Monday, September 10, 2012

"Public Bathrooms..."





So... I was in one of the mens' rooms within my college here at Alluvial Flood Plain State University... taking care of business.  I tend to be on the 'quiet' side... no unnecessary noises... things like that.

Then some guy comes in... takes the stall next to mine... and the only thing that comes to mind that is he did some kind of complete 'system dump.'  I don't mean one of the long, drawn out kind... it's like someone dropped five pounds of something or another into the john all at one time.  There was a huge anal blast... a great displacement of water... and then a vocalization that could only signify great pleasure.

Damn...


Potty Spiders??
I'd hate for one of those to bite me on my...
 well... 
you get the drift.

There are some guys that come in and fart out some kind of concerto in some unheard of key...  maybe it's the key of BUTT!!!

Anyway...

That led to some research on the topic...

Public restrooms are a wasteland of desperation and diarrhea...  if you have never used one, you are one of the luckiest six people alive.

All public bathrooms always include at least all of the following:

  • Graffiti - This is definitely the highlight of any trip to a public toilet...  it can resemble anything from 'cave paintings' to a rolodex of phone numbers, dependent upon the gas station or strip club you are patronizing.  You will see unimaginable artwork, crudely drawn/carved cuss words, and phone numbers... possibly your mother's phone number.

  • Turdffiti - same as graffiti, but drawn/written with poop... if you discover turdffiti, you should notify a haz-mat team to clean/neutralize the place.  If you are the artist, you should just go ahead and commit yourself.
  • Floor Turd - These are self-explanatory surprises that one will find either laying on the floor of the rest room, or in more unlikely places for human waste.  These are normally left by people with really dark sides, or deviants who just want to make janitors cry...
  • Pee Gel - layers of coagulated urine left on public bathrooms floors.  This is possibly due to the presence of drains on the bathroom floors, that encourage men to just pee there.  Pee Gel in mens' rooms can be several inches thick.
  • Pubic Hair of Doom - there will always be a worm-sized pubic hair on the toilet seat of the toilet selected.  Legend has it that it moves from toilet seat to toilet seat.  Use anything other than your hand to brush it off... or it will embed in your hand.

Now, if this hasn't been bad enough, imagine the different beings with whom you will come in contact while taking care of a normal (possibly) bodily function.  They may consist of:

  • Talkers - people who will talk with you or others while taking care of business.
  • Stall-talkers - Kind of like talkers, only they occupy the stall next to you... the scary thing is that you have no idea what they are doing over there.
  • Phone-talkers - those who feel the need to share the sounds of straining with their friends.
  • Human Space Ships - those who are afraid to let their butt cheeks make contact with the public toilet seat... so they hover.  Women tend to be the biggest cuplrits of this maneuver. 
Two other pieces of trivia that you might like to know:
  • 110% of all craps taken in public bath rooms are diarrhea.  The extra 10% are those that end up anywhere other than in the toilet.
  • One should only use gas station bathrooms if they are on fire, are in a zombie movie, or if there is no open wilderness for miles.
If I were to tell you where the motivation for this post came from, you would never believe me...

~shoes~

38 comments:

  1. That spider just about freaked me out. The worst public bathroom I ever entered was in NYC with crap all over the floor. It was at a fast food restaurant in Manhattan and although I had a ton of water and REALLY had to go, I couldn't stomach the place and left. Actually, your first pic looked a lot like the bathroom at that place.

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    1. Hi, Scarlet... re: the spider, me too!

      I can NOT believe some of the messes that people will make!! It is simply unbelievable!!

      If it looked like that first photo, I wouldn't have gone either!!!

      ~shoes~

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  2. Ugh--

    Pee gel on the floor is disgusting and stinks terribly. I REFUSE to even take and put a roll of toilet paper in the men's bathroom at the Coffeehouse. It is like if even open the door the stinky smell will smack u in the noise.

    I hover. I do not need to place my ass on top of a toilet seat where another's ass has been plus women tinkle in the seat too. Nasty nasty nasty. I had to do this last week and hold up my pant's leg which ultimately hurt my ass muscles because the floor was wet from the building sweating from a thunderstorm.

    Spiders on the and under the toilet seat. I just thought I had an over active imagination. Those spiders can fly too. Fly right to ur ass. I am afraid to pee now thanks to that video.

    I got bit on the ass by a spider this summer. Imagine my dumbass sitting in the middle of my garden weeding. What the hell was I thinking? I had to get my ass cut on so all the nasty stuff could come out. I apparently am allergic to spider bites. I have never seen so much blood in all my life come from me like that. Imagine two cute male doctors squeezing my ass until there was nothing left after they sliced the wound open. I would have been embarrassed had I not been in so much pain.

