Some WOMEN bathroom etiquette:
1) I have NO idea why anyone would put the TP roll on so the loose end of the paper lies against the wall. Instead, put it on at a convenient ripping distance. I do NOT want to fight with toilet rolls while hovering over a space I'd rather NOT touch.
2) If you see there isn't any toilet paper in a stall, don't just sit contentedly in the adjacent one while some poor soul walks into the TP-less potty. Grab a wad and pass it under to her--or warn her before she unzips. This is not a breach of etiquette or the female version of the foot tap. It's being a good human.
3) Flush. And it never hurts to have one last look to make sure the evidence is gone. Should someone forget and you walk into the scene, just step on the handle, for Pete's sake!
4) Women don't usually pee in a straight line. When you squat, there's the inevitable fizzle. Who knows why this happens, but it does. You are responsible for it. Clean it up.
5) Even if your mane is to die for, hair becomes vile once it falls off the head. Don't brush over the sink -- and if you do, wipe it up. Wet hair clumps look like dead animals.
Another one that most people probably never think about--
DON'T accuse someone of being in the wrong bathroom, unless they have actually whipped out a penis and are peeing in the sink.
I'm six feet tall and have short hair, so people freak out on me when I'm in the women's bathroom on a semi-regular basis (a couple of times a year). Nevermind that I have a C-cup and an hourglass figure, or that I usually wear makeup in public. They still call me a dude. It's even worse for my girlfriend, who has the misfortune of having a B-cup and has the apparently offensive habit of wearing cargo pants. It's none of your business which bathroom someone chooses to use. If they aren't peering under the stall at you, chill out!
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I get this same problem. Even if I just run straight into a stall, pee, and run right back out, someone still feels the need to scream. Bathrooms are awful enough without the hassle. Do people sign up for some sort of Bathroom Purity Crusade?
T.k.
If i had the same problem, being the sense of humor having asshole that i am, I would embellish on the accusation by hitting on the person...and breathing really hard (or something to that affect)..when they enter the stall and do their deed. :)X
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I think men also need to learn some bathroom etiquette.
Rule 1) Don't talk
Rule 2) Always choose the farthest urinal away from anyone else
Rule 3) Don't jerk off (Really, it's a public place. That's just gross)
Rule 4) Wash your hands
I've heard my husband griping about peekers. I don't know how you guys do it. If someone felt the unbearable need to look over and peek at my vagina, I'd be really freaking uncomfortable.
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These are good and some habits are annoying, I know this because I used to clean bathrooms. I would like to add one. Wrap your tampon or sanitary napkin in toliet paper I do not want to see or get my hand near what is coming out of you thank you!! lol
Something people should know about:
http://www.progressiveu.org/032913-lupus-uncureable-wait-what
Oh, I totally forgot about wrapping your tampon or sanitary napkin in TP. I actually experienced walking into a bathroom with a used sanitary napkin widely lain in the garbage. I couldn't even use the bathroom, I was just too disgusted.
Thats a good suggestion. At my job, however, the cleaners put a zillion of those paper bags in the boxes...and i dont understand why. You barely have room to put anything inside of it. And what is the point of putting so many bags in, when they change them every time they clean the restrooms you would think that the bags would just be added one by one as they are removed. It's annoying.
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For goodness sake! People just walk out like it's no big deal. What the hell? Like honestly, how can people just walk out? The worst is when girls will take the time to fix their make-up or hair but not wash their hands. Then they touch desks, handles, buttons, computers, etc. I don't want to be a germaphobic but when I think/see things like this it just grosses me out! People really need to learn bathroom etiquette.
I don't understand how someone can just walk out without washing their hands, especially when someone else is in there. I hate when I'm at the sink, hear a toilet flush, a girl walks out, she looks in the mirror, looks at me, and leaves with a smile on her face.
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Pubic hair is natural
Yea, its very gross when you see a women leaving the bathroom without washing their hands. After washing your hands, when you leave the bathroom its very good to use a paper towel over the door knob to open the door. You never know the billions of germs living on that door knob. Even after you wash your hands using a hand sanitizer after leaving the bathroom is good also.
all of these things are sooo true...it's quite unfortunate really...but why do all of these things happen...and moreover, if so many people are realizing it happening why aren't things being changed? jeez the women of the world are being disgraced and living through injustice every time we step foot in one of those bathrooms
:)) I agree with the whole blog. Especially number 4. I have walked in so many bathrom's (I don't like using other people's bathrooms for this reason) to only find stalls that have pee, hair pubic's, fecal matter and more either around or in the toilet . It's so nasty , that I have to squat to go to the bathroom. Good one.
I know because of all the gross things I have seen in public bathroom I rarely use public bathrooms, I rather wait until I get home or use a bathroom another I know for sure is really sanitary. Otherwise if I really have to go I just use it the safest way I know how.
It's really amazing to me how rude and disingenius some people are... I've had experiences of awful proportions in public bathrooms... i think another aspect of common courtesy is to clean up behind yourself in those porta rent a bathroom. Those things are just nasty after a 20 or so uses.
Wash your hands before you relieve yourself! Think about it!
I shower every morning and wash myself with abundant soap. I put on a fresh pair of underwear every day that was washed with chlorax and my privates spend the majority of every day in this nice clean disinfected environment. My privates are one of the cleanest parts of my body and don't get a lot of exposure to the nasty dirty world and the germs that can be floating in the air or might be lurking on any surface.
My hands on the otherhand are exposed and regularly come in contact with these germs. While I am a big believer in washing after relieving myself, this is largely to protect other people from fecal contaminination. I think it is more important to wash first so that I don't contaminate my nice clean privates by touching them with my hands that have been exposed and interfacing with the filthy world.
I also think the fear of bathroom door handles is somewhat irrational. Yes, they are nasty. But so is any public counter top or the railing on an escalator, or the handle on a grocery cart or just about EVERYTHING you touch in public. The same people who forget to wash their hands and touch bathroom doors also touch all these other things. Most public bathrooms at least have regular and frequent cleaning cycle and are regularly doushed with harsh disinfectants. The rest of the public environment does not benefit from these frequent cleanings. The bathroom door handle is the least of your worries.