfortable..or started laughing. I felt sorry for the women surrounding her.

I bolted from the restrooms, still able to hear the woman's bodily noises down the hall. [/color]

[Sea Of Chaos666]

[QUOTE=Annie][color=darkgreen] Well, I saw that a few women were leaving, so I thought the stalls would be empty. To my dismay, the stalls were all filled. No big deal, I would just wait my turn. That didn't happen. My stay there was cut short when a woman in the middle stall decided to release..the demons (to put it nicely). I'm sorry, but I wouldn't be able to stand there without feeling really, really uncomfortable..or started laughing. I felt sorry for the women surrounding her.

I bolted from the restrooms, still able to hear the woman's bodily noises down the hall. [/color][/QUOTE]

That's the frist I'v heard somethin' like THAT on the board.....

Anyway, another reason I use the back is that it dosent have toliet paper stuk to the ceiling. I don't I can get anywhere near your horror story (starts to crack up).
But I do have one. Ok.

I was at school and it was lunch time. The top floor was empty exept for a few kids and teachers. I like to wander the halls sence I'm poor and pathetic and can't afford lunch. I had to go the the bathroom so I headed down to the bathroom. Upon entering I smelled this horrible smell. I walked over and saw someone in the frist stall. I sat there with a very grim look on my face because of the smell. I heard a flush and the next thing I know the bathroom begins to over flow. I dashed out of the bathroom and down the hall to were the janitor was I told herwhat happened, so she went up there. When she came back down She said as you did "someone let out the beast!" only this time it flooded the bathroom. After that the bathroom was closed for a few days.

Well, that's my horror story....

[MissWem]

[quote name='future girl][size=1']I don't use public restrooms. I've trained my bladder to hold it until I get home or to a friend's house who's bathroom I would consider safe. [/size][/quote]
[COLOR=DarkRed][SIZE=1]I absolutely try to do the same thing.. except for the few emergencies. I don't think I'm capable of holding for 16 hours.

*shudder* Toilet's in girls' schools are terrible. At least it was the worst in the last school I was at which was ironically a catholic school. Every other day one of the toilets were flooded. In anyone of the cubicles you'd find sanitary pads stuck to the walls or behind the toilet or under it. Toilet paper would be jammed into the sinks, blocking it and er.. grime.. goop.. unidentifiable undescribable things encrusting all surfaces. The smell was hair raising. Needless to say, I definitely didn't use the bathrooms there, even in emergencies >_>

At my current school (and surprisingly not at my last school) I've seen turds on the toilet seat. It wasn't once either; honestly I have no idea what would possess any girl to want to plant one on the toilet seat and not into the bowl. However, it might be worse than I think because I was desensitized by prior experiences--I just don't know anymore....[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Baron Samedi]

[size=1]Don't worried Ladies & Gentlemen, you [b]can't actually catch AIDS from a toilet seat[/b]. You can all rest a little easier now.

As for me, at the caravan park I regularly visit I have a 'favourite' stall, for both toilets and showers. No, they're different stalls. Yes thats right. I wouldn't use either for the same thing ~_^ That'd be messy.

I'm sure we've all smelt the....atrocities in public restrooms, so I needn't go into that. The worst thing I've ever personally done was puke at an airport one...and I can't really remember how much of it missed. I had food poisoning, and my plane was about two minutes from finishing boarding. I sprinted across the wide hallway into the toilets, and I think I missed a fair bit....but I had been holding it in my mouth since halfway across the hall ~_^[/size]

[Hevn]

[COLOR=Purple][SIZE=1]I'm lucky because the restrooms at Uni are really well maintained, so I get to pick any stall and still have a clean toilet. Restrooms at uni are the cleanest restrooms I've ever been in to. So clean that girls actually like hanging out in there. lol

As for the public restrooms, I try to hold it until I can and only use them if I really really really need to. So yeah, I've been free from restroom nightmares for that past four years. ^_^

Though, I'm scared of being alone in any bathroom. The four walls triggers my claustrophobia and I've heard too much bathroom ghost stories. :animeswea[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[iluvsasuke]

i would probably choose the one with the real wall...
Duno why its much safter..??
other wise just random or the free one , or the least smelly /disgusting one..

[DeadSeraphim]

[COLOR=Indigo][SIZE=1][FONT=Arial]In my school, it's a matter of finding a cubicle with a working latch and without the stench of deoderant and cigarettes. After that's done, make sure the floor isn't covered in a quarter of an inch of water, and then, and only then, use the toilet.

My school has horrible toilets. Therefore, I don't use toilets in school.

