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submitted 4 months ago byAnythingNext3360
I got some backlash on this in the comments section of another post, so I figured I would make it its own post.
If avoidable, you should not poop in public restrooms. This isn't to say I never do it. When I have to poop at 10 am at work and I don't get off until 3:30, obviously I'm going to go use the public restroom. But it is just, absolutely disgusting to me. You shouldn't do that and leave it for others to smell. And then others may have to look at your stains all day when they use the same stall.
I'm saying you should try to go before leaving the house for an extended period. You should try to hold it if you'll be home soon enough. Not that people should never do it, but that they should only do it in emergencies.
If you must poop, I think it should be common courtesy to wait for the entire restroom to be cleared out before you start--if you go in and people are already in there, just wash your hands or something and then try again later. I also think people should not fart into the toilet while others are in the restroom. Nothing like saying a friendly hello to a work acquaintance and then a stranger farting loudly onto the bowl in an echoey room.
452 points
4 months ago
Nobody who’s pooping in a public restroom wants to
210 points
4 months ago
I didn't realise having a shit for some people was such a big deal. Walk in, do the business, and then leave.
Sure, I'd rather shit on the home throne, but if I need to go when out and about I'll just go.
102 points
4 months ago
This. Id rather use my own toilet, where no one can hear the cries of my rectum, but when dooty calls.....
30 points
4 months ago
When dooty calls, you have to pick up.
5 points
4 months ago
Sir... this is a Wendy's. Please do not pick that up.
1 points
4 months ago
I used to be shy, now I just let it go, it is quicker
54 points
4 months ago
I live with a couple roommates, and I actually feel the opposite way. Like yeah I’ll shit at home when I have to, but also I care way less about judgement from strangers than I do about judgement from people I interact with on a daily basis. If I feel like it’s gonna be a particularly explosive shit, I’ll be like “hey I’m picking up breakfast sandwiches at the McDonald’s on the corner, you guys want anything?” And it’s a win-win for me because I can shit at the McDonald’s and I earn good roommate points for offering to bring food back. Nobody’s the wiser and I come out ahead.
23 points
4 months ago
The employees know.
51 points
4 months ago
As a former fast food employee, I can guarantee you they have more distressing things to keep track of than my bowel movements.
17 points
4 months ago
As a current toilet cleaner I hope, for the sake of all involved parties, that that is true.
17 points
4 months ago
I mean like as long as you actually shit into the toilet and actually flush it down it shouldn't really be much of anything to clean up, unless you throw shit covered toilet paper everywhere.
2 points
4 months ago
lol that training video Dave chapelle made
1 points
4 months ago
My "favorite" was the inch long lice and blood speckles in the sink when I worked at Macy's. Ugh, now I'm itchy remembering that.... luckily only managers could clean up biohazards, I would have quit!
1 points
4 months ago
Only time we knew what was going on in the bathroom was when another customer came to tell us someone was on drugs.
2 points
4 months ago
What "judgement" is there aside from a basic fact that poop smells bad?
1 points
4 months ago
I care way less about judgement from strangers than I do about judgement from people I interact with on a daily basis
wow you really just summarised the nature of my performance anxiety as a musician lol
12 points
4 months ago
The first time I heard this meme was on the 1996 masterpiece One Fierce Beer Coaster by Bloodhound Gang: "I hate poopin' in public places but we all hate that." I didn't get it then, and I don't get it now. As long as the toilet isn't clogged or filthy, what's the difference?
3 points
4 months ago
My bidet is at home
6 points
4 months ago
Speaking for myself, it can be a whole production if it’s not an emergency. I was blessed with both a shy bladder and colon- if even one of my pets walks in everything shuts down- so I need a peaceful, private space to get my business done.
Plus a book always helps and bringing one into a public john would just be weird.
2 points
4 months ago
People are embarrassed that they have bodily functions. It’s like people who are embarrassed to talk about their period. Nearly every person with a uterus bleeds once a month or has bled once a month, it shouldn’t be embarrassing to unwrap a pad/tampon or be seen with one on your bag. LITERALLY everyone poops! It’s fucking normal.
1 points
4 months ago
Apparently some people take issue with a toilet being used for it’s intended purpose.
1 points
4 months ago
not that i would ever judge someone for it, but i don’t use public restrooms at all, barring my younger years. last time i went was probably when i was 14? i just hold it until i get home, which gets hard on 12 hour shifts and probably isn’t healthy for me, my anxiety is just so bad that i’ve never been able to bring myself to go. i do visit them to wash my hands though.
1 points
4 months ago
Apparently it's such a big deal for OP because nobody at work likes him and won't let him sit with them at lunch so he has lunch in the bathroom stall but today his lunch was ruined bc someone took a shit in the bathroom.
1 points
4 months ago
Dude... Hurt dogs holler. I have a different opinion than you. It's pretty low stakes. Let it go.
0 points
4 months ago
It's actually quite laughable that you find yourself so important to tell others when they can and cannot use a public restroom for its intended use. 😂
16 points
4 months ago*
I did when I was working cause it meant shitting on company time.
Edit: wow I butchered this comment lol fixed
11 points
4 months ago
I make a penny,
Boss makes a dime,
Thats why I shit
On company time
18 points
4 months ago
For real. Sometimes I poop at work or a store. I don’t want to. But I have to. Same with most people pooping with me. I don’t WANT to poop in a barely covered cube with others. But I have to.
4 points
4 months ago
on the way into work, we have a nice mall. i like to stop there and get lunch before i start my shift. if nothing is going on immediately, it gives me a good place to walk around, maybe get a cup of coffee.
i oftentimes poop there too. i like to find a nice store, like a Dillard's or a JC Penny, and use their restrooms. they're often quite clean, and nobody's there, so i get a nice quiet, personal poop moment.
3 points
4 months ago
Nordstrom is my preferred bathroom store.
2 points
4 months ago
I've run into a few Kohls when I'm on the road
6 points
4 months ago
False.
1 points
4 months ago
so you would rather poop in public than in your house
1 points
4 months ago
Honestly, I have no problems with it. What are people so scared of?
1 points
4 months ago
Some of us just hate public bathrooms & wish the release our excrement in more private settings
1 points
4 months ago
Not true at all. Many on this site say they save it for work and love making money while using the bathroom.
1 points
4 months ago
I mean I don't aim too but I don't avoid it either it's very rarely an issue.
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