Bathroom door: closed?

[McNutty]

When you go to the bathroom (that is, actually use the toilet, not just go in the room) do you close the door?

NO REASON JUST CURIOUS

[Lungfish]

Yes. Then again I closed all doors or leave them ajar after I have gone through them.

[Solfy]

I close what passes for doors (stupid busted ass louvered bifold of uselessness) to get what passes for privacy (no one wants to talk to you until you're on the john).

[McNutty]

Originally Posted by Lungfish

Then again I closed all doors or leave them ajar after I have gone through them.

wat

[mlerose]

I close the door for one type of activity but don't often bother for another type (since I will likely have at least one cat visitor). Your poll options don't reflect my special snowflake circumstances!

[Old Overholt]

I live alone yet I still close the door out of habit and it's been over 10 years since I had a room mate.

Old Overholt

[Rebo]

I don't close the door generally. My entourage (4 dogs) follows me in there! Sometimes I will close it if my husband is sleeping and I need to have the light on. But I still like my privacy and Mr Rebo knows not to bug me when I'm camped out.

[Harry]

I put "No," since that's my default habit. If I have company in the house, or I am at someone else's house, courtesy will dictate otherwise. I have no modesty to speak of, but I am not entirely without social skills.

[DoubleJ]

I live alone. My problem is remembering to shut the door when I have company.

[leafrog]

I voted Yes, unless nobody else is in the house; but nobody else includes my husband. The door isn't wide open, but it isn't latched. I too am visited by pets while using the facility. One of my cats asks to be let into the cupboard, while the other sits on the edge of the tub and watches me.

Of course the door gets shut when we have company.

[JackieLikesVariety]

live alone and don't bother to close the door. at least one dog will want to visit if I'm in there any length of time anyway.

that's for using the toilet. for bath/shower I close the door and turn on a space heater. dogs have to choose if they want in or out for these activities. first one in gets the fuzzy bathmat.

[jali]

Originally Posted by DoubleJ

I live alone. My problem is remembering to shut the door when I have company.

Werd!

[SmartAleq]

^^^I'm with those guys. With two dogs and two cats, and especially since the litter box is on the toilet side of the bathroom door, the door does not get closed. If it's closed for even a second, every animal piles up outside it all full of concern that it may never open again and therefore access to the Poop Box and Outside will be forever lost. Animals are idiots.

I do have a hard time remembering to close it when people are around.

[Chacoguy]

You guts have doors?

I'll trade mine for a Groover with a view!

[GreyCloud9]

I close the door if we have company.. I DO however shut the front door to the house if it is open to the screen door, because it is a straight shot to the bathroom.

[Jaledin]

No. I've always thought it weird and even if a chick is dropping a monster deuce -- well, that's her privilege, but I always reserved the the right to kick open the door and "Why are you filling my bowl!"

Yes, I'm single, now. Probably better for everyone.

[Chacoguy]

Originally Posted by Jaledin

No. I've always thought it weird and even if a chick is dropping a monster deuce -- well, that's her privilege, but I always reserved the the right to kick open the door and "Why are you filling my bowl!"

Your diet explains much.

[Jeff]

Door closed, webcam streaming.

[Khampelf]

Originally Posted by Harry

I put "No," since that's my default habit. If I have company in the house, or I am at someone else's house, courtesy will dictate otherwise. I have no modesty to speak of, but I am not entirely without social skills.

This, to the letter.

[Jaledin]

Originally Posted by Chacoguy

Your diet explains much.

So does your face.

[Anacanapuna]

I grew up in a big family and our parents were finicky about that kind of thing. Typical instruction from Father: "I don't wanna' see it, I don't wanna' hear it, I don't wanna' smell it! Close the goddamn door, fer chrissake!"

We didn't so much learn manners as have them beaten into us.

So yes, I close the goddamn door, always. One exception: If I'm outside and there aren't any cars coming on the county road that runs past our house, I've been known to whip it out in the front yard and water the roses. I just love living in the country!

[tunaman]

Yeah, my habits are too complex for your poll.

