# Do you pee in the shower? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2006, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063 "2006-06-25T07:54:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/1 "2006-06-25T07:54:26Z")
Come on, admit it. I do. OK, who wants to go next? ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/2 "2006-06-25T08:02:30Z")
Occasionally. Like, only if I forgot to go before getting into the shower and I know I won’t be able to hold it. … I’m dirty, dirty boy. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/3 "2006-06-25T08:09:19Z")
I did a few times, long ago, until I started to wonder where the water went and how it got treated. Sewage water and [gray water](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_water) don’t get treated the same. We had a septic tank at the time, and the gray water just sort of seeped back into the groundwater. (No city sewer or city-run storm drains or anything.) And there was a community well, with pump. And then I thought… eww. And stopped doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/4 "2006-06-25T08:11:37Z")
No. One kid in our squadron in boot camp pissed in the shower while everyone else was taking a shower too. Yes, I know piss is sterile, yes I know it’s such a huge problem showering up and walking fifteen feet to the toilet :rolleyes:, but you can still scrub the whole shower down on all fours, asshat. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/5 "2006-06-25T08:15:33Z")
Q: Do you pee in the shower? A: Am I alone or with someone? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/6 "2006-06-25T08:37:35Z")
Q: Do you pee in the shower? A: Am I in the shower or is someone else? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/7 "2006-06-25T08:40:14Z")
Peeing in the shower: Okay While you’re not in it: Not okay And someone else is: Bad! Bad! Very bad! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/8 "2006-06-25T12:16:57Z")
Yeah I pee in the shower. I have had my wife pee in the shower while I was in it. I have also had her vomit in the shower while I was holding her drunken arse upright! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/9 "2006-06-25T12:49:53Z")
> [@1920s Style "Death Ray"](#): > > Yeah I pee in the shower. I have had my wife pee in the shower while I was in it. I have also had her vomit in the shower while I was holding her drunken arse upright! Apparently not only is love blind, it has no sense of smell. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/10 "2006-06-25T13:00:27Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > Q: Do you pee in the shower? > > A: Am I in the shower or is someone else? 😃 Yes, but it’s no fun when I’m alone. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/11 "2006-06-25T13:12:34Z")
> [@Fish](#): > > I did a few times, long ago, until I started to wonder where the water went and how it got treated. Sewage water and [gray water](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_water) don’t get treated the same. I don’t think separation is typical of modern home sanitary installations, nor is it allowed by most codes. In my case, all sewer water goes the same place – the septic tank. In cities, it all goes the same place – the city sewage system. > [@](#): > > We had a septic tank at the time, and the gray water just sort of seeped back into the groundwater. (No city sewer or city-run storm drains or anything.) So where do you think the wild animals pee and the birds poop? > [@](#): > > And there was a community well, with pump. So where do you think the septic tank’s effluent drains? To the same ground that the pump works from. The only thing that makes that system work is the distance (vertical & horizontal), the filtration naturally provided between out and in, and the bacteriological processing. > [@](#): > > And then I thought… eww. > > And stopped doing it. Maybe you need to think “risk analysis”. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/12 "2006-06-25T14:00:21Z")
Yep. When I’m showering alone or when I’m showering with my husband. If I were showering with strangers, though, I’d hold it until I got out. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/13 "2006-06-25T14:08:55Z")
> [@Jess](#): > > Yep. When I’m showering alone or when I’m showering with my husband. > > If I were showering with strangers, though, I’d hold it until I got out. Perfect. My answer exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/14 "2006-06-25T14:20:08Z")
Absolutely, sometimes preemptively. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/15 "2006-06-25T14:44:03Z")
> [@Fish](#): > > I did a few times, long ago, until I started to wonder where the water went and how it got treated. Sewage water and [gray water](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_water) don’t get treated the same. They aren’t treated differently where I come from. In the imortal words of George Costanza, “It’s all pipes.” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/16 "2006-06-25T15:01:00Z")
> [@David Simmons](#): > > They aren’t treated differently where I come from. In the imortal words of George Costanza, “It’s all pipes.” Me either. Short of setting up your own special grey water removal from your own home, I’ve never seen a ‘double’ system. One for waste and one for grey water. Do any communities do this? TMI follows. I read on the Dope one time that if you have athletes foot, peeing on your feet can actually help it. I do get athletes foot and I do think it helps it. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/17 "2006-06-25T15:19:54Z")
I use the bathroom in the shower. (You have to smash the chunky bits down with your heel.) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/18 "2006-06-25T16:38:08Z")
> [@David Simmons](#): > > In the imortal words of George Costanza, “It’s all pipes.” And it’s all in the dilution, too. Think about it – a typical shower uses from 1-3 gals per minute; assuming a 5-minute shower, and 2-4 oz of urine which is mostly water anyway, uh, multiply the 5, carry the 1…anyway, it’s pretty diluted. Doubtful if it would do your foot much good or the sewer much harm. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/19 "2006-06-25T16:55:55Z")
Sure I pee in the shower. Not out of habit, but when the urge strikes, rather then dry off, urinate, and then resume the shower, I just aim for the drain. I also ensure that if I masturbate in the shower, I kick it down the drain. Sgt Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/20 "2006-06-25T17:17:09Z")
> [@Jess](#): > > If I were showering with strangers, though, I’d hold it until I got out. Sounds like you lead a more exciting life than I! 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063.md?page=2)