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Thats just too close for comfort. A few kids is one thing but adults may not want to talk .
When I first moved into my dorm at college, I walked down the hall to the community bathroom. There were half a dozen toilets up against the wall. No stalls, just toilets. There were two guys sitting there playing chess while taking care of business. On the other side of the room were the showers - yep, just a bunch of shower heads pointing out from the wall. I soon learned that the proper etiquette was to yell "crapper!" before flushing the toilet. That gave the guys in the shower time to step aside before all the cold water was diverted to the toilet for the flush, scalding the guy in the shower. The proper response from the shower guy to notify the toilet guy he was clear and it was OK to flush, was "shoot!"
Texas A&M University, Crocker Dorm, circa late '70's
Almost anything is cleaner than a public restroom. I was in a restaurant tecently and pushed the door panel leading to the men’s and ladies and m6 hand literally stuck to it for a moment. I had to wash before using the restroomKids don't worry about privacy. Some important decisions were made while taking care of business, the boys would discuss things like the next tree house or how to tear up our dolls and tar and feather them. We also all bathed in the creeks and lakes together till a certain age.
Plus a well maintained outhouse is probably cleaner than any public rest room. Ours was advanced, in the daytime we had light from our half moon ,nights were not so safe so we brought candles.
We did have power but storms knocked it out quite often or the well pump would go out, mainly that was the points though. A matchbook cover fixed that up.perfect size to set the points. Just don't be the one holding the flash light for mama. I still have scars on my arms from that job.
The silver candelabra adds a nice romantic touch but the risk of more flames offsets it a bit. There doesn’t seem to be a wine bar though. Few things as romantic as the grunts, groans and other noises of your partner using* the toilet. I think I will pass
Those holes got me thinking of squatty potties in rural South East Asia,basically just a hole you squatted over and did your business in. A bit disconcerting to use the restroom, find it attached to a kitchen with no walls and the have to squat to tend to business. Not my idea of a good time, nor particularly sanitary.My first experience with a unisex public restroom was in Europe… I walk in… It looked like a row of extra-large urinals built into the wall and the floor with no walls in between. In each giant urinal there was a round hole in the floor section. Just in front of the hole were raised pads shaped like feet with a non-skid surface.
I’m standing there looking confused when 3 women walked in and began to take care of business without hesitation.
I walked back out to check the sign on the door and then thought… “You idiot, you can’t read the language”.
By the time I walked back in the ladies were leaving but at least I had a good idea of how things were supposed to go.
I will add... those 3 ladies set the world record for the shortest stay in a restroom by a woman.
I don’t know if our toilet is smart or not, do outhouses count?
The old wooden Army barracks left over from WW2 that I lived in at several posts in 1968 & 69 still had the row of toilets down one wall, no dividers, and a horse trough urinal on the other wall.So they were sitting next to each other as they were doing their business?? I'm pretty sure I'd wait for some privacy.
The "heads" in the barracks at Sampson AFB (the eastern basic training base at the time - in the '50s) had a similar physical arrangement - but not the same protocol. The benefits of giving warning were outweighed, at least for the first week or so, by the need for something to laugh about.When I first moved into my dorm at college, I walked down the hall to the community bathroom. There were half a dozen toilets up against the wall. No stalls, just toilets. There were two guys sitting there playing chess while taking care of business. On the other side of the room were the showers - yep, just a bunch of shower heads pointing out from the wall. I soon learned that the proper etiquette was to yell "crapper!" before flushing the toilet. That gave the guys in the shower time to step aside before all the cold water was diverted to the toilet for the flush, scalding the guy in the shower. The proper response from the shower guy to notify the toilet guy he was clear and it was OK to flush, was "shoot!"
Texas A&M University, Crocker Dorm, circa late '70's
you know the zombies are everywhere . There is no rhyme or reason I have found, if I do there will be a paper writtenHow and why did this zombie topic get resurrected?
“Courtesy flush!! Courtesy flush please!!”The "heads" in the barracks at Sampson AFB (the eastern basic training base at the time - in the '50s) had a similar physical arrangement - but not the same protocol. The benefits of giving warning were outweighed, at least for the first week or so, by the need for something to laugh about.
Smoking lamp is NOT LIT. do they still do that? suddenly, after 40 years, I want a cigarette/"AND ENOUGH BITCHIN' ALREADY, LOL!!!"
"NOBODY LIGHT A MATCH EITHER, GOLDURNIT..."
KA-BOOM!!!
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