If I'm taking a dump, the door is always closed, even if I'm the only one at home (odd, I suppose).

If I'm just peeing, and I'm alone in the house, the door stays open. Likewise if I'm peeing and my GF is on a different floor. But if my GF is home and we're both downstairs, I usually close the door. If, however, we're both upstairs, I rarely close the door. Heck, if she's in there getting ready, I'll just go in and pee right next to her. As a guy, I almost always pee standing up, but if I just want a few minutes of "me time" (not masturbating you perverts, just a couple of minutes of peace and quiet), I'll close the door and sit down to pee.

[KidVermicious]

What Tuna man said. I pee for the world to see, but pinching off a loaf requires privacy.

[Jaledin]

Originally Posted by Anacanapuna

I grew up in a big family and our parents were finicky about that kind of thing. Typical instruction from Father: "I don't wanna' see it, I don't wanna' hear it, I don't wanna' smell it! Close the goddamn door, fer chrissake!"

We didn't so much learn manners as have them beaten into us.

So yes, I close the goddamn door, always. One exception: If I'm outside and there aren't any cars coming on the county road that runs past our house, I've been known to whip it out in the front yard and water the roses. I just love living in the country!

Danny Noonan! Weren't you in that other movie with that other guy too?

Put it in the college fund jar. You know, I've always want

BTW you assholes -- that was about $2.50.

No seriously I met two awesome chicks today -- one was bout my age, wrong side of 30, with braces. Minoring in German majoring in film studies. she was immpressed as hell that I knew more than one language. Other one started talking about her "fiancé" to whom she apparently had not been engaged but was living in France and hated the French. Petty much a brush off, I figured, so who cares, but why the hell else would she go on and on about this abortive relationship when she could just go sit somewhere else. Who gives a shit, but the braces chck seemed smart and more about my own retarded level of evolution. FWIW I think I could have banged this prof who specialized in teaching Nietzsche to undergrads. She seemed pretty dumb --- she knew some Greek and conversational shit about Adorno's essays on Wagner. Puke. I want that other one.

My strategy: spend my last forty bucks on cheap whiskey and start stallking the hallways. No fake, should work, right?

[kayaker]

I always close the door and lock it as well. If the bathroom were large enough for a baby grand piano, I'd have one in the bathroom and push it over to block the door. Even when my gf is away on business, or when I've lived alone I've done the same.

Yet I'll take a leak outside anytime. (we are in the boooonies). Oh, and I'll piss into a milk jug while kayaking rather than getting out.

[Kim Jong-Il]

In the Great Democratic Peoples' Republic, there are no doors on rest-rooms. This is so the happy proletariat can be reviewed at all times for their adherence to the glorious Juche philosophy. It is truly amazing how they never rest in their dedication to building a brighter future!

[Mustard Stain]

Originally Posted by Chacoguy

You guts have doors?

I'll trade mine for a Groover with a view!

A neighbor of mine recently renovated their master bedroom and en suite bathroom, so the bathroom has no door. If he's sitting on the John he is facing his wife when she is sitting in bed reading a book. I guess they like to watch each other poopin'.

[KidVermicious]

Originally Posted by Mustard Stain

I guess they like to watch each other poopin'.

:eew:

[Zeener Diode]

Hey, some pay good money to see that.

Not me. The door stays closed, with a fan running.

[Mustard Stain]

Originally Posted by KidVermicious

:eew:

Well, I can think of no other reason that anyone in their right mind would renovate their bathroom so you're sitting there on display, essentially framed by the open archway.

[BJMoose]

I close the door if anyone is around. Not my wife. Hell, she'll even yack on the phone while on the throne. Ewwwwww.

[McNutty]

Here's a conversation I've had more than once:

[McNutty walks into bathroom]
SugarPlum: "Hey! I'm going to the bathroom!"
McNutty: "Then close the door!"
SugarPlum: "I didn't think you were around." (alternate: "You were in the garage!" or "You were upstairs!")
McNutty: "I live here." (alternate: "Sometimes I move around!")


