# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/61 "2006-06-27T14:11:43Z")
[QUOTE=jeffrice] You want free? I live out in the country – closest neighbor is a half-mile away. Nothin’ says freedom like whippin’ it out in the great outdoors and lettin’ go. Don’t wanna’ get too caught up in the freedom thing, though. Sunburn’s a bitch. [/QUOTE] My friend tells the story fondly of how when the electricity went off because of a heavy rain and so there was no water inside, she and the kids would go outside naked and shower in the water coming off the end of the gutter. No neighbors within sight. No report on whether they peed out there. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/62 "2006-06-27T14:25:08Z")
The sound of running water seems to help quite a few folks when they need to go. Therefore, what better place than a shower? Or public fountain. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/63 "2006-06-27T20:35:21Z")
Geez and I didn’t like hotel showers because other people had been showering in there. Now I see a large number of them probably pee in there too. I don’t pee in the shower. Just doesn’t seem like a good idea. You’re in there to get clean, not to splash urine around. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/64 "2006-06-30T12:32:37Z")
[QUOTE=jeffrice] closest neighbor is a half-mile away. [/QUOTE] - notes location as Sterling, CO \* Oh…so you’re a city boy! Checking in. Just got out of the shower. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/65 "2006-06-30T13:49:44Z")
[QUOTE=Excalibre] I had no idea there were people who didn’t pee in the shower. That’s seriously weird. [/QUOTE] I was going to say the opposite; I had no idea there so many lazy people out there. Do you crap there too? Sheesh! For the record - 46 years old and never pissed in the shower once. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/66 "2006-06-30T14:50:31Z")
[QUOTE=BwanaBob] I was going to say the opposite; I had no idea there so many lazy people out there. [/quote] We aren’t lazy – we’re _practical_! > [@](#): > > Do you crap there too? Certainly not. _That_ wouldn’t be practical at all – it would cause a big mess and be far more trouble than hopping out and going in the toilet. Peeing in the shower is different – it’s liquid and runs right down the drain. Makes less of a mess than getting out of the shower, dripping over to the toliet and peeing. And it’s easier. Practical! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/67 "2006-06-30T14:59:36Z")
To me it just seems irrational to get out of the shower and drip water all over the place when there’s a perfectly good drain right in front of me. Urine is sterile and it washes right down the drain. What’s the problem? What’s unsanitary about it? I’m pretty sure some of what washes off of your body is more unclean and has more bacteria than urine does. I know some people just have an “ick” factor about it. My wife is not a fan me doing it (which is why we can never tell her) but I don’t think there’s really anything genuinely dangerous or unsanitary about it is there? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/68 "2006-06-30T15:13:03Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] To me it just seems irrational to get out of the shower and drip water all over the place when there’s a perfectly good drain right in front of me. Urine is sterile and it washes right down the drain. What’s the problem? What’s unsanitary about it? I’m pretty sure some of what washes off of your body is more unclean and has more bacteria than urine does. I know some people just have an “ick” factor about it. My wife is not a fan me doing it (which is why we can never tell her) but I don’t think there’s really anything genuinely dangerous or unsanitary about it is there? [/QUOTE] You just _have_ to pee all the sudden? Can’t you do it before or after? It may be sterile but it sure stinks. Why would you want the stuff in the drain of your bathtub? And what about the splash effect? Minute particles will be floating around in the air and splashing up on the sides of your tub. Ultimately it’s your bathtub and you can do what you want in it, but at least when you go to a hotel don’t pee in that tub! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/69 "2006-06-30T15:18:17Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] Ultimately it’s your bathtub and you can do what you want in it, but at least when you go to a hotel don’t pee in that tub! [/QUOTE] I can’t make any promises. Just hope that the cleaning staff is thorough. And, it stinks for maybe a moment before it washes away. Do you really smell much after flushing away a #1 only deposit (asparagus season excepted)? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/70 "2006-06-30T15:37:18Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] I can’t make any promises. Just hope that the cleaning staff is thorough. And, it stinks for maybe a moment before it washes away. Do you really smell much after flushing away a #1 only deposit (asparagus season excepted)? [/QUOTE] I don’t think it would stink much after being washed away, but seems like any splashage would over time. I’m just a clean freak and the whole idea of standing in urine-water in a urine-spashed tub is pretty disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Locat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Locat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locat)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/71 "2006-06-30T23:57:53Z")
I pee in the shower. Frequently, in the mornings, when I feel the urge to pee I know it’s time to hop in the shower. Two birds with one stone and all. Agreed, no peeing in the shower when you’re not showering - unless the toilet is broken. In a similar spirit, I wouldn’t pee while taking a bath. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sabatobello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@sabatobello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sabatobello)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/72 "2006-07-01T00:15:35Z")
