# Is this normal or disgusting? (Office men's room; gross) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935 "2011-06-10T02:29:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/21 "2011-06-10T03:34:55Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > Well it’s your own fault for eating in the shitter, dude. Only place I can go where people aren’t game to let them rip. > [@GameHat](#): > > A tensing of the abdominal muscles, facial contortion, an audible grunt, a huge wet fart, and then a satisfied sigh > > “Ahhhhh…” Followed by “Quick! Get a mop!” ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/22 "2011-06-10T13:23:51Z")
Definitely crass. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/23 "2011-06-10T13:35:56Z")
Was he all broken-hearted? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/24 "2011-06-10T13:50:47Z")
Did you ask him to please put the genie back in the bottle? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/25 "2011-06-10T14:16:17Z")
I think it shows that our society overall is too neurotic about bodily functions when people start objecting to others farting in bathrooms. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/26 "2011-06-10T14:30:30Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I think it shows that our society overall is too neurotic about bodily functions when people start objecting to others farting in bathrooms. Frankly, I’m a bit surprised at the number of people who have said that it’s crass. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/27 "2011-06-10T14:34:21Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I’m of the philosophy that that’s what the bathroom is for. It’s a free fire zone. You know that going in. I agree with you but there are free fire zones and then there are free fire zones. Uncontrolled firing with no concern for those around you is always frowned upon. Compared to some of the stuff I see in the men’s room, farting is nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/28 "2011-06-10T14:51:21Z")
Permissible waste elimination zones: **Solid** - Into the toilet, with the stall door closed. **Liquid** - Into a urinal, standing as close as reasonably possible; or in stall toilet (door may remain ajar if standing). **Gaseous** - Anywhere within the rest room at any time. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/29 "2011-06-10T14:54:03Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Was he all broken-hearted? Hooray! This made me smile. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/30 "2011-06-10T15:04:54Z")
Wait a minute- some people really think he should have finished up at the urinal, walked into a stall, closed the door, farted, and walked back out? Are you serious? It’s a bathroom. Fire at will, for Pete’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/31 "2011-06-10T15:12:27Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > **Solid** - Into the toilet, with the stall door closed. > **Liquid** - Into a urinal, standing as close as reasonably possible; or in stall toilet (door may remain ajar if standing). > **Gaseous** - Anywhere within the rest room at any time. **Shaped charge** - ? ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/32 "2011-06-10T15:22:11Z")
IMHO it is rude to deliberately squeeze out a fart when you’re standing right next to someone. The farting person should wait until one of you finishes and walks away to the sink. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/33 "2011-06-10T15:24:05Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Wait a minute- some people really think he should have finished up at the urinal, walked into a stall, closed the door, farted, and walked back out? Are you serious? > > It’s a bathroom. Fire at will, for Pete’s sake. You really want to do that in front of people you work with? I surely don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/34 "2011-06-10T15:24:31Z")
> [@awldune](#): > > IMHO it is rude to deliberately squeeze out a fart when you’re standing right next to someone. The farting person should wait until one of you finishes and walks away to the sink. Why is it okay to squeeze out urine while standing next to someone then? That makes for noxious fumes too, especially if it’s asparagus season. Why not wait until the person next to you walks away to the sink before deliberately squeezing out a piss? ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/35 "2011-06-10T15:27:34Z")
_Is this normal or disgusting?_ It’s both. But it’s the mens room and mens are pigs. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/36 "2011-06-10T15:29:02Z")
> [@lukeinva](#): > > _Is this normal or disgusting?_ > > It’s both. But it’s the mens room and mens are pigs. I don’t get this attitude that “men are pigs.” I’m not a pig… ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/37 "2011-06-10T15:33:14Z")
> [@GameHat](#): > > Maybe it was a dominance thing. It is. You need to respond by ripping a louder, smellier one or consider yourself pwned. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Nene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@El\_Nene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Nene)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/38 "2011-06-10T16:13:59Z")
Next time, turn towards the guy and aggressively ask him why he’s talking shit. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/39 "2011-06-10T16:47:35Z")
> [@may\_be\_ignorant](#): > > what exactly does winding up consist of? Think of a baseball pitcher. It would be awesome if this guy had done the leg kick. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935/40 "2011-06-10T16:53:04Z")
> [@may\_be\_ignorant](#): > > what exactly does winding up consist of? Flood tube #2 and plot a solution. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-or-disgusting-office-mens-room-gross/584935.md?page=3)