Otherwise I don't care about public toilets, lol. The big brick and mortar ones that the government puts in parks in Australia can be nasty, but for the most part they're clean and usable (and have constant supply of toilet paper, which mine quite often [b]does not[/b]).[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Zombie_Nosh]

[RIGHT][COLOR=DarkGreen][SIZE=3][FONT=Garamond]Heh, in my college, there's this really old corridor that very few people go down, because the lab it leads to now has another door, making it easier to get to, hence, leaving this coridor redundant. Anyhoo . . . the toilets on that corridor have to be maintained (obviously), but all the students seem to have forgotten about them. So, what I discovered on one adventurous day, was a toilet-room free of vandalism, odour, and interuptions.

This means that I can poop in peace, regardless of which stall I use !

In fact, just writing aboot this little haven has given me the urge to go visit it . . . Later ![/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/RIGHT]

[shahi]

[SIZE=2]I don?t use public bathrooms at school at least but if I?m at a restaurants or some thing I have no problem with it . . . unless I?m at McDonald . . . Once when I was really young me and my friend went to go to the bathroom, when we went to the door before we walked inside a man walked outside. We both stared for a second before checking if we were going into the right bathroom, which we were after that we pretty much just turned around and waited til we got home. But at school, I basically wait til I get home. The only reason I use to the stalls is if I have to stay after school or change for gym and use the one closest to the wall. Plus, last year people at my old school use to lock others in the bathroom so I tried to keep away from them.[/SIZE]

[Latharix_sama]

I pick stall 4. I don't know why, but I feel more comfortable in the last stall. I also like it because it's the handicapped stall (no, I'm not handicapped, just slightly claustrophobic). And for some reason it's the only stall that still has a working lock.
But personally, I don't like public restrooms. I will cross my legs for over an hour just so I can go home and use my own toilet in my own privacy. Lol, thanks for the funny thread, makes me feel better after a day of TCAP testing! :animesigh

[NinjaJedi007]

I used to be a stall #4 user. Then I discovered stalls 1 and 2. Most people choose the last one, so if I'm in there, then that means its likely that someone may choose the one right next to me. I'm not a fan of doing my business directly next to someone else so I then started to use the first stalls. It's those places where no one ever sits next to you. Now thats comfort for me.

Heres a little story straight from one of my Xanga entries...
i was in the poo depository pooing today after lunch, and i hear this person coming through the door sounding pretty sick. then out of nowhere there is violent vommitting. oh my god. ive never hear someone throw up so badly in my life! holy crap. i mean, it was the type of vommitting where it was actually noisy in the bathroom. loud forceful sounds followed by what sounded like a bucket of slop being thrown into the toilet at a height of 6 feet. all this while im silently taking a crap at the end of the room. i finished my business and gingerly left the restroom.

[Guest kizzah3k1]

"Only the colorblind can truly see the rainbow of people"

"The revolution will not be televised"


Those are the two most interesting things I've read in the stalls of my high school. The latter I used for my senior quote this year

[Dagger]

This is why I love OB. :animesmil

If there's a person in there, I usually pick whichever end stall is farther away from the current occupant. If I'm alone, I just go with the one that looks/smells the cleanest. Given my druthers, I like to use handicapped stalls because they're roomy and (in my experience, at least) tend to be somewhat less vile. I'm not sure why.

~Dagger~

[Juke Box Hero]

[QUOTE=Cyriel][COLOR=Navy][CENTER]
One day I walked into the bathroom stall, and I happened to find a banana peel in the little open container for feminine napkins...:animestun What the schmack was that doing there? Why in the world would you eat in the bathroom? It's disgusting![/COLOR][/QUOTE]

I really hate to point this out my friend, but that wasn't there for eating. Moving on, I really just look for the unused urinal, doesn't matter where it is. I generally do not have need of a stall.

[shinji172]

I only have one (count em) at my school. They are so poor :animecry: . Well because of this The stall is looked after so its very clean. If i had a choice Id just go for the closest (though I have regreted this before)

[James P. Galvatron]

[quote name='Raid3r']I really hate to point this out my friend, but that wasn't there for eating. Moving on, I really just look for the unused urinal, doesn't matter where it is. I generally do not have need of a stall.[/quote]

What do you mean you don't think tat banana was there for eating what else could it have been used for really comeon.

Well I have had bad experiences in bathrooms also some people forget to flush the toilet or write very obscene things on the wall and for some reason at most Wal-Marts its mostly racist comments or remarks.

