# No, you can't use my bathroom **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 7, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491 "2005-07-07T19:05:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Domokun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Domokun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Domokun)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/261 "2005-07-11T16:22:33Z")
> [@FisherQueen](#): > > This thread has almost ten thousand views, and two hundred fifty six posts, all saying, essentially, that the OP is a terrible person. I’m just here for the turd cracks. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/262 "2005-07-11T16:26:25Z")
> [@FisherQueen](#): > > I think that if an OP of mine went south this badly, I’d have to destroy my computer and never log on to the Dope again. What’s worse, an awful lot of the damage could have been minimized if the OP had just returned to contribute, well, almost anything. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/263 "2005-07-11T16:51:30Z")
> [@Domokun](#): > > I’m just here for the turd cracks. Me too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![xbuckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9e8a1a/32.png) [@xbuckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xbuckeye)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/264 "2005-07-11T17:14:42Z")
> [@Quint](#): > > What’s wrong with putting the lid down? This is offside? I’ve been doing it wrong lo these many years? This is a necessity in my home…it keeps the cat drier > [@Domokun](#): > > I’m just here for the turd cracks. everyone has one > [@FisherQueen](#): > > This thread has almost ten thousand views, and two hundred fifty six posts, all saying, essentially, that the OP is a terrible person. > > Do you think this is going the way Sat on Cookie hoped? > > I think that if an OP of mine went south this badly, I’d have to destroy my computer and never log on to the Dope again. Maybe this explains this: > [@andros](#): > > What’s worse, an awful lot of the damage could have been minimized if the OP had just returned to contribute, well, almost anything. Or…the worker gave birth to a shitweasel and **Sat on Cookie** got it right up the rectum when she went to use the befouled facilities. Her entire body is covered by gold-red byrus that is manipulating her mind to its own will. If only we had a retarded guy with a dumb nickname who was dying from cancer to save us all. I think either explaination is equally likely, really ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/265 "2005-07-11T17:14:54Z")
> [@Domokun](#): > > I’m just here for the turd cracks. Whatever you do, don’t Google ‘turd cracks’. Unless you like fat hairy plumbers. ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/266 "2005-07-11T17:18:31Z")
> [@xbuckeye](#): > > Or…the worker gave birth to a shitweasel and **Sat on Cookie** got it right up the rectum when she went to use the befouled facilities. Her entire body is covered by gold-red byrus that is manipulating her mind to its own will. If only we had a retarded guy with a dumb nickname who was dying from cancer to save us all. I appreciated this if no one else did. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/267 "2005-07-11T17:23:11Z")
> [@if6was9](#): > > So… Sat on a Cookie… I can almost understand the smell. Um, for like the first day or so. Said lowlife was different from you, not your normal smell… I don’t know if it’d be enough to switch residences but that’s YOUR call… I’m sorry, but I submit that someone with no sense of smell has absolutely no right to post “it’s not that bad.” We own candles for a reason, buddy… ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/268 "2005-07-11T18:56:03Z")
> [@Hilarity N. Suze](#): > > The reading material? The washing of the hands, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/269 "2005-07-11T19:04:36Z")
I bet Sat On Cookie doesn’t realize the workers would still charge her their hourly rates if they had to leave to go find a bathroom. I don’t like other people’s stinky remains either but if it’s a choice of spraying some Lysol or paying $95 an hour so some guy can go find a WC, I’d rather he use my own bathroom. If he should make such a vile mess that I am prevented from using it for days following, I will cancel his services and tell his boss why. But I am sure there was some exaggeration going on in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/270 "2005-07-11T19:06:49Z")
