# Which is worse: being walked in on during sex or while taking a dump? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 10, 2011, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-being-walked-in-on-during-sex-or-while-taking-a-dump/581386 "2011-05-10T12:23:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-being-walked-in-on-during-sex-or-while-taking-a-dump/581386/41 "2011-05-13T20:16:54Z")
The dump. I might have trouble getting things going again. I wouldn’t have that issue with sex. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-being-walked-in-on-during-sex-or-while-taking-a-dump/581386/42 "2011-05-13T20:25:40Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > The question is solely about having someone you’re not intimate with see you doing one of those two things, and which is more embarrassing for you. In that case, sex. My answer changes to pooping if I’m in the act of wiping, though. That’s one thing I really don’t need an audience for. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-being-walked-in-on-during-sex-or-while-taking-a-dump/581386/43 "2011-05-13T21:16:19Z")
Pooping, 'cos people would see you on the lav, right? You could be doing anything, and unless you are some kind of power pooper, essentially it’s you mostly clothed with trou dropped. (Agree mid-wipe is raising the stakes a bit.) During sex, you are likely doing and saying all kinds of uncomfortable things. Which will be seared in the mind of the observer and repeated whenever he/she shares the story. When someone is taking a dump, how do you recount it? “Dude, Bill was taking a dump…” Not much else to say, is there? But if you caught someone in the act… the horrors! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-being-walked-in-on-during-sex-or-while-taking-a-dump/581386/44 "2011-05-13T21:39:59Z")
Sex: depends how much of me is exposed. Dump: depends what else I’m doing. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-being-walked-in-on-during-sex-or-while-taking-a-dump/581386/45 "2011-05-13T22:17:01Z")
I can’t be the only one to have both happen at the same time… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-being-walked-in-on-during-sex-or-while-taking-a-dump/581386/46 "2011-05-14T13:00:02Z")
Sex. Not just because it’s more private (I don’t mind if family walks in on me going to the bathroom.) but because it can actually impede the ability to perform. Even a complete stranger walking in on me going to the bathroom wouldn’t stop me for more than the time it takes to shoo them away, and probably less. But, having sex? Surely it would cause you to lose momentum and have to backtrack. It sure does on solo escapades. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-being-walked-in-on-during-sex-or-while-taking-a-dump/581386/47 "2011-05-14T13:09:25Z")
I take dumps more often than I have sex. Also, getting walked in on doesn’t “ruin” a dump as much as it screws up the mood for sex. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-being-walked-in-on-during-sex-or-while-taking-a-dump/581386/48 "2011-05-14T13:36:13Z")
Either scenario will have my coworker running for the bleach! ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-being-walked-in-on-during-sex-or-while-taking-a-dump/581386/49 "2011-05-15T01:14:01Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > If I’m pooping at work, I’m most likely in the restroom Uh…most likely??? Best wishes, hh ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-being-walked-in-on-during-sex-or-while-taking-a-dump/581386/50 "2011-05-15T03:07:02Z")
I’d rather be walked in on taking a dump if it’s my kids. Screwing if it’s anyone else. The worst of both worlds would be getting walked in on while masturbating right at the moment you’re shooting a think rope of jizz into a sock. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-being-walked-in-on-during-sex-or-while-taking-a-dump/581386.md?page=2)