I like Rysdad word, “group poops” Band name?
I’m surprised that communal crapping is so ubiquitous in the U.S. military. Is this a uniquely American custom, or is it another one of those things that all armies except the Israeli do?
I remember using exposed toilets in High School, but I also remember holding it in for an amazingly long time when I was my Grandparents house and had to use the outhouse. Boy was I glad when they finally got indoor plumbing. Apparently the presence of spiders effected my ability to defecate more than the absence of privacy. I didn’t even have to see any spiders. I knew they were there. You can make fun of me, but visualize a Brown Recluse spider biting your junk and see how you do.
its all about economy of scale. I don’t know about other countries armed forces.
I can remember going to the NTC at Ft. Irwin, where it was a row of toilets facing a couple of urinal troughs, eventually they built tiny wooden stalls and sometime after that they added curtains to the front of the stalls for even more privacy.
No way! I don’t think I could.
It can’t just be financial. I mean, after installing all the plumbing and the porcelain, the cost of hammering in a few plywood walls and doors has to be negligible.
I imagine it has to do with the fact that when you guys are fighting, you’re very close to home; whereas when we’re fighting, we’re very far away from home. If a GI can’t count on having a private stall in Afghanistan, he might as well get used to it beforehand. That’s just my WAG, though.
I don’t quite understand this. Sometimes I have to go** right now or else**, and in those occasions I look for the first appropriate place to crap, people around or not. If it means I run behind a bush and drop my pants for a few minutes, so be it. I will not shit my pants for any reason whatsoever if it’s within my control to not do so, and avoiding a public bathroom is occasionally relinquishing that control.
I have trouble starting a urine stream if there are other women chatting in my presence, but I have no trouble pooping or peeing once I’ve started. I’ve pooped and peed in the woods, peed in front of others, and peed on a public sidewalk (long story, involves large amounts of alcohol) in the midst of a large crowd. I could probably poop while sitting next to someone with no divider as long as I had a handy distraction-- I usually either stare at a segment of the door or have a book or something to keep me occupied.