What Happened in the Mall Bathroom....

[SundaeAfternoon]

It's just disgusting to listen to, esp. heavyset people who grunt and breath heavily as they try to juggle phone, skirt, and pantyhose. The acoustics are so bad, you can't understand the caller anyway.

And that would only happen with a "heavyset" person?

 

[monkey68]

I'll admit, I do it, but usually only at home. Sometimes, you're having a really good conversation when nature calls, so what's the big deal? The friends that I bring into the bathroom with me all do it to me too. IMO, talking on the cell in a public restroom isn't all that much different than talking to your friend who is outside the stall waiting for you.

 

[Jennasis]

I applaud the "flush constantly" person - I always do that too! I don't want to hear your conversation in the restroom - most of the time, the half I hear is inane.

I don't get that - I've been at conferences and seminars where people go INTO the bathroom to use the phone. They're calling clients and office staffers.

I think it's rude towards the other users in the bathroom, too. There are people (not me) who have difficulty relieving themselves if there are other people in the bathroom.

It's just disgusting to listen to, esp. heavyset people who grunt and breath heavily as they try to juggle phone, skirt, and pantyhose. The acoustics are so bad, you can't understand the caller anyway.

If someone calls me from the restroom and I figure out where they are, I just "accidentally on purpose" hit END CALL. Ooopsies. Must have lost the signal in the loo, love. I do the same thing to people who call me from the subway or bus station just as the train/bus arrives. Yeah, I really don't want to listen to the metal wheels screeching and the kids shouting on the platform.

I think it's some sort of delusion if you think you're so important that you can't be off the phone for five minutes it takes to "go potty."

Wow.

 

[1PrincessMomma1]

I see it all the time. Technology has made people forget appropriate behaviour. The restroom is not a location to carry on a conversation. The same can be said for having a conversation and ordering at the same time in the drive thru or in the grocery line when the cashier is trying to ask you a question.

 

[disney1995disney]

I've done it occasionally and I really don't see the big deal....and if I'm on the phone in a public bathroom, I don't care if you keep flushing because I'm sure I already told the person I'm talking to where I'm at.

What is so critical that you can not wait 5 minutes to exit a public bathroom?

 

[C.Ann]

What is so critical that you can not wait 5 minutes to exit a public bathroom?

I was wondering the same thing..

 

[DarthKTrava]

That calls for repeated flushings from your stall.

Not to mention several crass "bodily noises" from the same stall....



I had someone in the stall next to me tell the person on the other end of the "line" "happy birthday". They also got a nice flush as I wasn't gonna wait for the person to leave....

 

[Ciao Mickey]

I was at the mall this weekend and I am not kidding..........the person in the stall next to me was talking on the phone AND going to the bathroom at the same time. I only wonder if the person on the other end of the line knew what she was doing!!!

It's called multi-tasking...

 

[MIGrandma]

If someone wants to do that in their own home, fine, no problem.

But in a public bathroom? I don't understand people who do that. It's just weird.

 

[MichelleVW]

What is so critical that you can not wait 5 minutes to exit a public bathroom?

Absolutely nothing....but I still don't see what the big deal is. I talk to someone in the next stall...I talk on the phone....I don't see the difference or why it bothers people..

 

[agnes!]

If someone wants to do that in their own home, fine, no problem.

But in a public bathroom? I don't understand people who do that. It's just weird.

I don't get it either Grandma.

What is so critical that you can not wait 5 minutes to exit a public bathroom?

Absolutely nothing....but I still don't see what the big deal is. I talk to someone in the next stall...I talk on the phone....I don't see the difference or why it bothers people..

Well...hmmm. It bothers me because the cell-phone talker is coming into a place where I am defecating or urinating and then continuing to use that telephone and sharing by proxy what is considered to be a private matter with someone from outside that facility (oooo, how about if they put their cell-phone on *speaker*?). If it's ok to share what goes on in a bathroom with folks who aren't there, then maybe there shouldn't be doors on the stalls or any doors or walk-arounds at the entrances...

I dunno, it just skeeves me out. ((shudder))

agnes!

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

It is unhygenic no matter how you slice it.

Not too mention, totally embarrassing to make bathroom noises during a conversation.

What are people thinking?
Do we have to teach bathroom etiquette in the schools?

 

[disney1995disney]

Absolutely nothing....but I still don't see what the big deal is. I talk to someone in the next stall...I talk on the phone....I don't see the difference or why it bothers people..

Because you are in the BATHROOM.. You know, taking a pee or poop.. Stuff that should be private time between you and your butt! Nobody and I mean nobody has information that is so important that you need to be sharing it right at that moment.

Plus who is striking up random converstations with people in nearby stalls? Honestly, that is like creepy trucker stop type stuff....

 

[MichelleVW]

Plus who is striking up random converstations with people in nearby stalls? Honestly, that is like creepy trucker stop type stuff....

Who said anything about random conversations with strangers . I'm talking about talking to your mom or kid or friend in the next stall...who doesn't do that?

Honestly I freaking hate talking on the phone...so it's rare than I'm even on the phone...but I really don't think that's it's that big of a deal and don't care if someone is on their phone in the stall next to mine..

 

[Jennasis]

This essentially falls into the "how does it affect you" category., If you are grossed out ny the thought of talking on the phone while using the toilet, then don't do it. I find it childish that some people would purposefully go flush all the toilets just to make some sort of immature point to a stranger (who again is doing something that is none of your business and has ZERO impact on YOU).

If potty time was supposed to be "private time between you and your butt" as a pp stated, then there would be individual restrooms instead of a long row of stalls.

BTW, if the ladies think that's awful, you should here about the "horrors" that go on in the men's room.

 

[MichelleVW]

This essentially falls into the "how does it affect you" category., If you are grossed out ny the thought of talking on the phone while using the toilet, then don't do it. I find it childish that some people would purposefully go flush all the toilets just to make some sort of immature point to a stranger (who again is doing something that is none of your business and has ZERO impact on YOU).

If potty time was supposed to be "private time between you and your butt" as a pp stated, then there would be individual restrooms instead of a long row of stalls.

BTW, if the ladies think that's awful, you should here about the "horrors" that go on in the men's room.

 

[TinklednPants]

I have to admit I don't understand why people get so skeeved out by perfectly normal bodily functions. I mean EVERYONE goes right? Phone use in the bathroom doesn't faze me a bit.

 

[Jordans_Mommie]

I am not bothered by people who talk on the phone while using the public bathroom however, I have a co worker who brushes her teeth while in the stall.

And she uses an electric toothbrush! Now that grosses me out a bit.

 

[JerseyJanice]

I had no idea that being on your cell while using the restroom was such a crass thing to do!

FTR, I wouldn't want to (or even be able to) while doing #2. I won't even do that in a public restroom, but that's a whole other discussion.

If I have to tinkle while I'm talking on the phone, I just do it. It's one reason we have cordless phones at home. It never even occurred to me that it would be a problem for the person I'm talking to.

At work, there are days when we're so busy, the only place I can take a call from my husband or son in peace is the restroom. I've called it multi-tasking, but apparently, I just think I'm very important.

 

[DVC Sadie]

AHEM...

We have telephones in BOTH of our bathrooms...mounted on the wall...next to the toilet.

they were here when we moved in.

Yes...I have used them.

Us, too! My dh did take the phone out of our master bath because it reminded him of hotel rooms.

It's funny because most of the hotel rooms we have stayed in have phones in the bathrooms. Heck, the last place we stayed had 3 TVs and two phones in the master bath.