Pet Peeve- Public Restrooms

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24 Aug 2012, 12:00 am

Does anyone else hate using the big one person bathrooms just because they're big? I feel really exposed in them and I'm always paranoid that the lock is faulty and someone will walk in.

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24 Aug 2012, 12:02 am

Gas station bathrooms are the worst.

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24 Aug 2012, 11:18 am

Jitro wrote:

Gas station bathrooms are the worst.

Indeed. In fact, I've opted for bushes or behind a building (peeing only, of course), on several occasions, when the only restroom was a filthy gas station restroom. I've seen some that were so bad, that I won't even describe.

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24 Aug 2012, 3:32 pm

Another pet peeve I have is, locked up public restrooms so you have to ask for the key. I know it's to prevent vandalism but the fact that I would have to socially interact and to look for an employee is annoying or having to buy something to use their restroom.

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24 Aug 2012, 3:48 pm

I was just in a public restroom in a shopping mall, and it SMELLED BAD!

That's probably my top pet peeve about public restrooms.

Other pet peeves about public restrooms have mostly been said already,
so no need to repeat.

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24 Aug 2012, 3:58 pm

I have one word for Public bathrooms:

FLUSH

I hate walking into the bathroom and the previous person didn't bother flushing after going a lot. then you have to flush 2 or 3 times before you can go.

GRRRR!

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24 Aug 2012, 4:18 pm

AnonymousAnonymous wrote:

I was just in a public restroom in a shopping mall, and it SMELLED BAD!

with all due respect... what did you expect? a rose garden?

I would rather the stink be confined to the restroom than the entire mall.

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24 Aug 2012, 4:20 pm

Adventus wrote:

I hate walking into the bathroom and the previous person didn't bother flushing after going a lot. then you have to flush 2 or 3 times before you can go.

why? why do you need to flush the other first? add yours to the pile and send it all off afterwards :/

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24 Aug 2012, 6:05 pm

thechadmaster wrote:

Adventus wrote:

I hate walking into the bathroom and the previous person didn't bother flushing after going a lot. then you have to flush 2 or 3 times before you can go.

why? why do you need to flush the other first? add yours to the pile and send it all off afterwards :/

It's disgusting to sit on a toilet with somebody's else's bodily functions in it. I am sure people just forget to flush and they think they did. I have done it before because I would just get through using a toilet and then someone walks into the stall I was just in and they say "Whoops flush the toilet." Then I hear it flush. I thought I flushed it.

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25 Aug 2012, 7:27 am

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Greetings,

Ive been meaning to write about this but kept forgetting. I hate public restrooms that are "single seaters" as in, just a room with one set of fixtures, not a big room with several stalls.

The reason I hate them is impatient people. The other day I was in one at a convenience store and i heard someone trying to open the door then knock, i made my presence known. Then i heard the guy asking an employee if there was a key because the door is locked. She told him that there is someone (me) in there. He knocked again and again I made my presence known.

What irritates me is that obviously there is only one door, I didnt come out of that door so logic would suggest that I am still in there.

Another thing that happened once was that i was in such a restroom when I heard the knock at the door, i made it known I was in there only to hear an annoyed voice say "well you're gonna have to finish up later, my kid needs the bathroom"

EXCUSE ME?!

Im no etiquette expert but im pretty sure restrooms are first come first serve. I didnt realize I could be kicked off the john because someone else needs it. Heck, when I was a kid i had some close calls but I never demanded my parents kick someone out just for me.

I don't like those single fixture restrooms either just for the reasons you mentioned. It irritates me when someone continue knocking on the door when they should realize someone is in there and that it is a first come, first serve situation. But, it irritates me BIG TIME when a janitor goes in the restroom with several stalls and cleans it when the store is very busy. Another thing that honks me off about public restrooms is when someone pees all over the seat and is too damn lazy to wipe it off. Even though the store provide seat covers, I still have to wipe the seat before I put the seat cover on. :wall:

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25 Aug 2012, 12:09 pm

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25 Aug 2012, 1:27 pm

thechadmaster wrote:

AnonymousAnonymous wrote:

I was just in a public restroom in a shopping mall, and it SMELLED BAD!

with all due respect... what did you expect? a rose garden?

I would rather the stink be confined to the restroom than the entire mall.

Two words...AIR FRESHENERS! :lol:

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25 Aug 2012, 1:30 pm

Adventus wrote:

Also, walking into a stall and noticing the previous person peed all over the seat.

I hate it when I notice and I have to wipe up their mess. :evil:

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25 Aug 2012, 2:18 pm

thechadmaster wrote:

Another thing that happened once was that i was in such a restroom when I heard the knock at the door, i made it known I was in there only to hear an annoyed voice say "well you're gonna have to finish up later, my kid needs the bathroom"

EXCUSE ME?!

Im no etiquette expert but im pretty sure restrooms are first come first serve. I didnt realize I could be kicked off the john because someone else needs it. Heck, when I was a kid i had some close calls but I never demanded my parents kick someone out just for me.

Wow, I just can't believe that. Who on earth does she think she is? I'm not certain how I would have reacted to that lol, if she pushed any further after I told her "No, find another bathroom" I would probably tell her to f*** right off - my swearing is a whole lot less damaging to the child than it's mother teaching the child that the universe resolves around it to the extent that she can demand another person gets out of a public bathroom. Unbelievable! That has actually made me angry lol, I HATE selfish, self-important people!

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25 Aug 2012, 2:58 pm

League_Girl wrote:

Last year when my toilet was broken I went to a nearby fast food place and found out that they now keep their bathroom locked. I wouldn't ask for it. I left and looked for another unlocked bathroom.

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25 Aug 2012, 9:33 pm

http://www.cracked.com/funny-4928-public-restrooms/

This.

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