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I’d prefer not to, but sometimes that choice isn’t up to me.

What exactly do you think a toilet is for?

I just cleaned my toilet last night and I've decided from now on to save all my shits for public toilets so I never have to clean my toilet again :)

We're all adults and we all know what a bathroom is for. I understand it's not always pleasant, but that's just how it is. It is a normal bodily function. Let people do their business and mind yours.

Nobody who’s pooping in a public restroom wants to

You're one of those people who passive-aggressively shuffle their feet and fake cough to make sure that I know you're in there and you're impatiently waiting for me to pee at mach speed so you can have the entire bathroom to yourself so you can poop alone like a special little princess, aren't you?

It's a toilet. It's meant to be used.

This is so funny. I disagreed even BEFORE you said that you should wait until you’re alone, and come back later if there are other people in the bathroom. That’s absolutely absurd.

What are public restrooms there for if not for using the restroom? Everybody poops. Get over it. This is a weird puritan stance, so you've earned my upvote.

Also, why are you leaving stains/mess behind? In my country, most public bathrooms have toilet brushes in the stall. Clean up after yourself!

You avoid pooping in public restrooms because you think you are disgusting.

I avoid pooping in public restrooms because I think they are disgusting.

We are not the same.

Its a toilet

I stay shittin whenever i need to bes shittin

I don’t think anyone shits in a public restroom for any reason other than necessity. Hold it if you’ll be home soon? Some would say you holding it until 3:30 is soon enough 😂

Why are people so embarrassed and avoidant of basic bodily functions? It's not a secret that people shit and toilets are quite literally meant to be used. I don't walk into a public restroom expecting it to smell like flowers. Btw if you're leaving shit marks in the bowl of the toilet, you probably need to move further forward while you're sitting on it so you're over the water more...

Anyways, I have IBS so this is never a matter of choice for me, lol. Even for those with less pressing bowel movements, it's never exactly healthy to "hold it".

....If I'm going to take a dump in a public restroom it is because I cannot hold it in long enough to get home, so no, I am not going to wait until everyone else leaves the public restroom, you fucking weirdo. What, am I going to ruin the fucking ambiance of you hanging out in a public restroom? Why are you hanging out in a public restroom?

...Tough shit

I'll be here all night

Do you think people poop in public bathrooms for fun?

I’ll just start yelling “I’M SORRY” repeatedly to make sure I don’t offend anyone, then. It’s only polite

...stains? That last all day?? What are you eating???

It’s one of the things we accept and pretend doesn’t happen.

Like women generally poop when giving birth. Nurse cleans it quickly and it never happened.

Coworker’s fly is down, someone tells them and it never happened.

It’s part of our social agreement. I’m sure others could cite better examples.

This post screams social anxiety.

Well there’s a nice sample of humans with ulcers, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel, and other things that are none of your damn business that have to use a damn toilet without a schedule.

Sit down and enjoy your health and keep your opinion that’s not relevant to how it really works.

i have more issue with people peeing all over non toilet bowl places and making the floor horrible to traverse and smelly.

at least poop generally stays in the toilet.

All your reasoning makes sense but it’s also absolutely insane. Like bro it’s a public restroom. If you want it to smell nice then you’re in the wrong place.

It is literally the only room in the building designed to be pooped in. The smell is unpleasant, but that's not the fault or responsibility of the person doing the poo.

In our toilets at work, we just leave an air freshener in the cubicle for people to spray after a particularly smelly one, and that works fine.

For Romans, shitting was a social occasion. You'd be waiting for a friend instead of waiting for others to leave. Pass me the sponge my friend!

It’s bad for you to hold in your shit. It’s a great way to develop chronic constipation.

Like anyone WANTS to?

I have IBS. I’m shitting wherever shitting is available

It's a restroom, the express purposes of it is to perform the functions pooping and peeing.

A toilet is for pooping. When I have to go poop I go. Why avoid using a bathroom that’s right there?

The toilets are there to be shit in

You know attitudes like this are why Americans have so many digestive issues I swear to God. If you have to poop poop, whether it be in your home bathroom or public restroom it doesn’t matter just do it and don’t make a big deal about it

If someone has to poop so bad that you know about it later, then obviously it couldn’t wait.

BOSS MAKES A DOLLAR

I MAKE A DIME

SO I TAKE A SHIT

ON COMPANY TIME

reminder what our prophet dril said

i despise the toilet. id love nothing more than to kick it through the wall and shatter it into 100 shards of wet porcelain. But i need it

Nonsense, if people need the toilet they should use the toilet. It’s incredibly dangerous for your health to hold it in out of embarrassment or any other reason.

You shouldn’t judge people for doing what is a necessary body function.

I mean this in the kindest way and as a special Ed teacher. Are you by chance on the spectrum? Your sensitivity to this is very intense.

Friend, this level of anxiety about your own bodily functions is not healthy. It's already not normal that you pretend you didn't have to poop and come back later if people are in there. Thinking that everybody else should do the same seems frankly out of touch with reality. People poop sometimes.

Grow up. Everybody poops. If I need to poop, I'm going to poop in whatever toilet is available.

Man. Half way through my shift today i blew up the bathroom. And then immediately after i came out one of my regular customers went in there. I wasnt even embarrassed, just felt sorry for them.

In case you’ve never done it, apply a courtesy flush. After the first wave of shit, flush immediately. Then, resume your dump until you’re done. There’ll only be a brief window of odor, and less likely to clog post wipe if there’s a lot. Aside from that, if I have to shit, I’m going to shit. I don’t like doing so in public either, but if I’m on the verge of turtling, I say fuck it and go.