Is the OP still around? I mean, has she been posting in the other forums? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/271 "2005-07-11T19:08:56Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > No, no! Put the lid down, please! > > After flushing, of course. 😛 Unca Cecil says: [BEFORE FLUSHING](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990416.html). ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/272 "2005-07-11T19:15:39Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Unca Cecil says: [BEFORE FLUSHING](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990416.html). Ah, yes, I’d forgotten that. What I really meant – no, REALLY! I swear! – was that one should do both – drop lid and flush (preferably in that order), rather than merely lowering the lid while failing to follow through with the flushing. Yes, I did too mean it that way! As to where **Sat on Cookie’s** got to – her posting history shows she doesn’t post much, and has significant gaps of time between the tiny bouts she does indulge in. I daresay she’d have stuck around if she’d found some cheerleaders, but no doubt she’s hiding out in a nonpolluted bathroom till this big stink blows over. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/273 "2005-07-11T21:05:27Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > no doubt she’s hiding out in a nonpolluted bathroom till this big stink blows over. ahhh. but that could take _decades_, millions of dollars and countless lives! ---
**Author:** ![SlyFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SlyFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlyFrog)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/274 "2005-07-11T22:30:28Z")
I love this thread. My impulses and gut reactions are solidly with the OP. I can’t stand when people use my things, not because I don’t want them to be able to have use of it, but because it instinctively feels like a violation of my person. I really cannot stand the thought of people using my bathroom, and other things of a typically personal nature. At the same time, I recognize that my natural instincts in this area are not the norm, and so I repress the urge to smack people when they do things like that. Beyond that, I tell myself that there is no malice intended by their actions, that their worldview (and that of about 98% of the rest of the population) says it is perfectly normal, and that I am the odd one for having the issue. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/275 "2005-07-11T22:54:21Z")
> [@SlyFrog](#): > > At the same time, I recognize that my natural instincts in this area are not the norm, and so I repress the urge to smack people when they do things like that. Beyond that, I tell myself that there is no malice intended by their actions, that their worldview (and that of about 98% of the rest of the population) says it is perfectly normal, and that I am the odd one for having the issue. Well my feeling is that it’s perfectly normal not to want to have strangers stinking up your bathroom. What’s abnormal about the OP is that she doesn’t recognize that her “ick factor” is just less important than her guest’s “i need to go” factor. It’s a serious failure of generosity. And courtesy, thoughtfulness, hospitality, etc. Nothing odd about you though. ---
**Author:** ![Anaptyxis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anaptyxis/32/3171_2.png) [@Anaptyxis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaptyxis)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/276 "2005-07-12T01:48:20Z")
> [@Xploder](#): > > Having spent ten years in the Army, I can safely say that I **have** eaten shit on a shingle. All this time and no one’s mentioned the sweet juxtaposition of this comment w/the username **Xploder**. Coincidence? I think not! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/277 "2005-07-12T02:18:15Z")
I’ve got it! The solution to the vexing problem of rude disgusting workmen who insist on carrying out bodily functions! It’s [the self-cleaning toilet!](http://greaterboston.tv/features/gb_072302_toilet.html) Well, yes, it is a bit bulky, not to mention pricy. But just think of the sanitary wonder of it all: > [@](#): > > After the client is finished, the toilet self-cleans and the cleaning process happens in just 50 seconds. First, a toilet bowl swivels and a cap comes clanking down on top to blast the bowl with all kinds of disinfectant. The floor then folds up and is jet sprayed, and then the seat is dried with a big blower. The floor then folds back down and the bowl swivels back, ready for the next person. Never again will **Sat on Cookie** have to lower herself to cleansing her world of plebeian waste! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/278 "2005-07-12T02:40:27Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > I’ve got it! The solution to the vexing problem of rude disgusting workmen who insist on carrying out bodily functions! It’s [the self-cleaning toilet!](http://greaterboston.tv/features/gb_072302_toilet.html) Fuck that. Get her what she deserves: [the see-thru potty!](http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/household/index.php#seethrough-potty-111834) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/279 "2005-07-12T02:43:05Z")
> [@Greathouse](#): > > Is the OP still around? I mean, has she been posting in the other forums? No. They smell. And there’s… _those people_ in them. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491/280 "2005-07-12T03:47:57Z")
> [@Sat on Cookie](#): > > I don’t have time to read the whole thread; I just wanted ya’ll to know I’m not avoiding you on purpose. I will say that regardless of various less-than-complimentary sentiments, no one is going to change my mind. I’m satisfied I’m not a jerk and my complaint is warranted, so there ya go. > > As you were. Thgis was her last post, as of July 8th. Does not bode well. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-use-my-bathroom/311491.md?page=15)