# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/101 "2013-01-06T07:53:22Z")
does anyone actually do that though? to avoid the toilet and head to the showers just to pee? ---
**Author:** ![Sevencl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sevencl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevencl)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/102 "2013-01-06T08:00:36Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > does anyone actually do that though? to avoid the toilet and head to the showers just to pee? Hardcore eco hippies. To conserve water. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/103 "2013-01-06T14:45:02Z")
At the risk of hijacking this thread, I have to ask a question of those of you who brush your teeth in the shower. Do you keep your toothbrush and toothpaste in the shower? Or do you bring it into the shower with you? Or is the shower right next to the sink so you can reach out and grab your toothbrush when you’re ready? (OK, that’s three questions; sue me.) ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/104 "2013-01-06T15:43:03Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > does anyone actually do that though? to avoid the toilet and head to the showers just to pee? That would just be nasty and wrong. I don’t make it a _point_ of peeing in the shower. But if I get the urge, I don’t see why not, with the water running and soapy water running down the drain. > [@freckafree](#): > > At the risk of hijacking this thread, I have to ask a question of those of you who brush your teeth in the shower. Do you keep your toothbrush and toothpaste in the shower? Or do you bring it into the shower with you? Or is the shower right next to the sink so you can reach out and grab your toothbrush when you’re ready? (OK, that’s three questions; sue me.) Seems it would be unsanitary to keep a toothbrush in the shower/tub enclosure. I brush my teeth in the shower but my tub is adjacent to the sink and counter. I just reach out while showering, grab toothbrush from the cup on the counter, brush my teeth, put toothbrush back. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/105 "2013-01-07T07:43:00Z")
I never pee, brush my teeth or shave in the shower. I do occasionally drink coffee, sometimes beer, roll and smoke while eating breakfast in the shower all at the same time, if I feel like it. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/106 "2013-01-07T13:03:46Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > does anyone actually do that though? to avoid the toilet and head to the showers just to pee? If I’m about to shower anyway and I have to pee, I don’t bother visiting the toilet first. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/107 "2013-01-07T13:52:00Z")
> [@Plumpudding](#): > > I never pee, brush my teeth or shave in the shower. I do occasionally drink coffee, sometimes beer, roll and smoke while eating breakfast in the shower all at the same time, if I feel like it. Manny? Is that you? ---
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/108 "2013-01-07T19:40:25Z")
> [@For You](#): > > Good Og, urine is sterile, _s t e r i l e_, when it leaves the body. The stuff you scrub off your body showering is nastier than pee. And most people who do it empty their bladder well before they finish showering, so the pee gets flushed with more water that a typical toilet would use. If you break out the bleach, it will be a purely psychological aid for you. Save it for what you really need it for. Not to mention that you regularly touch things that are [dirtier than toilet (seats)](http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Germs/story?id=4774746&page=1) (same goes for your [toothbrush](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1317/does-flushing-the-toilet-cause-dirty-water-to-be-spewed-around-the-bathroom) if you leave it in the open by the toilet and don’t close it when your flush)… ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/109 "2013-01-07T21:51:45Z")
I just pee in the toilet and brush my teeth at the sink. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/110 "2013-01-07T22:30:19Z")
I don’t know what’s a more heated debate - this one, or the one about drinking versus throwing away cereal milk. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/111 "2013-01-07T22:49:07Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I don’t know what’s a more heated debate - this one, or the one about drinking versus throwing away cereal milk. 😉 I know, right? First-world problems all the way. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/112 "2013-01-07T22:54:10Z")
Does anyone here shower in surplus cereal milk? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/113 "2013-01-07T22:57:51Z")
> [@For You](#): > > Does anyone here shower in surplus cereal milk? Or piss in the wheaties? ---
**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 7, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/114 "2013-01-07T23:23:59Z")
> [@GreenElf](#): > > I just pee in the toilet and brush my teeth at the sink. Freak! ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/115 "2013-01-08T01:25:07Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > If I’m about to shower anyway and I have to pee, I don’t bother visiting the toilet first. I’ve done this. Gotta pee..then realize I’m just going to shave and hop in the shower..so might as well use the shower drain quickly.. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/116 "2013-01-08T04:21:03Z")
Yeah but only my own. Doing it in other people’s showers just seems wrong. I wouldn’t want some houseguest pissing in MY shower, even though intellectually I know it’s harmless. That makes me classy, right? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/117 "2013-01-08T04:30:08Z")
Yep. Then I bath in the toilet. ---
**Author:** ![Ghost\_of\_6\_80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Ghost\_of\_6\_80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghost_of_6_80)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/118 "2013-01-08T22:15:41Z")
Sometimes and did today. ---
**Author:** ![Ghost\_of\_6\_80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Ghost\_of\_6\_80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghost_of_6_80)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/119 "2013-01-08T22:17:30Z")
> [@Plumpudding](#): > > I never pee, brush my teeth or shave in the shower. I do occasionally drink coffee, sometimes beer, roll and smoke while eating breakfast in the shower all at the same time, if I feel like it. Soggy food and showered drinks would gross me out before pissing in the shower. ---
**Author:** ![Ghost\_of\_6\_80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Ghost\_of\_6\_80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghost_of_6_80)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/120 "2013-01-08T22:20:00Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > does anyone actually do that though? to avoid the toilet and head to the showers just to pee? I don’t do it to avoid the toilet anymore, I was doing that and it was making my shower smell bad so idk about piss being too sterile. But if I gotta go when I’m already in the shower, I gotta go. And every now and then probably wouldn’t do anything to your shower. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632.md?page=7)