[Cyriel]

[COLOR=Navy]I'm happy to say that I, luckily enough, have never had to experience a flooded toilet at school...although I think that would be hilarious (while horribly disgusting @ the same time).[/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkSlateGray][quote name='Baron Samedi']you can't actually catch AIDS from a toilet seat. You can all rest a little easier now.[/quote]Yes, that makes me so much more comfortable with toilet seats. ^_~
[quote name='MissWem']I've seen turds on the toilet seat. It wasn't once either; honestly I have no idea what would possess any girl to want to plant one on the toilet seat and not into the bowl.[/quote]That's flat-out disgusting.:animestun And I completely agree with you. So ladies, [I][B]do not hover[/B][/I]!
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[COLOR=Navy]Has anyone been in a public restroom (for example the park) where there are stalls...but the stall doors all seem to have disappeared? What happened to them? Why have they gone? And why in the world would you steal a stall door? :animeswea

And I just thought I'd include this little story from my friend's xanga: (names have been changed to "protect the innocent" :D ) Basics first though: They're at a restaurant eating. 'Bruce' is my friend, while 'Matt' is his friend. Let the bathroom adventures commence!

[QUOTE]Now it is the fun STORY TIME: after finishing eating and having a good time, Matt went to the bathroom to take a piss. I followed almost immediately 'cause I had to take a dump pretty badly. So when I went into the bathroom, I noticed it was only Matt in there. Time to make my move! While I was getting ready to sit down in the stall right next to the urinal he was peeing at, I said "Hey Matt, check this out!" and quickly undid my pants and sat down. After that, I let out the biggest explosion of crap you'll ever hear. I used every ounce of muscle in my body to make that crap come out fast and furious. I mean, this was a disgusting sound thanks to my crap being in small chunks and flying out in a random machine gun style which 'caused the most unique and awesome sound you'll ever hear. Oh man, I could just hear Matt, who was standing right next to me, just groaning and trying to piss extra fast to get out of that. So while I was sitting in my stall laughing like a maniac, he exited the bathroom, and according to Sam and the other guys, yelled all the way across the resturant "HEY GUYS! YOU GUYS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I JUST HEARD! BRUCE JUST LET OUT THE BIGGEST FART EVER!" Hahahahaha, I heard everybody just stared at him for a bit and he just stared back with his jaw open in disbelief of what just happened.

So while Matt was screaming how loud my fart was across a public building, I was thinking that Matt was waiting for me to come out of my stall before hitting me with wet papertowels as revenge. The reason I thought this, is because he already threw a wet one over before leaving, plus I saw a pair of shoes waiting around when I peeked under the stalls. So to get ready for retaliation, I kept one of my poop covered toiletpaper folds read in hand as I flushed and opened the stall door, only to see an old, white, overweight, middle aged man standing there waiting for me to get out of the stall so he could use it. Haha, I had to turn back into the stall, put the poop covered toiletpaper back into the toilet and flush it again. Very awkward moment. But the whole situtation was hilarious. You had to have been there.[/QUOTE][/COLOR]

[Baron Samedi]

[QUOTE=Dagger]This is why I love OB. :animesmil

If there's a person in there, I usually pick whichever end stall is farther away from the current occupant. If I'm alone, I just go with the one that looks/smells the cleanest. Given my druthers, I like to use handicapped stalls because they're roomy and (in my experience, at least) tend to be somewhat less vile. I'm not sure why.

~Dagger~[/QUOTE][size=1]Thats because handicapped people have [b]respect.[/b]

Gotta love them Technicolour yawns people :p [/size]

[Hevn]

[COLOR=DarkOliveGreen][SIZE=1][quote name='future girl][size=1']You could get all sorts of diseases from a toilet seat and that balancing act we girls do just doesn't feel safe enough to me.[/size][/quote]
I've perfected that balancing act, lol. It's not that I'm afraid of catching AIDs or something but, with public restrooms, you know that the toilet seats are really just not clean. For all you know, turds, piss, and blood dropped on the toilet seat. Little kids even stand on it with their shoes on. And I don't think they're properly maintained. u.u

[quote name='Dagger']I like to use handicapped stalls because they're roomy.[/quote]
I don't really know why but...I feel like I'm naked in roomy stalls.:animeswea [/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Roxie Faye]

[color=#9933ff]I used to choose one of the middle stalls because I had this thing against the tile (urgh - the tile in the shower of my own bathroom at home is gross - it's like... from 1930 and the grout make me want to crawl sometimes.). But now, I go for the first stall, for some reason. O_o;

I don't understand why, but in my school, there's always icky-wet paper towels in the friggin' sink. Not to mention there's almost never any soap. I know that some people don't wash their hands, but I think I'm obsessive complusive, and I like to wash mine as much as I can, so I don't like it when there's no soap. >___<

In middle school, there used to be a lot of graffitti on the bathroom stalls, but no one does it in high school. It's all good.

I'm also perfectly fine with hovering, but some people find all the bathrooms so gross that they either hold it, or they'll walk all the way around the school to use the nurse's bathroom, which is the cleanest in the school. Heh.

No gross bathroom stories from me! I'm very thankful for that. ^^; [/color]