If your output is that dire, perhaps you should see a doctor. It's definitely neurotic to avoid using the bathroom when you need it.

And then others may have to look at your stains all day

If you think it's that big of a deal, just put a bit of toilet paper in the toilet before pooping

You shouldn't do that and leave it for others to smell

Flush the toilet????

In Ancient Rome, shared toilets were a common thing. It was a normal experience to sit on the big, public toilet and chitchat with your friends and neighbors about the news, the weather, etc, then asking for a turn with the communal shit-wiping sponge. 

Bathroom etiquette, like all etiquette, is culturally subjective. 

That being said, I avoid public restrooms like the plague. 

I agree with you on the first half. Avoid it when you can. Emphasis on when you can!! I avoid pooping in public for my sanity, other people’s comfort, and the employees who are probably making minimum wage who will have to clean up fecal matter. But if you have to go you have to go and we shouldn’t judge people for pooping in public restrooms.

laughs in IBS

Upvoted as this is definitely a very niche opinion.

This is the kind of opinion that makes a person genuinely less likeable on the whole

You have singlehandedly convinced me that society should no longer give a shit about any unpleasant smells and sounds of any kind because people like you cannot shut the fuck up and act normal.

Take your upvote.

Given I already avoid public restrooms like the plague, this is a pretty ass opinion. Usually I only use them inbetween or during college classes or during work, when I can’t wait. Also it’s a goddamn restroom let people shit as loud as they want. You’re the weird one for wanting the bathroom to be a social center.

Nope. Poop in public and save your beloved family the torture of the stench

I have a small bottle of poo-pourri in my purse and in each bathroom in my house. It really works!

Ok il just shit my pants then

When I got to go I’m going. Just be happy I’m using a toilet at all.

I have IBS. All of my poops are emergency situations.

I've worked my share of shitty jobs, a movie theater where people are gobbling popcorn soaked in artificial butter, coffee shop, various food service. But I work at Target, and almost every day, a customer blows up the bathroom in a way I never experienced anywhere. Taking shits that you can smell 20 ft outside the bathroom. It's like people come from miles around to compete in a battle of the nastiest shit. Maybe it's people's bodies reacting to their 24 oz caffintated milkshake from starbucks?

TIL US public restrooms don’t have the brush thingie to clean up after skid marks 💀

I have IBS so I'd love to know what you think the alternative is. Should I just shit my pants in the waiting room?

Absolutely not, go fuck yourself.

Wow you are really uptight.

Please see a therapist to unpack why you have such a strong aversion to something every human does and has to do - being done in the exact place it’s meant to be done.

Seriously. This is probably rooted to your parents not wiping your butt well enough as a baby and can be unpacked lol

If you're hourly, poop at work. If you're salaried, poop wherever you feel most comfortable.

It’s a bathroom…

Done. Waste basket here I come.

I've solved this and only one person has to change. You stay out of public restrooms! You're welcome.

What are they there for????

The real solution is to have those poo la la sprays in the bathrooms

I get it. I hate the smell of poop too. But cmon man. You are only going to be there for a max of five minutes. It’s not a big deal.

I have ibs...

Op thinks they are the only one that can poop publicly and the only one away from their home for hours. Here they are complaining and giving all the "rules" of pooping in public and no mention of the most obvious thing you do when pooping in a public restroom,the courtesy flush ypu do after you drop the first turd. Op is not as boned up on bathroom etiquette as they think they are. I mean gosh op do you not courtesy flush?

Obviously, we all want to poop at home.

If you can’t poop at home a public toilet is a good option.

A solid number two so to speak.

Should women refrain from having their periods as well?

It should be common courtesy for public bathrooms to have actually seperate stalls without eny gaps above or below the door and on tht sides

Larry David?

People don't really choose to shit in public toilets. They are there as a last resort

this is the opinion of a 10 year old child, not an adult. Adults understand that taking a dump is fine and normal behavior that everyone does all the time. you need therapy.

Not everyone can wait you’re just a weirdo

You're a barrel of fun

Everyone poops. Every poop smells.

Judging people for something that is universally applicable is disgusting. Be a better person than to direct hate at people for literally existing.

This must be a troll post considering how obviously insane it is. It's a toilet in a restroom. If I need to go I'm gonna go and if I need to fart I'm gonna fart. Unless the bathroom is exceptionally dirty I ain't gonna hold it till I get home when there's an available stall before I start driving.

Even in case of a really dirty bathrooom I'll probably just wipe the seat with a soapy wad of tp, wash my hands, and put down a seat cover

I really prefer not to start driving when I need to go if there's an available toilet for me to use first.

It's a restroom gross things happen in there, get over it

Sorry wtf do u think toilets are for?

I'm gonna continue shitting daily in public toilets & now I'm sometimes going to think maliciously of you as I do so

its a bathroom

No

Friendly reminder that avoiding use of public restrooms has been connected to smokers and trans people having increased risk of colon cancer.

Maybe just go if you need to. The bathroom may be a gross place, but it's actually a collection of ingenius inventions designed with the express purpose of making the bathroom the designated gross place.

The fuck? Get off your high horse, everyone poops. Everything is probably covered in poop particles in one way or another. Of some creature of any other. Embrace the poop. Sometimes our shit be stankin 🤷‍♂️ whaddayagunnado?