I just got out of the shower, and had a very lovely pee while I was in there. For me, even if I think to go before showering, something about the hot water makes me need to go again anyway. If I’m showering with someone who’d mind or the like I’ll hold it and have to go afterwards, but otherways, no good reason not to enjoy a nice leak. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/73 "2006-07-01T00:58:30Z")
Pee in the shower? Shit, dawg, I pee in YOUR shower! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/74 "2006-07-01T02:04:25Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] It may be sterile but it sure stinks. Why would you want the stuff in the drain of your bathtub? [/quote] Why in the world would I care what goes into the drain of the bathtub? You are aware they all go the same place, right? And _my_ pee at least doesn’t particularly stink. It doesn’t smell like all that much anyway, and given that it’s flowing down the drain immediately, it’s not a problem. > [@](#): > > And what about the splash effect? Minute particles will be floating around in the air and splashing up on the sides of your tub. Dude, seriously! Are you obsessive-compulsive?! “Minute particles” probably get splashed around the floor by the toilet too, and they don’t get immediately washed away by flowing water. Who in the world worries about that kind of thing? How is it going to hurt you? > [@](#): > > Ultimately it’s your bathtub and you can do what you want in it, but at least when you go to a hotel don’t pee in that tub! I think the hotel shower has been thoroughly be-urined whether or not the few people reading this thread do it. Even if it were some sort of health issue or anything - which it’s obviously not - the tub gets cleaned by the cleaning crews anyway, right? ---
**Author:** ![xbuckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9e8a1a/32.png) [@xbuckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xbuckeye)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/75 "2006-07-01T03:56:31Z")
I must say I am disturbed that **Avarie537** and **FilmGeek** both pee when showering with **Jess** ’s husband! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/76 "2006-07-01T20:10:07Z")
[QUOTE=Excalibre] Dude, seriously! Are you obsessive-compulsive?! “Minute particles” probably get splashed around the floor by the toilet too, and they don’t get immediately washed away by flowing water. Who in the world worries about that kind of thing? How is it going to hurt you? [/QUOTE] Yeah in fact I probably am a little obsessive-complusive. Enough so I don’t pee while standing in the shower. I also sit when I pee (at home anyway), what’s it to ya? Have you ever peed in the sun? Dozens, hundreds of tiny droplets. Since I’m the only one that cleans my bathroom (and it don’t get done often) I sit down to pee now. [QUOTE=Excalibre] I think the hotel shower has been thoroughly be-urined whether or not the few people reading this thread do it. Even if it were some sort of health issue or anything - which it’s obviously not - the tub gets cleaned by the cleaning crews anyway, right? [/QUOTE] Yeah, I’m sure they do a REAL good job. :rolleyes: Seriously, probably depends on the crew. Many don’t give a shit. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/77 "2006-07-01T21:53:51Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] Yeah in fact I probably am a little obsessive-complusive. Enough so I don’t pee while standing in the shower. I also sit when I pee (at home anyway), what’s it to ya? Have you ever peed in the sun? Dozens, hundreds of tiny droplets. Since I’m the only one that cleans my bathroom (and it don’t get done often) I sit down to pee now. Yeah, I’m sure they do a REAL good job. :rolleyes: Seriously, probably depends on the crew. Many don’t give a shit. [/QUOTE] So their are tiny, invisible drops of urine that somehow magically evade the flowing water surrounding you? And what are these tiny, invisible drops of urine going to do? My shower doesn’t smell like urine, so that risk is gone. There’s some tiny possibliity that urine might be contaminated with bacteria if the pee-er has a urinary tract infection, but those are caused by the same bacteria that are present on your skin and genital region anyway - that’s how UTIs start. So what’s the problem? It sounds like this boils down to some paranoia that a microliter of urine is going to get on you. Even if that happened - which isn’t likely - so what? You’re now contaminated? With what? How clean do you think the rest of your environment is? Sitting down to pee to avoid the possibility of tiny droplets of urine shows that you’re more concerned about this than rationality would dictate. I fail to see how your obsession with the topic merits everyone else changing their behavior to suit your unreasonable fears. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/78 "2006-07-01T23:44:42Z")
[QUOTE=xbuckeye] I must say I am disturbed that **Avarie537** and **FilmGeek** both pee when showering with **Jess** ’s husband! :eek: [/QUOTE] Well, imagine how _I_ feel! ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/79 "2006-07-01T23:51:06Z")
I should point out that some people with septic tanks (or more often holding tanks) do (illegally) hook up just the toilet to the septic / holding tank, where all other waste water just ends up on the lawn. So ther are cases where it ends up in a different place. But normally it all goes to the same place. Brian ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/80 "2006-07-02T00:48:28Z")
I do if the urge strikes. Usually I use the toilet first though. I figure if I somehow got urine on me, I’d go take a shower to clean off. I don’t see a huge difference between that and aiming for the drain. Once I had morning wood so bad, the shower was the only option. How’s that for TMI? The sound of running water often makes people have to pee. Putting a sleeping person’s hand in a bowl of warm water will have the same effect (or so I’m told :D). Why wouldn’t a warm shower make one have to pee? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063.md?page=3)