Randomly Weirded Out
WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH… RESTROOM HABITS?!
Having some sort of hint at a persons bathroom/restroom habits gives you some sort of insight into a person. Well.. maybe it doens’t give you insight, but it surely leaves an impression on you. A lasting impression.
It’s like that one time I was doing a #2 at a previous workplace. One of my bosses came in and took a piss. I recognized him by his shoes. And then he proceeds to walk out of the bathroom without washing his hands. Sick. And THIS is the guy who always has a bottle of Purell around. Weird. After that incident I made sure never to shake hands with him.
Anyway, today’s rant is brought about by an experience I just had not 5 minutes ago:
I just went to the building restroom. In this restroom there is one urinal and one stall. Right as I entered in, a guy was just leaving the urinal. Clearly he had PEED in it and didn’t flush. Apparently he didn’t see the sign that said, “GENTLEMAN ALWAYS DO’T (sic) FORGET TO FLUSH” So I was a bit grossed out putting my pee on top of this stranger’s pee, but part of the advantage of peeing standing up is that it grosses you out less (well, at least I think so).
So I’m there, having a jolly good time peeing my brains out when I hear the door open. It strikes me as kind of odd since I’m used to taking care of business on my own that there are now 3 people in here. I half expect to hear the door to the stall open since I’m using the only available urinal. It doesn’t open. After 10 seconds of silence I look over my shoulder, whilst peeing, to see if the guy is waiting for me or what. I see no one. I shrug it off thinking this guy stealthily made his way into the stall. Odd that I didn’t hear it lock. All this time the water is running from the sink next to me (there’s a barrrier in between) and I’m thinking, “Jeez.. this guy is washign his hands for a REALLY long time! How anal.”
I finish peeing and to my surprise there’s no one there. It’s just an abandoned bathroom sink gushing water and no man. I realize then that the door opening was that guy leaving, not another person entering. Wtf?!
Can someone explain some things to me? 1) Already weirded out by him not flushing. 2) Why did he leave the water running? 3) Why are people so weird?!
I just thought it was so bizarre. I don’t have an obsession with bathroom habits, but I’m sure all of us have come across them. And often we are left scarred from such experiences.
September 30 2005 10:07 am | What's the deal with.. ?
September 30th, 2005 at 2:28 pm
So, the running water was due to the new entry into the restroom having peed into the sink. It’s the only logical conclusion: he pissed in your sink where you washed your hands after handling your ‘unit’.
Oh, and the pee splashes everywhere since a sink is not designed to handle the forceful stream from a man’s penis. Soap and hot water ain’t gonna help ya man.
October 1st, 2005 at 3:08 pm
My theory: He’s SUPER germa-phobe and didn’t want to touch flusher knob thing with his hands when he was done peeing. And then didn’t want to touch the faucet either after his hands were clean. And since you were in there already, he figured you’d turn it off. This entails that he cared more about being germ-free than being percieved as a weirdo.
Question: why didn’t you just flush before you peed so you weren’t peeing on another man’s pee?
AND, I was in the bathroom just last week at school and was waiting in line for a stall and a girl walked out, strolled right past me, and then out the door without washing her hands. Ew. Why do ppl do that in front of other ppl?
October 1st, 2005 at 11:41 pm
Peeing on top of another person’s pee doesn’t bother me enough to have to flush their pee. This is assuming splashing could be prevented. If I had to pee sitting down like women did, I would probably flush first since you’re essentially closer to the pee and being closer would gross me out. I think it grossed me out more to look at his pee while peeing. Ugh.. pee.