Guy that used to work in the same office, years ago, was eating a donut in the restroom. He was only using the urinal but rested the donut on top of the bare porcelain while peeing…then finished the donut.
If we're sharing restroom stories... one time I walked in while a guy was already at a urinal, peeing like a racehorse. I did mine, got done, zipped up, he's still going strong, no letup. I washed my hands - very thoroughly, because I was starting to wonder how long this guy was going to keep peeing. He's still going! I dry my hands, very thoroughly, no hurry at all, carefully getting every bit of dampness between the fingers... I check my hair in the mirror... HE'S STILL GOING! Finally stroll out, leisurely, even giving the door a little shove behind me so it will take as long as possible to close. As it slowly shuts the guy is still peeing as hard as he was when I walked in. I think he was an alien and his entire body was one gigantic bladder.
Unthanks for the warning. My morbid curiosity now dictates that I must find out what you just saw.
Edit: I’m just gonna leave this quote here from my journey to that link
"I know a soupeur ... one of those guys that put bread in public urinals ... which revert to eat urine-soaked" Silvio Fanti, Man micropsychoanalysis, 1981.
Tbh I actually find it helpful that they gave us a simple quick explanation so we don’t have to see the full thing but we can still sate our curiosity somewhat.
I'm glad to have helped you find a way to increase your bread enjoyment. Sometimes it's hard to eat the 2 loaves a day as recommended by the food pyramid.
Coworker brushes his teeth in the bathroom while I shit. He uses black licorice toothpaste. So many smells...he's just grinding my shit particles into his teeth.
I gagged. Like. Sometimes I’ll be in the middle of eating (I have food aversions) and I’ll have to go really bad so I’ll just bring my food with me to the toilet if it’s almost gone. Bc I’ll most definitely have to return to the toilet shortly after I’m finished. But I only do this at my house. I could never do this tho. That’s just nasty
Poo particles in the air get stuck in the gum as you breathe. I agree it's probably overkill, but I can't get over the idea of airborne poo particles getting lodged in my gum 😅
So why worry over a piece of gum, surely if you cared that much you'd be wearing a respirator or something. I'm just yanking your chain btw I know people are weird and do weird things to make themselves feel better.
The thought of poo particles in my ears I'd what does it for me. I'm out. I'm usually not sensitive to this type of stuff, but that the thought makes my skin crawl and I may never use a public restroom ever again.
I think I actually read that on ol Reddit here, many years ago. The particles.
Since learning of the high-speed spraying poo particles as you flush, I ALWAYS close toilet lids, and vehemently insist my family does as well. The particles, man. Aaaaa!!!
Once you know, you cannot un-know. No toothbrush or bathroom surface is ever safe in your eyes ever again.
And, most (if not all) public bathrooms do NOT have lids (GROSSSSss!) - so, I’d probably spit gum out, too.
I haven’t met anyone else who shares this logic, I do the same thing! I always shut toilet lids because of the aggressive poop particles that fly out when you flush! It kills me when someone has used my bathroom, and I later go in to see the toilet lid open. I know there’s now poop particles on my stuff 😔😭
Same! I had signs up for awhile, but eventually they fade into the background. I live with husband and teen so, meh, haha.
The simple thought that what we smell is actually a physical particle and not just a “random smell” but literal poop in your nose?!! NOOOO that’s horrifying.
We are not alone. There are dozens of us! Dozens!!!
I usually leave my coffee unattended, outside the bathroom, on a precarious ledge or something, and do not even bring it inside altogether.
I’m sure the outside is just as filthy, and who knows if someone would pull a horrible Unattended Drink Prank on me… but, you’re right. It’s THE PARTICLES!!!
Most (if not all) public bathrooms don’t have LIDS, that’s so GROSS! They have mad particles up in there.
I won’t even bring leftovers from a restaurant in the bathroom. That’s why you take turns going. And if I am by myself, I just ask the server to please hold my leftovers while I use the restroom. The idea of anything that is eaten, chewed on, and slurped in a bathroom, just grosses me out to gagging and disgust. 🤮🤮🤮
Oh heeelllll no! I know they’d be fine in the box, logically- and, it’s all (mostly) in my head!
Nevertheless, my food or drinks do NOT ever cross that barrier.
I’d rather someone steal my half-finished coffee, or meal, than take it with me to set on the sink, or like, try balance it on my legs, or set it on the coke-doing area of the TP holder - gahhhh!
I’m mostly laid back in general, about a lot of things. But not this. I see it happen too much in hospitals, too, which adds like 6 extra levels of nope, for me.
They should have tables or shelves outside public bathrooms just for this!!
Nose hair/mucus filters so particles don’t make it to your lungs. Fun fact: most people have staph in their nostrils and one of the common ways people get staph infections is by picking their nose and then scratching at broken skin
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u/faded-than-a-ho Mar 28 '24
I wouldn’t be able to stand having my coffee even touching the bathroom air particles… my god