    I cannot believe I am going to even post this comment but right now I am in that kind of mood.

    Those toilets r NASTY!!!!

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    1. I would never expect to see that kind of facility at a 'Starbucks!!!'

      I would imagine that those two doctors had ulterior motives for squeezing your ass, other than spider venom. Did either of them offer to suck the poison out? :oD

      ~shoes~

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  3. Hilarious and very well-thought out post on a topic to which I honestly hadn't given much thought.

    That spider was probably the most horrifying thing in the whole post! I know that's saying a lot.

    -Jack

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    1. Hi there, Jack.

      Yeah, that spider is something. I've seen and heard some scary things in public restrooms... things I know I would never do!

      ~shoes~

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  4. I vote for no more posts with video of spiders. Jesus Shoes. I've always been leary of that legendary Boa that crawled out of a toilet somewhere around here... or the baby gator... thanks for adding THAT to my list of toilet related phobias.

    I was going to post about my experience last week with some cheap toilet paper and an excruciatingly itchy two hours on my riding mower... just couldn't get that personal... let it suffice to say, I will never leave home again without my wet wipes.

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    1. Good morning, Steven.

      Yeah, that spider one even creeps me out a bit. I do know of a fellow who once used this kind of 'john' and got bit on the head of his pecker by a black widow spider. He liked the size that went along with it, but he also said it was very painful!

      LOL @ riding lawn mower story. You SHOULD!!

      ~shoes~

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    1. Hi there, Max... hilarious, yet disgusting!! :oD

      ~shoes~

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  6. You forgot to mention rest stops on lonely stretches of highway (e.g. Rt 20 between Tuscaloosa and Meridian or even Rt 55 around Grenada)!

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    1. Blerk... some of the WORST have been on I-55...

      ~shoes~

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  7. I had a job as a Gas station Jockey in Oregon. Said station was at the intersections of of the main Freeway. OMG the stories of the restroom. I was also the only woman that worked there. I love people BUT they can be PIGS.Although having raised pigs they are cleaner than people. Ladies are just as guilty of being Nasty as Men. OH the fond memories this post bought back....

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    1. LMBO @ maryi...

      'fond memories???'

      Poor thing.

      At some point, we lose all of our regard for others!

      ~shoes~

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  8. You also forgot the beloved "Upper-Decker" - when someone actually goes to the trouble to shit in the upper clean water tank, creating a "Beef Stew" effect when the toilet is flushed.

    SHOCKING !

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    1. LMBO!!!

      Heff, I DID forget about that one! Or the Urinal Dump!! Or the Lavatory Dump!!!

      Actually, I was thinking about when you used to do the restaurant reviews... and always included photos of the bathrooms at said places.

      ~shoes~

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  9. Hahaha--thank you for the laugh.

    Seriously today has been a very bad day and it is only 11:00 a.m.

    I have cussed out four detectives already because of stupid shit.

    No the bathroom do not look that bad at Starbucks but there is piss always all over the floor in the men's bathroom. Please help me understand. Can we not aim in the toilet?

    They were both married Christian doctor's and were only interested in my ass for medical reasons. I'm am like how can y'all do this. It disgusted me and it was my blood. Afterwards, I peeked my head in the hazard bin to see how much blood came out. That's gross in itself isn't it.

    Truly thanks for the laugh. I want to go home.

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    1. Good morning... if you are aware that it was a bad day by 11:00 AM, it was truly a bad day. I normally need to get into the afternoon before I feel comfortable passing judgement on the kind of day I've experienced.

      I hope you went home.

      ~shoes~

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  10. Shoes ~ I'd rather piss my pants than share oneof these obscene so called 'toilets!' It's a good job we don't have scratchn sniff screens! The hard part of my job as a cleaner is finding a toilet with the lid down, ya lift the lid and there lies before my eyes the biggest log ever found... and we're talkin females toilets here... I have to hold my breath and run out before I start to gag!! There is no excuse for this kind of behaviour.

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    1. Good morning!!

      LMBO!!! I expect bad bathroom etiquette out of men... but I've heard women can compete quite well in this area!!!

      ~shoes~

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  11. I ran and got a ton of bleach, a fire hose and a hazemat suit!

    Thanks now I'm not hungry either.

    You say you are all quiet in the bathroom but usually the quiet ones are the ones you have to watch out for. Lol!

    This post reminds me of the bathroom at a club I was at for a concert. Vomit on the floor and toilets over flowing so the floor was covered with water and the door wide open so all the men could see inside.

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    1. Good morning, Liz... "the quiet ones are the ones that you have to watch out for..."

      In what regards?? ;oD

      That 'club' sounds nasty!!!

