# Do you pee in the shower? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 31, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632 "2012-12-31T03:40:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dexter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dc4da7/32.png) [@dexter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dexter)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/41 "2012-12-31T17:42:55Z")
Why yes, I do. Why do you ask, Yellowfoot? šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/42 "2012-12-31T17:45:10Z")
I stagger into the bathroom in the morning and shower. If I have to pee then, I will pee in the toilet before getting into the shower. However, if I have to pee while Iā€™m in the shower, then I see no harm in it flowing down amidst the water, soap, body oils, dead skin, dirt, etc that is already going down the drain. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/43 "2012-12-31T17:45:20Z")
In the middle of the night, itā€™s a helluva lot easier to whiz in the shower than to try and get it in the bowl while youā€™re still half asleep. Itā€™s just be another mess to clean up in the morning. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/44 "2012-12-31T18:22:53Z")
> [@Old\_Red](#): > > And you could try a crap as well. But only if itā€™s diarrhoea otherwise you have to stamp it down the drain-hole. You can catch it and toss it over the top of the curtain if you have really good aim. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/45 "2012-12-31T18:34:10Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > You can catch it and toss it over the top of the curtain if you have really good aim. Post/ User name combo FTW ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/46 "2012-12-31T18:53:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by panache45 View Post > So there are people who jump out of the shower, soaking wet, just to pee in the toilet? Thatā€™s dumb. Best tweet of the election season: ā€œMitt Romney is the kind of guy that gets out of the shower to take a piss.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/47 "2012-12-31T18:56:25Z")
> [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](#): > > I agree with George Costanza. [ā€œItā€™s all pipes!ā€](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRppqaanECA) Ahh, but do you [prepare dinner in the shower](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaudUAHZinw)? ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/48 "2012-12-31T18:58:34Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > ā€¦ What? :dubious: I rinse out with water when Iā€™m done. If I do that in the shower, the water will be hot. Hot water tastes and feels gross. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/49 "2012-12-31T19:07:09Z")
> [@chizzuk](#): > > I rinse out with water when Iā€™m done. If I do that in the shower, the water will be hot. Hot water tastes and feels gross. I have grown to prefer hot (or warm) water for teeth brushing. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/50 "2012-12-31T19:35:41Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > Well, I am chiroptera and I pee in the shower. I also brush my teeth while showering. I think itā€™s sanitary and saves water - Green bonus! Why is it that you peeing in the shower elicits a ā€˜mehā€™ from me, but the notion that you brush your teeth while showering is gross to me. I donā€™t think that makes sense. As for myself: I donā€™t have a problem with people peeing in the shower. I donā€™t do it myself - unless Iā€™m really drunk (which I, alas, havenā€™t been in years). That said, maybe having kids desensitized me. TMI to follow: I was giving my little girl a bath. She was twoish. So sheā€™s all clean and playing in the tub. What comes next is not pee. What came next involved getting my darling out of the tub, yelling for my wife. Holding my little girl up above the tub, while my wife used the shower head to clean theā€¦umā€¦ remnants off of her. After my baby was safely taken away in a towel, it was up to me to drain the tub and to make sure all the remnants made it down the drain. This involved some chopsticks and an iron stomach. So again, I have to admit I am oddly puzzled as to why brushing your teeth in the shower is gross to meā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/51 "2012-12-31T21:54:58Z")
If everyone pees in the shower, I still donā€™t understand why the guy at Home Depot was so upset. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/52 "2012-12-31T22:16:03Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > Sure, I also wash my hair in the toilet and keep my motor oil in the fridge. thatā€™s good and bad. if you use a bowl freshener then your hair has a slight scent if you want that. the oil takes much longer to pour. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/53 "2012-12-31T22:44:17Z")
> [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](#): > > I pee in Leaffanā€™s shower. > Wait. It _is_ Leaffanā€™s shower we all pee in, right? [Indeed it is](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15428480&postcount=5) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/54 "2013-01-01T00:07:31Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > If everyone pees in the shower, I still donā€™t understand why the guy at Home Depot was so upset. Heā€™ll, I used one of their _toilets_, so I donā€™t know why they kicked me outā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/55 "2013-01-01T00:11:59Z")
The OP might get a better response if you posted this to Pee Interest. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/56 "2013-01-01T00:34:21Z")
> [@](#): > > If everyone pees in the shower, I still donā€™t understand why the guy at Home Depot was so upset. šŸ˜ƒ > [@](#): > > ``` > The OP might get a better response if you posted this to Pee Interest. > > ``` Do they talk about pee there? šŸ™‚ > [@](#): > > Why is it that you peeing in the shower elicits a ā€˜mehā€™ from me, but the notion that you brush your teeth while showering is gross to me. Huh, funny, several people have mentioned how gross or weird brushing teeth with hot water is. So youā€™re not alone, although Iā€™m not sure why brushing teeth with hot water/in the shower is wrong. Couple of years ago my bathroom sink got stopped up for about a week until I got around to getting a pipe wrench and cleaning out the P-trap. Since I couldnā€™t use the sink and using the kitchen sink to brush my teeth seemed weird, I just started doing it in the shower. Made sense and the habit has stuck. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/57 "2013-01-01T01:17:58Z")
> [@Meatros](#): > > This involved some chopsticks and an iron stomach. You ATE it?!! :eek: šŸ˜‰ ---
**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:** [January 1, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/58 "2013-01-01T01:27:15Z")
Sure. Keeps the drain clear. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/59 "2013-01-01T03:32:49Z")
> [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](#): > > I agree with George Costanza. [ā€œItā€™s all pipes!ā€](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRppqaanECA) So, youā€™re friends with the urinator. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/60 "2013-01-01T03:52:24Z")
Thereā€™s a fine line. Peeing while youā€™re taking a shower is okay. But peeing while youā€™re doing the dishes is a bad idea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632.md?page=4)