Actually, I use the phrase "I live here" a lot. SugarPlum is incredibly easily startled, so occasionally she'll walk into a room and scream because I'm there and she didn't expect it, and I'll say, "Hi. Remember me? I live here."

ETA: There's a startle story that's just too hilarious to not share: The other day, I get home and I know she was planning to be napping with the baby right around then, so I'm trying to be quiet coming in the house. As I round the corner into the hallway, I hear that she's in the bathroom, and I freeze, knowing that my task now is to find a way to announce my presence without scaring the shit out of her. I stop and ponder for a second, and decide that coughing will do it, so I give a couple coughs. Moments later, she comes out of the bathroom, turns towards me, and jumps out of her skin. I say, "I tried to let you know I was here," and she responds, annoyed, "I'm wearing earplugs!" as she removes an earplug from one ear. Sometimes you just can't win.

[Old Overholt]

Originally Posted by BJMoose

I close the door if anyone is around. Not my wife. Hell, she'll even yack on the phone while on the throne. Ewwwwww.

I caught a guy doing this at work the other day. I asked him "Is everything ok in there Commodore?"

Old Overholt

[KidVermicious]

Originally Posted by McNutty

As I round the corner into the hallway, I hear that she's in the bathroom, and I freeze, knowing that my task now is to find a way to announce my presence without scaring the shit out of her.

No, dude, no no. Your task at that point is to scare the everlovin' bejeezus out of her. If you do it right, you can get her to take a swing at you, and then you can milk that for sympathy the next time you need something from her.

[AuntiePam]

Originally Posted by Anacanapuna

So yes, I close the goddamn door, always. One exception: If I'm outside and there aren't any cars coming on the county road that runs past our house, I've been known to whip it out in the front yard and water the roses. I just love living in the country!

My husband is so glad our snowbird neighbors have flown.

The bathroom I use the most is a teensy-tiny powder room on the main floor. If I close the bi-fold door, I get claustrophobic.

[McNutty]

I don't know what I ever did to KidV, but he is obviously trying to get me killed in my sleep.

[KidVermicious]

Originally Posted by McNutty

I don't know what I ever did to KidV, but he is obviously trying to get me killed in my sleep.

This is just hurtful. That's solid marital advice I just gave you.

[BJMoose]

Originally Posted by McNutty

. . . my task now is to find a way to announce my presence without scaring the shit out of her. . . .

Though given the circumstances, that wouldn't have been a particularly bad thing. . . .

[dogbutler]

Closed, since I don't want the zoo to be watching me.

[BJMoose]

[Flying Saucerian]

But... you must leave it open. How else can I film it and post it on Youtube?

[Uthrecht]

Originally Posted by KidVermicious

No, dude, no no. Your task at that point is to scare the everlovin' bejeezus out of her.

This is one of my basic rules of life, really.

[Inna Minnit]

I live alone, so no, I don't close the door to use the toilet. Oddly, I do close the door when I shower. I have no idea why.

[BJMoose]

To keep the humidity out of the rest of the house, of course.

[Guinastasia]

Yep. When no one's home, it's another force of habit, plus more kitty visitors. (If Buffy comes in, she scratches my legs, and if I ignore that, she bites me. That's what she does when she wants attention)

If I'm taking a shower*, the cats are welcome. Doing my business? No.




*When Luci was a kitten, there were a couple of times she actually jumped INTO the shower with me. I had to fish her out at least twice. Who says cats don't like to get wet?

[KidVermicious]

Originally Posted by Uthrecht

This is one of my basic rules of life, really.

See, Nutso? He's not dead in his sleep.

[Muffin]

I wish the women in a neighbouring office would close the bathroom door.

[Wolf Larsen]

But his voice is strangely high pitched.

[stormie]

I read the first three posts before I realized

I don't want to know.

[Mustard Stain]

Originally Posted by Inna Minnit

I don't close the door to use the toilet. Oddly, I do close the door when I shower. I have no idea why.

Two words: Norman Bates.