      ~shoes~

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  12. PMSL, Shoes!!!!!!

    Here's a piece of graffiti I once found in a pulic toilet in the centre of one of our main tourist towns here in The Peak District....

    In this great and noble hall,
    please use the paper, not the wall
    if the paper can't be found
    then scrape your arse along the ground!

    It was years ago, and I've never forgot it!

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    1. Hi there, Leah...

      I LOVE reading bathroom poetry!!! I wonder if that would be a good coffee table photo book?

      I remember...

      'Here I sit, broken hearted...
      I came to shit, and only farted...'

      Or the classic minimalist...

      'Super Duper Doo Doo Scooper'

      There's another, but I just can't recall it totally yet... I will have to think about it...

      I hope all is well for you!

      ~shoes~

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  13. You are definitely right about diarrhea about a #2 job being THE ONLY WAY I would use a public bathroom. At least that was the case for a LONG TIME. Now, when I am traveling, if desperation hits, I will use a public bathroom for that emergency, but I HATE IT. In my 20s, I believed in the Hover System, but I read an article detailing how you couldn't catch anything off a toilet seat, despite the naysayers. So, I decided to just sit down already. I do use the sheet protector whenever they offer them. And I always wipe off the seat first with TP. Amazing how much Pee or water gets sprayed on a flush. I like to tell myself it is the water spray from a flush. I hate to forget and then sit down on a wet seat. I then mentally curse myself up one side down and the other. And then have to sponge bath with TP before I can leave. Uggghhh. Dry sponge bath, of course.

    Interesting story... before I hit this revelation of being able to do a #2 away from home, unless it was diarrhea, I would back up for DAYS on mini-vacations. When I was planning my trip to Europe in 1999, I was very worried. I had to conquer this problem. I went one whole week without going. Finally, I got really drunk and that did it. The next day it was COMING OUT. Of course, it didn't mentally help me in Italy the following week. I backed up again. I don't think I went the entire time I was in Italy. That meant more than a week. It was the FIRST thing I did when I got home. If I ever go oversees again, that will no longer be a problem. I can now go to the bathroom somewhere other than HOME.

    I have officially pulled back the curtain and found that there is only a man pulling the strings. Not so scary after all.

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    1. Robin...

      LMBO @ your European story!

      You went one week?!?!?!?!? HOLY COW!!!

      Yeah, you are right... it really isn't all that scary... is it?

      I hope all is well with you!

      ~shoes~

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  14. OMG, OMG, OMG.... hold on OMG, OMG, OMG. Now a secret: girls bathroom can be as gross!

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    1. Hi there, Ana...

      I know... :op

      I hope all is well with you!

      ~shoes~

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  15. Shoes, I fucking love you. This post made me want to vomit and laugh, at the same time even. And the "Human Space Ship"??? - that made me snort big time. I used to do that...but now I am a proud "Toilet Seat Liner", using the toilet tissue to line the seat and then sitting.
    xoxo,
    Bella

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    1. Hi there, Bella...

      Why thank you! *blushes*

      It's good to see YOU back!

      ~shoes~

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  16. I had a "crisis" in the grocery store and was practicing my "human space ship" when I heard the store manager say, "Why is all this stuff back here? Go put it all back on the shelves!" Those derps unloaded my buggy that took me 45 minutes to fill up with coupon related items. I was screaming from the stall, "NOOOOOOO!" but when you scream in the stall at the grocery store, no one hears you.

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    1. Linnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!

      I haven't see you in a year of Sundays!!!!!

      *huggles*

      "...but when you scream in the stall at the grocery store, no one hears you."

      That reminds me of some line from a space movie... 'if you scream in outer space, does any one hear you?' or something like that...

      How are you doing, sweetie??

      ~shoes~

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  17. ah Shoes, I had to come here and post again just because you are drunk and typing slow ;-)

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    1. Ana... I am... slow... VERY slow... I meant just to have one margarita, but I was weak. They kept calling my name.

      I am SO going to pay for this tomorrow in class.

      I know I commented somewhere about having had too much to drink, but I'll be damned if I can remember where it was..

      HAR!

      ~shoes~

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  18. I have never used a gas station restroom or a porta-can, since I find the wide outdoors much more sanitary and safe, even if there are rabid bears in the area.

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  19. Unless I'm in a really fancy place like at a 5 Diamond restaurant or a really uber expensive store I tend to avoid public bathrooms for the reasons above but if nature calls I am guilty of being a "human spaceship"

    I've never understood why the hell people who are "doing their business" are talking on their cell phones at the same time.

    That spider one really freaked me out. PS: I've never been so grossed out from reading a post.

    Hope you're doing well.

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