So my dad was talking to one of his brothers on his cell phone, apparently he had to use the rest room. He sat on the toilet for probably 10 or so minutes while on the phone. Is that as weird as I think it is? Will you talk to somebody while in that situation?
What, will I talk to someone while on the toilet? Of course. They’ve heard me flush the toilet and not cared at all.
There was a thread on this recently.
My wife, who in all other instances is a charming individual with great judgement, will go to the bathroom while on the phone with her mother. They talk about once a week for a good 40 minutes to an hour and so if she has to go, she goes.
I always think of having to go the bathroom as an excuse to get off the phone with my parents.
Ewwwwww.
I suppose I feel that way because when I was 14, just when you’re at your most self counsious about bodies and bodily functions, I was on the phone with a male friend (actually the best friend of my boyfriend) who was pouring his heart out to me about his problems. Suddenly I heard a toilet flush. Ewwww. I had been talking to a (rather unattractive) boy with his pants down. Doing…THAT.
Probably wouldn’t bother me all that much now, but I never got over that.
Anyway, it works better as a way to get off the phone.
Bathroom time is my time, and I don’t share it with anyone. Well, that’s not entirely true- my wife and I have an open door policy for #1, but #2 is private time. I don’t even like it when I’m in the bathroom at work and somebody else is on the phone in there- it makes me feel like my privacy is being invaded.
I used to have a boss who would call me from home on the days she didn’t come into the office- maybe 2 days a week- and I often heard the telltale <flush> during our conversations. I always wanted to use Windex on the phone handset afterwards.
With everything else pulling my attention every waking minute of the day, the bathroom is my little sanctuary a couple times a day.
Only with people I don’t like.
If I’m in the middle of a conversation with one of my sisters and I need to pee, I’ll give them the option of coming to the bathroom with me. I can’t imagine doing that with anyone else though.
Nope, no way. I regularly have hour-long conversations with my grandmother and will always say, “give me a minute,” put the phone down in another room, walk to the bathroom, do my thing, then return to the phone.
To hear tinkling and flushing in the background of a conversation? My ears throw up.
(thanks, **Carlyjay ** - I stole that from you!)